San Felipe 14"

• 14" long x 3" Wide x 13" High
• This San Felipe model is fully assembled, not a model kit. Just pull it out of the box and its ready to display.
• Built with rare, high quality woods. This is a wooden model ship, not plastic.
• Deck details include:
  • Thick striped sails, metal chains holding the anchors at each front end of the ship, 12 cannons on each side of the ship
• The San Felipe comes attached to a sturdy wood base
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual ship.

The San Felipe Launched in 1690, was one of the most beautiful Spanish ships of the 17th century. She was the lead ship of the Spanish Armada and displaced more than 1000 tons and was armed with 96 cannons, enabling her to take on the most formidable ships in the French and British navies. San Felipe's role in the war against the British and French 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, she participated in a furious and heroic battle between 12 Spanish ships and 35 British ships. After 24 hours of battle, she was captured by an English ship, but was so badly damaged that she could not be salvaged as a prize. She went to the bottom with several tons of gold.