History Channel or Discovery Channel...
 

...had a program (apologies, I forget the name) in which the Turtle was reconstructed (based on what little archival info they could find) and they actually tried to repeat the mission using the same techniques and equipment. A fascinating program.
I'm sure if you do a search you'll find it somewhere on Youtube.
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If they tried to "repeat the mission using the same techniques and equipment" they would probably get the same results. How many people must drown in this worthless contraption? :hmmm:

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He is talking about the Turtle not he Hunley. And some believe the story of the Turtle, some believe it to be phony.
The Turtle was built but it had two major problems, limited air supply and when they arrived at the ship they could not attach the "bomb" to the hull. It was to be screwed in but the ships hull was covered with sheets of copper.
So there were no reports of any men drowning in the Turtle.

Peabody

Tomoose, was that the one where they hollowed it out of a very large tree in one piece?

Other reports are that the drill hit an iron plate, part of the rudder hinge, on the first attempt, and on the second attempt, the Turtle was unable to hold its position well enough to drill into the hull.

History television
 

Nisgeis;
yes, it was a solid lump of wood/log which they used initially.


Canada's version of the History Channel had the program although this link is somewhat lame and lacking further info;
http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledeta...?titleid=70061

Here's a website on the team that did the reconstruction and explains how they did it;
http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledeta...?titleid=70061

It indicates that it was a Discovery Channel/Channel 4 production. I can't find anything at the DC site and the Channel 4 site is blocked by my work firewall.

That's the same link twice. I think I've seen it. They recreated a series of historic inventions.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...946/Turtle.jpg


"Turtle," as drawn in 1875 from the best information the artist could gather.
There are several important errors. It shows ballast tanks when there were none; it shows an Archimedes screw (helical) for locomotion instead of the propeller like the "arms of a wind mill" or a "pair of oars"described by Bushnell and others.
It also shows -- but this we may forgive -- the operator wearing a rather foppish late 19th-century outfit.
Source: http://www.submarine-history.com/NOVAone.htm

Here's a link to a great 5 minute video on YouTube from the Military Channel. Full scale model and animated presentation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZim...1&feature=fvwp

which makes it that much more fun :)