A British Submarine Fires Its Torpedoes at a Nazi U-Boat

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A British submarine on a mission to deliver supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters spots an unsuspecting enemy submarine in 1944. It's simply too good an opportunity to pass up.
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  • @aussievaliant4949
    @aussievaliant49495 жыл бұрын

    What is more impressive about Jimmy Launders is the fact that subsequent to the sinking of U771, he sank U864 as part of Operation Ceasar. Launders, still in command of HMS Venturer, stalked a Type IX (U864) which was on a secret mission ferrying supplies and plans to Japan. What is truly incredible is that Launders detected U864 whilst it was submerged, and U864 detected HMS Venturer whilst it was submerged. The U boat took evasive manoeuvres, but Launders continued to stalk U864. Launders calculated U864's position, course and speed and fired 4 torpedoes, one of which hit U864 which sank with all hands. It is the only time one submarine has sunk another submarine whilst both were submerged. Launders mathematical calculations were very complex, but mathematics was a hobby of his. An amazing man who survived the war and continued to serve the Royal Navy into the 1980s. He passed away in 1988. I came across his medal ribbons here in Australia after his wife, Olive, passed away in 2010. I have tried to investigate Launders further, and even investigated him further when on holiday in the UK. I was met with indifference after making inquiries with the Royal Navy and the Imperial War Museum. Such a shame, as this man was incredible.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    THAT'S NOTHING NEW- THE FIRST TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TURN TO WHEN THERE'S DANGER ARE, 1- GOD, AND, 2- THE FIGHTING MAN...AND WHEN THE DANGER IS OVER, THE FIRST TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT ARE 1- GOD, AND 2- THE FIGHTING MAN!!! PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY UNGRATEFUL, AND THEY HAVE SHORT MEMORIES- THOSE ARE FLAWS OF HUMAN NATURE!!!

  • @krashd

    @krashd

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHY ARE WE ALL SHOUTING AT ONE ANOTHER?

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@krashd ...FOR THE HELL OF IT(?)

  • @HMSHOOD1920

    @HMSHOOD1920

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aussie Valiant obviously it’s something the people there don’t care about to have to explain everybody by to you:

  • @freebeerfordworkers

    @freebeerfordworkers

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aussie Valiant Yes I was curious enough to look up on wiki (not always the best source) as the sinking of U864 was a considerable feat. I was very surprised that with all his decorations he only retired as a captain in about 1970 and could find no obituary for him in a national newspaper. Britain's Daily Telegraph at least usually has such obituaries, but considering his decorations and exceptional service none for him. Very unusual.

  • @AllansStation
    @AllansStation2 жыл бұрын

    I am the ex secretary of Scotland North East Branch of the Submariners association, we had 2 members in the branch who served in Venturer during this attack, and l heard their story first hand. I served in World War Two boat Tally Ho. In my 90s now, but never forget my band of brothers in the Submarine Service

  • @johndoe-od6ge

    @johndoe-od6ge

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you for your service ! new york here.

  • @ingridclare7411

    @ingridclare7411

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh well done. I come from long standing Aussie naval family...

  • @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    11 ай бұрын

    @@johndoe-od6ge You don't say that to each other in the British Armed Forces, especially the RN. You just get on with it.

  • @StonyRC

    @StonyRC

    11 ай бұрын

    As a British subject from a military family, I'd like to thank you for your dedicated service to your country - helping protect us all.

  • @StonyRC

    @StonyRC

    11 ай бұрын

    @@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589 - NONSENSE - we DO thank our military ... not nearly often enough, but we do!

  • @VuNguyen-yc8ej
    @VuNguyen-yc8ej5 жыл бұрын

    Those sweaters look nice

  • @alaasedki

    @alaasedki

    4 жыл бұрын

    I bought one of them from ebay. Submariner sheep wool jumper.. fantastic quality.

  • @robertphillips6296

    @robertphillips6296

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think they call them Jumpers?

  • @phaedracollins2302

    @phaedracollins2302

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@robertphillips6296 Yes. But the issue ones didn't have any patterning.

  • @tedwarden1608

    @tedwarden1608

    3 жыл бұрын

    They wouldn’t have been so at the time. Submarines were very very dirty places.

