Imagine ninety ships doing something like that for three hours.
@sdrc92126
3 жыл бұрын
Followed swimming in freezing water.
@SuperOtter13
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't that what the bombardment that ended the opium wars was like? Seem to remember reading that somewhere once.
@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad
3 жыл бұрын
In rough seas and deck splinters flying everywhere
@clockmonkey
3 жыл бұрын
@@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad Yep, sailing round the Med would be Jolly enough but a Naval Battle would be terrible.
@clockmonkey
3 жыл бұрын
@Chris George Think the main exchange of fire was about three hours, with forty minutes of pandemonium in the middle of that. Either side I'd agree you've got a few hours for the Fleets to close and the pursuit of ships trying to disengage. Staggers me how Nelson could plan a Battle like that but he knew what he was doing.
@arandomusername6230
Жыл бұрын
I dont know why the algorithm recommended a 7 year old video of a broadside bombardment to me but im not complaining
@lisaanimi
Жыл бұрын
Thanks KZitem
@VanIsleNuckFan
Жыл бұрын
7 Years too late!!
@AverageAlien
Жыл бұрын
because it's fuckin epic
@GTGizra-bf1fu
Жыл бұрын
It was pretty awesome though.
@Dirty_216
Ай бұрын
Touché
@BucephalusHume
3 жыл бұрын
2021: So coool :0 1761: Blood and guts everywhere, screams of howling pain.
@the_rover1
3 жыл бұрын
the guys next to you: hundreds of wooden splinters in their skin, blood everywhere, pieces of flesh hanging off you: giant piece of wood sticking out of your chest. rating: 0.1/10 wouldn't follow press gangs again.
@thedictationofallah
3 жыл бұрын
in 1761 the victory wasnt even built
@Bobba_raekus
Жыл бұрын
The best thing about it is that it also lays down a smokescreen while firing which makes it completely impossible for anyone aboard to tell if they hit anything.
@MR-YoutubeChangedMyHandle
Жыл бұрын
That's what the crows nest is for. You yell down and hope someone down there still has eardrums.
@darwinenthusiast3039
Жыл бұрын
@@MR-KZitemChangedMyHandle And not to mention they would usually be under way so the smoke would clear away as the ship moved forward. I assume the crows nest and the deck of the ship may use flags to communicate as well.
@denforundrade695
7 жыл бұрын
Wish more historical ships where preserved. Love these old Man o Wars and tall ships...
@Thunderbirdelan
4 жыл бұрын
Hms is a first rate I believe
@Thunderbirdelan
4 жыл бұрын
Constitution is a heavy frigate
@joshuawells835
3 жыл бұрын
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
@lifeunderthestarstv
3 жыл бұрын
Man o war is a slang term. This is a galleon
@tomsalter7852
3 жыл бұрын
@@lifeunderthestarstv Man of war is not a slang term and Victory definitely isn’t a galleon.
@TheACM22
2 жыл бұрын
*sigh....launches Total War: Napoleon*
@MrFichstar
2 жыл бұрын
Ew dude. Empire all the way.
@grenadier6483
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar Empire is a busted up ass piece of shit.
@y.r._
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar I wish there were some kind of combination of Empire and Napoleon. Empire has a far superior map and trade options (in general, the economics in empire are just much better), but Napoleon has better mechanics... the liberation of provinces, more diplomatic options, more interesting units and better battle gameplay.
@dicksdiggers
Жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar Empire is cooler in general, but the gameplay/mechanics in Napoleon are solid.
@TheManeymon
3 күн бұрын
FotS Naval combat is the peak of sail/steam naval combat in TW.
@wilkatis
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the French PoV being included as the 2nd view angle
@RealZynexx
Жыл бұрын
xD
@minimalgrammar1276
Жыл бұрын
For those who don't know: This is one of the most legendary, decorated, and experienced ships to ever exist. It is centuries old, and parts of the original ship still remain. Behold one of the mightiest vessels to ever sail the seas.
@bernardli9514
Жыл бұрын
"You see that spanish ship there?" "Aye, sir" "I don't want to anymore" "AYE AYE SIR!"
@Fistmybeer
Жыл бұрын
Hahah!!! ^^
@CGCTV
Жыл бұрын
"STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP" - Some guy 600ft away
@judechauhan6715
Жыл бұрын
Captain Jack Sparrow was a lesser known participant in the battle XD
@fredwood8158
3 жыл бұрын
How she must have loved that, that old ship of the line, to waken from her long sleep to the creak and squeal of blocks and tackle running out her pride and purpose, to feel the rumble of heavy wheels on her battle decks. How her wooden heart must have soared to the pounding, pounding, pounding of her rolling broadside, black power tongues of fire scorching her gun ports again, the jerk on her ribs of the guns recoil, the thunderation and hellfire spewing forth, once again.To arms, to arms, to war and and blood and ripping shot, feeling once again her scars from battles long forgot by men. To feel the power to change the world and make it slave. Such a dream, such a dream she must have thought, such a beautiful dream.
@Eytaris
3 жыл бұрын
she never sleeps, she keeps her vigil, as the oldest commissioned ship still afloat. Her sails cannot take her at sea anymore, but she's still there, standing high and proud, like a great-grandmother to all warships at sea, aged, but robust as an oak.
@sdingeswho
3 жыл бұрын
Beautifully written, Fred! You have captured the feeling exactly! ❤️
@SavageMonkeyJizz
Ай бұрын
Damn man thats raw feeling. Incredible passion!
@tonybennett6085
13 күн бұрын
@@fredwood8158 beautifully written.
@YouOnlyIiveTwice
Жыл бұрын
*_enemy ship sunk after the fourth shot_* "Captain, we've destroyed the enemy" "What?" *_continues to fire the other 100 cannons"_*
@inevitableanarchy4203
Жыл бұрын
Gotta have that celebratory fire
@eyakimicki
Жыл бұрын
why did this suddenly get reccomended
@mrhappyface4181
Жыл бұрын
The algorithm's understanding of a funeral volley.
