I have a couple of 8”x10” photos of the Bismarck, and one of them is signed by Bruno Rsonca, one of the 118 survivors of the sinking. I talked to him at a gun show some years ago and bought the signed Bismarck picture and a signed 5x7 picture of himself, when he was on the light cruiser Karlsruhe. He was one of the last men rescued by the British. He told me he grabbed one of the rescue lines from a cruiser just as it started to move, due to a U-boat warning, and was able to hang on and get pulled aboard. On the Bismarck, he was part of the crew manning the aircraft catapult. Very interesting to talk to.
@karlheinzvonkroemann2217
5 күн бұрын
The Brits should have picked up more survivors. A U-Boot wasn't going to attack warships engaged in resuce operations of their own men (even if said U-Boot had Torpedoes, which we now know it didn't.) I think it was just the Brits being vindictive.
@whicker59
2 ай бұрын
As a historian for over 55 years, I'd like to say as an American that even though these were Third Reich sailors, they were very brave ones. Imagine being shelled furiously by equally destructive British battleships while not being able to navigate; yet the crew never seemed to have panicked.
@berndlinnecke5738
2 ай бұрын
Sie könnten aber ihre so hochgelobte Artillerie benutzen. Allerdings haben sie damit nichts getroffen.Sie hätten die weiße Flagge hissen sollen, so lange sie die Gelegenheit dazu hatten. So musste ein Großteil der Besatzung diese idiotische Unternehmung mit dem Leben bezahlen.
@AbbyNormL
2 ай бұрын
Regarding the crew, I was a nuclear power plant operator on fast attack submarines during the Cold War. I was involved in a few casualties including colliding with a surface warship while surfacing. Once something happens, you are concentrating and working so intently, there is little time to be scared. Once we actually went below our normal rated depth and approached the test depth. During the incident, we never thought about losing the sub. We had drilled so hard, that we knew what to do and attacked the casualty. In 1963, when the USS Thresher sank, they were in communication with a surface ship and the people on the sub were fighting to save the ship all the way down.
@t.j.lemaster8653
Ай бұрын
I agree 100% they were just carrying out the orders that were given to them same with Japan the Japanese sailors were brave men not to mention their pilots. At the end of the day we are all humans and bleed red. It reminds me of that German U-Boat captain that allowed all the survivors to get off the ship before he sank it then brought him aboard his u-boat to save them ❤️👍
@t.j.lemaster8653
Ай бұрын
That's just like the Japanese on the anniversary of Pearl harbor the modern day sailors come over from Japan to the Arizona memorial and pay their respects.
@Spiderdan-59
Ай бұрын
They had no choice
@darranweston9425
2 ай бұрын
My late Uncle was part of the battle and was based aboard HMS Ark Royal. He was responsible for loading ammunition to the Stringbags (Swordfish)
@sallyorgan2045
2 ай бұрын
My husband 3rd cousin was on hms hood aged 16.years old he went down with the hood
@michaelsvestka8040
Ай бұрын
@@sallyorgan2045Wow. That's amazing. Thanks for sharing that.
@geralddworzak1313
14 күн бұрын
@@sallyorgan2045May He R.I.P. he's with his Shipmates. So young to be taken away. May God & The Lord take care of Him & all who have Served.
@davidschroeder3272
2 ай бұрын
I was working in the Audio/video department, for the scientist I was working for, at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, back in the 90's. As I was performing my task, in walked Robert Ballard and Emory Kristoff, of the National Geographic magazine. It was an honor to meet both men, something I will never forget. On one of our standard 3 week sea voyages we deployed an instrumented catamaran off the outer banks of the Carolina's. I recall it mentioned that we passed either over, or near, the wreck of the Civil War ironclad Monitor.
@tim7052
Ай бұрын
My sister looked after one of Ballard's family - who Ives in Perth WA. 👍
@damrgee8279
2 ай бұрын
Next to the Iowa class, the most beautiful ship ever built
@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
28 күн бұрын
The Yamato?
@confederatenationalist7283
25 күн бұрын
If only it had been the less than beautiful Rodney that was there instead of the glass jaw and light punching washed up Hood.The effect on Bismark might have been the same but at the start.
@damrgee8279
25 күн бұрын
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Bismarck
@garethdavies2538
17 күн бұрын
@@confederatenationalist7283 Not exactly light punching, she did have eight 15-inch guns. Problem was she was built as a battle cruiser with later ineffective upgrades She shouldn't even have been there.
@confederatenationalist7283
17 күн бұрын
@@garethdavies2538 As opposed to Rodney's 9 16 inch guns.
@johnhough7738
3 ай бұрын
When posted to the New Zealand naval radio station Irirangi I occasionally chatted with an old guy (civilian technician) who apparently was radioman on one of the swordfish aircraft that hit Bismarck and ruined its day. Asked about the event he had nothing much to say except that as they went over the beast he managed a glimpse, saw an officer on the uppers banging away at them with a pistol ... he said that act was what really brought it all home to him (and made it personal).
@marcusgibson3899
Ай бұрын
Fascinating. The 'absurdity' of a biplane being effective during WW2 which ended with the jet age.. is validated by the Swordfish's exceptional successes in the Mediterranean, where they sank more shipping than the Admiral Scheer, and in hunting U-boats in the Arctic, and elsewhere.
@myparceltape1169
Ай бұрын
@@marcusgibson3899 I wonder if the slow speed of that biplane made it easier for the crew to adapt to what was happening around them and so increased their success rate.
@colindunnigan8621
Ай бұрын
@@myparceltape1169 I believe the lightweight construction of the aircraft was also a factor as shells would pass through the aircraft without exploding.