  • @binkus5598

    @binkus5598

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are jumpers

  • @billygowhoop
    @billygowhoop5 жыл бұрын

    Being in a submarine that's been hit by a torpedo must be one of the most horrible experiences. I can only imagine the feeling of helplessness and the constant paranoia that you must feel.

  • @MrOlgrumpy

    @MrOlgrumpy

    4 жыл бұрын

    instantaneous blast/shock fatality

  • @trkayani4949

    @trkayani4949

    4 жыл бұрын

    billygowhoop noway out even she was snorkeling...

  • @davidtate166

    @davidtate166

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrOlgrumpy a painless death 💀

  • @The_Greedy_Orphan

    @The_Greedy_Orphan

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least it was quick and they didn't know about it, I can't imagine how nerve racking it'd be to have to endure depth charges.

  • @noelball5137

    @noelball5137

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fook em!!!

  • @carloreneeventura8714
    @carloreneeventura87146 жыл бұрын

    This guy is 25 years old and able to do his math and hit a moving kriegsmarine vessel..im 27 and i barely know how to do take aways

  • @davidmg1925

    @davidmg1925

    6 жыл бұрын

    Around here they only know the dimensions of their next tattoo. (that's questionable)

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    Somebody you don't need to know ...HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON(?)

  • @carloreneeventura8714

    @carloreneeventura8714

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dale Burrell hahaha.. quite,

  • @constellation1986

    @constellation1986

    5 жыл бұрын

    Loomynatea confirmed

  • @michaeltalbot8242

    @michaeltalbot8242

    5 жыл бұрын

    Somebody you don't need to know that why the British forces have always had high entry standards

  • @gmf121266
    @gmf1212665 жыл бұрын

    No real elation from the attacking submariners. They are just relieved that they were not spotted and torpedoed the U boat before it saw them and attacked. I suspect they also empathise with the plight of the crew of the sticken U boat. Enemies they were but they were all fellow Submariners.

  • @Pitcairn2

    @Pitcairn2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BenjaminPitkin MK 8 torpedo (unguided) sank General Belgrano in 1982.

  • @keegan773

    @keegan773

    4 жыл бұрын

    Greg Fletcher You were watching actors.

  • @vukpsodorov5446

    @vukpsodorov5446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Pitcairn2 and General Belgrano wasn't a submarine, but a cruiser. a surface ship that can't dive out of the way of the torpedo coming at her near the surface. she certainly did dive, however. AFTER the hit.

  • @mikespearwood3914

    @mikespearwood3914

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@keegan773 No, that was the actual footage silly! XD

  • @orakelgottes
    @orakelgottes4 жыл бұрын

    They show the right respect of fellow humans, after sinking the u-boat they didn't cheer up to celebrate but showing concerned feeling about losses of lives .. that's the way to go ...

  • @johnalmason

    @johnalmason

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Orakel Gottes Maybe so. But there wasn't much 'showing concerned feeling about losses of lives' from Gunther Prien and the crew of U-47 on the night they sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, killing 833 men. Read 'The Battle of the Atlantic' by Jonathan Dimbleby - the U-Boat crew's reaction to the Royal Oak going to the bottom is described in Prien's own words on Page 34, Chapter 2: "He [Prien] called down to his crew to let them know the Battleship was sinking. For a moment there was silence. Then a mighty roar went through the ship, an almost bestial roar in which the pent-up tension of the last 24 hours found release'. Then there's the British TV series 'The World at War'. The episode called 'Wolf Pack' is worth a watch. Not least because it features an interview with Captain William Eyton-Jones - whose merchant vessel SS Benvrackie was sunk by a U-Boat (U-105) halfway between Brazil and North Africa on 13th May 1941. On taking to one of the ship's lifeboats, he and his fellow survivors were confronted by the crew of the U-105, which had surfaced next to them to admire their own handiwork. The U-Boat's crew laughed at them, paid them no more mind, then sailed away to the north-east. The survivors in the lifeboat were picked up - completely by chance - by Hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire after being adrift at sea for days. 13 of the ship's crew of 60 were lost in the sinking. 'Concerned feeling' for your fellow man was in short supply in the North Atlantic during World War 2.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnalmason ...EVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE LACONIA AND U-156?!

