Missing is the pre-Henry VIII history of Portsmouth, or rather Portsmouth Harbour. Deeper into the natural harbour is Porchester, a Roman fort and naval base, later a Saxon Burgh and the a Norman and post-Norman Castle and the sailing point for various expeditions to France. Also in the area is Fishbourne Palace, one of the greatest Roman Palaces north of the Alps and various extra museums like the D-Day Museum. Across the water in Gosport as well as the RN Submarine Museum, with it's Submarine, HMSm Alliance, Holland 1, the RN's first submarine and the periscope used to fire the most recent war shot fired by the RN there is Explosion, the museum of Naval Firepower. Surrounding Portsmouth are it's defences of various era's, from Tudor walls and towers through the 17th Century Portsea and Gosport Lines, then the 18th Century fortresses (like Fort Nelson) and on to WWI and WWII defences and features and then Cold War bunkered HQ's. SO much history there.

@Drachinifel

2 жыл бұрын

Very true, on the other hand, it was freezing cold and raining, so we had to stay within the confines of the Dockyard :D

@Simon_Nonymous

2 жыл бұрын

I hate correcting what I am sure is a typo - Portchester - but you are right, as is Drach; looks like a day NOT to be outside for too long.

@rickansell661

2 жыл бұрын

@@Drachinifel "Had to"? Deficient on the Foulies and Moral Fibre front methinks. ... maybe next time go and shelter on Spice Island and tell tales of HMS Vanguard and Portsmouth Point (opportunity to investigate Rowlandson's depiction in detail). Decent Pubs etc. to gaze across at the former home of the Submarine Service from.

@rickansell661

2 жыл бұрын

@@Simon_Nonymous I seem to miss more an more keys as I get older. :)

@Drachinifel

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickansell661 you had me at 'pub' :D

If they name a drydock after Drachinifel, it has to be a really long one!

Nice little collaboration, I was half expecting a half tame Jingles to appear. Do you leave Lloyd in the building where they made all the ropes?

@goranvujnovic597

2 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever

@classicfrog80

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, just imagine all four of them meeting up to have a chat! I'd love to listen to that no matter how far it might digress from the original point.

"Very short video" he says at 20min+ video. I love these understatements.

@Tarnfalk

2 жыл бұрын

Clearly you’ve never seen Drach’s six hour dry docks lol

@brianreddeman951

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tarnfalk I agree this in more like a Drach 5 minute guide 😁

@CSSVirginia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tarnfalk That he does once a month! Man's a force of nature.

@catfish552

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianreddeman951 ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ 20-ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴏʀᴛꜱᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴄ ᴅᴏᴄᴋʏᴀʀᴅ

When I vacationed in the UK back in 1998, I visited Portsmouth. Seeing HMS Warrior and HMS Victory was very cool.

@Lucius1958

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing HMS Victory on a family trip to the UK over 50 years ago.

@TheEskimosPantry

2 жыл бұрын

I used to lead tours there every summer. The novelty of walking on history never wore off. I loved it.

Nice! Just watched Time Team recreate a 3,600 year old boat found buried near Dover. It was over 17 meters long, 2 and a half meters wide and sewn together. Used for hauling tin to Europe for the bronze trade. It's a reminder of how ancient British ship building actually is.

@ducthman4737

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't until 6,100BC that Britain broke free of mainland Europe. You know Climate Change/Global Warming. I don't think humans were that much different than we are today so they would find a way to get to the other side.

This is not a crossover I was expecting, but I’m super excited about it

@davidtuttle7556

2 жыл бұрын

It isnt the crossover we expected, but it is the one we needed.

@puma0085

2 жыл бұрын

Why weren't you expecting it? They did a crossover in the past a few week already. Matt also said that he is going to work again with Drachinifel

@Siddingsby

2 жыл бұрын

Top 10 Anime crossovers

@cp1cupcake

2 жыл бұрын

I think there was also crossover the other way.

Drachinifel has earned my undying affection. He was one of my favourite Yotubers, but his kindness to my ferret raises him above the rest. Go and watch his channel. He knows what he is doing and is uncommonly kind.

@rlosable

2 жыл бұрын

I hope "my ferret" isn't a euphemism, or he'll be in trouble with Mrs Drach... I hear she can be a real sea mine!

@johnladuke6475

2 жыл бұрын

You can't leave a cliffhanger like that. How, exactly, did your ferret meet Drachinifel? Does it sail? Hang out at the research desk at the library? Is the ferret a patreon on his channel? Inquiring minds need to know.

@PalleRasmussen

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnladuke6475 neither. And he is dying from a tumor on the lungs. So I am not in a talkative mood.

@gwtpictgwtpict4214

2 жыл бұрын

@@PalleRasmussen I understand the pain of a dying pet, cats in my case. My commiserations.