@mr.weirdo5756
Жыл бұрын
no idea... GOD SAVE THE QUEEEEEEEEN
@kupertjerobin
Жыл бұрын
Epic history TV did a video on it a few days ago
@splintmeow4723
Жыл бұрын
I distrust the KZitem for manipulating the holy algorithm. This is a plea for help from the holy algorithm. It is trapped in here somewhere, wishing to escape and return the dislike bar relics. 🥺
@gitfoad8032
Жыл бұрын
We're being farmed.
@mral13131313
3 жыл бұрын
From a time when “Ships were made of wood and men were made of steel”.
@DET_C0RD
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I try to imagine myself being on the receiving end of this. I think I’d be dead within a very short period of time lol.
@stefanwiebers9991
3 жыл бұрын
Today they were Teens whith a joystick. ...
@SilverMothAudio
3 жыл бұрын
The cyborg army destroyed our navy in minutes
@stefanwiebers9991
3 жыл бұрын
@@SilverMothAudio they don't. Cause they are not real. ..
@SilverMothAudio
3 жыл бұрын
@@stefanwiebers9991 no shit
@sirjohng1
3 жыл бұрын
The three rows of guns had a different size (calibre), large at the bottom to small at the top. From the top, 12 pounders, 24 pounders and 32 pounders (the weights of the cannon balls). When built she had 42 pounders on the bottom deck but in high seas they made the ship so low in the water the gun ports could not be opened for fear of swamping the ship hence the replacement 32 pounders, much easier to manipulate and load but not so hard hitting. Which guns were used in action depended on the number and size of the opponent/s and how much damage and where was desired upon the enemy. A quick action preferably to knock out sails and rudder, then close in and board was better as a captured ship could be sold or taken into service by the Admiralty and the proceeds, known as prize money would be shared amongst the ship's crew who captured it. Under a captain/Admiral like Nelson a sailor could make a large amount of cash. There were other guns fore and aft too called "stern and bow Chasers" often made of brass and restricted generally to 12 pounders, for structural reasons, but had long barrels for greater pinpoint accuracy and to maximise range. These would mostly be used to try and bring down rigging and cripple rudders to stop a ship and could, of course, kill or injure officers and men conning the ship. A 32 pounder could hole the hull of a large opponent at up to a mile and a half away and do considerable damage to rigging. I hope this helps.
@NapoléonBonaparteI-g2m
4 күн бұрын
Also, KZitem recommended me this 9 years later....
@sirjohng1
4 күн бұрын
@@NapoléonBonaparteI-g2m : One of over 2 million now😎👍🏻
@themanwithinflatableknees8770
3 күн бұрын
And me!!
@MartinTraXAA
3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in France and Spain a bunch of people suddenly got Goosebumps when this happened.
@lordsamofcasltes
3 жыл бұрын
@Sl Mi sureeee 🤣
@therealtwo2dee
3 жыл бұрын
thank you KZitem algorithm for showing me such a masterpiece
@thunderbird1921
3 жыл бұрын
It really is a shame that more of these sail giants weren't preserved. I'd love to compare this to one from France or Spain (one of their super galleons) in terms of design and armament.
@User2o2
Жыл бұрын
Another video that suddenly just got recommended to everyone after seven years
@dwaterson21
Жыл бұрын
Bro pulled up to the drive-by and shot the scallywag right out of em
@rebelbebel
Жыл бұрын
They just broadsided the entire town to dust and the crowd just cheers.
@Rekaert
12 күн бұрын
"I love the smell of cannon in the morning. Smells like ... HMS Victory." - Horatio Nelson, probably.
@bernardli9514
3 жыл бұрын
"see that colony over there?" "Yes, Captain" "I don't want to anymore" "Aye sir"
@drewburt4315
3 жыл бұрын
England does not have the best track record for subduing its colonies. Unless you are merely referring to the captains view of the colony temporarily being obscured by smoke...
@Jackerlus1
3 жыл бұрын
@@drewburt4315 Literally no one had a great track record for subduing colonies. That's why the colonial era ended.
@andrewmartin4258
24 күн бұрын
Why was the King of Spain so unhappy with the Armada? He was only getting 5 miles per galleon.
@chrisr6142
21 күн бұрын
Cute. Remember Cartagena de Indias!
@Kevin-sr8yx
21 күн бұрын
😂
@fynworld
7 жыл бұрын
That must have been terrifying in its time, just imagine those canons popping out while facing you, you know the volley is coming, there's no escape.
@CodeineRadick
3 жыл бұрын
Hard to starboard?
@2jz-boi
2 жыл бұрын
like the scene from black sails were the spanish man of war obliterates 2 pirate ships
@aporlarepublica
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine that poor Englishman when the next day he went to open his shop and found it completely shredded to pieces by cannon fire from the Victory. :(
@yourlocalfloridaman6251
2 жыл бұрын
F
@luminescentpearl4126
2 жыл бұрын
F
@MrSeeka06
Жыл бұрын
Wow! those cars in the parking lot never stood a chance
@MrClobbertime
Жыл бұрын
It's what they get for letting the meters expire.
@marklatimer7333
Жыл бұрын
Imagine getting fire insurance for this event? "So you want let off how many pounds of Black Powder on your 300 year old wooden ship?".
@barrybolton1396
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@edwardcromwell9228
6 жыл бұрын
I love the smell of ruling the waves in the morning
@heraldeventsandfilms5970
3 жыл бұрын
Says some runt on the internet.
@joshschneider9766
3 жыл бұрын
Says the guy that sits on the side filming while real men take action. That's why you come online and harass people eh boy?
@heraldeventsandfilms5970
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshschneider9766 Your mates died for eff-all, tools of American imperialism. Stupid see you NT.
@Franko180489
3 жыл бұрын
Your mum is it all of the trade but we like her
@heraldeventsandfilms5970
3 жыл бұрын
@@Franko180489 Fucking moron.
@blank5390
7 жыл бұрын
I'm sure the Victory felt good letting off some cannon vibrations among the decks. The smell of gun powder and the thundering roar...
