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HELGOLAND CLASS DREADNAUGHTS, HELGOLAND, THURINGEN, OSTFRIESLAND, OLDENBURG BATTLESHIPS. First World war German Battleships, German naval Histories of the Battleships in brief.

HELGOLAND CLASS DREADNAUGHTS

The first three ships were ordered in the 1908 Budget and completed in 1911 - 1912. First German battleships to be armed with 12 inch main guns, More space than the Westfalen class, a greater beam allowed the Turrets to be placed further inboard which gave more protection to the magazines. between 1915 to 1917, the 3.4 inch guns were removed and replaced with four 3.4 inch  Anti aircraft guns.

HELGOLAND  build by Howaldtswerke at Kiel and launched on the 25th September 1909. on the 31stMay 1916 took part in the Battle of Jutland, stricken on the 5th November 1919 and was surrendered to Britain on the 5th August 1920,  as a replacement for a scuttled battleship at Scapa Flow. Scrapped  at Morecambe 1924.
THURINGEN  Built at A.G Weser at Bremen and launched on the 27th November 1909, and commissioned on the 1st July 1911. Took part in the Battle of Jutland, Stricken in November 1919, given to France as was reparation, transferred to Cherbourg on the 29th April 1920.  There are two different conflicting reports of her final end.  either scrapped at Lorient 1922, or used as a target ship by the French and finally scrapped in 1933.
OSTFRIESLAND  Built at Wilhelmshaven Dock Yard and launched on the30th September 1909. and commissioned on the 1st August 1911. Took part in the Battle of Jutland  but hit a mine while returning to port after the battle on the 1st June 1916 ( damage below the starboard wing turret ) she could travel at 15knots but this was again reduced to 10 knots when Ostfriesland  a sharp turn to avoid an imaginary submarine.   surrendered to the United States and was used as a target ship for aerial bombing and was sunk, (The first battleship to be sunk by Aerial Bombing)  she was hit by seventeen bombs four of the bombs were between 500 LB and 1,000 LB  and sunk off Cape Henry USA.
OLDENBURG   Built by Schichau, Danzig  and launched on the 30th June 1910, and commissioned on the 1st May 1912.  Olden burg was the fastest on the class and took part on the 31st May 1916 Battle of Jutland and Stricken on the 5th November 1919. Given to Japan as part of war reparations, but was sold back to Britain for scrapping and scrapped at Dordrecht 1921.

BATTLESHIP DETAILS

WEIGHT  24,380 TONS, TO 24,700 TONS

DIMENSIONS 546FT (166M) X 93.5FT(28.5M) X 27.5FT(8.9M)

SPEED 20.5 KNOTS TO 21 KNOTS

ARMAMENT  TWELVE 12-INCH GUNS IN PAIRS IN SIX TURRETS.  FOURTEEN 5.9INCH SINGLE GUNS, AND  FOURTEEN  3.4INCH SINGLE GUNS   LATER IN 1917 THE 3.4 INCH GUNS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH  TWO TO FOUR 3.4 INCH ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS. SIX 20 INCH TORPEDO TUBES (SUBMERGED).       

COMPLIMENT OF 1100 TO 1390  (1284 to 1390 during the Battle of Jutland ) 

 

 

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Pilot Signed Print - In Them We Trust.. Price : £125

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Pilot Signed Original Drawing - 41 Sqn Scramble. Price : £380

ARTIST
Featured Artist - Ivan Berryman



Ivan Berryman - Battle of Britain Art

Artist Ivan Berryman has been producing many pencil drawings depicting scenes from the Battle of Britain. Each of these is signed by one of the pilots who was actually present at the battle, and is often inspired by the events they took part in themselves. Special signed print editions have also been created from existing full colour print editions, with some featuring multiple pilot signatures. You can find all of Ivan's Battle of Britain artwork on his website - www.ivanberryman.com, or see a full list of pencil drawings - updated regularly, in our dedicated section of pencil drawings.

When you go to a product page for an item in our shop, click on the names of the pilots where they are linked in the text for an item to see a profile page for that pilot. Often we include photos of signing sessions along with details of their flying career, and a full list of all items signed by the pilot.

Pilot Signed Battle of Britain Prints and Original Pencil Drawings

Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain

We are busy building up a portfolio of many many original pencil drawings which depict events from the Battle of Britain, the famous air battle won by 'the Few' in the summer of 1940. The British and Commonwealth pilots defended the air above Britain and the surrounding seaways from the might of the German Luftwaffe. Greatly outnumbered, the bravery of these young pilots saved the country from invasion, and let Britain survive to go on to defeat Germany. Without that first crucial victory, the outcome of the war could have been so very different. We have been busy arranging signing sessions with the few pilots who fought in that great battle who remain with us to this day. Our newly commissioned pencil drawings are often based on the descriptions of the battle by these great men, and are authenticated by their signatures. We have also had several editions of existing prints signed in full, or have signatures added to parts of existing editions. We have also incoporated signatures of some of the German pilots who also took part in the battle, some of whom went on to become top scoring aces of the war. See our Original Pencil Drawings Section - particularly the section of artists David Pentland and Ivan Berryman. Also, see our New Signature Editions section to see all of our newly signed editions.

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