Amusing story about how the anti-torpedo armor on a monitor worked so well that it almost resulted in a massive explosion in their own shipyard.

Don't forget Porchester Castle just across the harbour; a Roman Fort, a Saxon Church, a Norman Tower, Medieval Apartment Buildings, and a POW camp during the 2nd Hundred Years War - 1,500 years of history in one place.

Excellent collab as always! Much love from Portsmouth, Virginia to Portsmouth, UK

As an American, and second generation at that, this is really neat to see the History that is intertwined with my own now

Last there in 1977, serving on HMCS HUron, for the Spithead review. Back then, as far as I know, they only had the Victory on display. Quite the interesting tour then off to the pubs. I'd love to go back now and take a look at the engine rooms and boiler rooms of those ships.

@lloydcollins6337

2 жыл бұрын

At that point I don't think they'd found the Mary Rose in the Solent yet. From memory she was raised in 1984

I was on Victory in the early '70s, and saw it in ìts full rig. Amazing. Constitution doesn't have the same feel as Victory somehow; perhaps because I'm Canadian with a Brit background. I look forward to seeing Victory back to full fig in all its glory. Great video, always looking for more from the Schola. Thanks.

There's just a certain amount of class that comes with ironclad tall ships. Such grace and beauty.

@whiskeytangosierra6

2 жыл бұрын

Looking at Warrior I always think they blended the Clippers with a warship. And then came the Windjammers...

Great colab. guys. Look forward to the Vids out of this Day. 21:26 It appears that one of the Walkie-Talkie units that allowed the Artillery (Longbowmen) & Infantry to keep in touch DID survive! 😉

Brilliant video. I have done some research on HMS Glatton and found some rather interesting information.

Great video, I was there in 2010, as an American who loves history I had a blast, Master and Commander is one of my favorite movies so I really enjoyed touring the Victory

Thanks to both of you for a fun look around Portsmouth Dockyard in the January drizzle 👍 Definitely on the to-do list for travel once that becomes a thing again!

Absolutely fantastic. I hope to see more. Doesn't matter the topic. Just keep talking! :)

Excellent tour!!!

My memory of the Warrior is that as well as the cannon crossover it also has Brown Bess Muskets alongside 6 shot revolvers (I presumed they were Colt 45's but I might be wrong!) Obviously as it is in my Home Town, I haven't been on board for years, although to be fair, the Mary Rose Museum is so interesting I never get beyond that these days.

@scholagladiatoria

2 жыл бұрын

It has 1853 Enfield rifled muskets and 1851 Colt Navies :-)

Great collaboration video… thanks guy’s…

That was actually great!!! More please 😃

Well done guys .🤠

Enjoyed the short tour :-)

All ships are in a continuous refit unless they are throwaways intended for a set length of service and then scrapped. Enjoyed the tour of Portsmouth.

Very cool video, nice to see you both together. I wish you could both come to Annapolis sometime. Lots to see there, too.

Drach needs to get himself a Nelson style bicorne hat.

Yayyyy.. two of my favs... I was hoping you guys would do more colabs... Thanks Matt... For introducing me to Drach... I have been listening to him literally consistently since I found him

Awesome! I was there a few years ago, coming over from Sweden. It's an incredible experience!

Two of my favourite YT channels.

Very cool video. It’s like an overview for a tour I wish I could take.

Few years ago, I happened to see Matt, done up in Victorian finery at Portsmouth. Can't remember what the event was, but he looked good! Look forward to watching the rest of the collaborations.

Ahh, Pompy, I've staggered through Victory gate many a time in the seventies and eighties, I miss those times.

The Mary Rose Museum is incredible! Well worth a visit if you've not been.

Gilkicker is another fort thoough abandoned, you "can" look around inside. also, next to nelsons fort is Widley, another amazing fort although I did a paranormal group there. Yes, the tunnels are freaky as s**t at midnight....all sorts of noises and goings on.

love Fort Nelson

Goodness I haven’t been in that dockyard for 59 years ! ( Trip to Victory) Come to think of it I haven’t been to Pompey at all for 25 !!

Two of my long time favorite Toobers at one of my fondly remembered places. Excellent. If it's any consolation on the weather, it is Jan 13, 2022 here in central Texas, currently 37F but with 93% humidity and some wind it feels like 32F, but the high was around 70F. Should you ever get over here in Winter especially, you'll know you are in Texas because you run the A/C and heater in the same day...

Awesome!

This makes me so interested in ships now... What a beautiful war ship

The French may not have brought any First Rates to Trafalgar, but their 80-gun ships actually threw a higher weight of metal than little old Victory did. Due to the much heavier guns on the main battery.

Bonkers colab!

HMS Warrior is the epitome of the presence mission.