@norseman5041
2 ай бұрын
I have scuba dived the wreck site of the Tirpitz, sailed over the Blucher, Bizmark, Hood, HMS Edinburgh and Scharnhorst.
@user-eu8cd6dx4p
2 ай бұрын
Well, I walked past HMS Sultan, on numerous occasions, without scuba equipment.
@berndlinnecke5738
2 ай бұрын
Wahnsinn was du alles erlebt hast .Ich habe mit Kapitän Nemo einen Whisky getrunken. Er hat mir erzählt dass du vorbeigekommen bist . Auf einem Surfbrett mit Anhänger.
@lynby6231
2 ай бұрын
I once levitated over the Graf Spee and Abmiral Scheer
@johnhough7738
Ай бұрын
Diving on Tirpitz would have been really interesting. I'd have tried hard to manage some kind of souvenir, even if nothing more than a barnacle. Hope you got some photos. The thing about historical sites is using imagination; there's a lot of truth in the old epitaph "At Rest".
@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
28 күн бұрын
Sailed over?...... such Bravery
@MB-nn3jw
3 ай бұрын
I have Ballard’s, Mearns’ and Cameron’s books and videos on the Bismarck, but I have never decided to compare damage reports/conclusions. A welcome video on the subject, and well put together. Thanks.
@marknorris5269
2 ай бұрын
i have just finished building a model of Bismarck. 1:600 scale. Good build and I enjoyed doing it. It also taught me some more about how she was armed. I am now building her nemesis the Hood.
@haakonsteinsvaag
Ай бұрын
Nemesis? More like victim. Hood did not last long against Bismarck.
@uingaeoc3905
Ай бұрын
@@haakonsteinsvaag Bismarck's fifth shell fired landed inside Hood's funnel and down into the magazines and Hood evaporated, one crewman escaped. That was its sole 'kill'.
@haakonsteinsvaag
Ай бұрын
@@uingaeoc3905 The the most recent and most plausible theory is that the shot entered the magazine by penetrating below the main armor belt, but that is not so important in this case. I pointed out that Hood was the victim of Bismarck, not its nemisis. That Hood was its only kill does not change that.
@myparceltape1169
Ай бұрын
@@haakonsteinsvaagTrue. And it had to be avenged before anything else. Or at least that is how I look at it. To sink the pride of the Royal Navy and get away with it was unacceptable to the men, many if not all had been fighting since WW1, in the upper echelons of the RN. Possibly even since Queen Victoria was on the throne.
@haakonsteinsvaag
Ай бұрын
@@myparceltape1169 I have no objections to that. As you said, she had to be avenged. Both for pride, but also for the threat she would have bin as a comerse raider. Part of me wishes that she would have gotten away and maybe gone down in a more fair fight.
@KuvDabGib
3 ай бұрын
"I dont have nothing to add" after you have opened a completely new page of history for me is great statement! Please keep doing this research about Bismarck or about any other ship you want.
@eugeneomalley8407
3 ай бұрын
It was Saturday 8th July 1989 at midnight. I was both navigator and duty watchman on board a sailing yactht on passage from the Azore islands to the Channel Islands. In the darkness ahead I noted a lit up "flotilla" which was not moving. My position was approximately N45 W17. I was puzzled. At the ocean depth at that position they could not be at anchor. Since they were stationary they were not fishing and since they were lit they were not military. As navigator I made a detailed log entry which included the precise location. Your story resolves my quandary. I was most likely in the presence of the Ballard expedition.
@patrickmccrann991
2 ай бұрын
Military ships are always showing proper navigation lights when at sea or at anchor during peacetime. They would only be darkened during wartime operations. OSCS(SW) USN RET'D 1978-2002
@eugeneomalley8407
2 ай бұрын
@@patrickmccrann991 I wasn't referring to navigation lights. It was deck lighting, cabin lighting etc. I wasn't near enough to be too specific. Also at ocean depth of some 4500m it could not be a normal anchorage. As I was alone at the helm I was in no position to be too curious.
@patrickmccrann991
2 ай бұрын
@eugeneomalley8407 Since they can't anchor, they should've had only limited deck lights and still be burning nav lights. I agree though, strange occurrence that far at sea.
@eugeneomalley8407
2 ай бұрын
@@patrickmccrann991 I have to confess that I did not look for the relevant navigation light signalling. My first concern was the possibility of trawlers with nets deployed. I had fallen foul of same in the past and my concentration was to give as wide a berth as possible.
@patrickmccrann991
2 ай бұрын
@@eugeneomalley8407 Understand your concern with trawl rigs in the water. That would be a disaster in the making far at sea.
@jasonhartley1305
Ай бұрын
Hms warspite . Most decorated, longest range hit , two world wars and involved in the largest battleship battle of all time .
@jethawk9941
2 ай бұрын
Nice video. Have to say it’s pretty funny seeing people arguing about wether this ship is as famous as its said to be in my opinion IT DOESN’T MATTER it’s a piece of history and most importantly a grave site for all who died onboard that can be protected from scrapers unlike many many World War Two ships that have bin stolen by scrapers like the Chinese
@paulmasterson386
2 ай бұрын
Read “Battleship Bismarck” by Baron Burkhard von Mellenhiem-Rechburg. He was second gunnery officer,and the highest ranking survivor.
@christopherchilders1049
3 ай бұрын
Very good video, extremely informative and interesting. Great job explaining what we are looking at
@toddr737
3 ай бұрын
On the whole, this was a fine review of what the findings of the Bismarck expeditions found.
