Product Description
Product Code: HS007W
Dimensions (cm): 80L x 18W x 78H
Dimensions (in): 31.5L x 7.09W x 30.71H
HS007W-1(60L x 14W x 67H cm)
Model is hand made from scratch with plank on frame construction method. Model is not from kit but fully assembled and ready for display.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The model is 100% hand made from hard wood with plank on frame construction method by skillful artisans with hundred hours of hand carved and hand painted as real tall ship.
Model is not kit but fully assembled and ready for immediate presentation or display.
Model will be extremely well packaged in a sturdy wooden crate and put in a carton box for maximum protection.
HISTORY
The San Felipe was named after the patron saint of Philip IV of Spain, a beautiful Spanish Man of War and the lead ship of the famous Spanish Armada launched in 1690.
The San Felipe, also called The Real San Felipe , was used in the war against the French and British was to help protect Spanish settlements and harbors, to transport treasures, and to safeguard the long and hazardous passage back to Spanish ports. In 1705, after hours of battle battle between Spanish ships and British ships, The San Felipe was captured by an English ship and then she went down to the bottom of the ocean with a large number of golds. Prior to this she had been one of the "workhorses" of the Spanish fleet.