Model Shipways 1/128 Harriet Lane 1857 Steam Paddle Cutter - (Cutter Lavinia), 2010

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Model Shipways 1/128 Harriet Lane 1857 Steam Paddle Cutter - (Cutter Lavinia), 2010 plastic model kit

1/128 2010 Model Shipways Harriet Lane 1857 Steam Paddle Cutter - (Cutter Lavinia)

Wood and Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

Superb, large-scale wooden ship kit measure 19.5 inches long when assembled. Features fully precarved solid hardwood hull, all basswood and metal construction, copper sheathing below the waterline, laser cut paddlewheel covers, brass and Britannia metal fittings and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including plans/instructions. The Harriett Lane was built in 1857 and named for President Buchanan's niece. The cutter was 180 feet long with a 30 foot beam and displacement was 670 tons. Armament consisted of 3-9 inch Dahlgrens and 1-30 lb Parrot Rifle. She was built at a time when steam was not fool-proof, so she is rigged for full sails. Harriett Lane served as the Presidential Yacht, the fired the first shot of the Civil War. She chased down blockade runners until January 1, 1863 when she was attacked by five Confederate Gun Boats and boarded. She was captured and renamed the Lavinia and was used as a blockade runner. Near the end of the war she caught fire at sea, and put into Havana Harbor. Federal forces took her again and rebuilt her in 1869 as the bark 'Elliot Ritchie'. She was abandoned at sea in 1884.

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