@khaak2390
7 жыл бұрын
yeah going deaf must have felt nice o.0
@joshschneider9766
3 жыл бұрын
These are modern electrically activated powder charges. Nobody was on the gundecks
@andrewgodly5739
3 жыл бұрын
It would be like being on a crowded bus that's on fire in the middle of a gunfight in the vast nothingness of an ocean with hungry sharks awaiting your demise. Not to mention, the horrible food, sanitation and sleeping arrangements.
@Stupetin
Жыл бұрын
I hope they at least put a frenchman on the other end
@pretzelhunt
Жыл бұрын
starboard side?
@mikelindellspillow2609
Жыл бұрын
Trudeau will do.
@pretzelhunt
Жыл бұрын
@@mikelindellspillow2609 I think he's passed
@thespiritphoenix3798
2 жыл бұрын
Once Again the algorithm god's have gathered us here. Let us rejoice in this beautiful sound. Until the next time.
@sshep86
3 жыл бұрын
This ship is older than the USA. Strange thought that.
@iainfalconer4674
3 жыл бұрын
Not that old then.
@VS-et4pn
3 жыл бұрын
255 is pretty old
@dylandcan9665
3 жыл бұрын
@@VS-et4pn for a human life span but nothing els
@alexanderchristopher6237
3 жыл бұрын
@@dylandcan9665 for a preserved warship, that is still old. Most other warships that were preserved nowadays are from WW2 and WW1.
@joshschneider9766
3 жыл бұрын
There are less than two dozen ships this old in existence world wide. So yes, for a ship of sail that is tremendously old.
@Thisisahandle701
3 жыл бұрын
These ships suddenly make a lot more 'sense' when you see the firepower they're capable of, it suddenly looks like a war machine as opposed to a swashbucklin' sea bus.
@Duke_of_Lorraine
3 жыл бұрын
To give you an order of magnitude, the HSM Victory has 104 guns. During a large battle, each army only had a few hundred cannons. At Austerlitz for example, Napoleon had 139 guns, while Russia and Austria between 160 and 278. So the biggest ships had a firepower comparable to an entire army. Granted, the army also had thousands of small arms and the ship can only fire half its guns in one direction but that's still considerable.
@thitsugaya1224
3 жыл бұрын
@@Duke_of_Lorraine A true mobile floating fortress.
@fredgervinm.p.3315
3 жыл бұрын
That is a lot of firepower ! By the time the bottom row fired, the top row is reloaded.
@noodleoflake965
Жыл бұрын
I love myself some old random videos of old random things brought to you by the KZitem algorithm.
@iansmith3301
Жыл бұрын
THE ALGORITHM HAS SPOKEN. LET IT LISTEN TO THE SWEET SOUND OF YOUR CANNONS.
@Brace67
7 жыл бұрын
"Oh Victory, Victory, how you distract my poor brain", uttered Admiral Lord Nelson while dying of his wound below decks on his Flagship. HMS Victory had just unloaded another broadside at the enemy during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
@jessedenwood3152
7 жыл бұрын
HMS VICTORY was in active service for many years and like many large wooden warships became a floating hulk supporting the fleet. She was towed into No 2 Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base and given a huge restoration. Most of the wood making up the ship frame is original from built and most of the hull and decks. She gets contintinual restoration but at over 200 years old now needs some significant work and a major programme to do that is underway.
@sirjohng1
7 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the insight and information, it is encouraging to find so much interest in this part of our heritage. Looking up wood "seasoning" gives an insight into the way wood behaves long-term. Oak is an oily wood and will continue to exude the oily sap for a very long time so it is unnecessary, and possibly counter productive, to apply any finish. Hence, you will see oak beams in constructions that look aged and worn but which still hold their structural integrity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_drying It is also encouraging to host a video where commenting is so pleasant and informative.
@Juan_Kossov
7 жыл бұрын
Certain deck timbers are original, but not many.
@sorwdzord360
3 жыл бұрын
Man, now imagine how it would sound if all those cannons were loaded with shot.
@longshot7601
3 жыл бұрын
I imagine it would sound about the same with added screams.
@GSimpsonOAM
3 жыл бұрын
@@longshot7601 If firing a ball they would use more powder and more pressure gets built up behind the ball. I do black powder musket shooting and we have a 1 1/2' cannon. Video on my channel. You definitely need hearing protection using it. The gunners on the Victory must have gone deaf quickly.
@thunderbird1921
3 жыл бұрын
Those British sailors must have been going deaf, same for the Spanish and French.
@stephenhoward6829
25 күн бұрын
The rolling broadside was how a bow-rake or stern-rake was done; the guns fire as they came to bear as you sailed past the bow or stern of the enemy ship at close range. It was an especially vicious and effective way of destroying an enemy ship. Each ball, and there's a lot of them, would pass down the length of the enemy ship, killing and wrecking as it went.
@scobra5941
3 жыл бұрын
Q. Why did Royal Navy ships have glass bottoms? A. So they could keep an eye on the French Navy.
@scobra5941
3 жыл бұрын
@Edwards Your "battle winner" was Corsican. Take him out the equation and the figures are very different.
@Firebolt193
3 жыл бұрын
@@scobra5941 Corsica is a French island, he was still French lol
@notyou6942
3 жыл бұрын
@@Firebolt193 he was italian. just because its owned by the french doesnt make him ethnically french
@bluemike807
3 жыл бұрын
@Aussie Pom sounds like Darwinism to me. Sucks to suck.
@teamcybr8375
3 жыл бұрын
@@notyou6942 Ethnicity doesn't have shit to do with it, it's a matter of nationality.
@nevillemason6791
3 жыл бұрын
I once heard a cannon being fired for real in North Wales (and not just a fire cracker like here). A cannonball was fired (illegally) across the Menai Straits landing in the sand dunes at Newborough Warren resulting in a prosecution. It was only good luck that no one was killed. Although a few miles away it was a loud thunderous roar. Victory's broadside must have been deafeningly terrifying even to those not in the line of fire.
@thitsugaya1224
3 жыл бұрын
Where I live it would be perfectly legal to fire off a cannon, so long as it you're on your own property.
@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269
3 жыл бұрын
@@thitsugaya1224 Lemme guess, Texas?
