{"product_id":"daswerk-72001-1-72-german-u-boat-sm-u-9-plastic-model-kit","title":"72001 1\/72 German UBoat SM U9 Plastic Model Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eSM U9 (Seiner Majestat U-Boot) was a petroleum-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy of WW1.\u003cbr\u003eThe double hulled U-Boat was 57.38 m long, 6.00 m wide, had a draft of 3.13 m and a displacement of 493 tons above and 611 tons under water. It could dive to a maximum of 50 m in about 50-90 seconds.\u003cbr\u003eIt was powered by 1000 HP petroleum motors on the surface and by 1160 HP electric motors while submerged. With these U9 can speed up to 14.2 knots above water and 8.1 knots under water.\u003cbr\u003eArmament consisted of six torpedoes that could be fired through two bow and two stern tubes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe U9 was commissioned as the first ship in its class in July 1908 and launched in February 1910.On September 22nd, 1914 U9 sank the three British armored cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy one after the other and on October 15th the British armored cruiser HMS Hawke under the command of Kapitanleutnant Otto Weddigen. After that the boat U9 was allowed to carry an Iron Cross on the tower. Apart from U9, only the small cruiser SMS Emden received this honor during the WW1.\u003cbr\u003eU9 undertook a total of seven combat cruises and sank five warships with 44,173 tons and 13 merchant ships with 8,636 GRT.\u003cbr\u003eNo other boat sank more warships during the First World War.\u003cbr\u003eAfter the war the boat was delivered on November 26, 1918 to Great Britain and in 1919 it was scrapped in Morecambe,\u003cbr\u003eLancashire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eResearch\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of a new model there is always a pure idea. Immediately after the idea, we have to think about the feasibility. This also includes researching suitable reference material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this case, there was little information about the submarine. The data and drawings that we found were partly inconsistent and conflicted with the researched images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, we were extremely lucky and were able to get in touch with the two divers Neil Richmond and James Hartley.\u003cbr\u003eThey measured the wreckage of SM U-12 of the same type. That boat sank round aboutabout 25 kilometers from Eyemouth at Scottish the coast andis about 50 meters deep on the seabed.We were able to incorporate these first-hand results into the development and ultimately the production of the model kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBackground Informations \u0026amp; History\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring our research we learned a lot about the imperial submarines of this type and would like to share this information with you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of the kit therefore contains a\u003cstrong\u003e100-page\u003c\/strong\u003esoft cover book with a lot of background information and pictures of the U-9, its missions, the U-boat war in World War I in general, and the creation of the kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDecals \u0026amp; Profiles\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS.M. 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