TRAVELAIR MYSTERY SHIP

Historical Note:    Our Mystery Ship model aircraft is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen.  Our Mystery Ship model aircraft is uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures.  The model airplane’s parts including the fuselage, wings and glass cockpit are extremely accurate and precise based on the original. This model aircraft will fascinate anyone, aviation enthusiast and model aircraft collectors alike for its remarkable and exceptional quality.  This elegant Mystery Ship model aircraft is definitely the perfect gift and collectible you would want to give to your friends and family.

Scale:    1:20
W/S:      17.5    inches
Lgth:      12.0    inches

Item Number:    TMC-KMSTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Price:    $175.95

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Historical Note Cont'd:    Q-ships or Q-boats were disguised as merchant vessels, carrying cannons, depth charges and anti-submarine equipment.  Q-ships were also known as Decoy Vessels, Special Service Ships or Mystery Ships.

Mystery Ships were used as a bait to attract and then sink German U-boats during World War I primarily by Britain and were later used in World War II by the United States.  Mystery Ships were created when Britain was in desperate need for a countermeasure against the U-boats strangling its sea lanes by luring those U-boats to the surface.  Mystery Ships is one of the most closely-guarded secrets of the war.  The Mystery Ship would pose as an easy target for the U-boat but it does carry hidden armament.  On June 23, 1915, the first victory of a Q-ship was achieved.  During World War II, there were nine Mystery Ships commissioned by the Royal Navy in September and October 1939 to serve in the North Atlantic: Chatsgrove, Maunder, Prunella, Lambridge, Edgehill, Brutus, Cyprus, Looe and Antoine.