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German Battleships and Cruisers of World
War One, naval prints of SMS Seydlitz, SMS Baden, Bayern and coming soon
Derfflinger, Lutzow and Hindenberg. Naval art published by Cranston Fine
Arts.
SMS Derfflinger By Randall
Wilson SMS Derflinger
lies at anchor in morning fog, behind her is SMS Hindenburg with the
line ship Friedrich der Grosee, Kiel 1917 SMS
Lutzow at the Opening of the Battle of Jutland by Anthony Saunders
Admiral
Hippers flagship SMS Lutzow followed by Derfflinger and Seydlitz.
Also seen in the painting are Moltke and Von der Tann.
Battle of the Falkland Islands by Randall Wilson
Admiral's Von Spee's Flagship SMS Scharnhorst leads SMS
Gneisenau in the opening stages of engaging the Royal naval ships east
of the Falklands. 8th December 1914.
Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor
Ships of the East Asiatic Squadron at anchor in a Pacific Island bay
prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. The ships are, left to
right, light cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, cruiser Gneisenau and von
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 | HMS Carmania sinking the German armed liner SS Cap Trafalgar off Ilha da Trindade, South Atlantic. 14th September 1914. By Ivan Berryman. | 2 editions available from £20.16 |  | Kapitanleutnant zur See Friedrich Christiansen by Ivan Berryman. (Y) | 6 editions available from £40.00 |  | SMS Seydlitz 1916 by Randall Wilson. | 7 editions available from £95.00 |  | Boats from the British ships picking up the survivors of the Gneisenau. | £13.00 |  | Leipzig Sinking by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | British Destroyers, accompanied by the light cruiser Amphion, under the command of Captain C. H. Fox chasing the German mine laying ship Konigin Luise. | £13.00 |  | HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Hitting the Conning Tower of the German Submarine U15. | £13.00 |  | The German Cruiser Emden After H.M.S. Sydney Had Done With Her. | £13.00 |  | HMS Sydney commanded by Captain J C T Glossop, Attacking the German Cruiser Emden by Maurice Randall (P) | £25.00 |  | Scharnhorst at Anchor by Robert Taylor. | £60.00 |  | Kapitänleutnant Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, U-35 by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £80.00 |  | The Last of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | British Torpedo Boat Destroyers In Pursuit Of The German Torpedo Boats A2 and A6. | £13.00 |  | The Miura, Commanded By Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Kersley, R.N.R., Ramming A German Torpedo-Boat. | £13.00 |  | A Tremendous Explosion Sends The Greif To The Bottom. | £13.00 |  | SMS Derfflinger By Randall Wilson. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Brandenburg D.1 by Ivan Berryman. (B) | 7 editions available from £51.00 |  | Battle of the Falkland Islands by Randall Wilson. | 7 editions available from £95.00 |  | Lieutenant J. M. Jacksons Surprise Capture Of The German Gunboat Komet. | £13.00 |  | German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9. | £13.00 |  | The Blucher Falls Behind. | £13.00 |  | Carmania Engages Cap Trafalgar by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | Carmania and Cap Trafalgar: The End of the Battle by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Ramming the German Submarine U15 on August 9th 1914 by M G Swanwick (P) | £25.00 |  | An Aeroplane Directing The Fire Of The Severn And Mersey On The German Cruiser Konigsberg. | £13.00 |  | The Kaisers Ship by Randall Wilson. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | The Gneisenaus desperate fight with the British battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible. | £13.00 |  | Battle of Jutland by Charles Dixon. | £43.00 |  | Destroyers Engaging the German Cruiser Mainz by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | A German Minelayer by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | Nürnberg Sinking by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | A Great Fire Breaks Out Aft Of The Greif. | £13.00 |  | SMS Lutzow at the Opening of the Battle of Jutland by Anthony Saunders. (PC) | 5 editions available from £2.00 |  | Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor | 2 editions available from £175.00 |  | Sydney and Emden off North Keeling Island by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | A Fire Breaks Out In The Forepart Of The Nurnberg. | £13.00 |  | The First Fight Between Warships And Zeppelins. | £13.00 |  | Almost The First Round From The Glasgow Landed in the Stern of the Dresden. | £13.00 |  | The German Battle Cruisers Derflinger, Seydlitz And Moltke, And The Battleship Blucher, The North Sea To Shell English Seaside Resorts. | £13.00 |
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SMS Seydlitz 1916 by Randall Wilson Down by the bows, the battered Seydlitz returns to the Jade after being
heavily involved in the gun line action at Jutland.
