{"product_id":"kriegsmarine-e-boat-flotilla","title":"Kriegsmarine E-boat flotilla","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Schnellboat or ‘E Boat’ as the British Admiralty called them, E for enemy, was a truly formidable beast, in many ways incomparable in detail to the other nation’s boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn sheer size alone, the E boat was much, much bigger. Allied boats tended to be 70-80 feet in length, the E boat 115 feet long, and the laws of physics, though complex, favour a larger hull for speed over a shorter one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman engineering also gave them another advantage, as when speed reached 25 knots, a crank mechanism when turned moved 2 side rudders to flare, symmetrically outward at 30 degrees, creating an air-filled hollow space, the so-called Lürssen effect. This gave three distinct advantages, greater speed, a reduction in the tell-tale wake of the speeding boat, and finally settled the boat in a more efficient plane, leaving the vessel shallower in the water, most useful in mine and torpedo infested waters and remarkable for a boat weighing in at 100 tons!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/8306\/files\/German_S-boats_assembly_web_grande.jpg?v=1542985660\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains:\u003c\/strong\u003e six E-boats (3x S-38 \u0026amp; 3x S-100)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: All Cruel Seas items manufactured by Warlord Games are 1\/300th (6mm) scale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58481280647551,"sku":"782012001","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/9836\/8895\/files\/782012001_Kriegsmarine_E-boat_flotilla.jpg?v=1790000272","url":"https:\/\/orcshead.online\/products\/kriegsmarine-e-boat-flotilla","provider":"orc's head","version":"1.0","type":"link"}