@TrickiVicBB71
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the detailed damage report
@christophersnyder1532
3 ай бұрын
Though James Cameron is my fellow Canadian, Robert Ballard is the superior intellect. Great as usual. Take care, and all the best.
@MrChickennugget360
3 ай бұрын
anyone know what ship that wooden 19century schooner was. Always strange that random ships found on the botton who knows why it sank and when it sank and if there were any survivors. there are thousands of shipwrecks some of them wrecks of ships lost with all hands with no trace. Somewhere out there is the München, the Waratah, and the Pacific
@gsgk9674
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating, big thank you
@garyw8481
Ай бұрын
This is a great video that sheds new light on an endlessly interesting subject. Thank you and Well Done!!!
@paulhubsch5111
3 ай бұрын
"Battleship Bismarck" by Garzke, Dulin & Jurens features a section dedicated to the wreck in crazy detail, highly recommended (the entire book actually)
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
2 ай бұрын
I have a copy, and it IS VERY well detailed and informative. But my one criticism of it is that having been authored by 3 experts, they each cover the subject and the same points are made in triplicate in a single narrative, leaving the overall result repetitive and disjointed. It would have hugely benefitted from a final rewrite to correlate & condense the findings and judgements of the 3 men to turn it into a cohesive compelling read.
@jamiehartley8153
Ай бұрын
my grandad was on HMS Rodney. he told my dad how in shock they were that half the british navy were shooting every gun and turret at bismark and it just kept taking the hits. imagine if hitler had built a few of those ships instead of focusing on his beloved wolfpack
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
What an idiotic comment.
@garyw8481
Ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 I call BS.
@rickgehring7507
Ай бұрын
Ted Briggs , (one of the 3 survivors of the Hood) said something similar in an interview 50s , he couldn't believe how many of Rodney's main gun hits seemed to bounce off the Bismark
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
@@rickgehring7507 If you're going to comment why make up total nonsense? How exactly would Ted Briggs, who at the time was in the UK after being rescued by HMS Electra and returned there be able to see "Rodney's main gun hits seem(ing) to bounce off the Bismar(c)k"? If you want evidence of the effect of HMS Rodney's shells on the THICKEST armour on Bismarck, that being the 380mm thick armour on the front face of her main turrets (Bismarck's main belt being 360mm), then read about how one of Rodney's shells went STRAIGHT through the face of Turret Bruno, continued on through the gun house it was protecting and then blew off the rear face of the turret into the sea. "Bounced" Hahahahaa.
@marcusgibson3899
Ай бұрын
It is interesting to reflect that, although she sank HMS Hood, the Bismarck singularly failed to damage badly any of the many British naval ships that cornered her. Perhaps early hits on her ranging equipment prevented any real gunnery accuracy thereafter.
@haakonsteinsvaag
2 сағат бұрын
@@marcusgibson3899 Because of the jammed rudder, Bismarck could only sail in a circle, making effective gunnery very dufficult.
@petersmith4455
3 ай бұрын
hi from england, very interesting. its in quite good condition like the uss Yorktown cv5 is, great video
@user-lh5fp7bf2c
3 ай бұрын
Incredibly this hull stayed largely intact after going 3 miles very rapidly towad the hard rock bottom of the Atlantic Ocean , and apparently snowboarding down a 3000 ft volcano... wonder what SpongeBob was thinking?
@CaymanIslandsCatWalks
3 ай бұрын
Thinking the wurst no doubt yum
@NashmanNash
3 ай бұрын
Nothing because Spongebob lives in the pacific
@MarkSmith-nw4os
3 ай бұрын
That there are crabs in Bikini Bottom.
@timclaus8313
3 ай бұрын
Because it was mostly filled with water before sinking.
@jamesmatticks70
3 ай бұрын
😂
@Tony-pk6ql
3 ай бұрын
Great video-thanks.
@oleriis-vestergaard6844
Ай бұрын
Prinz Eugen was trapped inside the inner part of Copenhagen harbour in 1945 - the resistent men had blown a brigde so it could not sail out , and about the story of sinking the Bismark and how it came to be such a big story must be that if the british navy did not sink it the chance for the battleship would create havoc among the merchant ships surpling england would be very real- and the really sad story is that the surviving 800 german sailors left in the water when Bismark went under only 119 would survive - the rest went to the bottom
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
it was estimated that 700 German sailors got off the Bismarck of which the British rescued 111 with a further 5 being rescued by the Germans. Compare that to the +1500 RN sailors from the Carrier Glorious and her two escorts Acasta & Ardent who were abandoned by the 2 German ships that sank them, the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. of the over 1500 sailors just 44 were rescued when Norwegian trawlers accidentally stumbled on them the following day.
@timcase2494
3 ай бұрын
Good video, aside from the few errors in your script. Keep up the good work though. Interesting stuff.
@robbertbroere1427
3 ай бұрын
As far as i know the forms that were given to the kriegsmarine about the performance of the ship revealed that there were problems/ weaknesses at the rear end of the ship especially with the rudder. The kriegsmarine accepted the ship dismissing the issue stating that it would never be an issue.
