CM Models 1/1250 CM-P92 KMS Memelland, armed navy tanker, 1940-45
A 1/1250 scale model of the KMS Memelland, a Germany armed navy tanker during WW2. The ship was built in 1936 for the Dutch shipping firm of La Corona, a subsidiary of Anglo-Saxon petroleum company and was commandeered for the German Kriegsmarine when Germany invaded Holland in 1940. The Memelland was in Kiel when WW2 ended in May 1945.
When new in 1936, this ship was a member of the "Shell" E-class, Etrema.