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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.
Horace Lawson Hunley (December 29, 1823 – October 15, 1863) was a Confederate marine engineer during the American Civil War. He developed early hand-powered submarines, the most famous of which was posthumously named for him, H. L. Hunley.
Category: Submarines of the Confederate States Navy. ... H. H. L. Hunley; P. Pioneer (submarine) This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 22:57 ...
H. L. Hunley: Horace Lawson Hunley: Jul 1863: 17 Feb 1864: Built for the Confederate States Navy, first combat submarine to sink a warship and then sank. Located at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Intelligent Whale: Price and Bushnell: 1863: Sep 1872: On exhibit at the National Guard Militia Museum of New ...
On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley made history, but neither the sub nor its crew make it back from their mission. On February 17, 1864, Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley made ...
Of those the Pioneer and the Bayou St. John submarine never saw action. However, Hunley, built in Mobile as a privateer by Horace Hunley, later came under the control of the Confederate Army at Charleston, SC, but was manned partly by a C. S. Navy crew; she became the first submarine to sink a ship in a wartime engagement.
H. L. Hunley, hand-cranked, sunk: February 17, 1864. Named in honor of its designer, Confederate marine engineer Horace Lawson Hunley. Pioneer; American Diver, also known as Pioneer II; Bayou Saint John
The Hunley was a confederate submarine that, in 1864, became the first sub to sink an enemy battleship, but it also sank to the bottom of the ocean. The mystery of what killed the crew of the H.L ...