This incredibly beautiful model is a scale-replica of the H.L. Hunleyone of Americas first submarines. Incredibly detailed, this model is hand-crafted, featuring museum-level quality and detailing that ensure this item is more than just a display piece. The H.L. Hunley was among the first of its kind: an ingenious idea design made for stealth and efficiency that saw moderate success in its field, despite being a fairly new and untested technology. No detail was spared on this model; extensive research was done to ensure as much historical accuracy as possible and extensive amounts of timeamounting to over 100 hourswas put into the creation of this model by master artisans to ensure an utterly astounding final product. And of course, such a gorgeous model corresponds to a ship with a real history: read more about the H.L. Hunley below.

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Key Features

Museum Quality Hand-Crafted Model

Built From High-Quality Materials

Rests On A Large Wooden Base

Built using Resources Such As Drawings, Copies of Blueprints, and Photos of the Actual Ship

Includes Numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Measurements

Overall Length: 24 Inches

Overall Width: 3 Inches

Overall Height: 2 Inches

Overall Scale: 1:30

A Brief History of the H.L. Hunley

H. L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. The Hunley was the first submarine to sink a warship, although the submarine was also lost during the process. The Confederates lost 32 men in Hunley's career. The submarine was renamed after the death of her inventor, Horace Lawson Hunley, and sometime after she had been taken into the Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina.

H. L. Hunley, almost 40 feet (12 m) long, was built at Mobile, Alabama, launched in July 1863, and shipped by rail to Charleston, SC on August 12, 1863. On February 17, 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the 1800-ton steam sloop USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor, but soon after, Hunley also apparently sank, drowning all 8 crewmen. Over 136 years later, on August 8, 2000, the wreck was recovered, and on April 17, 2004, the DNA-identified remains of the eight Hunley crewmen were interred in Charleston's Magnolia Cemetery, with full military honors