This just in. Cottage Industry Models proudly announces the release of their 1/24 C.S.S. H. L. Hunley submarine.. This fully updated, cutaway edition is nicely molded in resin and white metal. The retail cost for this kit is $239.95

Ship History
H. L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. The Hunley was the first submarine to sink a warship, although the sub was also lost following the engagement. The Confederates lost 32 men in the Hunley's three sinkings. The submarine was named H. L. Hunley, after the death of its inventor, Horace L. Hunley, and some time after it had been taken into the Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina.
The H. L. Hunley, almost 40-feet 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-powered sloop-of-war USS Housatonic in Charleston harbor, but soon after, the Hunley also 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.