General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

The model is a high quality full representation model of the vessel. It is made of metal, fibre optic composites and plastic in 1:150 scale the model is done in grey with orange lifeboats, white red and blue flag, white and silver railings and a main white cabin. The model is mounted onto mahogany plates and is a glass case.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

151.0 cm

Width

34.0 cm

Height

44.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Ihlenfeldt Berkefeld

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Hamburg

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This model ship was commissioned by the Canpotex especially for the Museum. It represents one of the nine vessels commissioned to carry potash around the world. Canpotex requires a large transportation infrastructure-including rail and sea transport- to achieve its corporate goal of marketing and distributing Canadian-mined potash. One of the corporation's social responsibility goals is to help document and tell the story of potash and Canpotex. The company hopes to ensure that the importance of the potash industry, both nationally and internationally is recognized and understood beyond the borders and institutions of Saskatchewan. [see Ref. #1- Acquisition Proposal for the complete Historical significance]

Function

To accurately represent the physical form and construction of a Bulk Cargo Vessel in miniature.

Technical

The U-Sea Saskatchewan is a bulk cargo vessel (Supramax category) capable of carrying approximately 60,000 metric tons of potash. The Supramax category represents the larger end of the Handymax category of vessels which has a slightly smaller cargo volume than the Panamax category. Because of the moderate size of these vessels they can berth at a number of smaller ports with hull draft restrictions, making this category one of the most common currently afloat. Vessels in the Supramax category are equipped with four onboard overhead cranes which are used to unload bulk cargo at less sophisticated ports. Between the shallower draft by cargo volume and the onboard overhead cranes, vessels in the Supramax category are considered quite versatile, reaching ports not accessible to larger vessels. [see Ref. #1- Acquisition Proposal for the complete Technical significance]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's foil plaque:"IHENFELDT, BERKEFELD GmbH/Feinmechanisher Modellbau/Holtbarg 23/22589 Hamburg/Tel: +49(0) 40-87 46 47/Fax: +49(0) 40-87 48 88/www.ib-modelle.de". Mfr white painted lettering[both sides of ship]:"CANPOTEX". Mfr white painted lettering[back of ship]:"U-SEA SAKATCHEWAN/PANAMA". Mfr painted[centre of ship]: "H[on green circle]/6.75[on yellow circular line]/WEIGHT LIMIT 4.0 TON[either side of green circle]/13.5[on large yellow circular line]". [See notes for the rest of the Mfr's information]

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

The model is a high quality full representation model of the vessel. It is made of metal, fiber optic composites and plastic in 1:150 scale the model is done in grey with orange lifeboats, white red and blue flag, white and silver railings and a main white cabin. The model is mounted onto mahogany plates and is a glass case.

Decoration

On the smoke stack a white ban with green diamond shapes and green triangular shapes.