Most Famous Warships Gold Coin Set 2011 Proof

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Exclusive Gold Coin Set - Famous Battleships

The Most Famous Battleships gold coin collection issued by the independent nation of Samoa depicts the most famous ships of World War I and World War II. This original set includes five gold coins struck in the shape of investment-grade bars in premium proof quality.

The five gold coins come in a deluxe wooden box with a numbered certificate of authenticity for each coin in a limited edition of only 1,000 sets worldwide.

The most famous warships

Yamato

Battleship of the Japanese Imperial Navy, named after the old Japanese province of Yamato. She was the first ship of her class. Along with her sister ship Musashi, they were the largest and best armed battleships ever built. The ships carried guns of 460 mm (18.1 inches) calibre, the largest guns ever used on a ship.

USS Missouri

U.S. Navy battleship built during World War II and serving until the Persian Gulf War. It was the third ship of the Iowa class. Missouri became the last battleship built in the United States. On her deck, the surrender of Japan was signed on September 2, 1945, ending World War II.

Bismarck

German World War II battleship named after the Reich Chancellor Bismarck. At the time, she was one of the largest and most powerful battleships in the world. In May 1941, she made her first and last voyage to the Atlantic, during which she sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood on 24 May. After several days of pursuit, she was first damaged by Swordfish torpedo bombers from HMS Ark Royal and eventually sunk on 27 May after an unequal engagement with the battleships HMS Rodney, HMS King George V and other smaller vessels.

SMS Friedrich der Grosse

Flagship of the Third Battle Fleet. In the Battle of Jutland Vice Admiral Scheer's flagship fired about 72 305 mm shells. Interned in Scapa Flow and sunk there.

HMS Hood

Admiral-class battle cruiser, serving in the Royal Navy. A total of four ships of this class were to be built (Anson, Hood, Howe and Rodney), but during the project the Battle of Jutland occurred in which three British battlecruisers (HMS Indefatigable, HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible) were destroyed by ammunition depot explosions. After the battle, the concept of British battlecruisers was rethought and only Hood was completed from the Admiral class after extensive modifications to the design. The latter became the last ever British battlecruiser built. After the war, the names of the sister ships were given to the new Nelson-class (HMS Rodney) and King George V-class (HMS Anson and HMS Howe) battleships. Hood was sunk by Bismarck in 1941.