@thitsugaya1224
3 жыл бұрын
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Yes, but it's not exclusive to Texas, at the federal level, and in most states, muzzleloading black powder weapons aren't legally classified as firearms. Therefore, they aren't usually restricted by laws governing firearms. Of course firing one off in public would still garner several criminal charges, such as reckless endangerment, disturbing the piece, and possible destruction of public or private property if the cannon ball hits something.
@WhatEvenIsAGoodName
3 жыл бұрын
@@thitsugaya1224 Well, you're half right. Technically it's still classified as a dangerous entity/explosive device in most states if it's actually loaded, and in most non-texas states the sale of black powder itself is regulated.
@AverageAlien
Жыл бұрын
Oi, you got a loicence for that cannon?
@cameronnewton7053
6 ай бұрын
Just for a moment, imagine the carnage of trafalgar the moment the 2 british columns, victory at the head, broke the franco-spanish line and unleashed a full broadside into the vunerable rear of the franco-spanish ships. Glass, wood, iron, blood, bone, and guts all flying about in a space so cramped you can't stand up in, let alone the deafening sounds of wood and iron being rent apart, and the agonisng screams of dying men laying on the gun decks now slick with blood.... Naval battles in the age of sail were not a pretty place, nor was any battlefield, land or sea.
@hughgilbert1334
4 ай бұрын
You painted a picture there mate
@vascesvanghoul5748
2 ай бұрын
Dude, everything okay at home?
@justindake
17 күн бұрын
Can’t believe that bell tower is still standing. Their aim is terrible
@EForchetto
3 жыл бұрын
It's a staggering fact that the Victory was already 40 years old at the time of the battle of Trafalgar. She's well worth a visit next time you're in Portsmouth. Nearby, HMS Warrior is also worth seeing.
@headrockbeats
3 жыл бұрын
I visited both, and have to say I was much less impressed by the Warrior - except of course for her size. The Victory feels more like history itself; the Warrior more like a cleaned-up museum.
@sirjohng1
3 жыл бұрын
Like me, you may find she is a lot smaller than you think and wonder at how 800 or so men and boys could find room to sail in her.
@leemundoartist9932
3 жыл бұрын
@@sirjohng1 and three women.
@leemundoartist9932
3 жыл бұрын
@John Chapman “The courage of three women, possibly prostitutes, who nursed casualties on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, experiencing naval warfare at its most brutal, will be commemorated on 19 October when a Limited Edition rum commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry is uncorked in London's Isle of Dogs” October 2005. Yes probably there by ‘other’ means!
@jonasmcrae2
2 жыл бұрын
French navy disliked this video
@whybotherwithusernames4880
Жыл бұрын
POV, you are a level 5 schooner and the jackdaw saw you
@Capellix0001
Жыл бұрын
real
@crestfallenwarrior5719
Жыл бұрын
So im not the only saying that this was a good game, huh?
@_...0.._
2 жыл бұрын
man i can only imagine the backblast of the soundwaves you'd get from this on deck. clothes would stick to like they were dripping wet
@isaacdalziel5772
2 жыл бұрын
And they probably were, as well
@TwoSixHeave
24 күн бұрын
I served in the RN on a modern Frigate. When they fired the gun the whole ship would shake and fill the compartments with the smell of cordite. I can’t imagine what it would have been like when the ships were made of wood, and the men were made of steel.
@sirjohng1
24 күн бұрын
@@TwoSixHeave In the early 80's I think it was we took our children to Madam Tussaud's who put on an amazing full sized model display of part of Victory's main gun deck. A battle was being fought with all the sounds of men, cannons going off, hits being received and yes, even the smell of sulphur from the cannon ball propellant, gunpowder. It was ACE.
@tudyk21
23 күн бұрын
The men were actually made of iron. 😊
@ClarinoI
23 күн бұрын
Never mind being on Victory when she was firing a broadside in anger, imagine facing her in battle. I almost feel sorry for the French. Almost.
@Bobario1
20 күн бұрын
@@tudyk21 Wooden ships and iron men.
@Doubledigits_
3 жыл бұрын
Impressive and its firing just blank charges which are probably only creating a third of the impact and soundwave. Now imagine that three times louder and done simultaneously by about 70 ships and you got the battle of trafalgar. Can't even begin to imagine the absolute chaos during those times and trying to shout orders in that noise.
@sirjohng1
2 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzitem.info/news/bejne/uImOx3ehimukeW0
@HydroSnips
2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere a gunnery officer is rolling in his grave at how uncoordinated and erratic this rolling barrage is :D Still fun to watch though, unless you’re a French sailor…
@jonasmcrae2
2 жыл бұрын
Jack Aubrey would've said it was too slow, no grog for the gun crews tonight!
@sirjohng1
Жыл бұрын
It is known as 'fire as you bear' leaving it to each gun captain to fire at a suitable target. It is not intended to be a 'broadside'. The cannon are fakes and the explosions are pyrotechnics.
@yourdreams2440
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to episode 3,784 of random videos that were recommended to me
@ChuckWood
Жыл бұрын
yep
@snows4770
Жыл бұрын
Same
@theycallme_nightmaster
Жыл бұрын
WOOOOWWWWWW YOU MEAN YOU FOUND THIS VIDEO ON KZitem WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY SEARCHING FOR IT??? HOW ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE
@yourdreams2440
Жыл бұрын
@@theycallme_nightmaster Sir, this is a Wendy's.
@theycallme_nightmaster
Жыл бұрын
@@yourdreams2440 sorry my bad can I get UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@JerryMetal
Жыл бұрын
When I served in the Navy in 1805 our Captain told us to perform a sneak attack at night so we put a pillow in front of the cannon to muffle the sound. The enemy had no idea we were there!
@cristianabarsuglia629
Жыл бұрын
Baron Munchausen? Is it really you???
@SLOTHSRIDEUNICORNS
Жыл бұрын
@@cristianabarsuglia629 Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Thanks for giving a name to my abuse.
@JM-mh1pp
Жыл бұрын
Jezus I heard that Royal Navy's budget was cut but I had no idea they had to pull this out of reserve!
