![]() Pioneer was a similar shape to the David but fully enclosed with a steel hull and circular hatch protruding from the top. The first craft was called Pioneer and had to be scuttled to preserve its secrecy when the Unionist forces closed in on New Orleans. She was the last of three submarines built by a team of engineers led by Mr James McClintock, and including an engineer named Horace L Hunley. Civilian engineers were invited to submit proposals to the Confederate Navy and promised financial rewards for successful designs.īest known of these Confederate sneak craft was the HL Hunley. ![]() Almost from the outset of the war it was apparent that the South would be unable to meet the Union’s fleet on equal grounds, and development of asymmetrical means was encouraged which resulted in a brief periods of rapid development of underwater sneak submarines. The Union were imposing an effective naval blockade on the Confederate States and this naval discrepancy worked in the submarine’s favor. ![]() Invariably the development of sneak attack craft is born of desperation as an effort to confront the numerically and qualitatively superior force. A recent article in Popular Science has showcased fascinating research into the circumstances of the Confederate submarine H L Hunley’s crews’ deaths.ĭuring the American Civil War the Navy of the Confederate States were heavily outgunned by the Union’s navy.
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