  • @militustoica

    @militustoica

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably helped that they hadn’t just watched the Kriegsmariners sink a friendly ship full of hundreds of people trying to supply food from America to Britain to keep the former’s people from starving to death like the U-Boats usually did.

  • @187SicknesS
    @187SicknesS6 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous sweaters

  • @deathborn6815

    @deathborn6815

    6 жыл бұрын

    187SicknesS I’ve seen Al Capones cell at Alcatraz

  • @kanweyest153

    @kanweyest153

    5 жыл бұрын

    DeathBorn wtf does that have to do with anything?

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keno Navarro His picture(?)

  • @187SicknesS

    @187SicknesS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Al Capone had a large collection of heavy knit sweaters during his stay in Alcatraz.

  • @jamesliu8095

    @jamesliu8095

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jumpers actualy

  • @scottparis6355
    @scottparis63553 жыл бұрын

    Little known fact: British submarines had a dedicated dry-cleaning compartment for keeping those sweaters spotless.

  • @awhahoo

    @awhahoo

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was needed as, especially later in the war, tea would spill a lot more than in peace time

  • @Trades46
    @Trades464 жыл бұрын

    Interesting how in the Cold War, both the US and Soviets developed hunter killer subs with the primary mission of hunting other subs, but that role never really occurred. Yet the only recorded attempt of a sub engaging another sub with a torpedo was during WW2.

  • @SnakePliskin762

    @SnakePliskin762

    Жыл бұрын

    Subs between both sides are constantly playing cat and mouse. It's the unseen cold war that still goes on.

  • @cpj93070

    @cpj93070

    Ай бұрын

    Don't you mean in recorded history?

  • @mattsterh7740
    @mattsterh77405 жыл бұрын

    It's got to be nerve wracking being in a submarine, not know who is out there and if someone is watching you.

  • @GameArchiver

    @GameArchiver

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget about the krakens.

  • @samanli-tw3id

    @samanli-tw3id

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just watch Das Boot.

  • @Raap123

    @Raap123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Visited the USS Pampanito in San Francisco. Although its a museum in the bay of San Francisco you get a bit experience how it was without the terror from enemy ships or planes targeting you.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Raap123 ...I VISITED THE USS DRUM IN MOBILE ALABAMA- AND I EVEN TOOK A PICTURE THROUGH THE PERISCOPE!!!

  • @briancarey1159

    @briancarey1159

    Жыл бұрын

    It used to be nerve racking, today you can't get within 20 miles of a sub before he knows someone else is around

  • @lance3poo7932
    @lance3poo79325 жыл бұрын

    Looks like they’re having a bit of a Christmas party in there

  • @geoben1810
    @geoben18104 жыл бұрын

    The timing, and speed in which an attack is executed is the essence of the type of weapon a submarine is. The ability to attack while submerged and undetected and remain submerged during retreat or escape after the attack is the whole concept of the submarine. Run silent, run deep. 🇺🇸

  • @mrcadair
    @mrcadair4 жыл бұрын

    This story made me think of my time in the service it was amazing at the responsibility that we had at such a young age. Now my days are repetitive and dull miss the good old days

  • @aidandahl7794
    @aidandahl77943 жыл бұрын

    In 6 minutes, this man calculated the position and fired upon a U-Boat.

  • @_knightz_7597
    @_knightz_75973 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine knowing you just sunk a submarine, and know that there are people in water and people trapped in the submarine trying to escape.

  • @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    @zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589

    11 ай бұрын

    I asked my Great Uncle how he managed to fly in DH Mosquitos in the RAF, bombing and strafing German cities and infrastructure. He said that the Germans chose to bomb innocent civilians in London and other cities, and he saw dead bodies in building rubble during the Blitz. They weren't forced to, they allowed their government and High Command that chose to. That is the danger of flirting with fascism: it grows from cosy populism to an almost unstoppable monster like a Gremlin in sunlight.

