Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Rent "The Hunley"

[pedro bedard <pedro@pangea.ca>]

Paul and everyone,
I agree the Hunley is a wonderful movie, however, they did add poetic 
liscence to the parts that are not known. They have no Idea why the crew 
did not make it to shore. Battery wagner did get the green carbide 
lantern signal from the hunley and replied with thier own white signal. 
The sub never made it to shore. 
On a side note they portray the woman as Lt. Dixon's wife, she was in 
fact his fiancee.
As for the ballast tanks, yes they were open at the top. The Hunley's 
chief designer, James McClintock wanted to close off the tanks and add 
seacock like valves to the top but it was veto'd by Horace Hunley (whom 
the sub was named after following his and the crew's death)
It's a fascinating story, anyone interested I would suggest looking at 
the Hunley website at;
www.hunley.org
Pedro