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    SUBMARINE CSS HUNLEY

    Jul 15, 2021 4 minutes

    On the night of 17 February 1864, the submarine CSS Hunley became the first weapon of its kind to sink an enemy ship, before meeting its own demise in the attack.

    Constructed by the firm Park and Lyons in Mobile, Alabama, the submarine was the brainchild of Horace L Hunley, a lawyer, planter and innovator from New Orleans. Other experiments had been disappointing, but the Hunley design was believed workable, even after two trial deployments ended in tragedies that cost the lives 13 men, including Horace Hunley.

    Under control of the Confederate Army, Hunley slipped beneath the harbour waters

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