by Dariusz Mazurowski
1/700 WWI German Collier Clara Blumenfeld (Scratchbuilt)
Clara Blumenfeld (2,331 BRT) was one of the many coal supply chips of Kaiserliche Marine during WWI. She was built in 1918 by Bremer Vulkan yard for Bernhard Blumenfeld from Hamburg. Mobilized in August 1914 as Kohleschiff 8 (German coal ship), returned to the owner in September 1916. In 1920 sold to Belgium and renamed to Borinage, then sold to Estonia (in 1930) to become Sulev. British Sulev since 1940, in 1950 sold to Panama as Pacora Scrapped in 1954, so shes had pretty long and rather lucky life.
Vital statistics
Displacement : cca. 5 450 tons
Dimensions : 97,53 x 12,80 x 5,70 m
Speed : 12 knots
Shortly after completion of tanker Loki I decided to add a coal ship to my collection also, but please don't ask me why this particular boat… Maybe she's had something that vintage sex appeal of old cargo ship. I own also plans of other ships, but this time Clara is my choice. After finishing my model I decided to add her to slightly modified Santa Elena seaplane tender diorama.
