Mannequin of the Dutch navy submarine constructed at first of the WWII.
The 21 Class incorporates seven submarines nonetheless incomplete at first of the German invasion of the Netherlands. 4 of them (O21,O22,O23 and O24) escaped to the UK.
Sadly two of them (O25, O26 and O27) did not make it up to now and have been ceptured by the German Navy.
All tree have been ordered to finish by the Germans and entered service as UD-3, UD-4 and UD-5
The submarines have been constructed at tree completely different shipyards:
The O21 and O22 at Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde in Vlissingen.
The O23, O24, O26 and O27 at RDM in Rotterdam and the O25 at Wilton Feijenoord in Rotterdam.
The O21 class was a really fashionable submarine and will examine with each submarine in years of the WWII.
The Submarine was geared up with a brand new Dutch invention the “Snuiver” however the conservative UK navy did’nt see the potential and eliminated them from the 4 submarines after they have been accomplished in England. The Germans noticed the probabilities and used the “Schnorkel” within the U boats within the second a part of the struggle.
The O21 was one of many solely 14 submarines who sank a German U-boat (U-96 VII C) within the WWII.
Specs:
Laid down 1937
Launched oct 1939
Commissioned 10-may 1940
Finish of service 2-11-1957
Displacement: 990 Tons Surfaced , 1205 Tons submerged.
Size: 77,7 m
Beam: 6,8 m
Draught: 3,95 m
Pace: 19,5 knts surfaced, 9knts submerged
Complement: 39
Armamant: 4x533mm bow tubes, 2 533mm tubes within the Stern 2x533mm externel traversing midships.
The mannequin is initially designed at 1/50 scale for RC use. The massive one will not be prepared but. I printed the -slightly modified- mannequin at 1/100 scale for testing. It seems very good and possibly some one wish to construct a static mannequin of this beatifull submarine.
I printed this mannequin with Esun Pla Matte Fundamental Black on my Bambulab P1S printer and it seems superb.
Size: 77,7 cm
Width: 6,8 cm
Peak: (With Stand: 155 mm
The photographs of the printed mannequin are taken from the 1/100 model. An even bigger 1/50 scale RC capeble model willl be uploaded quickly. The printed and confirmed mannequin is direct from the printer solely glued collectively.