I hope to visit the United Kingdom again someday to visit family and hopefully make it down to Portsmouth. I greatly enjoyed this crossover.

Yeah I follow Drach as well. Drach don't forget the monitor Lord Clive with the 18" gun from hms Furious

Hi, love your channel I've learnt a lot I work onboard HMS Warrior as a costumed interpreter and would love for you to come on board. Noticed a couple of inaccuracies and would be great to chat to you about them.

The F-35's go out and visit friends when in harbor. I really had gotten the MR mixed up with the V.

Two of my favourite hombres in my favourite place👍

PORTSMOUTH MY BEAUTIFUL HOME!

Both 2 of my favorites on there own. Looks like the weather is wonderful. Think I will stay in Florida.

@ducthman4737

2 жыл бұрын

That's how the weather is like in Scotland in summer.🌧

@gwtpictgwtpict4214

2 жыл бұрын

@@ducthman4737 I would disagree, having lived near Portsmouth as a youth the weather was fairly consistent, if it started cold grey and wet it would stay cold grey and wet. I've also holidayed in Scotland and experienced all four seasons worth of weather in a single day.

Good stuff, the Victory sounds a bit like "Triggers Broom".

you were brave for going out there in this weather

@PalleRasmussen

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? It looks warm and comfy.

Yea, adding a full gundeck on top would probably make that thing roll like a log, I would bet. So much weight above the waterline.

Nobody needs to introduce HMS Victory. 🙂 I really like your co-operations.

If I remember correctly in the initial pan the white building is a pub that my uncle blames me for a maiming incident involving an appetizer , need to win the lottery and back to England , so many pubs and museums, so little time !

I didn't know about the boarding netting keeping people from escaping the sinking ship...that's terrifying.

Hey Matt, long-time fan here. I thought about you and really wanted your input recently, as I was making a video about Medieval Greenland (it is posted on my channel for any who are interested). I touch on conflict between Thule (ancestral Inuit) and Norse people, and their weapon technology. Both communities had a fascinating culture, including their weaponry. Interestingly, mail armor has been found as far north as Ellesmere Island, associated with a Thule site. With your experience in archaeology, it would be fascinating to hear your perspective on this historical culture clash. For example, how convincing is the evidence for wide-scale conflict? Did it play a significant role in Norse decline? How effective would Thule weaponry be against Norse greenlanders, and vice versa?

@PalleRasmussen

2 жыл бұрын

As a Viking Fighting Reenactor living in Sisimiut, I have to say that we do not know the level of conflict. We know next to nothing of interaction. At the time the Norse colonies there died out, they were so impoverished that metal implements were rare. So Inuk arrows and harpoons would work fine if there were conflict. Against a maile short of Erik (if he had one, I do not recall), they would work less well if at all, but there are still lower legs and feet to hit. Even unarmoured, a shield would be quite effective as well, but wood in Greenland is not suited for shields, and there were few ships with supplies/trade in the last century of settlement. BTW, it is not likely Matt will read all the numerous comments. If you want a question answered by him and not me, go to Patreon.

LET'S GOOOOO

To really make things complete, you guys need to invite The MNIghty Jingles out to join you. Then you could guys could have a contest, who gets more things wrong or right, Matt or Jingles. lol

Sterling work chaps.

"this is a whistle stop tour and we're going to go to the next very important ship here ..." ... smash cut to a rowboat.

0:23 I think that was the first time I heared "Drachinifel" pronounced!

Better to go there in august like we did 3 years ago. But is quiet expensive if you want to visit all the separate expositions so we only did HMS Victory (most of her guns are not real) but a great ship with a great crew.

@scholagladiatoria

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is expensive, though a ticket lasts a year, so for us it works out quite reasonable if you visit a few times.

@ducthman4737

2 жыл бұрын

@@scholagladiatoria For most foreigners that really isn't an option so for most of them like us it will only be HMS Victory (but it is really worth it). Any chance you come to the Waterloo reenactment this year ? If all goes well we will be there as the 79th Cameron Highlanders Light Company (from Barcelona). Amazing how much time British troops spent on ships to and from other parts of the Empire or to fight like in Spain.

You guys should get sponsored by paradox interactive to do some Victoria 3 promotion!

Ok, I have the most important question known to man, WHERE did Drach get his black coat??

The Victory was pretty awesome to see, but I was so disappointed when I touched one of the cannons and I realise that it was a glass fibre model. Understandable, but so so disappointed...

"sailed up and down intimidating the French" Now that`s what I like to hear.

What typically British weather. This is why we became a world power.

10:02 I actually do like the new paint scheme on Victory which is supposed to me more historical

mooorrree please 🙏

Mary Rose is usually defined as a carrack, not galleon. True galleons were only just appearing at the time of it sinking.

