Ro-Ro Cargo & Car Carriers

A 1/1250 scale model of the Ro-Ro vessel Massimo Mura, formerly the MOD "lighthouse-class", Beachy Head but now employed full time in the Mediterranean.

See also Mare Nostrum models for other modern vessels of Tirrenia Line.

A 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of Finnmerchant (ex-Longstone)by Albatros SM AL233B.

A 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of Hakuryu Maru, a Ro/Ro steel car carrier from 1991 by HB Models HB/C-56

A 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of Ohryu Maru, a Ro-Ro steel coil carrier by HB Models HB/C-57.

A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Grimaldi Lines Grande Africa class Ro-Ro ship Grande Amburgo (IMO 9246607). The model is made by Rhenania and has interchangeable parts (loading ramp & door) for port dioramas. The photograph shows the ramp lowered for loading. There is a deck load of cars and containers, see Rhe186Z

A 1/1250 scale model of Grande Buenos Aires a R0-R0 ship of Grimaldi Lines (IMO 9253210) made by Rhenania Rhe186B. This model can be fitted with a bespoke deck load of containers and cars (see Rhe186Z) and this ship has also been modelled as a diorama model with interchangeable rear door and loading ramp (see Rhe186BD). Other models of this class are available, see Rhe186A-E and Rhe186AD-ED.

A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Grande Buenos Aires by Rhenania Rhe186BDSC. This model has interchangeable parts of a rear door or loading ramp and is a diorama model version of Rhe186A-E model of a Grande Amburgo class Ro-Ro container vessel of Grimaldi Lines built by Fincantieri, Napoli in 2004. A container and vehicle load , Rhe186Z, is also available to purchase for this model.

A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Grimaldi Lines Grande Franchia made by Rhenania Rhe186C. This ship is one of the 9 remaining Grande Africa class ships since Grande America sank in 2019 in the Bay of Biscay after catching fire and capsizing. The crew were rescued by HMS Argyll.

A 1/1250 scale waterline model of Grande Nigeria a R0-Ro freighter in 2003 by Rhenania Rhe186D. Other models of five members of this class of ships have been made by Rhenania (Rhe186A-E) and diorama models with interchangeable ramps and rear gates (Rhe186AD-ED) for loading and unloading in small ports without link spans or container cranes in Africa, South America or the Atlantic Islands which are the usual ports of call for this class of ship.

A 1/1250 scale model deck load for the Grimaldi Line Grande Amburgo class Ro-Ro container vessels by Rhenania Rhe186Z. The deck loads are designed to fit on the open decks, see photograph. The ship model is not included in the price but can be purchased from Antics, see Rhe186A-E &/or  Rhe AD-ED models.

A 1/1250 scale waterline model of Hollandia Seaways by Rhenania Junior RJ243.

Built at Miho Shimizu Shipyard, Japan in 1996 for the Norfolkline as the MS Maersk Exporter (RJ291) the ship was renamed Scotia Seaways in 2010 when the Norfolkline was taken over by DFDS Seaways.
She was later chartered to Stena Line for the Heysham - Belfast route, now named Stena Scotia (RJ291B).

A 1/1250 scale model of Eurocargo Catania a Flensburger-class freighter by Rhenania Junior RJ314B

A1/1250 scale metal model of CSAV Rio Malleco a Pure Car and Truck Carrier which entered service to Europe in 2008.

A 1/1250 scale diorama model of the R0-Rofreighter Grande Francia in 2002 by Rhenania Rhe186CD. The model can be fitted with a loading ramp or a rear door and both are provided. A bespoke deck load to fit all Rhe186 models is also available at extra cost, see Rhe186Z.

A 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of Grimaldi Lines vehicle carrier Grande San Paolo of the Grande Amburgo class by Rhenania Rhe186E. A load of containers and vehicles is available to fit this model at extra cost, see Rhe186Z. There is also a diorama version of this class of ship model with interchangeable loading door and loading ramp, see Rhe186ED. Rhenania has also made a deck load which fits all the models, see Rhe186Z.

Rhenania brings you Rhe Jun 190 a 1/1250th scale model of the Baltic Ace a Bahamian Flagged Car Carrier that sank in the North Sea in December 2012

A 1/1250 scale model of Maas Viking by Rhenania Junior RJ314. Maas Viking was built in Denmark by Odense Steel Shipyard in 2009 and is a near sister ship to the Flensburger/Lighthouse class Ro-Ro class that have been leased to the military transport arms of the German & British governments.