Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861–65
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- ISBN 9781841767208
- Weight: 180g
- Dimensions: 172 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 20 Aug 2004
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy. It was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats.
This book traces the development of these new technologies, including the CSS ‘Little David’ and ‘Hunley’ - respectively the first torpedo boat and submarine to sink an enemy warship. The wreck of the ‘Hunley’ was raised in 2000, and this is the first book ever to integrate details of its recovery with an account of Confederate submarines in action.
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years experience. He has a keen interest in military hardware – armour, small arms, aircraft and ships. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.
