Cruel Seas: Drache helicopter carrier
Skytrex (2013)
£52
The Drache started as a seaplane tender built in Hamburg for the Royal Yugoslavian Navy in 1928. She was converted into a minelayer in 1937. Captured by the Germans in 1941, the Kriegsmarine renamed her the Drache (dragon) and converted her back to a Flugzeugbergungsschiff – an aircraft rescue ship. Drache underwent a refit back to being a minelayer in the spring or summer of 1942 and was moved to the Aegean. She was re-equipped with two 105 mm (4.1") guns, five 37 mm and six 20 mm cannons. A rear platform was added with space for 240 mines on four rails. The Kriegsmarine renamed her Schiff, b
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