The tiny Confederate States of America hand-propelled…

October 1863 CE

The tiny Confederate States of America hand-propelled submarine H. L. Hunley, which had first been tested successfully in July 1863, sinks off Charleston during a test on October 15, killing its inventor Horace Lawson Hunley and a crew of seven.

Five men from the first crew of H. L. Hunley had died during early tests when she was accidentally swamped by the wake of a passing ship through her open hatches; four had managed to escape.

The second crew had been recruited in Charleston.

The vessel will be later raised and used again in 1864 in the first successful sinking of an enemy vessel (the USS Housatonic) by a submarine in naval history.

The operation will also be fateful for the H. L. Hunley, which will sink a third time, and for the second time lose all hands.

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Charleston Charleston South Carolina United States View →

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South Carolina, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War View →

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