The Ingenuity and Stupidity of the HL Hunley ...

Go to http://lectricebikes.com to give the gift of adventure for Father’s Day! Today we continue the tale of the RMS Titanic. When we left off, the ill fated ship was approaching Newfoundland on her (so far) uneventful voyage. What happened next has reverberated throughout histor ...  Show more

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! April 14th, 1912, the pride of the White Star line collides with an iceberg and the largest, luxury liner sank to the depths taking thousands of lives with her. You may have heard of it. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lot ...  Show more

In 1740, the Royal Navy ship The Wager set sail for the Pacific to take part in the War of Jenkins' Ear. The unfortunate ship was separated from the fleet and, after pulverising storms and outbreaks of scurvy, ended up sinking near a small island off the coast of Chil ...

On this episode of Our American Stories, the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success, but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel...and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War.

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May 3, 1995. The Hunley has been missing for over 100 years. This Civil War submarine and all eight of her crew disappeared after completing the first successful submarine attack ever. When a team of divers finally locates the wreck in the mid ‘90s, it seems the mystery has been ...  Show more

On the morning of May 23, 1939, a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy’s submarine, the USS Squalus, was doing a routine test dive when something went terribly wrong. The sub began flooding, and plunged 240 feet down to the bottom of the ocean, trapping the dozens of sailors aboard. The ...