CM Models 1/1250 CM-KR40 MS Achille Lauro Cruise Liner Waterline Model (1980s)
Achille Lauro the infamous cruise ship in 1/1250 scale, waterline form by CM Miniaturen CM-KR40. The 2025 batch of castings are excellent and the paint finishis up to standard, see photograph.
MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. The lengthy build time was a determination that she would never be of use to the German occupiers. After many years of sevice, she was given a style makeover and became a full-tme cruise ship with a new name and new owner.
In 1981, she was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front and a disabled passenger was brutally executed.
In other incidents, she also suffered two serious collisions (in 1953 with the MS Oranje and in 1975 with the cargo ship Youseff) and four onboard fires or explosions (in 1965, 1972, 1981, and 1994). In the last of these, in 1994, the 55 year old ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.