Revell 05060 German Submarine U-47 w.Interior Model Kit

Revell German submarine U-47 model kit contain 124 pieces. After built it measures 53.1 cm in length. On the night of October 14th, 1939 under the command of Gunther Prien U-47 surfaced in the heavily guarded British naval base in Scapa flow. The battleship H.M.S. Royal oak which lay at anchor there was sunk by a Salvo of several torpedo's. U-47 then succeeded to escape undetected back to home waters. Seventeen months after this spectacular action U-47 was sunk by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine. U-47, one of a total of 24 Type VII U-boats was built at the Krupp Germania dockyard in Kiel and entered service in December 1938.