ICM S017 WWI German Battleship Markgraf 1/700 scale, plastic kit for assembly. SMS Markgraf was a German battleship (so-called dreadnought) of the First World War. The keel of this unit was laid in 1911, the launching took place in June 1913, and the entry into service in the Kaiserliche Marine - in 1914. The length of the ship was 175.4 meters and a width of 29.5 meters. The full displacement reached about 28,600 tons, and the maximum speed - about 21-22 knots. The deck armament, at the time of launching, consisted of 10 305 mm guns, 14 150 mm guns, 10 88 mm guns and 5 torpedo tubes. SMS Markgraf was one of four König-class battleships. The battleships of this type were designed and built to be very similar to the preceding German battleship class, the Kaiser. Both classes of ships had almost identical combat capabilities and weapons. The main difference was a slightly different arrangement of the main artillery on the König-class battleships. Originally, it was also planned to use a mixed transmission consisting of steam turbines and a diesel engine, but in the end three steam turbines were used as the transmission. One of the battleships of this type was SMS Markgraf, built at the AG Weser shipyard in the city of Bremen. The unit took an active part in the most important operations of the German Navy during the First World War, and in particular in the Battle of Jutland (31 May – 1 June 1916). It was damaged in the course of it, but was capable of further action. In October 1917 the ship took part in operations in the Baltic Sea, more precisely in Operation Albion. On the way back from this operation, it stepped on a mine, but successfully made it to port. After the end of the war, SMS Markgraf was interned at the British base at Scapa Flow, where she was scuttled by her own crew on 21 June 1919. The wreck has not been excavated from the seabed to this day. We do not ship to the Canary Islands