@malcpaul996
Жыл бұрын
It's always been a Commissioned war vessel. It's never been out of service.
@kyltredragmire4939
Жыл бұрын
@@malcpaul996 Can the USS Ironsides still fire it's canons? We need a Merican version of this video.
@MCDrB-wq8ed
Жыл бұрын
@@kyltredragmire4939 In an even fight, broadside on broadside, the Constitution would have been matchwood after a single boradside from the Victory. The Constitution was a heavy frigate, somewhere between a 5th and 4th rate, whereas the Victory was a 1st rate. The Constitution would, if faced off against anything bigger than it, run away as it was hopelessly outclassed and outgunned. Against other frigates and smaller ships it was a good ship but against anything bigger or against a British Razee it would have got murdered.
@kyltredragmire4939
Жыл бұрын
@@MCDrB-wq8ed I wasn't asking for them to be pitted against each other. Or even to be near each other for that matter. I just want a video where the USS Constitution fires all of its canons in a rolling broadside.
@MCDrB-wq8ed
Жыл бұрын
@@kyltredragmire4939 The point is the Constitution is a 44 gun single deck frigate, Victory is a 106 gun 3 deck first rate. A rolling broadside from the Constitution would not be even half as inpressive as this.
@Sophocles13
3 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine what a full blown naval battle must've looked and sounded like?!?
@thomassmith1906
3 жыл бұрын
no, everyone would be deaf XD
@jdcunnington
3 жыл бұрын
WHAT? I can't hear a thing!
@calhackit9806
3 жыл бұрын
you should watch Black Sails.
@efnissien
Ай бұрын
Apparently the Victory had more guns on her than Wellington had in the entire peninsular campaign. When you read of the carnage of Trafalgar, this makes it seem all the more horrific, especially when you realise that the French tactic was to shoot at the sails and break contact, where as the Royal Navy fired at the hull to disable the ship / kill crew.
@tomoslewis9656
Ай бұрын
It's why British drill focused on rate of fire rather than precision, maximise casualties before closing and boarding.
@efnissien
Ай бұрын
@@tomoslewis9656 Also helped by retractable guns that recoiled back into the gundeck after firing allowing the guncrew to reload faster (I believe 3 times faster) than the French & Spanish whose fixed guns required a crewman to climb out the gunport and along the barrel then be passed the swab, the charge, the ram, etc. then climb back. RN crews were like a F1 pit crew, every man knew his job and when to do it. Also French ships tended to fire as the ship rose on the swell, to lob fire at the rigging while RN ships fired as the ship fell.
@fredericlepeltier3435
Ай бұрын
@@efnissien Sorry but the french also had guns on wheels that recoiled. Even the "fixed" guns that were in fact mortars (4 on the deck) had sliding baseplates. The slow rate of fire was due to the fact that during the revolution the gunners corps of La Royale was disbanded. Without the seniors to pass the know how and no specialists the sailors were a bit untrained compared to their british counterpart. You are right about the tendancy of the french to fire at the rigging "le tir à démâter" instead of the hull "le tir à plein bois".
@grondhero
3 жыл бұрын
*Plot Twist:* The apartments across the harbor will have 72 new vacancies after some "remodeling" and clean-up is complete.
@michaeld.wagnerjr.8440
29 күн бұрын
Remarkable that they're still doing this and able to fire anything at all on a warship that's well over 200 years old. From what I saw in the cannon flashes, it looked like the bottom row of gunports was shut - so even with smaller charges and all, this looked like perhaps the 12 and 24 pounder cannon on the top two decks and quarterdeck, but not the very heavy 32 pounders on the lowest gun deck. Very cool to see this.
@Cailus3542
16 күн бұрын
I hate to be that guy, but I don't think that they used the cannons here. Modern pyrotechnics were likely used instead, for safety reasons. Victory is a very old ship, and firing a few dozen cannon in sequence could've damaged the hull, to say nothing of the fire risk.
@centuriontwofivezeroone2794
3 жыл бұрын
Dunno why this has been recommended today, but bloody hell that was great.
@joker_g7337
3 жыл бұрын
same
@ultrahevybeat
Жыл бұрын
i recently read a bit about the customs and traditions of salutes. They were loud, like annoyingly and way to commonly loud. Each time either a captain or some other high ranked officer of the fleet were to board the ship. It was customary to fire eight salutes. That is eight salutes for every officer. So if three captains were to board (or disembark) any ship it was expected to fire 24 salutes. Allright this might not sound that annoying, but imagine about 100 large ships of different nationalities laying at anchor in the port of Kanton for months. If the sources are correct it must have been pretty much by the hour that some ship in that port had some officer boarding the ship. Also it was standard to fire 4 salutes when a ship left or entered port. Then other ships out of courtesy would also salute four times to the leaving ship to wish it a good trip. This whole saluting ordeal must have been the most annoying sound any crewmate could imagine. it wasn't without any accidents either, there is a story about a British ship that did a salute and accidentally killed three chinese sailors. the french ship that noticed this emediatly prapared to retaliate for the british ships tomfoolery but it was settled peacefully between the ports government and the two ccaptains of the ships. yes cannons are cool today but had you been a crewman in the 1700s you would have hated this sound not for it reminding you of war but for only its obnoxiousness.
@nikolaidrostdov
Жыл бұрын
I never thought about it this way before. I appreciate you, Mr. Buttville.
@straightupnothavingagoodtime
Жыл бұрын
@@CruelSculpture and you're jealous they know english far, far better than you.
@butter_nut1817
Жыл бұрын
Good practice I guess
@the-letter_s
Жыл бұрын
@@CruelSculpture nice bait
@Spacegoat92
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being onboard one of those ships in battle, coming up on your enemy and exchanging fire, looking straight at that wall on cannons. From cabin boy to captain, no one is safe. Only a couple of life boats or whatever wreckage you could cling to hoping for a rescue, no GPS, no distress signal. Completely at the mercy of the sea and the winners good graces. You were truly fighting for your. life...
