Builders Dockyard Model of the Japanese Oil Tanker CARLINKA Japanese

Circa 1980
Case: 54 inches long x 23 x 14 ½
 
   

Builders Dockyard Model of the Japanese Oil Tanker CARLINKA
 

Circa 1980
Case: 54 inches long x 23 x 14 ½
 
   

This builders dockyard model of a Japanese tanker ship is in very good condition with some gold fittings and housed in a custom base and stand. With builders plaques including information on the vessel and the maker of the model, Fuji Bijutsu Mokei Co. Ltd. of Japan. The model itself is approximately 47 inches long.

Built in 1980 for the Minami Nippon Shipbuilding Company, the MT CARLINKA was an oil tanker of 570 feet in length and 17,265 gross tons. Records indicate that the ship was under multiple owners after her completion and was later known under other names including SPICA, ADITYA VIJAY and JUSSARA.