The HL Hunley: Its Times & Controversies

The HL Hunley: Its Times & ControversiesDid you know the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley was a privately owned vessel and not built by the Confederate government? the owners of the H. L. Hunley were given a Letter of Marque by the Confederate government to sink Union shipping for a profit? the original investment to build the H. L. Hunley was $15,000 ($300,000 in today's currency)? the Confederacy put a value of $27,500 on the submarine ($550,000 in today's currency)? the submarine made

Did you know É É the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was a privately owned vessel and not built by the Confederate government? É the owners of the H.L. Hunley were given a Letter of Marque by the Confederate government to sink Union shipping for a profit? É the original investment to build the H.L. Hunley was $15,000 ($300,000 in today's currency)? É the Confederacy put a value of $27,500 on the submarine ($550,000 in today's currency)? É the submarine made many patrols for it sank the USS Housatonic, including three its first week in Charleston? É the submarine sank three times, killing members of its crew each time? É for more than 100 years searchers were looking in the wrong location for the H.L. Hunley because of a misunderstood 19th century term? É the transcripts of an official United States Navy Inquiry prove the H.L. Hunley survived the attack on the USS Housatonic? É two men, prominent in their respective fields, both claim they found the H.L. Hunley?