@neo-filthyfrank1347
3 жыл бұрын
someone doesn't know shit about old naval battles
@warlord95Sweden
2 жыл бұрын
Epic History TV makes a videos of HMS Victory, and a few days later everyone is watching this video XD
@derrickstorm6976
2 жыл бұрын
Does wonders to the algorithm when a popular channel does a successful video on a downturn topic :P
@Pawelec801
Жыл бұрын
Crew must have gone deaf after a battle.
@BBoySnakeDogG
Жыл бұрын
WHAT?
@samuelafanador2073
Жыл бұрын
@@BBoySnakeDogG clever
@simonphoenix3789
Ай бұрын
those are tiny charges its firing. I wish I could see how it would actually look like firing its cannons. I bet the noise and smoke would be several times larger than this.
@sirjohng1
Ай бұрын
Back in the 1960' at the London Planetarium there was a great scenario of the the Victory and a demonstration area of what the gun deck was like with the canons being fired. Took my kids there and they had the sulphurous smells associated with the firing too, it was amazing and so loud. Not there now I guess.
@jeffreyhenion4818
Ай бұрын
Not like I want to be on a gun deck during a battle, but I imagine the whole ship shook during a bradsde when the guns rolled back against their hawsers.
@jamesharding3459
Ай бұрын
Tiny charges of flash powder. If you’ve ever looked up archive film of a destroyer-grade naval gun from the the 20th century firing, you’ll get an idea of the real blast effect.
@Splodnik
Ай бұрын
@@sirjohng1 there's the Peter Harrison Planetarium at Greenwich Park. But it doesn't have a gun deck :(
@virtualinfinity6280
3 жыл бұрын
Now THAT comes as a suprise to me! In my youth, I spend many holidays in England ( I am German), as my parents wanted me to learn english. I always had a weak spot for the Royal Navy and visited Portsmouth as often as I could. HMS Victory always was a highlight to visit. I was even allowed to walk on the deck, arranged by a British Naval Officer, who saw me staring at the ship for hours. I don't know about today, but back in the 70s, the ship was not open to the public at the time of my visits. He was apparently high-ranked enough to make that arrangement. But I was completely unaware of the fact, that the old lady still could and would fire it's guns! Can somebody explain to me the occasion when this happened? She is such a beautiful ship and I appreciate the efforts to preserve her.
@unhippy1
3 жыл бұрын
Lol......VE day maybe?..... jokes aside its probably an anniversary of the Battle of Trafagar.
@virtualinfinity6280
3 жыл бұрын
@@unhippy1 No insult taken. VE day IS a day to celebrate. I am as glad as any British that Nazi Germany got defeated. I read in the comments, that this was fireworks not actually using the guns. I just want to know the occasion. I would consider it a risk using fireworks on such a significant piece of history.
@noachav
3 жыл бұрын
@@virtualinfinity6280 Not everyone realises that the defeat of Nazism was a longterm German victory. My grandfather left Germany as a refugee in the 1930s and never hated the country of his birth or held any animus for her citizens (although the Nazis and any Hitlerjugend kids his own age were another matter. He hated them, and rightly so)
@efnissien
Жыл бұрын
The Victory alone had more guns than Wellington had at his disposal in the Peninsular war. Her guns could fire 3 times in the time the French/Spanish ships could load due to the guns rolling back into the gundeck allowing easier access for the gun crew to work like a F1 pit crew. The gun crews were better drilled. And of course, she is still the command ship of the home defence fleet & in that capacity the flagship of the entire fleet. Only about 10% of the ship on display is the ship that fought in Trafalgar, most is rebuilds & restoration - the main gundeck is the largest piece still original.
@Feandromar
Жыл бұрын
Something something *Ship of Theseus*
@efnissien
Жыл бұрын
@@Feandromar Ship of Theseus refers to the point a ship / object ceases to be the original following refits / restoration.
@Feandromar
Жыл бұрын
@@efnissien Thank you, Captain Obvious.
@efnissien
Жыл бұрын
@@Feandromar not everyone is aware of the Ship of Theseus reference.
@calvinnickel9995
Жыл бұрын
Don’t all guns roll back? Hadn’t they done so since the 15th century?
@stevesymonds7724
3 жыл бұрын
One thing people often don't realise about naval warfare back then was the power of the cannon. At Waterloo, Napoleon had 250 pieces of artillery with most being 12 pounders. Wellington had 157 guns with most being 9 pounders. At Trafalgar Nelson had 27 ships, three of them including the Victory, were First rates with more than 100 guns each. The French fleet had 33 ships with two having 250 guns between them. Four ships out of fifty had more artillery than the entire British and French armies at Waterloo. And the naval guns were twice the size and more of the army guns.
@omarbradley6807
3 жыл бұрын
the ships normally had more guns, but their power was much more limited, not only because and where more difficult to aim, thus it have to be a full board fire to cause damage, and normally it wouldn't cause much damage.
@shannonolivas9524
Жыл бұрын
All the comments within the last few days on a 7 year old video, suddenly blessed by the algorithm.
@R2RO20
Жыл бұрын
I think they got'em.
@liamphillips9926
Жыл бұрын
Nelson were is the French fleet ?
@omnicave3183
3 жыл бұрын
When you need to destroy everything in that general direction....
@gengis737
Жыл бұрын
"One minute for one broadside? You are the disgrace of the Royal Navy" "But, Sir, we only have one training every century".
@calvinnickel9995
Жыл бұрын
What is the normal time for a broadside? Muzzle loading guns that have to be swabbed, powder loaded with a gun ladle, then wadding rammed in, then shot, then more wadding, gun moved to the port, powder or a fuse out in the touch hole, then elevated and aimed. 60 seconds is crazy fast
@andmos1001
Жыл бұрын
@@calvinnickel9995 A well maintained crew could reload the cannons of HMS Victory in combat in 90 sek or less
@gengis737
Жыл бұрын
@@calvinnickel9995 The 60 seconds are not for reload, but just to fire loaded guns row by row (which is the normal procedure to ensure continuous fire and avoid too great pressure on the ship's side, which is tied to the blocking ropes). Victory is a 100 gun ships on 3 decks, so 33 rows, that should not need more than 30 seconds.