German battle Cruiser built by Blohn and Voss in Hamburg and launched on the
30th March 1912 and completed on the 17th August 1913.
A magnificent battlecruiser the
Seydlitz became the flag ship to the High Seas Fleet Scouting Force. The
Seydlitz also took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank and Battle of Jutland. Battle
of Dogger bank, 24th January 1915. Saw Seydlitz badly damaged by three 13.5 inch
shells one coming from HMS Lion which caused major damage by exploding as it
went through the stern turret which caused a fire that ignited 62 complete
charges. The Seydlitz was mined on the 24th April. Battle of
Jutland 831st May 1916. The Seydlitz was torpedoed either by HMS Petard or
HMS Turbulent. and by eighth 15 inch shells and six 13.5 inch shells and eight
12 - inch shells. The worst damage came from five 15 inch shells which
caused severe flooding. which nearly caused her to sink. The Seydlitz
received more hits than any other Battleship or Battle cruiser in the Battle of
Jutland.
On the 24th of November 1918, after the armistice she was interned at
Scapa Flow where her crew on the 21st June 1919 scuttled her. she was
raised on the 2nd of November 1928 and scrapped at Rosyth
BATTLE CRUISER DETAILS. DISPLACEMENT. 24,594 to 26,180 tons SPEED
27 to 28 knots.
Armament. Ten 11-inch Guns in pairs in five turrets, Twelve 5.9
-inch guns in single turrets twelve 3.4 -inch guns in single turrets. four
20-inch torpedo tubes all submerged. Ships compliment 1108 (but at Jutland a crew of 1425 were on board)
The Kaiser's Ship by Randall Wilson Emerging from a smokescreen SMS Baden surges ahead of her sister ship
SMS Bayern to resume battle speed in these fleet manoeuvres in the Baltic,
during 1917.
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BAYERN CLASS Built as a response to the New Royal naval battleships of the Queen Elizabeth
Class. and the Baden and Bayern were the first German battleships to have
15-inch guns which fired a 1,653 lb shell. Both missed the Battle of
Jutland. Two other ships were also planned but not completed. The Wurttemberg
;launched 20th of june 1917 but work was stopped during 1917 and finally
stricken in November 1919. The Sachen was launched in November 1916
not completed and broken up in 1920.
BAYERN Built by Howaldtswerke at Kiel and launched on the 18th
February 1915, commissioned on the 18th March 1916. Missed the Battle of
Jutland. During the operation Albion the Bayern was mined in the Gulf of
Riga. This caused serious flooding in the Torpedo Rooms after this four torpedo
tubes were removed. Interned at Scapa Flow she was scuttled by her crew on
the 21st June 1919 and raised in 1935 to be scrapped at Rosyth.
BADEN Built at Schichau at Danzig and launched on the 30th October 1915
and commissioned on the 19th October 1916. Missed Jutland. Baden became fleet
flagship in March 1917 when she entered the fleet. She was interned at Scapa
Flow on the14th December 1919 and the crew attempted to Scuttle her on the 21st
June 1919. But Failed she was finally beached by Royal naval Tugs. Baden
was used by the Royal navy for Gunnery practice and was sunk off Portsmouth.
The uncompleted WURTENBERG AND SACHSEN were both broken up on the slipways at
Hamburg and Kiel.
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