@raymondleggs5508
3 ай бұрын
They didn't want to anger the Gestapo and the Fuhrer
@pashvonderc381
Ай бұрын
That was mentioned in the book by Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg
@davidpope3943
Ай бұрын
Very interesting and thanks for putting it together. It shows the difficulty of accurately identifying the causes of some of the damage Bismarck suffered. The mess that those 16” shells would have caused when the 51.2 lbs. (23.2 kg) TNT bursting charge detonated inside the bridge structure don’t bear thinking about. Similarly, the 14” guns of Prince of Wales and the KGV had a large bursting charge of 39.8 lb (18.1 kg) TNT which is not far off that of the Iowa Class 16” 40.9 lbs. (18.55 kg) It would be interesting to know if any of the torpedo damage ~ particularly the larger areas ~ could be attributed to any of the massive 24.5” (62.2cm) torpedoes with their 743 lbs. (337 kg) TNT warhead launched by Rodney during the battle. If it could ever be proven ~ exceedingly unlikely I do realise ~ then that would be the evidence of the damage caused on the only known occasion that one battleship fired torpedoes at another battleship.
@markstone5597
Ай бұрын
good research-very informative, and interesting, great job.
@MSMW23
3 ай бұрын
I was watching the James Cameron Bismarck expediton on KZitem a while ago, and in Part 4 at the 4.50 minute, I saw what looked like a skull on the hanger floor. I know it's most likely a trick of the light, but it still sent a shiver down my spine at the time.
@JokeFranic
3 ай бұрын
the part with wreck and launching of the ship are my favorite parts in that docu
@jujuUK68
3 ай бұрын
Thats the creepy thing about The Titanic images - that there are lots of shoes on the sea floor surrounding the boat. At first you think "Thats weird" til you realise thats where the bodies sunk to, and have been eaten/disolved over the years, leaving behind only the longer to decompose leather shoe of the wearer......
@TheFreakout74
2 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff 👏
@victorboucher675
3 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@joshuabowman7698
2 ай бұрын
I couldn't help but in that last diagram it shows a fiber optic cable going right through the debris field.
@stevecoscia
2 ай бұрын
Informative video. Thank you.
@myfavoritemartian1
2 ай бұрын
As each expedition added to the knowledge base of the Bismark as a subject, future ones will still be able to expand on it. Better submersibles and optical equipment will clarify many issues as well as find new ones.
@Mr.MikeBarksdale
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for putting this up! However, I have to say, calling Bismark the most famous warship in history is a quite a stretch, especially given where she ended up. HMS Victory, the USS Enterprise, several American submarines from WW2 , and a few others would probably laugh at that claim. I've been studying naval warfare for most of my adult life and Bismark isn't what pops into my head when I think of a famous capital ship. I would even argue the Yamato is more well known today because of its size, even if she too was blasted out of the water like Bismark.
@centralcrossing4732
3 ай бұрын
It comes down to general knowledge. Like Titanic, Bismarck is a name most people know in comparison to other ships. That's thanks to the film, songs, and seemingly endless publications on it. Saying it's famous doesn't mean that it's more important or better.
@lynby6231
3 ай бұрын
I would say the Warspite was the most famous British battleship
@mikearmstrong8483
2 ай бұрын
@@lynby6231 True (if you're British). But for the rest of the world, Hood is probably the most famous. Going up like Krakatoa gets you more headlines than winning battles. Here's the key. Those of us who have an interest in naval history will think of the Warspite. The average schmuck who knows nothing about naval history will still have probably heard the names Bismarck and Hood, and be able to associate them with a naval battle. That is called "famous".
@Mike___Honcho
2 ай бұрын
@@centralcrossing4732 you said, " most famous ." that is what mike barksdale and i responded to. is bismarck famous ? of course bismarck is famous, but not THE MOST FAMOUS, and that really is not up to debate. over a million people per year visit the arizona's wreck and museum, whereas the maritime museum in hamburg, which honors the bismarck and many other attractions, hosts 150 K visitors per year. one million is a lot more than 150 K. don't hide behind semantics; just admit you misspoke.
@centralcrossing4732
2 ай бұрын
@@Mike___Honcho I'm not admitting to misspeaking because I said it intentionally. I'm not debating it either because it's really dumb that people are more invested in a couple of words out of a 20 minute video. I simply explained my decision to the original commenter and I'm personally not concerned about what other individuals think as it is my video, my commentary, and my decision on how I wish to narrate it. I don't regret the wording and am personally happy with the video, as many others are. Think as you want to about it, but it ultimately doesn't impact me.
@daviddavies2072
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for this video, very interesting 👍
@teddywoo83
2 ай бұрын
Well done. Great video
@uingaeoc3905
Ай бұрын
Bismarck was not 'history's most famous warship' - on what criteria? It was involved in just one sortie in which it sank one other battleship, the Hood, and was then sank itself. Its military career was measured in weeks.
@PennsyPappas
27 күн бұрын
Don't forget Titanic is the world's most famous ocean liner/ ship wreck and it sank on its maiden voyage. And both ships have had many books, documentaries, and at least one or more movies made about them. Now that being said he should've said One of Histories most famous warships because that's still an accurate statement about the ship but to call it THE most famous is a big stretch after all and is very much open for debate. After all it's obviously so famous that people spent a ton of money just trying to find it.
@uingaeoc3905
27 күн бұрын
@@PennsyPappas HMS Victory should be given the palm - apart from its general service, leading at Trafalgar was of world historic proportions, and of course it is still with us at Portsmouth.
@PennsyPappas
27 күн бұрын
@@uingaeoc3905 I mean you could give the honor to so many ships. The Enterprise CV-6 is a big contender being the most decorated ships and at one point was the only carrier in the Pacific theater fighting Japans Navy while other carriers were being constructed or repaired. But that's just one example of many other warships that could potentially try to claim the title of most famous warships in history as it's VERY subjective to what people would want to constitute as world's most famous warship. Which makes declaring one the most famous almost if not just outright impossible.
@davidschaadt3460
29 күн бұрын
Fascinating program, Sir.
