593 - Display case with torpedo boat "V.125." of the Imperial German Navy, sailor's work, First World War

Display case with torpedo boat "V.125." of the Imperial German Navy, sailor's work, First World War Wood, glass and wire, display case with torpedo boat from the First World War, made by a sailor on board. Black painted wooden case with glass front, inner walls painted light blue and blue as sky and sea. Model with light grey hull and portholes, inscribed "V.125." on the bow, bridge, two funnels with red plates, the front one also "V.125.", mast with crow's nest, pennants, lanterns and small light bulbs, wire rigging between the masts, guns on fore and aft deck, torpedo tubes, searchlight, ship's boat, lifebuoy, rope coils and railing of wire. Condition commensurate with age, partly dented with crack, craquelure. Overall dimensions 54x132x20 cm (HxWxD). The Imperial German Navy designated its seagoing torpedo craft, deployed in flotillas during the First World War, as large torpedo boats (Große Torpedoboote); the letter before the number indicated the building yard, V stood for the Vulcan shipyard in Stettin. V 125 belonged to a series ordered in autumn 1916 as replacements for war losses, was launched in Stettin on 18 May 1917 and commissioned on 29 August 1917. The boats of this class were 82 m long, displaced 924 t and carried four 10.5 cm guns and six torpedo tubes, with a crew of 105. Of the 44 planned units of the class, only 19 were completed.