Hunley built by Floyd Houston, New Suffolk, New York. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63085. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington. Note spar torpedo projecting from the submarine's bow. It was presented by him to the Naval Historical Foundation on 7 April 1960. Imaged scanned from Shipwreck: A History of Disasters at Sea, by Sam Willis, via Robert Hurst. Hunley before it made is fateful missions in which both it and the Housatonic were sunk in Charleston Harbor. The Final Mission by Mort Kunstler depicts the preparation of the H.L. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. When the Hunley Sank the Housatonic, in 1S64, the First Victim of a Submarine Went to the Bottom-Northern Newspapers Called It a Dastardly Attack and Even to the Head of the Confederate Navy It Was An Act Unworthy of a Chivalrous Nation. Image from American Civil War Museum – Chapman Paintings Portfolio via Robert Hurst. Painting of the Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 58769. Alexander, who directed her construction. Hunley published in France, based on sketches by William A. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 53545.Ĭutaway drawings of the H.L. Hunley midships section drawing, after sketches by W.A. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 53544. Hunley inboard profile and plan drawings, after sketches by W.A. At present, she is the subject of a careful preservation effort that ultimately should place her in suitable condition for general public exhibition.Īs built to the specifications: Length 30' Beam 4' Speed, Submerged 4 mph Complement 9 Armament, 1 spar torpedo. Hunley was raised and taken to a conservation facility at the former Charleston Naval Base. On 8 August 2000, following extensive preliminary work, the H.L. Her fate remained a mystery for over 131 years, until May 1995, when a search led by author Clive Cussler located her wreck. Hunley did not return from this mission, and was presumed lost with all hands. The Federal ship sank rapidly, becoming the first warship to be lost to a submarine's attack. Hunley approached the steam sloop of war USS Housatonic and detonated a spar torpedo against her side. On 17 February 1864, these efforts were successful.
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With a third crew, and under orders to only operate on the surface, she began a series of attempts to attack United States Navy ships on blockade duty off Charleston. Horace Lawson Hunley, who was directing her operation, and the rest of her men were drowned. However, during diving trials on 15 October 1863, she failed to surface. After salvage, she was given a new crew and began a series of tests. On 29 August, while moored to a steamer, the submarine was accidently pulled over on its side and sank, drowning five members of her crew. Following trials in Mobile Bay, she was transported to Charleston, South Carolina, in August 1863 to serve in the defense of that port. Hunley and superintended by Confederate officers W.A. Hunley a small, hand-powered submarine, was privately built at Mobile, Alabama, in 1863, based on plans furnished by Horace Lawson Hunley, James R. Introduction from the United States Naval Historical Center:
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