  • @alanstrong3295
    @alanstrong32954 жыл бұрын

    The Battle of The Atlantic was formidable. It was such a long, treacherous ordeal.

  • @Acc0rd79
    @Acc0rd796 жыл бұрын

    Don't get caught out lingering on the surface!

  • @krashd

    @krashd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aye, that was rule number 1 back in the day. What would have been funnier is if the captain and XO were up on the sail at the time enjoying a coffee and a sandwich, admiring the night while Venturer sent a torpedo up their sub's arse.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@krashd EVEN THE HUNS WEREN'T THAT STUPID-!!!

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@krashd THERE'S NOTHING "FUNNY" ABOUT IT- "IRONIC", MAYBE- "FUNNY", NO!!!

  • @lr21643

    @lr21643

    5 жыл бұрын

    WW2 subs had to be on the surface or at periscope depth to recharge batteries. My understanding is that to make any decent speed for very long, they had to be on the surface too.

  • @chnb517

    @chnb517

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@krashd HAHA FUNNY JOKE MAN

  • @chr0min0id
    @chr0min0id4 жыл бұрын

    2:51 Brits when they sink a sub: *handshake* Americans when they sink a sub: WHOOOO YEAAHHHHHH! *highfives*

  • @Zaluskowsky

    @Zaluskowsky

    3 жыл бұрын

    Russians while they Silently evade hunter: singing the Anthem, as loud as possible

  • @Concorde4711

    @Concorde4711

    3 жыл бұрын

    Germans when they sink a sub: Sad faces, because they were fellow submariners.

  • @scottfirman
    @scottfirman5 жыл бұрын

    Jolly good job! The hunter brought down with no idea he was being hunted by the same class ship. First story I ever heard like it!

  • @justinhealey2408
    @justinhealey24084 жыл бұрын

    My Great Uncle was last at sea for 17 hours after the USS Astoria went down in the the Battle of the Savo Sea..they he was one of the last off the ship, tryin to keep his home at that time above the deep Pacific

  • @kevingouldrup9265
    @kevingouldrup92655 жыл бұрын

    Well done! And at only 25 years old to boot! The greatest generation!

  • @tomburton8239

    @tomburton8239

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Gouldrup 25 was old for a submarine commander.

  • @fxhdtchjfrytjyj
    @fxhdtchjfrytjyj5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I can't believe they hid a HD camera back in 1944!

  • @jcjcjunk1881

    @jcjcjunk1881

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Mister Albert ever heard of sarcasm ah shit you being sarcastic ffffffuuuuuuu

  • @lokon1979

    @lokon1979

    4 жыл бұрын

    No silly they didn’t have HD cameras; this was obviously shot in film that’s been rescanned today.

  • @karelwok3314

    @karelwok3314

    4 жыл бұрын

    lokon1979 lol

  • @bedwarspro1917

    @bedwarspro1917

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Mister Albert r/wooosh

  • @DankNoodles420

    @DankNoodles420

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lokon1979 To be technical properly shot footage and correctly stored film can have a very high level of detail and resolution. It can today be scanned and converted into digital video and yes it is actually very HD. Watch some original scanned film videos in 4k they have surprisingly high level of visual quality.

  • @madpenguin9402
    @madpenguin94025 жыл бұрын

    Superb hd quality film!

  • @UnionAndroidSRboi
    @UnionAndroidSRboi3 жыл бұрын

    Royal Navy vs Kriegsmarine ❎ Sweaters vs Jumpers ☑

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7412 жыл бұрын

    The officer of the ship felt the pain of the death of the crew as he felt his victory, true warrior and I know he felt the loss of the crew, yet he knew it was necessary

  • @GameArchiver
    @GameArchiver5 жыл бұрын

    Sailor: Torpedoes away Captain: Oh jolly good

  • @phillipdiakovlev2537
    @phillipdiakovlev25375 жыл бұрын

    You posted this video on my birthday!

  • @zakish222

    @zakish222

    3 жыл бұрын

    1 day left til ur birthday then

  • @jeffreyoneill6439
    @jeffreyoneill64394 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for saving us. And thank you for the incredible pain it must have caused.

  • @Aisthetes24
    @Aisthetes243 жыл бұрын

    “The empire strikes back.”

