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HMS TIGER battlecruiser model
HMS Tiger
was a battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the
1910s. The ship was the most heavily armored British
battlecruiser at the start of the First World War in
1914. She had an overall length of 704 feet, a beam of
90 feet 6 inches. Although Tiger was only 4 feet longer and 1 foot
5.5 inches wider than the previous battlecruiser, she displaced almost 2,000 long tons more than the
older ship. In September 1914, her complement consisted
of 1,112 officers and ratings; in April 1918, they
totaled 1,459.
HMS
Tiger was assigned to the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron for the duration of the
WWI and participated in the
Battle of Dogger Bank in early 1915.
Battlecruiser Tiger next participated in the Battle of Jutland in
1916, where she was only lightly damaged despite
suffering many hits by German shells. Apart from
providing distant cover during the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917, she spent the rest of the war
on uneventful patrols in the North Sea.
The battlecruiser
HMS
Tiger received a lengthy refit from 10 November 1916 to
29 January 1917 at Rosyth where her deck and turret roof
armor were reinforced and additional rangefinders were
added over her conning tower and the rear of 'X' turret.
For the remainder of the war, HMS Tiger uneventfully
patrolled the North Sea, as both fleets were essentially
forbidden to risk any more losses. She provided support
for British light forces involved in the Second Battle
of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917, but never came
within range of any German forces. The same year saw her
undergo a minor refit during which a flying-off platform
for a Sopwith Camel was mounted on 'Q' turret and a
searchlight platform was added to her third funnel. She
underwent a more extensive refit in 1918 which saw her
topmast shifted to the top of the derrick-stump and a
more substantial observation platform added to the
foremast. Some of her short rangefinders were replaced
by longer ones as well.
HMS
Tiger was the oldest battlecruiser retained by the Royal
Navy after the tonnage limits of the Washington Naval
Treaty came into effect in 1922. She joined the
Battlecruiser Squadron in 1929 when its flagship, Hood,
underwent a lengthy refit. Upon Hood's return to service
in 1931, Tiger was decommissioned and sold for scrap in
1932 in accordance with the terms of the London Naval
Treaty of 1930.
In his
book, The Price of Admiralty, British military historian
John Keegan described HMS Tiger as "certainly the most
beautiful warship in the world then, and perhaps ever."
This primarily wood HMS Tiger model is 40" long x 6"
wide x 15" tall
$3,270
shipping
and insurance in the
contiguous USA included. Other
places: $350 flat rate. This model is in stock and can be shipped within
five business days.
We also accept commission
to build the model at 24" long foe
$2,590.
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Learn more about the HMS Tiger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1913)
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