@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx
3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
Ай бұрын
Great video...👍
@LooneyPoliticsTunes
2 ай бұрын
I always read from survivor reports the British 🇬🇧 used so much HE the ship was an inferno. All the turrets were jammed due to fire damage. And nothing could stay alive on deck not even a rat 🐀
@dehaney4021
3 ай бұрын
Nicely done sir
@shaunmcclory8117
2 ай бұрын
For a ship designed for the North Atlantic area the term 'open bridge' always amazes me, and makes me shudder!
@NBZW
Ай бұрын
What tickles my funny bone is all this “Expert” analysis by folks who weren’t born at the time nor were there parents possibly. That vessel was eliminated because it was a threat, not a heroic ship at all. In case you don’t remember, it sunk HMS Hood.
@akumaking1
3 ай бұрын
Who’s listening to Sabaton?
@TheJazsa80
3 ай бұрын
Such a good song.
@guaporeturns9472
3 ай бұрын
Johnny Horton is much better
@mikedavis8114
3 ай бұрын
She looks A hell of a lot better shape than to hood!
@patwilson2546
3 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure her crew would view that as a distinction without a difference.
@lynby6231
3 ай бұрын
The Hood was a battle cruiser, a big one but not armoured enough to withstand 16” shells, especially through the deck
@mikearmstrong8483
2 ай бұрын
1) The Hood was designated as a battlecruiser because of her speed and the fact that the British weren't using the term "fast battleship". But a fast battleship was exactly what she was. She was armored just as well as the QEs. The idea that her armor was thin is a myth that is reinforced by her being called a battlecruiser. 2) No battleship has ever been designed to withstand 16" shells plunging on deck. In fact, very few could withstand 16" shells hitting the main belt. It all depended on the ships immunity zone. Also, I'm wondering why 16" was mentioned to begin with; among the Axis navies, only the Japanese used 16".
@geoffersvoiceofreason2534
2 ай бұрын
They are both at the bottom of the Atlantic aren’t they?
@lynby6231
2 ай бұрын
@@mikearmstrong8483 The Hood had less deck armour tha the battleships, battleships were meant to be able to take punishment otherwise why bother putting any armour on them, most engagements were fought from miles away meaning that the trajectory of the shells is going to be steep, that was the reason for’deck’ armour, deck armour on the British carriers is why they were able to withstand the kamikaze hits received in the pacific. Obviously if a shell enters the magazine on any ship then they’re not going to survive
@cmdrflake
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating. 😮
@captainAlex258
3 ай бұрын
it is fascinating indeed
@toddkurzbard
3 ай бұрын
12:14 "...Their orders were so erotic..."
@user-ij5wm7ev4s
3 ай бұрын
Down boy ... more like "erratic"
@lynby6231
2 ай бұрын
No wonder they lost, they had their minds on the wrong thing.
@michaelmyers3892
22 күн бұрын
It took a hell of a lot of firepower to bring to Bismarck down good Lord she was hit with everything she definitely was not going down without a fight
@kavinskysmith4094
2 ай бұрын
18:09 wait, theirs still an intact arado 196 down there, HOW, like do you have any photos, as that's incredible that it survived all that
@lifesahobby
3 ай бұрын
Cheers
@user-tw6pu3wb9p
2 ай бұрын
The Bismarck had an appointment to sink, once it was deployed.
@vehdynam
Ай бұрын
Wow !
@t.j.lemaster8653
Ай бұрын
You asked me I think the Arizona is the world's most famous shipwreck.. Bismarck was a cool ship and all but it didn't have any medals or accomplishments under its belt
@jasonhartley1305
Ай бұрын
Only to America.
@jasonhartley1305
Ай бұрын
Arizona saw no combat. At least Bismarck had two ..won one , lost the other .. Arizona just absorbed Japanese bombs . In ww1 it swung at its moorings then did a few patrols just as the war was finishing..just like your army ..turned up for the last orders before the war finished. 👍 So in two world wars the US fought just under one war . My forefathers fought the complete two .
@Rammstein0963.
Ай бұрын
@@jasonhartley1305Forgetting that your forefathers couldn't break a 4-year stalemate before uncle Sam had enough of the bs ..
@jasonhartley1305
Ай бұрын
@@Rammstein0963. As for bs .. that's one thing the US does have in large quantities.
@dovetonsturdee7033
Ай бұрын
@@Rammstein0963. Are you referring to when the United States was dragged reluctantly into WW2 by the Japanese & Germans?
@krismurphy7711
2 ай бұрын
What a crackpot idea to send Bismarck ....ALONE....into the shipping lanes. Graf Spee had the benefit of deploying BEFORE the War started and was in a very remote area of multiple oceans. Bismarck was doomed the second it set sail. It would either be located and attacked....or get stuck in a French port...along with the Others.
@geoffersvoiceofreason2534
2 ай бұрын
A, it wasn’t alone. It was accompanied by Prinz Eugen. B, what do you suggest the Kriegsmarine did with it once it was built and ‘run up’ after sea trials? C, what happened to the Graf Spee? The Germans weren’t going to make the same mistake again as they did in the First World War and have their ships never leave port again after the battle of Jutland.
@krismurphy7711
2 ай бұрын
@@geoffersvoiceofreason2534 And how did it turn out? The Problem was Hitler's starting WWII before the German Navy had expanded as planned. But since it really didn't include multiple aircraft carriers, ANY German surface force, from a ship to a Group, would be at a severe disadvantage...AS THE BISMARK FOUND OUT. Bottom Line? Yes, I would have suggested they keep Bismarck in port...until a large enough surface force was formed that could help protect it...and carry out some rational Plan.
