A handcrafted wooden ship model, Defender sailing yacht. Fine hand-painted details. Defender was the winner of the tenth Americas Cup competition in 1895 against British challenger Valkyrie III. Defender was designed by the American naval architect Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff MFG in 1895. The ships skipper, Henry C. Haff, was inducted into Americas Cup Hall of Fame in 2004. The model comes with a Lannan Ship Model Gallery name plaque with information about the piece. Maritime Nautical Decor For Collectors, Americana, Ship Models.