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Moltke Class German Battlecruiser of the German First World War navy, Two battle cruisers, Moltke and Goeben, Both Battle Cruisers were built by Blohm and Voss. and only Moltke was at the Battle of Jutland.

MOLTKE CLASS BATTLECRUISERS

Same design but larger versions of the Van Der Tann with armour protection similar to battleships.

MOLTKE. Built at Blohm and Voss in Hamburg and launched on the 4th of July 1910, commissioned 30th September 1911 and finally entered service in the German navy on the 31st of March 1912.  Moltke was torpedoed by the British Submarine E1 during 1915 and during the battle of Jutland received damage from four shell hits. In 1917 Moltke took part in operation off the East Baltic Islands. and in 1918 was torpedoed by Royal Navy Submarine E42.  On the 24th November 1918 she was interned at Scapa Flow and her crew Scuttled the ship on the 21st June 1919. raised in June 1927 and scrapped at Rosyth 1928,1929. It is interesting to note, that in the German navy the Moltke was always considered a lucky ship.

GOEBEN.  Built at Blohm and Voss at Hamburg and launched 28th March 1911 and commissioned  2nd of July 1912, entering service on 28th August 1912.  She was the only German Battleship or Battlecruiser to serve outside the German High seas Fleet. Goeben was serving in the Mediteranean when world war One started. On the 16th of August the Goeben was transfered or "Sold" (after being pursued by Royal naval Ships into the then Neutral Turkish waters), to the Turkish navy and became Jawuz Sultan Selim, She was still crewed by The German Sailors, and she was the first ship to fire on Sebastopol,  which opened Russo-Turkish conflict. she was mined in the approached to the Bosphorus but could only receive temporary repairs.. She had a successful attack on the island of Imbros and was struck by two mines and luckily managed to limp back to Constantinople. After the armistice, Turkey was not permitted to keep large warships, but the Jawuz Sultan Selim was permitted to stay with Turkey but it was in a disabled state. The ship was refitted for Turkey by Franch between 1927 and 1930. The name changed again in 1936 to Yavuz she served as the Turkish Flagship until 1950 and was finally decommissioned in 1973 and scrapped during 1974.

 

 

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EDITIONS

Pilot Signed Prints - The Hunting Party Price : £145

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

Two Pilot Sigs Print - Freedom Fighters. Price : £160

Pilot Signed Original Drawing - 501 Sqn Scramble. Price : £380

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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