  • @atittayavollebregt8381
    @atittayavollebregt83814 жыл бұрын

    What a great knit the captain is wearing, I'll have one!

  • @infinitecanadian
    @infinitecanadian5 жыл бұрын

    They probably saved a lot of lives. We have them to thank.

  • @lezoomer7324

    @lezoomer7324

    2 жыл бұрын

    I support Uboat Crews

  • @lordkenwyn6432

    @lordkenwyn6432

    11 ай бұрын

    @@lezoomer7324you support evil facists? You shame your family.

  • @kehana2908
    @kehana29085 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for not sugar coating

  • @daltonagronomo1652
    @daltonagronomo16525 жыл бұрын

    Four of my dead relatives were militaries, during World War II. All were on allied side. None died during that war, but decades later. All old men an by natural causes. I live in Brazil.

  • @breezywarhead8489

    @breezywarhead8489

    2 жыл бұрын

    Old soldiers never die. They just fade away

  • @daleburrell6273
    @daleburrell62736 жыл бұрын

    I knew about HMS Venturer sinking U-864- but U-771 was news to me...

  • @Emperorvalse

    @Emperorvalse

    5 жыл бұрын

    U-771 was the "easier" kill and occurred about 4 months before the famed U-864 action.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Emperorvalse ...POOR HUNS-!!!

  • @bcd213o5
    @bcd213o56 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @ToreDL87
    @ToreDL873 жыл бұрын

    0:56 , 3:01 The show did this so much, had the British sub captains just gazing like that lol

  • @Kevin-mx1vi
    @Kevin-mx1vi Жыл бұрын

    If it's any consolation, the blast, shock wave, and the immense pressure increase inside the U-boat's hull when the torpedo struck probably killed everyone on board instantly.

  • @Set_your_handle77
    @Set_your_handle774 жыл бұрын

    0:38 Wow... 25 years old!

  • @dmenace9827
    @dmenace98274 жыл бұрын

    Well done Venturer!

  • @dovidell
    @dovidell4 жыл бұрын

    They missed out the bit where the British sub commander had to work out a firing solution in 4 D - distance , speed , heading AND depth of target , which makes this event even more amazing

  • @martinjones12

    @martinjones12

    4 жыл бұрын

    thats only 3D ,its; vectors;, azimuth, elevation and range, the speed (more correctly the relative velocity of the target), is not a dimension, so its 3 D

  • @georgehugh3455

    @georgehugh3455

    11 ай бұрын

    The target was on the surface. (perhaps they changed the usual running depth like they might for different boat types)

  • @dusclopsgaming4673
    @dusclopsgaming46733 жыл бұрын

    Just so everyone knows, all of U-771’s crew perished.

  • @Steve-gc5nt

    @Steve-gc5nt

    2 жыл бұрын

    😔

  • @pittarak1
    @pittarak14 жыл бұрын

    How come Hollywood hasn't made this into a movie yet, but with a US submarine taking the part of the British one?

  • @Jesse-jp2bf

    @Jesse-jp2bf

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watch greyhound. It’s not a American sub but something like that. Just watched it and it’s a pretty good movie imo

  • @EtzEchad

    @EtzEchad

    3 жыл бұрын

    American sweaters don't look as good.

  • @idleonlooker1078

    @idleonlooker1078

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Mark Hepworth ....yep!! And don't forget the central character being one lowly American pilot officer who amazingly: 1) is forced to take over and dictate the battle's strategy (because the RAF high command were all class-conscious incompetent buffoons), 2) who then shoots down every single German aircraft (whose pilots are all fanatical SS officers anyway), 3) because the entire RAF were too scared to take off!!

  • @michaelyates5976

    @michaelyates5976

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@idleonlooker1078 You nailed it.

  • @philipm06

    @philipm06

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tom Hanks wasn't available.

  • @youraverageaussieyoutuber1469
    @youraverageaussieyoutuber14695 жыл бұрын

    That’s a horrible way to die

  • @paulallen8109

    @paulallen8109

    4 жыл бұрын

    No cancer is a horrible way to die. Takes a long time.

