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Pretty awesome find.
My first trip to Charleston was specifically to see the Hunley. It's the only place on earth you can gander at a 150 year old submarine.
I was excited 15 years ago when we saw it the first time.Boy not much has happened since then.Seeing it one more time will do me.This explanation is what I've always suspected and I'm no expert.Shock waves in water are killer, otherwise depth charges would not work.
The article is misleading as it hasn't been solved at all. It's not even peer reviewed.
If everybody died instantly, then how did they signal to shore with the blue light?
Also, the Hunley had already sunk an umanned barge earlier during testing in Mobile Bay and the crew survived that.
This wasn't the first and last use of a spar torpedo as they had been employed safely by other semi submersibles like the CSS David.
The experiment was carried out assuming the charge was set off from the end of the 16 foot spar, but the Hunley was designed to reel out a lanyard so it could back away to a safer distance before detonating. How far exactly it reeled out exactly is unknown and not going to easily replicated with any conclusive results.
The article is misleading as it hasn't been solved at all. It's not even peer reviewed.
If everybody died instantly, then how did they signal to shore with the blue light?
Also, the Hunley had already sunk an umanned barge earlier during testing in Mobile Bay and the crew survived that.
This wasn't the first and last use of a spar torpedo as they had been employed safely by other semi submersibles like the CSS David.
The experiment was carried out assuming the charge was set off from the end of the 16 foot spar, but the Hunley was designed to reel out a lanyard so it could back away to a safer distance before detonating. How far exactly it reeled out exactly is unknown and not going to easily replicated with any conclusive results.
The article doesn't claim the mystery to have been solved. A re-read should show that. Someone saying they felt part of the mystery was solved in no way applies that the mystery of exactly what happened is being claimed to be known. This testing gave a perspective of what could have happened.
The article doesn't claim the mystery to have been solved. A re-read should show that. Someone saying they felt part of the mystery was solved in no way applies that the mystery of exactly what happened is being claimed to be known. This testing gave a perspective of what could have happened.
"mystery solved' and " likely" shouldn't be in the same sentence. You either know something definately or you don't. Either article should have at least addressed the same questions they brought up.
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