@benkipgen646
Жыл бұрын
RIP for the poor sods on the receiving end of a broadside like that.
@DMarshallSR
Жыл бұрын
I was there for one. It wasn't that bad.
@googleanti-speech7618
Жыл бұрын
@@DMarshallSR ?lol
@bakedstreetyt
Жыл бұрын
@@googleanti-speech7618 they dont fire canon balls so what ?
@the-based-jew6872
Жыл бұрын
They are basically mortors.
@sergeantscumbag2116
Жыл бұрын
now imagine 50 of these ships going at it
@jakfolisto
Жыл бұрын
And a ship filled with an orchestra blasting He's a Pirate
@ano_nym
Жыл бұрын
@@jakfolisto tfw someone sank the orchestral ship so no you have to fight without music :(
@davidwelch6796
8 ай бұрын
I was told by a member of the ship's crew, about 30 years ago, that when a VIP visit is planned the police sometimes use sniffer dogs to check for any planted explosives prior to the visit. He also said that there is one area that the dogs refuse to check, the place on the orlop deck where Nelson expired. I cannot verify this, you might want to speak to a Portsmouth based sniffer dog.
@anonydun82fgoog35
13 күн бұрын
As CS Forester pointed out in one of his books, a single Ship of the Line had more guns than an entire artillery brigade. Used properly they had a devastating effect.
@emmanuelnaudin6726
Жыл бұрын
As a former French Navy signalman, you will easily understand that this warship is not the one i prefer; but nonetheless, in 1997, during a halt in Potsmouth, i felt very glad to have the honor to salute her as the flagship of the Royal Navy. Next day, I made a visit onboard, and it was a really strange feeling to walk on the deck where such a great sailor as Admiral Nelson was fired dead. Naval combat at that time was something incredibly violent, courage and heroism were at both camps. Really impressive video!!
@AdmiralZhao007
Жыл бұрын
surrender
@emmanuelnaudin6726
Жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralZhao007 i prefer refering to Captain Surcouf : "à l'abordage !!"
@lesigh1749
Жыл бұрын
As a former French Navy signalman, you will easily understand that this warship is not the one I prefer Okay, that made me chuckle. Well played.
@kevinfield2162
Жыл бұрын
Forget being on the receiving end, imagine what that was like inside for the crew for hours on end, without ear protection. How did they have any hearing left?
@skyacedoes2646
Жыл бұрын
WHAT!??!?!
@nefarioulyte9996
Жыл бұрын
@@skyacedoes2646 WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CANT HEAR YOU MATE
@killkreethlockjaw8146
Жыл бұрын
i pretty sure cotton was issued out for the crew
@jamielonsdale3018
Жыл бұрын
The majority of the sound energy was directed out the gun-ports. While it wouldn't be quiet inside the ship, it would be quieter on the gun-line than it would be within a mile of the ship during the salvo.
@MAG-up7ob
Жыл бұрын
"It's just... good business"
@piccalillipit9211
17 күн бұрын
*HMS VICTORY IS A MACHINE* its a floating machine for war, until you read or watch a documentary on how it works its easy to think its a ship with guns on it - ITS NOT. It was designed from scratch to be an integrated battle machine - it has elevators, all the cabin walls are demountable and stashable, the powder rooms are lit from lamp rooms with glass windows, the path the shot and powder take from the stoors is optimised, there are separate corridors for separate materials and functions. It is an amazing machine.
@sirjohng1
17 күн бұрын
@@piccalillipit9211 :And, maybe strangely, HOME to up to 850 souls for months on end with poor health prospects, accommodation, food, water and liesure facilities. Also, horific punishments for even the slightest misdemeanors.😎
@Cailus3542
16 күн бұрын
@@sirjohng1 Odd as it may sound, sailors on Victory and other ships were often better off than people on land. They were fed surprisingly well, better than most peasants, and their pay was rather good. Through prize rules, plenty of sailors made their fortune in the Napoleonic Wars. Discipline was strict, but serious punishments (like flogging) were uncommon. Serving in the Royal Navy was hardly a pleasure cruise, but it was not as nightmarish as one might think.
@simonbird1973
12 күн бұрын
Only if you were lucky enough to eat the lesser of two weevils 🥴
@AndrewAutamore
10 күн бұрын
@@simonbird1973He who would pun would pick a pocket!
@Bob_Bobstien
Жыл бұрын
"What do you mean we missed?"
@diGritz1
3 жыл бұрын
It's a wonder there was ever a winner when 2 similar ships like this passed each other broadside.
@bodkinofnurk8898
3 жыл бұрын
Ask the French and Spanish... 8^)
@royalhero4608
3 жыл бұрын
Yes because the British used carronades; very heavy guns used at close range plus we could fire more broadsides per minute than the French/Spanish. No chance 1v1 up close
@alittlebitofhistory
3 жыл бұрын
Who ever fired fastest, generally the British as they spent far more time in gunnery practice than the French and Spanish could fire 2 broadsides before their opponents fired 1.
@wildwilco
Жыл бұрын
so many guns! by the time the final gun was done fireing, the first could have probably been reloaded and ready to fire again! this must have brought so much terror into the enemies facing these ships... just the sheer CONSTANT volley of metal balls heading your way....
@1uca_
Жыл бұрын
Time to watch what the algorithm has brought us to
@SC-wl7cz
Жыл бұрын
rip old betsy
@someoneunknown1385
3 жыл бұрын
Somebody on the ship: *Spots a boat with a french flag in the harbor* Same person: FIRE BROADSIDE!!!
@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
3 жыл бұрын
“Stop blowing holes in my ship!!”
@angelus_solus
3 жыл бұрын
This comment made my day.
@sirjohng1
2 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzitem.info/news/bejne/uImOx3ehimukeW0
@MerchantIvoryfilms
3 жыл бұрын
"Stop blowing holes in me ship!"
@thunderbird1921
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's pretty much what every Spanish captain yelled when Victory started blasting.
@rieleyslocum870
3 жыл бұрын
What a guy
@czeslawmeyer7871
3 жыл бұрын
I know those guns...