  • @jaybartgis5148
    @jaybartgis51485 жыл бұрын

    "you need to strike when they iron's hot indeed" lmfao

  • @tasteful_trash4773

    @tasteful_trash4773

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jay Bartgis or the clothes will burn😧

  • @fatyowls
    @fatyowls4 жыл бұрын

    My uncle also lost his life aboard HMS Calypso in the Mediterranean, sunk by an Italian submarine..

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7412 жыл бұрын

    Our kids love us so much even in the young years that have a great spark about them

  • @Dentropolis
    @Dentropolis3 жыл бұрын

    One about wool sweaters, if they get soaked the water will drain down and drip off the sweater. Even if they are damp they will help you keep warm.

  • @harpomarx7777
    @harpomarx77779 күн бұрын

    Perhaps it's time for this channel to learn what a "conning tower" is on a submarine. Conning towers are not visible from outside the submarine. They are located inside the upper superstructure which houses the periscopes, masts, and antennas. That upper structure is called the "turm" or "tower" in U-boats, the "fin" in British subs, and the "sail" in US subs. Again ... the conning tower is located out of sight inside the sail or turm or fin ... and you cannot see it.

  • @jdoe3006
    @jdoe30065 жыл бұрын

    so the math problems back at school was not useless afterall!

  • @paulallen8109

    @paulallen8109

    4 жыл бұрын

    Depend on what your profession is. If you work menial jobs which require little training then sure enough these math problems will appear useless to you.

  • @souloftheage

    @souloftheage

    4 жыл бұрын

    "WERE" not useless. Not "was". Proper grammar is good to learn too. Exemption if English is your second language.

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7415 жыл бұрын

    Good shot I'm proud of him

  • @davidgutknecht5814
    @davidgutknecht58145 жыл бұрын

    Out standing.

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7415 жыл бұрын

    It was a fantastic shot

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7412 жыл бұрын

    I think the first thing that came in his mind was the loss of the crew, however I knew it was necessary even though you succeed over your enemy, techno joy and no loss of life

  • @tomburton8239
    @tomburton82395 жыл бұрын

    So the target was at 2,000yds. That’s close by submarine torpedo standards - but a LOT further away than suggested by the periscope image in this video. Of course periscopes had magnifying options, but unmagnified, a sub at 2,000yds (i.e. a bit over one mile) would be a tine speck.

  • @Magnulus76

    @Magnulus76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sub periscopes during WWII all had magnification, 1.5x and 4x for closer views.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...YOU FORGETTING THAT THE U-BOAT'S ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE- AND SUBMARINES HAVE SENSITIVE SOUND GEAR-!!!

  • @gregoryemmanuel9168

    @gregoryemmanuel9168

    2 жыл бұрын

    You forget this is not a documentary, it’s fairly mediocre version of what actually happened.

  • @dasboot5903
    @dasboot59035 жыл бұрын

    I just wonder, of how the British submarine captain could feel when he killed the enemies that time ...... but on the other hand, the other sailors' submarines - like himself, fighting because they were also having their orders to fight & destroy :o(( OMG !!!!

  • @Steve-gc5nt

    @Steve-gc5nt

    2 жыл бұрын

    And all in the name of politicians 😣

  • @311jbknight
    @311jbknight3 жыл бұрын

    Not a lot of cheering going on in the sub. We would realize how fast and easy it can be for us to get the same treatment. Around the world submariners respect each other no matter the country.

  • @mysticdragonwolf89
    @mysticdragonwolf893 жыл бұрын

    Wait....was it shooting at the broadside of the sub or at the bow? Cause the crosshairs make it seem it’s at the bow....but the impact makes as if it’s the broadside

  • @ModellingWeekly
    @ModellingWeekly5 жыл бұрын

    i love their uniform look like christmas sweaters :)

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    2 жыл бұрын

    JEALOUS-!!!

  • @1chish
    @1chish5 жыл бұрын

    Typical Brit understatement - no whooping and hollering just a quiet smile and a handshake and off to do the next task .... This skipper also had to calculate the risk of failure because he had key supplies for the Norwegian Resistance so it wasn't just his boat and crew that would be damaged.

