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H. L. Hunley, also known as the Hunley, CSS H. L. Hunley, or CSS Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and dangers of undersea warfare. She was the first combat submarine to sink a warship (USS Housatonic), although Hunley was not completely submerged and, following her attack, was ...
In 1995 Clive Cussler located the legendary submarine just off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. In 2000, the Hunley was successfully raised and in 2001 an international team of scientists began the process of carefully excavating her contents at a high-tech laboratory facility in North Charleston. To complete this historic journey, we must depend on donations from those who care about ...
The Hunley was designed and built at Mobile, Alabama, and named for its chief financial backer, Horace L. Hunley.Less than 40 feet (12 metres) long, the submarine could hold up to nine crewmen, most of whom propelled the vessel by hand cranking a single screw.
Jul 23, 2018 · It was the first submarine in history to successfully sink an enemy ship. Made out of 40 feet of bulletproof iron, the H.L. Hunley was a Confederate submarine with a crew of eight. But despite its ...
The author looks out of the porthole of a hyperbaric chamber at Duke University, where she began her research on the HL Hunley. Christopher Wilson. Before coming to Duke, I’d been a civilian ...
Aug 23, 2017 · Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery about the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship — what killed the sub's own crew. On Feb. 17, 1864, during the American Civil War, the 12-metre ...
On February 17th, 1864, the H. L. Hunley became the first successful combat submarine in world history with the sinking of the USS Housatonic.After completing her mission, she mysteriously vanished and remained lost at sea for over a century. For decades, adventurers searched for the legendary submarine.
Feb 15, 2014 · The 40-foot submarine was brought up amid much fanfare off Charleston, South Carolina, in August 2000. Author Clive Cussler and a team discovered the Hunley five years earlier, buried in the sand ...
Lost for over a century, the Hunley was raised from the sea in 2000. Now, scientists are working to solve the mystery of her disappearance. The World's First Successful Combat Submarine Why Did the Hunley Vanish?
Feb 8, 2023 · The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. On 17 February 1864, H.L. Hunley rammed her torpedo into the Union sloop-of-war Housatonic, sinking both ships off the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Housatonic lost two officers and three enlisted men. Hunley, however, sunk with all hands after the collision and was not seen again for 131 years ...
