Saturday, March 3, 2012 Rob, you commented "More?" on my last post. Well, here comes MORE! This is another Matchbox 1:700 plastic model. It is of the German "Narvik" class destroyer, so called because several were lost during the Battle of Narvik due to UK Royal Navy swift, highly skilled action. The "Narvik" class were a very good design but were unfortunatley not well used (FORTUNATELY for the Royal Navy and US Navy!). They had good power and speed, but short range. They had good, heavy armament, but it never came to full use. Length of model is 18 cm.. About the Narvik class destroyers - German classification Zerstorer 1936A Built 1938 - 1941 Number built 15 Lenght 127 meters/416 feet 8 inches Beam 12 meters/39 feet 4 inches Weight 2,600 tons Draught 4.65 meters/15 feet 3 inches Power 70,000 horsepower Shafts 2 Speed 38 knots Range 2,240 nautical miles at 19 knots Complement 220 officers and crew Armament Five 150 mm./5.9 inch guns Four 37 mm. guns Eight 20 mm. guns Eight 533 mm./21 inch torpedo tubes Four depth charge projectors For you model builders out there, I just found out that Revell has recently re-issued this model. So now you can build a fleet of these and re-enact the Battle of Narvik or any other scenario requiring Narvik class destroyers. Enjoy!