![]() So the mystery of what downed the Hunley for more than a century could be technology-related-the failed plan to tether a long detonation cord before blowing up the torpedo could have done the crew in with the strong concussion of the blast, or there may have been a simple miscalculation related to the distance to safety that left the crew pumping away until they simply ran out of air. Interestingly, the bodies of the crew appeared to be at their stations as if nothing had happened, and studies show they died of lack of oxygen rather than drowning. The submarine remained lost until over a. But the Hunley was missing, along with its eight-person crew. ![]() It was the first ever submarine to sink an enemy vessel. Hunley made world history when it destroyed the USS Housatonic in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Both vessels ended up at the bottom of Charleston Harbor, but the Hunley was stuck so deep in the mud that it was not discovered until 2000 by a team led by author Clive Cussler. On the night of February 17, 1864, a Confederate submarine called the H.L. ![]() Hunley, please call the Friends of The Hunley at 84. Happy Hunley Raising Day The Hunley became the world’s first successful combat submarine in 1864 and then mysteriously vanished. This time the Hunley succeeded in ramming the USS Housatonic, and detonating the resulting torpedo lodged in her hull. Tickets for this historic event are on sale now For more information about the H.L. ![]() Yet somehow a team was recruited for a third try. Launched long before the dawn of internal combustion, the Hunley relied instead on internal exhaustion on the part of the crew. ![]()
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