Trumpeter 05357 1:350 Russian Destroyer Taszkient 1942

Trumpeter 05357 1:350  Russian Destroyer Taszkient 1942

Italian-built "Tashkent" destroyer nicknamed "Blue Beauty". Built 1937. Provided humanitarian assistance and naval fire support for Soviet troops during the Sieges of Odessa and Sevastopol. Sunk by the Luftwaffe on 2nd July 1942. Refloated in 1944 but the wreck was beyond economic repair and scrapped.