Revell - 1/144 - U-Boat Submarine "Wilhelm Bauer"
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Revell - 1/144 - U-Boat Submarine "Wilhelm Bauer"
- Brand: Revell
- MPN: Revell RV05072
- Part #: MDLREV1105072

Product URL: https://www.pbtech.com/pacific/product/MDLREV1105072/Revell---1144---U-Boat-Submarine-Wilhelm-Bauer
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The "Wilhelm Bauer" was completed shortly before the end of WWII in Europe. Commissioned in February 1945 as Type XXI (U 2540) and assigned to the 31 U-Flottille, training for the crew had to be stopped due to fuel shortages. The U-boat was scuttled by its crew on May 4 in the Flensburger. In June 1957, it was raised, overhauled at Howaldtswerke, Kiel, and commissioned as a research vessel in the Bundesmarine, serving from 1 September 1960 until 28 August 1968 as a test boat (class 241). On relaunch it took the name Wilhelm Bauer, the designer of the first German U-boat. After an underwater collision with the German destroyer Z-3 (D172) on 6 May 1980 the Wilhelm Bauer was discharged from use and released from service in 1982. The boat was restored to its original World War II configuration after its transfer in August 1983 to the Seebeck yard, opening on 27 April 1984 as a museum ship, now sponsored by the Wilhelm Bauer Technology Museum association.
Note: Assembly required. Paint/glue not included.
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1/144