President Masaryk
River patrol boat from 1930
1:25 (length 200 cm, beam 26 cm)
Used materials:
Hull, deck and superstructure of Forex boards
Propulsion
2 motors Mabushi 6V
10 metalhybride cells
The model is radio controlled, it has turning gun turrets, lighting and sound effects such as siren and machine gun and gun shooting.
Brief history of the ship
The largest military ship of the Czechoslovakian state – President Masaryk – was launched to the Dunaj River in October 1930. The construction work was performed by Škoda Works a.s. in the leased shipyard in Komárno in 1929. The armour plate and other metallurgical material was supplied by the Iron Works Poldi Kladno, steam turbines, machinery and armament was made by Škoda Plzeň and steam boilers Škoda in Hradec Králové. Its home port was Bratislava. In September 1931, trial operation was lunched and till 15th March 1939 when the independent Slovakian State was declared it had patrolled the border between Slovakia and Hungary. Then the ship was handed over to Germany. During WWII it was renamed to become Bechelaren. After war in 1947, it returned to Bratislava and from 1951 it served as a support ship of an engineer company in the Czechoslovakian Army. In 1956 the Ship was dismantled in Komárno shipyard and the hull was used as a support pontoon until 1978 when it was scrapped.
Technical details
Hull length - 47.5 m (with jib boom 49 m)
Beam - 6 m
Hull side height - 2.25 m
Draught - 1.10 m
Displacement - 230 t
Propulsion - 2 steam turbines with output 1150 kW, 1000 rot/min
2 screws
Armament - 2 double guns 66 mm, effective range 12500 m
2 double machine guns 7.92 mm
10 water mines
Crew: 1 commander, 2 officers, 3 sergeant majors and 32 – 40 crew members