@Mike___Honcho
2 ай бұрын
@@geoffersvoiceofreason2534 also, the bismarck would have many unterseeboots for company once it got free.
@hurricanewade3563
2 ай бұрын
The original plan was to have Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sail with Bismarck and Prinz Eugen however due to RAF bombing of the shipyards were unable to join due to needed repairs
@davidbrooks7806
2 ай бұрын
The plan was always meant to have Prinz Eugen run in and sink the convoys while Bismarck stood off to deal with any heavy units escorting the convoy. This is why Prinz Eugen was loaded out with HC shells only, no Armour Piercing.
@joelonzello4189
Ай бұрын
We dont need tedious descriptions of the technology....just Videos 😉
@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek
3 ай бұрын
A Fascinating Summary of the Damage Done to Bismarck and the Condition of the Wreck. I Believe That Bismarck was Sunk, in Spite of the German Argument That She Was Scuttled.
@johnhough7738
Ай бұрын
It went down. As a result of hostile action ... without which it would not have gone down. Ergo- -the beast was in fact, sunk.
@exsubmariner
2 ай бұрын
History's most famous warship is HMS victory period
@mikearmstrong8483
Ай бұрын
Only if you are British.
@exsubmariner
Ай бұрын
@@mikearmstrong8483 weak comment
@mikearmstrong8483
Ай бұрын
@@exsubmariner Compared to your weak knowledge. Victory is known to the British, period. Bismark, Arizona, and Yamato are known to the world. A person who studies naval history will know about Victory; the average schmuck who knows nothing about the topic will still have heard of the Bismark.
@Rammstein0963.
Ай бұрын
@exsubmariner No less true..
@rudbeckia885
25 күн бұрын
The Hornet
@mikeatcora
Ай бұрын
The rudder was jamed and it couldn't get away, only in circles. As it rolled over, Captain Lindemann was said to be holding a salute by the forward flag mast until the ship went under, a brave man.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
Yes, he must have re-assembled himself from the millions of pieces he'd been smashed into by one of Rodeny's 16" shells that had obliterated Bismarck's bridge early on in the battle.
@neilewart4347
Ай бұрын
It all goes to show that by loosing the use of your rudder then you are doomed no matter how powerful you are.
@stuartsharples9520
Ай бұрын
I have one thing to say raise it to the surface and restore her….😮😊
@highboy72
3 ай бұрын
war, young men die, politicians prosper.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
3 ай бұрын
Update that to "globalist corporations".
@seanpearce5809
3 ай бұрын
The German politicians didn’t prosper.
@petewick8627
2 ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684yup
@keefymckeefface8330
Ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 those without tinfoil hats call it "capitalism"
@ruscador1
2 ай бұрын
it took a pounding off rodney and king george for sure
@RedcoatT
Ай бұрын
It is probable that the stern fell off due to being weakened by the torpedo hit which jammed her rudders.
@francisbusa1074
2 ай бұрын
At around 12:17 I believe you meant that the orders were erratic. Not erotic.
@happyhighway106
2 ай бұрын
#143 Thank You for more information about The Bismarck. As new technology for exploring the deep, new information will continue to tell the story about what happened. Bismarck cost a lot of money to build. I suspect much of this money came from Jewish Families at that time in History. Thank You!
@toddkurzbard
3 ай бұрын
ARGO, not ARGOS.
@captainAlex258
3 ай бұрын
we need a new expedition to confirm all of this
@flywheel986
Ай бұрын
Hard to believe the luck involved, (both good and bad), that allowed an incredibly obsolete bi-plane to hit this (for the time) state of the art powerhouse in the only place that assured her destruction.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
What you'll find DOUBLY hard to believe is that the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm had done EXACTLY the same thing to the ITALIAN battleship "Vittorio Veneto" at the Battle of Cape Matapan just TWO months earlier !!! Remember what the world renowned golf champion Gary Player used to say..... "The more I practice the "luckier" I get" Now lets discuss the unbelievable luck of Bismarck's killing "headshot" on HMS Hood?
@dovetonsturdee7033
Ай бұрын
As Gary Player often said 'The more I practise, the luckier I get.' By the time the Fleet Air Arm achieved the 'lucky' hit, it had been practising precisely this sort of strike for over ten years. As had, by the way, been demonstrated by the earlier 'lucky' hit on Vittorio Veneto in the Mediterranean two months earlier.
@tanker335
3 ай бұрын
Cameron is almost convinced HE found the Titanic.
@ralphdougherty1844
2 ай бұрын
Cameron is a pompous asshole…He thinks he’s an expert
@loddude5706
Ай бұрын
Vast amounts of good quality steel eh? - should keep the more hopeful magnet-fishers busy for a couple of Millennia : )
@suphx
13 күн бұрын
“Their orders were so EROTIC” 12:12 I think you meant to say ERRATIC 🤣
@borisvrdoljak7422
2 ай бұрын
Best war ship ever...
@dovetonsturdee7033
Ай бұрын
Sunk in a week.
@roysimmons3549
Ай бұрын
And laughingly said it was scuttled.
@Rammstein0963.
Ай бұрын
Can you prove otherwise?
@dovetonsturdee7033
Ай бұрын
@@Rammstein0963. Can you prove that she was scuttled?
@Mythbuster3808
25 күн бұрын
I assume the wreck isn't raisable? Looks in better condition than titanic but probably too heavy to bring up.
@jeffreymcurtis
25 күн бұрын
Too heavy and the stern is gone
@user-vw2yc3eh4h
9 күн бұрын
I thought the Bismarck was a submarine not a ship ?.
