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NORTH CHARLESTON - New findings suggest Hunley was ‘much closer’ to torpedo blast - The Civil War: 150 Years Later - TheState.com

NORTH CHARLESTON - New findings suggest Hunley was ‘much closer’ to torpedo blast - The Civil War: 150 Years Later - TheState.com | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
For nearly 150 years, the story of the Hunley’s attack on the USS Housatonic has been Civil War legend.

 

Scientists have discovered a piece of the Confederate submarine’s torpedo still attached to its spar, debunking eyewitness accounts that the Hunley was nearly 100 feet away from the explosion that sent a Union blockade ship to the bottom of the sea off Charleston in 1864.

 

 

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Remains of 8000-year old ship discovered in South Korea - Sowetan LIVE

Remains of 8000-year old ship discovered in South Korea - Sowetan LIVE | Archaeology News | Scoop.it
Archaeologists in Uljin, South Korea, have found the remains of a fishing boat that they believe may be 8,000 years...
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