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CSS H. L. Hunley was the first submarine ever to sink a warship. It was named after its maker Horace L. Hunley. It was manned by a crew of 8 and was armed by only 1 spar torpedo.
On 17th Feb 1864 its commanding officer Lt. George Dixon spied a Union sloop Housatonic, moored near the Battery Marshall. The commander seized this chance and took the submarine close to the ship, silently. The crew, then, were able to lodge the spar torpedo on the starboard(right) side of the sloop. The torpedo, when detonated, sank the sloop in just 5 minutes.
H. L. Hunley itself did not survive the confrontation, one can only speculate as to why it sank. The submarine was recovered in 2000 A.D.
| Displacement: | 7.5 short tons |
| Length: | 40 ft (12.0 m) |
| Beam: | 3.83 ft (1.17 m) |
| Propulsion: | Hand-cranked propeller |
| Speed: | 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (surface) |
| Complement: | 1 officer, 7 enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 spar torpedo |
CSS H. L. Hunley was the first submarine ever to sink a warship. It was named after its maker Horace L. Hunley. It was manned by a crew of 8 and was armed by only 1 spar torpedo.On 17th Feb 1864 its commanding officer Lt. George Dixon spied a Union sloop Housatonic, moored near the Battery Marshall. The commander seized this chance and took the submarine close to the ship, silently. The crew, then, were able to lodge the spar torpedo on the starboard(right) side of the sloop. The torpedo, when detonated, sank the sloop in just 5 minutes.
H. L. Hunley itself did not survive the confrontation, one can only speculate as to why it sank. The submarine was recovered in 2000 A.D.
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