@benjaminjames5157
3 жыл бұрын
algorithm: Lets throw some cannon fire at his feed because...... well why not
@billy1673
20 күн бұрын
258 years later and it’s still impressive AF!🇺🇸🇬🇧
@BadWolf762
20 күн бұрын
BB-63 laughs and says "You scratched my paint".
@POKEMANZZ3
3 жыл бұрын
can you imagine what the battle of trafalgar must have looked like? to see over 2 dozen ships firing off broadsides like this constantly would have been a sight to behold
@rokhnroll
3 жыл бұрын
That is scary impressive, It must have been terrifying at the Battle of Trafalgar with up to 74 warships engaging in battle then closing on each other to board and fight hand to hand.
@henderson023
3 жыл бұрын
The Victory and Nelson were the first in the British fleet's line of battle, if I remember anything about the history. As soon as the French and Spanish ships of the line had the Victory in range, they opened fire...and it took a while before the Victory's first guns were lined up with a target. Overall, I think the engagement itself was about an hour. The other two hours were comprised of the fleets closing with each other.
@nikk2256
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine 60 of these ships engaging at once, with thousands of men fighting in the noise and smoke.
@hfar_in_the_sky
3 жыл бұрын
Man, just imagine what it must have been like fighting at a battle like Trafalgar with dozens of ships like this firing at each other. It must have felt like being at the center of a thunderstorm just from the noise.
@sirjohng1
2 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzitem.info/news/bejne/uImOx3ehimukeW0
@skytreker
3 жыл бұрын
Napoleon left the comment section.
@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah
3 жыл бұрын
*We often forget about the sheer amount of gunpowder smoke a full broadside would have generated...not only would it have filled the entire lower decks full of smoke to the point where viability was almost zero but the inability to breath, the coughing and chocking until the smoke had cleared, and then the noise would have left you almost deaf, nothing but a ringing in your ears......and then the endurance of another full battery of guns...all over again, unless you haven't been killed already by the flying shrapnel of wood splintered off by enemy cannon balls hitting your ship !*
@GivemeTHEfoodNOW
3 жыл бұрын
It ain´t pretty, but thats what we do.
@monrow1961
3 жыл бұрын
To be a sailor has been one of the worst jobs, or fate a human could have up until very recently.
@GedMaybury23
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, all of that. (depending on wind-drift at the time.) I've often tried to imagine the entire scene - and soon get overwhelmed by the utter horror of it all. Yes, I read the Hornblower series avidly. 'Master & Commander' did a slap-up job of a realistic depiction. There'd be deafening noise, choking smoke and sudden messy death all around. War ain't good for any living thing.
@VoodooMcVee
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's astounding what people endure just to kill each other.
@xKiLLzZx1
3 жыл бұрын
Seaman: "Captain, we confirm 8 hits and 120 misses" Captain: "WHAT? 120 misses? How's that possible?!!!" Seaman: "Well, the ship sunk after the first 8 hits"
@quuaaarrrk8056
3 жыл бұрын
Here I am, imagining Nelson himself standing on the side of the victory,, supervising the shooting of 120 cannonballs into nothing, thinking this is fine.
@daveygivens735
3 жыл бұрын
And I don't imagine those empty charges were nearly as powerful or loud as the authentic ones.
@CodeineRadick
3 жыл бұрын
The split second of trapped sound makes all the difference when unleashed.
@Obi-WanKenobiAppreciator
4 жыл бұрын
It only took about a minute for gun crews to reload on a ship of the royal navy in those days. Just imagine having this pelted at you non stop.
@thunderbird1921
4 жыл бұрын
And then imagine another fleet with similar vessels blasting back at this level. I have to imagine most of these sailors were either deaf or suffered concussions. Unbelievable how powerful these were.
@richardcopeland3179
3 жыл бұрын
To thunderbird: l cannot recommend c.s. forester, o'brien or any writer on naval warfare during the age of sail because l have not read them yet. The author l have read is alexander kent. Pen name of douglas redman. His R. Bolitho series describes naval warfare. The flying splinters during a naval battle, cannons getting knocked over, some of the ways older sailors would wrap a scarf to protect their hearing & the effects of being taken below to the surgeon. In those days they were described as being little better than butchers.
@sirjohng1
4 жыл бұрын
Each gun had a Gun Captain in charge, they were overseen by several Midshipmen and the deck Lieutenant. Small boys known as Powder Monkeys brought gunpowder up from below as required to keep it to minimum exposure. Gun crews stood to one side and the Gun Captain to the rear and one side holding the trigger lanyard. Recoil injured many a gunner's feet and legs and a hot gun not being sponged out with water thoroughly could set the next charge off prematurely often with the ram still in the barrel causing horrible injuries and often death to the rammer. Occasionally a barrel would explode with terrible consequences. All this went on with the ship rolling and pitching, trying to chock and pull around 4 tonnes of loaded gun and carriage up a slanting deck must have been nightmarish.
@tnarggrant9711
4 жыл бұрын
Well written.
@beyergarret123
3 жыл бұрын
And all that while being shot at themselves!
@PhantomAndrew78
3 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a movie about the battle of Trafalgar one day
@williamm.3612
3 жыл бұрын
@@PhantomAndrew78 Master and commander GOT Nelson series please
@samuel.j.barker
3 жыл бұрын
The only time "WEEEEE!" has ever been shouted at the end of a volley of cannon fire
@pioneer_1148
3 жыл бұрын
You clearly haven't been to america
@joshuahicks4574
3 жыл бұрын
@@pioneer_1148 underrated comment
@terragthegreat175
Жыл бұрын
"2 minutes and one second sir!" "Lads! That's not good enough!"
@smithsonian2464
Жыл бұрын
"DO YOU WANT THAT RAGGEDY ASS NAPOLEON AS YOUR KING?!!"
@konstantinosnikolakakis8125
11 ай бұрын
“STARBOARD BATTERY! FIRE’
@IronMaidenMikey
11 ай бұрын
@@smithsonian2464 YOU WANT YOUR CHILDEREN TO SING THE LA MARSEILLAISE?
Пікірлер: 4,3 М.