@steveharvey7712
20 күн бұрын
they should raise it
@ISAK2016
Ай бұрын
Why did they not do this type off deep dive in to the wreck off THE HMS HOOD ?
@SIXITHS
Ай бұрын
Very difficult sea area to dive in, and there is not the same strange romanticism that the fascists seem to receive.
@dovetonsturdee7033
Ай бұрын
There have been dives on HMS Hood.
@TAllyn-qr3io
3 ай бұрын
I am a Navy veteran, was an STG aboard a destroyer in the mid to late 80’s. Makes me wonder if the sailors aboard the ship (I assume that even their parents thought the ship would never be sunk and young Fritz would be safe)…Heil Hitler’s all around. As it was sinking and they were trapped, did any … at that that time, still believe in National Socialism? Did the proud parents voice hatred for Hitler and if so, did the Gestapo take them away as further meat for their fanaticism? The price one pays for living in a cult !!!
@jameswalker5223
Ай бұрын
Ridiculous..ur a victim of brainwashing
@Spiderdan-59
Ай бұрын
It was bismark that sunk HMS HOOD
@shalaconballard9912
29 күн бұрын
Why do you people keep saying that the Rodney was there at the battle that never took place when she never left NY harbor until 1205 on the 25th witch means she could not have made it to the battle .
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
25 күн бұрын
Please shut up with your complete nonsense.
@shauncharters8624
2 ай бұрын
For those in peril.......
@shalaconballard9912
29 күн бұрын
You better get your facts straight Ballard lost control over the wreck and it was looted
@mfuller1093
3 ай бұрын
''History's most famous warship '' ? Who says so ? Bismark had only two battles before being finished off by Royal Navy shells and torpedoes and was active for just 8 months in total. There are plenty of more famous and succesfull warships which survived the war.
@centralcrossing4732
3 ай бұрын
It comes down to general knowledge. Like Titanic, Bismarck is a name most people know in comparison to other ships. That's thanks to the film, songs, and seemingly endless publications on it. Saying it's famous doesn't mean that it's more important or better.
@thegoverner100
3 ай бұрын
It was scuttled by its own crew, so not in fact by the British Navy
@thegoverner100
3 ай бұрын
Made the hood look like it was made of paper mache
@ralphdougherty1844
2 ай бұрын
Far from the most famous warship…Warspite, Arizona, Yamato, Indianapolis, USS Missouri, USS Monitor…all more famous and more important than Bismarck could have ever been.
@GBURGE55
2 ай бұрын
@@thegoverner100The crew scuttled the ship due to the continual destructive pounding by the Royal Navy. The Brit's made sure that ship was going down! It WASN'T going to win a battle against a flotilla of battleship's & cruiser's. The German crew knew the game was up & that they had lost & just helped it along it's merry way to the bottom of the sea.
@fritzficke
3 ай бұрын
in the end of Bismarck's life, It is nice how the Germans and the British worked together for the common goal in sinking the ship. we can say with certainty they both succeeded and both sides can take credit for the ship's final destruction.
@shawnkennedy855
3 ай бұрын
It was entirely British.
@fritzficke
3 ай бұрын
@@shawnkennedy855 In the end the Germans were trying to sink the ship as much as the British, the British could have delt the mortal blow , but it was in the interest of the Germans they did so. It is documented that the German crew had set scuttling charges, those charges certainly did not help to keep the ship afloat. The two former combatants were working for a common goal of sinking the Bismarck and they succeeded.
@shawnkennedy855
3 ай бұрын
@@fritzficke If they did,it only sped up the inevitable,if at all.With or without those charges it was dead.
@fritzficke
3 ай бұрын
@@shawnkennedy855 Likewise if the British tried to save the ship they and it would have be sunk by the Germans, So the British only sped up the inevitable as much as the Germans did. The ship in the last 30 minutes had not fired a shot and was going to be sunk, one way or the other. by the British or Germans.
@shawnkennedy855
3 ай бұрын
@@fritzficke I think the British were sending that ship to hell.Remember the Hood ,you know.
@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq
Ай бұрын
German Battleships are properly referred to as ,'He', !
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
No they're not.
@michaelbruce6190
2 ай бұрын
She took an absolute beating and the British still couldn't sink her! I can't imagine being a young Kriegsmarine sailor on that ship going through the hell the British were raining down and then opening the sea valves to scuttle your ship. It was war and I guess turnaround is fair play because the Hood and it's crew fared much worse, but in the end it was just a bunch of young men dying for nothing.
