Amati 1/50 1439 Robert E Lee Missisppi Paddlesteamer

The Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana in 1866 from the brilliant idea of Fulton and Livingston. The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and cost $200,000 to build. It was named for the great Confederate general Robert E. Lee, and gained its greatest fame for beating the then-current Natchez in an 1870 steamboat race in 3 days, 18 hours & 14 minutes.

The kit includes a solid wooden hull; machine turned smokestacks; photo-etched brass stanchions and decorations; white metal windows, doors, paddlewheels; wooden planking for deck and cabin and metal accessories. The instruction booklet is very detailed, taking you through every step of construction.

Scale 1:50, Length: 600mm.
Skill Level 4

£284.00

MRP £334.87

Must be ordered - delivery as soon as possible.

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At 3:30 am on September 30, 1882, the Lee caught fire thirty miles north of New Orleans, at Point Pleasant, with 21 people killed. It had left Vicksburg, Mississippi heading for New Orleans, on its first voyage since being repainted. The fire started at the pantry. It landed at Louisiana's Yucatan Plantation. Property destroyed included the ship's book, mail, and 500 bales of cotton. The captain was W.S. Cannon (son of James), and he was credited for saving many lives. The survivors were rescued by the J. M. White, and taken back to Vicksburg. Three chandeliers originally on the Lee are currently at the First Presbyterian Church of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Another chandelier is in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Additional items originally of the Lee are at the Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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