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{{Ship
| name= CSS ''H.L. Hunley''
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| image=Hunley.jpg
| caption=
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| flag=Conf Navy Jack.png
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| owner=
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| built=Spring 1863
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| authorized=
| Built:
| keellaid=
| Spring, 1863
| commissioned=
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| launched=
| Fate:
| retired=
| Sunk in battle; 17 February 1864
| status=Sunk in battle; February 17, 1864
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| type=
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| length=30 ft
| beam=4 ft
| 30 ft
| draft=6 ft
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| speed=3 knots
| test=
| armament=One spar torpedo
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| aircraft=
| crew=1 officer, 8 men
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| 3 knots
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| 1 officer, 8 men
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| Armament:
'''CSS ''H.L. Hunley''''' was a submarine built and used during the [[American Civil War]], gaining fame by being the first such vessel in history to sink an enemy warship in combat.
'''CSS ''H.L. Hunley''''' was a submarine built and used during the [[American Civil War]], gaining fame by being the first such vessel in history to sink an enemy warship in combat.
====First sinking====
====First sinking====
After several dives about the harbor on 29 August 1863, the submarine moored by lines fastened to steamer ''Etiwan'' at the dock at Fort Johnson. The steamer unexpectedly moved away from the dock, drawing ''Hunley'' on her side and she filled and went down. Five seamen of ''Chicora'' were officially reported to have drowned but Lieutenant Payne and two others escaped. The submarine was raised, and on 21 September 1863, turned over to Horace L. Hunley for fitting out and manning. He brought a crew from Mobile which had previous experience in handling the submarine and was to be headed by Lt. Dixon.
After several dives about the harbor on 29 August 1863, the submarine moored by lines fastened to steamer ''Etiwan'' at the dock at Fort Johnson. The steamer unexpectedly moved away from the dock, drawing ''Hunley'' on her side and she filled and went down. Five seamen of ''Chicora'' were officially reported to have drowned but Lieutenant Payne and two others escaped. The submarine was raised, and on 21 September 1863, turned over to Horace L. Hunley for fitting out and manning. He brought a crew from Mobile which had previous experience in handling the submarine and was to be headed by Lt. Dixon.
====Second sinking====
====Second sinking====
==References==
==References==
*Longmore, Thomas. ''A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds''; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1862.
*Longmore, Thomas. ''A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds''; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1862.
*Chisholm, Julian J. ''A Manual of Military Surgery''; Richmond, VA, Wets & Johnson, 1861.
*Chisholm, Julian J. ''A Manual of Military Surgery''; Richmond, VA, Wets & Johnson, 1861.