Horace Lawson Hunley
American
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1863/00/00 | Horace Hunley designs a hand-powered "fish-boat" from a 25-foot-long, 48 inch diameter, boiler. Machinist extend the iron cylinder with tapered fore and aft section, install ballast tanks, a pump, a mercury gauge, a shaft and controls. | Naval Architect | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | ||||
1863/09/00 | Horace Hunley arrives in Charleston and request the submarine torpedo boat be returned to him. Gen PGT Beauregard approves, and Hunley sends for a crew of men from the Park and Lyons Machine Shop (lost) in Mobile, Alabama. | Naval Architect | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | ||||
1863/10/15 | Horace Hunley captains his submarine torpedo boat, test diving beneath the CSS INDIAN CHIEF anchored in Charleston Harbor. H L HUNLEY sinks to the bottom killing Horace Hunley and seven crew members. | Died | H L HUNLEY (submarine) | Charleston Harbor | |||
1863/11/08 | Horace L Hunley is buried with full military honors at Hunley Circle in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina. | In Memoriam | Magnolia Cemetery | Charleston, SC |
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