New Paper Craft: Italian Ironclad Caio Duilio Turret Ship Free Paper Model Download

This warship paper model is the Italian Ironclad Caio Duilio, the lead ship of the Caio Duilio Class of ironclad turret ships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), the papercraft is created by Kel, and the scale is in 1:300.

Named for the Roman admiral Gaius Duilius, the ship was laid down in January 1873, was launched in May 1876, and was completed in January 1880. She was armed with a main battery of four 17.7-inch (450 mm) guns, then the largest gun afloat, and she was capable of a top speed of around 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph).

Caio Duilio"s career was uneventful. She spent her first two decades in service with the Active and Reserve Squadrons, primarily tasked with training maneuvers and exercises. She was withdrawn from front-line duty in 1902 and thereafter employed as a training ship, though this role only lasted until 1909 when she was converted into a floating oil tank and renamed GM40. The ship"s ultimate fate is unknown. [Source: wikipedia]

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New Paper Craft: Russian Ironclad Petr Veliky Free Warship Paper Model Download

This ship paper model is the Petr Veliky, an ironclad turret ship built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1870s, the papercraft is created by WMC, and the scale is in 1:200.

Petr Veliky"s engines and boilers were defective, but were not replaced until 1881. The ship made a cruise to the Mediterranean after they were installed, and before returning to the Baltic Fleet, where she remained for the rest of her career. She did not, like the rest of the Baltic Fleet, participate in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

Petr Veliky was deemed obsolete by the late 1890s, but she was not ordered to be converted into a gunnery training ship until 1903. For further information please click here.

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