+Strategos Manatee I don't think the torpedoes were launched from tubes like in a modern submarine. What happened was the torpedo was rammed into the side of an enemy ship like a harpoon, and a timer set off the explosives.

Strategos Manatee it didn’t it stabbed a ship with the point at the front

There was also the uss alligator

@@twistedyogert Actually there was a cable attached between the explosive and the Hunley. When the vessel moved away the cable uncoiled. When the cable was fully extended it detonated the device.

The submarine was invented in 1620

Almost every new piece of technology is dangerous.

@@twistedyogert hi

No, there actually were a few survivors. 3 people survived the first accident with the H.L. Hunley: Lt. John Payne and 2 others managed to escape (August 29, 1863). The second and third crews had all hands lost, though.

There was also a *union* submarine called USS Alligator. They are still trying to find it.

Hunley Himself died on the last shakedown cruise.

Kenneth Draper I understand a proper burial, But they fought for a country that killed 300,000 + US soliders and civilians.

how does a country award military honors to soldiers it fought against?

@@gfoot9916 Abraham Lincoln gave all the Confederate veterans the honor of being US veterans so when one died they were treated as US veterans.

The Hunley was found in 1995, but it wasn't raised until august of 2000.

@@gfoot9916 HONOR - A concept you obviously don't understand

That's my bet cuz they were all at their stations and no emergency procedures were even tried.

The original weapon of the H.L. Hunley was a towed contact mine, but it was decided to be swapped out for a spar torpedo mounted on the bow. Several factors led to this decision: 1. The Confederates had to come up with an alternate means of attack since the Union Navy learned about the south's "secret weapon". Union Admiral John Dahlgren ordered the Union fleet to take defensive measures. Towed contact mines became ineffective with these added defensive measures (e.g. a chain or "boom" wall which could be lowered over the sides to prevent a submerged vessel from slipping underneath). The attack on the U.S.S. New Ironsides by a 'David' boat only confirmed the Union Navy's suspicions that the Confederates were... Up to something. Union naval command knew that an attack by the south's infernal "fish boat" was imminent; they just didn't know when exactly. 2. After the two accidents with the Hunley submarine, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard no longer allowed the submarine to attempt an attack while submerged - too risky. The Hunley could still perform dives but during actual combat it had to remain surfaced. Using a spar torpedo mounted on the bow proved much more practical and easier to control than a towed contact mine. There was a misconception that the torpedo mounted on the spar was detonated by a string controlled by the Captain, but after the Hunley was found it was revealed that the torpedo was actually designed to detonate on impact; making the operation of the "peripatetic coffin" all that much more dangerous.

Just cause you live in Austin doesnt make you a "Texan"

The Manassas was a ironclad ram, not submarine.

Grenades had already been created that could explode by the end plate being hit with enough force. I imagine they but a bomb on a stick and rammed that bomb into the bottom of a ship

hahaha good one

Google Bill Cosby coin toss. All will be explained.

GregoryTheGr8ster Quite a bit. Men back then were generally built with more muscle due to hard labor and farmwork. Considering many of the Confederates were farmers, you had yourself a powerful army by those standards.

WHO CARES

@@beastieman4207 that was 7 years ago

Sure why not