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April 17, 2004
Saturday
 
 
A fascinating postscript in military history
Perry de Havilland (London)  Historical views
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The Confederate crew of world's first submarine (or more correctly 'submersible') use effectively used in combat, were buried with military honours yesterday in Charleston, South Carolina. Their boat, the CSS Hunley, was discovered in 1995 and raised in 2000 from where it sank in Charleston harbour in 1864. The Hunley went down shortly after having sunk a blockading US Navy armed sloop, the USS Housatonic.

This is an interesting end to a fascinating chapter in military history

hunley_colour.jpg
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14 southern governors were invited to the funeral. None attended. Shame. Shame on them.


Posted by Theodopoulos Pherecydes at April 18, 2004 12:57 PM

OT - Why does uploading a 14 word, 2 line comment to Samizdata.net using my blazing fast connection take what seems like an hour?


Posted by Theodopoulos Pherecydes at April 18, 2004 01:00 PM

Only 54 seconds for that one. Woo hoo.


Posted by Theodopoulos Pherecydes at April 18, 2004 01:02 PM

There's a not bad TV movie about this astonishing submersible called "The Hunley". Bizarrely, it stars Armand Assante, but is riveting and informative for all that. These guys spent a lot of time just trying not to drown.

I rented it as a video.


Posted by Dave F at April 19, 2004 11:14 AM
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