A scale model of the Roter Lowe (Red Lion), 50 cm high, Other Notes: Built in the Netherlands in 1597, the Roter Lowe (Red Lion) was an 18 gun scouting vessel. Bought in 1601 by the Council of Knigsberg on account of the Elector of Brandenburg. It was in service as a vedette-boat in Pillau from 1602 to 1605.