  • @charliemansell9933
    @charliemansell99334 жыл бұрын

    British ww2 submarine ops often overlooked obviously didn’t have as many targets as German subs but they still sunk much Japanese shipping in Pacific and Indian oceans , Italian and German in the med

  • @melloangelwolf8611
    @melloangelwolf86114 жыл бұрын

    It must be terrifying being trapped inside

  • @davidmg1925
    @davidmg19256 жыл бұрын

    A good apart from the gittish music kicking in and the out-of-focus stuff.

  • @zeus-mt7wx
    @zeus-mt7wx8 ай бұрын

    I would be interested to know more about the U boat that sunk the sub Thistle just found of Norwegian Coast. Sunk in 1941.

  • @pooper26
    @pooper263 жыл бұрын

    Those sweaters look like they were really comfy.

  • @L_U-K_E
    @L_U-K_E5 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @christopherg2347
    @christopherg23475 жыл бұрын

    Sub vs Sub fights were nothing like hunt for Red October in those days. I mean Guided Torpedoes? You could "programm" a slight turn after launch, but that was it. And then you had to hope the mecahnic did not seize up for to hot or to cold water. Germany did use a acousting mine/torpedo back in the early Chanel Fights. But it was easily defeated. And of coure a submarine is not a easy target to hit, or even just spot.

  • @admiralbeez8143
    @admiralbeez814316 күн бұрын

    Look how clean it is in that British sub compares to Das Boot.

  • @davesmith9844
    @davesmith98444 жыл бұрын

    Even more astonishing, Jimmy Launders also sunk u864 and earned the bar to his DSO; and no mention of it here?

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...one story at a time(?)

  • @Dra741
    @Dra7412 жыл бұрын

    I am grateful for the French Resistance during WWII they were able to recover our pilots who got lost or captured and there were constant flow of intelligence we wouldn't have otherwise the one of the greatest contributions our success during World War was the French Resistance it was in my opinion more than 75% success and Recovery they did a credible job

  • @breezywarhead8489

    @breezywarhead8489

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is sailors. Not pilots

  • @georgehugh3455

    @georgehugh3455

    11 ай бұрын

    In the same vain as your comment, let me begin by discussing the Tour de France....

  • @frankeppenridge2027
    @frankeppenridge2027 Жыл бұрын

    25yrs old. 😳 Yeah, they were truly the Greatest Generation

  • @detomasopantera1966
    @detomasopantera19664 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff👌👌👌 Royal Navy🤘🤘🤘

  • @arleygomez465
    @arleygomez4653 жыл бұрын

    Those Royal Navy submariners had fantasic fashion sense.

  • @dsgx1353
    @dsgx13534 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @yourfuneraldirector6432
    @yourfuneraldirector64326 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @hhorsley6264
    @hhorsley62644 жыл бұрын

    This is the only Sub known to have sunk another Sub while both were submerged!

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 Жыл бұрын

    Good eye always be aware what a treat

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 Жыл бұрын

    I had a fantastic sweater, and they remind me of it every time

  • @davidbrown9237
    @davidbrown92372 жыл бұрын

    The saving grace is that most of the crew were probably either dead or unconscious before they knew what had hit them

  • @darkhorse1691
    @darkhorse16914 жыл бұрын

    Good shot mate

  • @jakemillar649
    @jakemillar6492 жыл бұрын

    It is such a shame that not British subs have been named HMS Venturer since, or even a ship or sub named after Launders. One of the Vanguard-class subs would have been perfect but no, someone decided otherwise.

  • @markisaac3550
    @markisaac35503 жыл бұрын

    Awesome guy

  • @dancoster7332
    @dancoster73324 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know where I could find the full episodes outside of the US?

  • @helenparr4234
    @helenparr42345 жыл бұрын

    A taste of Jerry's own medicine.

  • @clevernamegotban1752

    @clevernamegotban1752

    5 жыл бұрын

    THICCCC

  • @jaybdub77
    @jaybdub775 жыл бұрын

    Scotty, I need more power to the main engine thrusters...

  • @succeskidxd7589
    @succeskidxd75893 жыл бұрын

    Hi,i love your vedios bout you do naval vedios?