@geoffersvoiceofreason2534
2 ай бұрын
Cite your ‘contemporary’ sources for the statement that the crew “opened the sea valves”. None of the survivors ever said such a thing happened. I have seen in some, so called, ‘specialist’ magazines that it was scuttled but there is absolutely no evidence that the ship was scuttled.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
2 ай бұрын
Lets look at some survivor testimonies (people who actually witnessed the events of Bismarck's sinking first hand), and not some poorly researched, modern day revisionist nonsense made for the "hard of thinking" shall we? From "Battleship Bismarck: A survivor's story" Written by Baron Burkhard von Mullenheim-Rechberg, Bismarck's senior ranking survivor. Page 211 "Our list to port had increased a bit while firing was going on" followed by "Around 9:30am gas and smoke began to drift through our station" This means that prior to 9:30am Bismarck was already flooding, not something that happens to a healthy seaworthy ship, in other words she was already starting to sink. Then from an interview conducted for the highly regarded weekly history journal "Purnell's history of the second world war" in the late 1960's with Gerhard Junack (who was Bismarck's only surviving engineering officer and the survivor who supposedly enacted the "scuttle order"). He stated that... "Somewhere about 1015 hours, I received an order over the telephone from the Chief Engineer (Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) Walter Lehmann) to 'Prepare the ship for sinking.' That was the last order I received on the Bismarck. Soon after that, all transmission of orders collapsed." Heading back to the account of Mullenheim-Rechberg, on Page 212 he states that (before 10:00am) "I was using all the telephone circuits and calling all over the place in an effort to find out as much as possible about the condition of the ship. I got only one answer. I reached the messenger in the damage control centre and asked "who has and where is the command of the ship? Are there new orders in effect?".... The man said he was in a great hurry. He told me that everyone had abandoned the damage control centre, adding that he was the last one in the room and had to get out... then he hung up". This vain search for contact & information over the Bismarck's internal comms happened BEFORE 10:00am which throws some mild doubt on Junack's testimony where he says he was contacted by the chief engineer who supposedly gave him the "scuttle order" over the phone at 10:15am... Hmmmmm. If taken at face value these survivor testimonies show that there was at least a 45 minute gap between Bismarck starting to sink and the first mention of a "scuttle order" being given. Even if Bismarck's crew had done nothing, Bismarck was going to sink, and if the beaten crew want to help the RN, then all the better... But face it, Bismarck's crew weren't going to scuttle a perfectly seaworthy ship in the middle of the storm tossed North Atlantic of their own free will, it was only for the fact that the RN had already dismantled Bismarck and initiated the sinking process. In other words in every sense the sinking of Bismarck was the result of actions dictated by the Royal Navy. Anything else is just hurt German pride, bolstered by modern day delusional wehraboos. Germany was well known for trying to hide its national humiliations, such as when they scuttled their "grand fleet" at the end of WW1, like illogically saying "We lost.. but you didn't win", or a pathetic "You didn't beat us because we killed ourselves first" sort of idiocy.
@Rammstein0963.
Ай бұрын
No offense man, but the British are arguably worse when it comes to bruised ego, after all, they still refuse to admit that red baron had to be shot by someone on the ground as an example.
@BrianAchterberg928
3 ай бұрын
I’m surprised Jimmy Cameron didn’t or hasn’t yet made a love story movie somehow out of the sinking of the Bismarck.
@CaymanIslandsCatWalks
3 ай бұрын
Jimmy…. Who told you to call me jimmy?! It’s mister…..” 😂
@user-lh5fp7bf2c
3 ай бұрын
Im actually really surprised they found the Hood considering it BLEW UP...
@stigchristensen2597
3 ай бұрын
there are some big pieces of Hood Left including her conningtower enabling identification but yes, she´s a mess compared to bismarck
@mikearmstrong8483
Ай бұрын
You actually think that 40,000 tons of steel just vanishes into the interdimensional aether when a magazine explodes? A ship that blows up may have a large gap in it, or it may be in 2 seperate pieces, but it is still mostly a ship; it doesn't just disintegrate into atoms.
@t.j.lemaster8653
Ай бұрын
The USS Missouri has more credentials than the Bismarck. Japan signed the surrender on her decks and she went on to serve in the US Navy long after the even receiving a modern-day upgrade so I don't really think that the Bismarck is the most famous ship or shipwreck. (my opinion)
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
At least you acknowledged it was an opinion.
@garyw8481
Ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Dude, what is with you and your snarky comments?
@rickgehring7507
Ай бұрын
@@garyw8481 He's an Ass who has nothing better to do.
@JasperJokerII
2 ай бұрын
All this time I thought it hit an iceberg
@sallyorgan2045
2 ай бұрын
My husband's 3rd cousin who was 16years old was on hms hood he went down with the hood
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
Do you know his name Sally?
@TheJazsa80
3 ай бұрын
Another one pushing the German capital ship 'weak stern' nonsense. German capital ship stern failures all occurred after taking hits in that area. If the sterns were just falling off whilst sailing then it would be a design problem.
@xt6wagon
3 ай бұрын
Battleship implies line of battle. A single hit took 100% of rudder control.
@shawnkennedy855
3 ай бұрын
It was a mediocre ship as it was.
@ARGONUAT
3 ай бұрын
So touchy. No soup for you!
@Revolver1701
3 ай бұрын
@@ARGONUAT🤣🤣🤣👍🏆
@Revolver1701
3 ай бұрын
@@shawnkennedy855my ass fell off - Otto Von Bismarck
@roysimmons3549
Ай бұрын
Yeah. On hearing RN on the way. The Germans scuttled it to save time.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Ай бұрын
The RN were already there, and had dismantled Bismarck around its crew.
@vgovger4373
3 ай бұрын
4:25. that's how the crew scuttled it, the graf Spee had the same thing.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
3 ай бұрын
"scuttled it" Comedy gold !!!
@vgovger4373
3 ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 ."scuttle" means to sink a ship quickly on purpose
@AH-ve9iz
3 ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684ur mom scuttled her snizz after I wrecked it.
@patrickmccrann991
3 ай бұрын
Bismarck was not scuttled, that is a complete falsehood.
@louisavondart9178
3 ай бұрын
@@patrickmccrann991 ..not according to surviving crew members.
@barrywebber6481
3 ай бұрын
Forgot scuttling damage. Reason sank.
@centralcrossing4732
3 ай бұрын
There is no visible damage from scuttling as it's all internal, so it plays no role in the topic at hand. The scuttling was not the reason it sank, but it hastened the inevitable as the ship was already flooding from British fire. It was a combination of the 2 factors.
@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
2 ай бұрын
I suppose you believe Hitler died in Brazil in 1973 as well.
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