Hunleys

Hunleys is the plural form of the surname Hunley and can refer to people who bear that name as well as to entities named after individuals with it. The surname is found in English-speaking regions and appears in historical and contemporary records.

One prominent use of the name is the Confederate submarine CSS H. L. Hunley, named after Horace Lawson Hunley, a naval engineer involved in early submarine experiments for the Confederacy. The vessel was designed to break the Union blockade during the American Civil War. In February 1864, the Hunley attacked the U.S. Navy steamship USS Housatonic and became the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel in combat. The Hunley and its eight crew members were lost that night, and the submarine remained missing for more than a century. The wreck was located in 1995 and raised in 2000 for preservation and study. It is now housed and preserved at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, where it has been examined to learn about Civil War era submarine technology and underwater archaeology.

Beyond the submarine, the term Hunleys generally refers to people who share the Hunley surname or to places and works named after individuals with that name. There is no widely recognized separate topic specifically titled “Hunleys.”