"Huntley waaaaay too close when the torpedo went bang!" Topic
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RogerThat | 05 Aug 2013 9:49 a.m. PST |
Experts: Confederate Sub Near Target at Sinking Jan 28, 2013 Associated Press| by Bruce Smith NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Scientists say the submarine that was the first in history to sink an enemy warship was much closer than thought to a Union ship it sank in 1864. Scientists announced Monday that 135 pounds of gunpowder was attached to a pole, or spar, at the front of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley. It has been long thought the Hunley attached a torpedo to the bottom of the blockade ship Housatonic and then backed off. But new evidence indicates the Hunley was only about 20 feet away, meaning the concussion from the explosion could have knocked out the crew. The Housatonic sank, while the Hunley, built in Mobile, Ala., never returned with its eight-man crew. The sub was found off South Carolina in 1995 and raised five years later. |
FreemanL | 05 Aug 2013 9:59 a.m. PST |
I guess the next question is, how far was the found Hunley from the wreck area of the Housatonic? As the hunely was truly man-powered, if the crew were senseless or dead at that point, it should have gone down pretty close. As I think I recall, they found the crew still in their rowing stations, which does suggest they either were slowly asphyxiated or stunned by the blast and possibly concussed to death. But I wonder what markings or scars did they find to lend evidence to the range of 20 feet? Larry |
Murphy | 05 Aug 2013 10:33 a.m. PST |
The question then stands
there were witnesses to the signal light that supposedly the Huntly shined indicating success
so then what? How far was the Hunley away
is there any evidence of the blast concussion damage?
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jgawne | 05 Aug 2013 10:45 a.m. PST |
I thought they had found a place on the main hatch turret where something hat hit it and knocked a piece of metal off inside the sub- making it take on water, which was originally thought to be from small arms fire. |
thosmoss | 05 Aug 2013 1:08 p.m. PST |
Some quick searches: "In May of 1955, some shipwreck searchers led by Clive Cussler found the missing submarine about 1000 feet away from the spot where she had sunk USS Housatonic so long ago." And the crew was found in their positions because there really wasn't much option to be anywhere else. You can see the cramped quarters here: shiloh150.org/css_hunley |
D for Dubious | 02 Sep 2013 3:46 a.m. PST |
I think I read that the ballast tanks were open topped so if it were knocked off kilter even briefly it would take on too much water to ever surface again. Not a nice way to go. |
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