  • @ssPeto
    @ssPeto5 жыл бұрын

    In WWII, the vessel most able to counter-attack a submarine is a Destroyer, DE, Corvette etc. A submarine once it discovers it is being stalked by another submarine is most likely to dive. The odds of them doing any damage to each other while submerged is close to zero. The guy in the video that says the British will be in big trouble if detected and that the uboat would be able to pose a grave threat to them after detection is full of beans. The uboaat would have dove away and they both would have disengaged. My father's boat had an encounter with a submerged Japanese sub in WWII. He said, while it was very tense (combat always is), it wasn't close to being in the same league as having depth charges dropped on you...

  • @FildasKirk

    @FildasKirk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Funny, because THIS skipper, on the same submarine later stalked another UBoat and both were submerged, after calculating difficult trigonometry equations, he fired four fish and sank it - the only instance in submarine warfare where one sub intentionally sank another while both were under - and it was at times when they hadn't had any modern seeking/wire-guided torpedoes or other modern equipment. He got a bar to his DSO for this. See Action of February 9th 1945 for more details.

  • @ssPeto

    @ssPeto

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've read about that attack but didn't realize this was the skipper that did it. As I remember it happened just north of the Spanish border. An incredible act of seamanship for sure. But--as you say--it was the only case like it during the war. Although there was an instance where an American sub evaded a Japanese torpedo spread and shot down the torpedo tracks and sank the I-boat which was submerged. Don't remember details unfortunately... Still--cases like these are definite exceptions. I'll stand by my original statement. Good stuff though FildasKirk! :)

  • @conradmilligan
    @conradmilligan2 жыл бұрын

    everyones talking about sweaters, its a british sub so those are JUMPERS

  • @smoky_slight144
    @smoky_slight1442 жыл бұрын

    you have to strike while the iron is still hot indeed💪🏽

  • @jeep146
    @jeep1464 жыл бұрын

    You always feel sorry for the young crew on the U boat but then how many young sailors would this boat have killed if it had escaped.

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE U-BOAT WAS CARRYING IMPORTANT WAR MATERIALS!!!

  • @omahawarrior4837
    @omahawarrior48372 жыл бұрын

    U-boats received so much coverage that I wrongly believed other countries hadn't built subs!

  • @robert100xx
    @robert100xx2 жыл бұрын

    Sweaters, silence, handshake, silence, concern. So British.

  • @jonnykitchen654
    @jonnykitchen6545 жыл бұрын

    just to point out that it wasnt U-771 that was sunk it was U-864 that was sunk by venturer

  • @tomburton8239

    @tomburton8239

    5 жыл бұрын

    jonny kitchen Both were sunk by Venturer

  • @yaltschuler
    @yaltschuler5 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't this guy the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine?

  • @junioraviator4325

    @junioraviator4325

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah!

  • @terrortorn

    @terrortorn

    4 жыл бұрын

    No that was Ringo Starr.

  • @Gnfaizan
    @Gnfaizan4 жыл бұрын

    They didn't celebrate and inside their heart they must felt about the lives on U Boat who were down in deep sea.

  • @roybennett6330
    @roybennett63304 жыл бұрын

    Dad served from 1946/1958..tboats..,he would offer to say if asked what he did"chasing the Russians "..youngest chief petty officer at the time...only found this out after he passed away...the missions Even though still only the cold war... Missions could be thought with death..

  • @thelongdarkteatimeofthesou4497
    @thelongdarkteatimeofthesou44973 жыл бұрын

    I joined the army because I can't math without a calculator.

  • @erickrcisneros
    @erickrcisneros3 жыл бұрын

    The tension

  • @averyfreeman6283
    @averyfreeman62833 жыл бұрын

    That was pretty good Thinking 👍

  • @daleburrell6273

    @daleburrell6273

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...AND A BIT OF LUCK THROWN IN-!!

  • @adrianhughes8143
    @adrianhughes8143 Жыл бұрын

    As a British patriotic man and a huge supporter of our Armed Forces past, present and future they make me so proud to be British. I had cousins who served in the British Army, Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and I am so proud of them. GOD SAVE THE KING 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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