AJM Models 1/700 HMS Cardiff

Description: AJM Models 1/700 HMS Cardiff The only model of this ship ever made. HMS Cardiff was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. On the first day of the war on 3 September 1939, Cardiff was assigned to the 12th Cruiser Squadron which was fruitlessly searching for returning German merchant ships in the North and Norwegian Seas. Several days later, she was assigned to patrol the gaps between the Shetland and Faeroe Islands and between the Faeroes and Iceland as part of the Northern Patrol. In late November, she fruitlessly searched for the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst after they sank the armed merchant cruiser, Rawalpindi, on the 23rd. On 12 June, Cardiff was tasked to suppress the German artillery batteries overlooking Saint-Valery-en-Caux to prevent them from firing on British ships as they evacuated the troops there, but they were no longer visible from the sea when the ship arrived. The cruiser received six wounded men from the coaster Cameo and returned to Portsmouth. Cardiff was converted for use as a gunnery training ship in October and served in that capacity for the rest of the war.[15] The ship was fitted with six 20-millimeter (0.8 in) Oerlikon light AA guns and a Type 290 surface-search radar by April 1942. By late 1943 a Type 273 long-range search radar had also been fitted. Cardiff was paid off on 3 September 1945 and sold for scrap to Arnott Young on 23 January 1946. The ship was broken up in Dalmuir, Scotland, after she arrived there on 18 March. Waterline Hull. This item is a resin and photoetch ship model kit. Free Shipping Worldwide - ships direct from Poland.Delivery will normally take 3-4 weeks. Hobby Link International is based in New Jersey and Canada.Satisfaction guaranteed. Either you get the product or your money back, simple as that!

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