British submarines HMS Meteorite
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Micro-Mir MM144-007
Manufacturer: Micro-Mir (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/144
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
The three completed German Type XVIIB submarines were scuttled by their crews at the end of the Second World War, U-1405 at Flensburg, and U-1406 and U-1407 at Cuxhaven, all in the British Zone of Occupation.[3] U-1406 and U-1407 were scuttled on 7 May 1945 by Oberleutnant zur See Gerhard Grumpelt even though a superior officer, Kapitän zur See Kurt Thoma, had prohibited such actions. Grumpelt was subsequently sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a British military court.[4][5]
At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 U-1406 was allocated to the US and U-1407 to Britain and both were soon salvaged
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-1407 |
| Ordered: | 4 January 1943 |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 257 |
| Laid down: | 13 November 1943 |
| Launched: | February 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 13 March 1945 |
| Fate: | Scuttled at Cuxhaven, 5 May 1945 Later raised and rebuilt |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Meteorite |
| Acquired: | 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 1946 |
| Fate: | Broken up, September 1949 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Class and type: | Type XVIIB submarine |
| Displacement: | 312 long tons (317 t) surfaced 337 long tons (342 t) submerged 415 long tons (422 t) total |
| Length: | 41.45 m (136 ft 0 in) o/a 27.30 m (89 ft 7 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) o/a 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × Deutz SAA SM517supercharged 8-cylinder diesel engine, 210 hp (160 kW) 1 × AEG Maschine AWT98 electric motor, 77 hp (57 kW) 1 × Walter gas turbine, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h; 10.1 mph) surfaced 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged (electric drive) 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
| Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 76 nmi (141 km; 87 mi) at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged (electric drive) 123 nmi (228 km; 142 mi) at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged (HTP drive) |
| Complement: | 19 |
| Armament: |
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- Stock: 4
- Model: MM144-007
- Weight: 0.34lb
- DATE ADDED: 29/05/2015
