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The Hunley was not a suicide torpedo. It was a new and highly dangerous submarine. The crew died shortly after sinking the Union’s Housatonic, but their death w
by jessriedel 4y ago
The Hunley was not a suicide torpedo. It was a new and highly dangerous submarine. The crew died shortly after sinking the Union’s Housatonic, but their death was accidental rather than a necessary part of the attack method.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_(submarine)
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoThat's frightening, first crew drowns in it, so they raise it off the seabed, clean out the bodies and send in another crew who also drown. Then they raise it again for a third crew to take over. At this stage I'd be like "mister, thanks but no thanks".
- robonerd 4y agoNote that the second crew to drown included the inventor of the submarine, H. L. Hunley himself. And they still tried a third time... He's listed on wikipedia's page for inventors killed by their own inventions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_invention#Maritime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_th... (Also they named the submarine after him after he was killed by it. Kind of morbid.)
- zardo 4y agoIIRC, things may have gone according to plan. That is the suicide was accidental, but it was designed in. They didn't understand that shockwaves would travel further underwater and getting to safety may not have been possible.