The Hunley Gallery

             
 

For 130 years, all that was known about the sub came from witness descriptions and a single painting by Conrad Chapman.

Chapman's

Submarine Torpedo Boat H.L. Hunley Dec. 6 1863" by Conrad Wise Chapman

  
 
             
  Over the years, drawings and interpretations of the Hunley have evolved (devolved, actually) to portray the sub as a crude, bulky railroad boiler with mashed ends, and hundreds of protruding rivets- almost an amateurish attempt at a modern weapon of war.  
 
             
 

However, the recent discovery of the sub revealed a much more streamlined and technologically advanced design. This sub appears to have some things in common with the U-boats of W.W.I, 50 years later.

  
 
             
 

This gallery was set up to help visualize the Hunley. All original images are copyright 2000, 2001 Morris+ Bailey. Enjoy!

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profiles
snorkels

hunley's salvage

  
 
 
 

Ben Franklin Class SSBN model Copyright 2001 AVHI. Used with permission. Visit their site here.

 
 
 
 

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hunley on surface
hunley 3
  
 
 
 

fuse

Singer's Torpedo Fuse Design
wreck
hunley 8
  
 
 
 

Site of original Hunley Museum, Broad Street.
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CSS HL Hunley Replica at the Charleston Museum
  
 
 
 
 
         
 
 
 
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CSS David Replicas at Old Santee Canal Park
  
       
             
       
             
       
             
           

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