Hl Hunley Crew Remains

Hunley s crew died is solved after 150 years.

Hl hunley crew remains. Archaeologists excavating the hunley after its recovery in 2000 found the crewmembers remains were largely found at their stations with no sign of panic or desperate attempts to escape the submarine. Hunley the hunley in a water tank at the warren lasch conservation center north charleston south carolina. Here is what we know as of now. The hl hunley sank on february 17 1864 after torpedoing.

Hunley byname hunley confederate submarine that operated 1863 64 during the american civil war and was the first submarine to sink 1864 an enemy ship the union vessel housatonic. T he mystery of how the crew of one of the world s first submarines died has finally been solved they accidentally killed themselves. The hunley was raised from the ocean in 2000 and two scientists have spent the past 17 years collecting the crew s remains and restoring the vessel as part of a painstaking cleanup operation. Such are the destinations of the forensic genealogist who has used streetwise skills and her curiosity to dig a little deeper into the lives of the eight man crew of the legendary h l.

Hunley detonated two hundred pounds of black powder against the hull of the uss housatonic sinking the union warship in the waters off charleston south carolina. The hunley also sank never seeing the surface again until she was raised in 2000 the remains of her crew still at their posts. Men on board the american civil war submarine were killed by the pressure blast of their own torpedo the hl hunley submarine. Dixon was waiting for in 1864 when he and his crew launched the experimental vessel that began the age of modern day submarines.

Hunley often referred to as hunley was a submarine of the confederate states of america that played a small part in the american civil war. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. The remains also show no new injuries suggesting whatever happened to the hunley was not violent enough to break the crew s bones. Historians discovered the remains of the hunley s first crew in june of 1999 during an archaeological dig beneath the citadel s football stadium.

On march 25 2000 more than 2 500 people came to magnolia cemetery to bury the five crewmembers with full military honors. But this day would not mark the beginning of the hunley crew s mission but rather the completion of their century. Mystery of how h l. On february 17 1864 eight sailors aboard the confederate submarine h l.