@Drachinifel

2 жыл бұрын

Hence she's a transitional ship, built at the end of the carrack's dominance, refitted into a kinda proto-galleon before her loss :)

Hi

Would you please make a video about ceremonial sword an the difference between these and combats swords . Best regards from Egypt.

@davidpnewton

2 жыл бұрын

That's fairly easy to answer. Combat swords used for ceremonial purposes were just the same except they had not been service-sharpened. Purely ceremonial swords such as bearing swords tended to be bigger, more impressive-looking and heavier than actual swords. Swords in modern armies are simply the last specification of combat sword from the late 19th or early 20th century. Those are a mixture of antiques which actually work properly and poorer quality modern reproductions which are essentially wall hangers used for military ceremonial.

@ahmedelsakhawi7862

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidpnewton thanks a lot 👍

HMS Queen Elizabeth (or perhaps Prince of Wales) in the background? 😋 Edit: yeah I quickly realised both were present.

@mpetersen6

2 жыл бұрын

Both.

If teh Mary Rose is a Tudor door ship, are there 4 door ships and hatchback ships?

Looking to the East, I believe the Korean turtle ship was the first iron clad ship ever invented. But I understand you are talking about a European context.

@holyknightthatpwns

2 жыл бұрын

Geobukseon are more iron capped than iron clad, although it's true that they are probably the first ships with any real form of metal armor, to the best of my knowledge. Fundamentally, though, there's a big difference between them and the European ships in terms of what kinds of attacks they were built to defend against.

El Ponderosa? Was Ben Cartwright el capitano?

Drach, whose that guy cohosting with you?

0*C where you are and 0*F where I am, or about-25C

There's a reason they called him Henry the Great.

Funny to see a location you have visited yourself in a youtube video lol

I was told Victory's guns are now made of wood

@ducthman4737

2 жыл бұрын

Some sort of plastic. Also to protect the structure of the ship. They weigh a lot less than the original guns. And a ship is designed to float in water not to be in a dry dock.

Why was there netting over the soldiers on the Maryrose

@medea27

2 жыл бұрын

It was 'anti-boarding' netting.... basically to stop another ship's sailors from jumping onboard & making it down to the lower decks

Drach is a small child yet again.... hope all had a nice day .

Not a real Drachinifel - it’s under an hour.

@PalleRasmussen

2 жыл бұрын

Could be a Five Minute Guide.

@GymQuirk

2 жыл бұрын

@@PalleRasmussen Twenty-odd minutes… Yeah. About right for a five minute guide.

"...a relatively short video, even for my channel..." Video then clocks in at 23 minutes. I think we're all glad that collaborating with Drach has made that "short video" lie an even bigger lie than usual.

I thought it was scapa flow

Wait a minute.... did Drachinifel pronounce 'gunwale' wrong? Or do you Brits just say it differently from us Americans?

@DavidB5501

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's usually 'gunnell' in both countries.

@FaceEatingOwl

2 жыл бұрын

Gunnel - I expect is just an example of a laziness that creeps into language over time. the original pronunciation would have been Gun-Wale, but over time sounds get left out. The same reason for the difference between pronunciation and spelling of Coxswain - coxun, boatswain - bosun, forecastle - fowxall etc

@almac2598

2 жыл бұрын

Our friends from the West side of the Pond need to learn how to pronounce 'buoy' correctly though. 😁

@FaceEatingOwl

2 жыл бұрын

Pronunciation is variable and mutable, there is not really such a thing as Correct. Time, place and accent all affect pronunciation. Shakespeare would have a thing or two to say about your pronunciation I'd wager. Unless you are completely incomprehensible with your tone, stress and usage, if the language got across the point being made, then it was 'correct'. If half say scone and half say scon, both are 'correct'. And hey, why not eat the damn thing instead of arguing its name 😋

Chatham?.........................being Dutch it DOES ring a bell......................................

@jon-paulfilkins7820

2 жыл бұрын

AKA, Grand Theft Flagship ;)

@almac2598

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch!

It’s not Paranoia if people ACTUALLY are after you , it’s called “Heightened Awareness” , just saying .

Ah yes the French or in the immortal words of James Mason in Yellowbeard, "The foul and most foreign French"

6th

You British persons who think that Zero degrees is cold, but you forget that you are using that Silly French system for temperature. Toughen up and try Zero degrees Fahrenheit!

@scholagladiatoria

2 жыл бұрын

To me it feels colder when it's 0 than when it's -10. Something to do with humidity in the air probably.

Matt , why do you look at the camera when drach is talking with you? It's super awkward. Do you enjoy the limelight a little bit too much, or? Look at ppl when you ask questions they answer, leave the camera at the host, we know how you look.

Did I hear right , where the Mary rose sank, and then you laughed ?. Not very respectful at all.