Pinned post for Q&A :)

@biscuit4705

5 жыл бұрын

what is the process of preserving a ship?

@timothypearson567

5 жыл бұрын

possible alternate battle of sushima?

@johngoody7220

5 жыл бұрын

What could make an aircraft carrier obsolete

@ViktorBezK

5 жыл бұрын

What is a transom stern? You mentioned in the HMS Lion(1938) guide that ships fitted with it would gain speed for a given amount of power, if so why weren't most large ships fitted with this feature? Can you please elaborate, this has intrigued me since that episode :/

@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass

5 жыл бұрын

Can you calculate longest range the 16 Inch 50 Caliber Mark 7 Guns would be able to penetrate the upper side armor belt of Yamato and Musashi? I’ve heard calculations between 19.5-20km do these seem plausible

Who doesn't know it? You want to make yourself a sandwich, you open the fridge and BAM theres like 10 - 15 japanese torpedo boats stuck in the butter. So you shoot several hundred rounds into the fridge just to see that it's actually an old banana

@informitas0117

4 жыл бұрын

Going to bed and reading a good book you turn over the page and 5 JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS charging out between the lines.

@ludgerhoutman4464

4 жыл бұрын

Crewed by Vickers salesmen asking if you want 14.5 inch guns with your sandwich!

@AudieHolland

4 жыл бұрын

None of your shots actually hitting the fridge.

@simoneriksson8329

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know... happens to me every morning...

@evanhunt1863

4 жыл бұрын

@@ludgerhoutman4464 OH GOD THAT'S EVEN WORSE!!

"Given to furious fits of temper" - After watching whole video I'm not sure whether that's really description of his personality or simply natural reaction of any person trying to do his job.

@kempodle4665

5 жыл бұрын

Standardowy Login both

@rudolfschrenk9411

5 жыл бұрын

You have to understand that the russian navy was in the same kind of state throughout his career. He needed this temper to achieve at least something.

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

Rudolf Schrenk The original Pacific Squadron was a good deal more competent.

@rudolfschrenk9411

5 жыл бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 , yes. for two reasons: It was a long distance away from St. Petersburg and its corruption, and Admiral Makarow.

@Grimmwoldds

5 жыл бұрын

@@rudolfschrenk9411 "The Japanese have mined the seas!" "Which seas?" "ALL THE SEAS!" vein throbbing intensifies

I think everyone has it wrong. The Kamchatka was an excellent and extremely useful ship that did invaluable service for the Japanese empire.

@Armored_Muskrat

Жыл бұрын

Due to lack of binoculars, nobody noticed the suspiciously Japanese-looking crew.

@Packless1

Жыл бұрын

...their crew should recieve a japanese medal...! 😁

@marcosdillon

Жыл бұрын

My head cannon is that the Kamchatka was full of revolutionaries, and that they were fucking up intentionally to accelerate the fall of the Russian Empire. Nothing could possibly change my mind.

@bkjeong4302

Жыл бұрын

@@marcosdillon There were revolutionaries scattered across pretty much the entire squadron, though.

@TheAKgunner

Жыл бұрын

@@bkjeong4302 He’s saying that the Kamchatka’s crew, officers included, were all revolutionaries. At least I think he is.

"Your aiming is so shit, I will engage your entire fleet with 4 ships" That has to be the sickest burn in naval history.

@epithet052

Жыл бұрын

Recruit Russian sailor: "haha they are only sending 4 ships" Veteran Russian sailor: "oh shit they are only sending 4 ships"

@looinrims

Жыл бұрын

Talk about low standards for insults

@wyvrusgriffion3948

Жыл бұрын

Four is overkill, two would be enough.

@davidlewis5312

Жыл бұрын

From the British whose gunnery would prove in the next ten years to ALSO be a pile of manure

@JunkMan13013

Жыл бұрын

@@looinrims When it comes to Naval insults, saying you'll keep almost all your entire fleet in port so the fight is "sporting" is a pretty sick burn.

"The Kamchatka announced it was sinking, which lead to great rejoicing amongst the fleet". I was laughing so hard it brought tears to my eyes.

@connormclernon26

5 жыл бұрын

“And there was much rejoicing...yay.”

@stevezielonko1386

4 жыл бұрын

They were forced to eat Robins minstrels and their was much rejoicing. Monty python and the Holy grail. Still funny although slightly modified

@harrisengr

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed so much my eyes watered. Sorry for the men but I still laughed really hard. Was this the comedy channel?

@hawkeye5955

4 жыл бұрын

@@harrisengr : History Channel meets Comedy Central.

@Feiora

4 жыл бұрын

And then it was learned that it was just a leaky pipe. Much Disappointment could be heard, felt and seen...

monty python: naval edition

@boxman9033

5 жыл бұрын

lmao

@rogercushman2903

5 жыл бұрын

Monty Python's Flying Fleet, Fawlty Fleet, The Benny Hill Fleet.............

@Ozraptor4

5 жыл бұрын

2000 cigarettes filled with opium = kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6V9m7qMh7TIm6g.html

@HauntedXXXPancake

5 жыл бұрын

" Cary on … Sailing for the Tsar "

@trekaddict

5 жыл бұрын

That comparison isd surprisingly apt, with Sid James as the Admiral.

We owe the communists an apology. We always assumed the vast incompetence and corruption was their fault. It turns out it's just endemic to Russia in general.

@brendonnel6593

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@byron2334

Жыл бұрын

Two things can be true at once. They aren't mutually exclusive.

@barry5767

Жыл бұрын

What do you expect when alcoholism is the national pastime?

@kaminsod4077

6 ай бұрын

Nah, corruption flourishes in communist countries like mushrooms after rain.

@Noisy_Cricket

4 ай бұрын

Indeed. Vietnam and North Korea are clearly more competent than this!

"Hysterical sailors began yelling that they were all doomed. Correct."

@thegeneral4943

2 жыл бұрын

"Because there was a fleet of Japanese torpedo boats waiting for them at the narrowest point between Denmark and Sweden. Incorrect."

@PhoenixT70

2 жыл бұрын

The slightly amused deadpan delivery just does it for me.

I propose a diving expedition to the Russian flagship. The objective is to recover the admiral's case of glasses, and see how many of the 50 were left at the time of sinking.

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472

4 жыл бұрын

bificommander We will not find it, he threw the box, after he ran out.

@sawyerawr5783

4 жыл бұрын

@@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 and wouldn't you know it, there was a bunch of gear on the bridge missing too. we think he unbolted this stuff and threw it when he ran out of bincoulars

@speed150mph

4 жыл бұрын

On-board the flagship at the battle of Tsushima.... Bridge officer “sir, our lookouts report they can’t make out the targets” Admiral “how can they not see the ships, the others have no trouble spotting them!” Bridge officer “yes sir, but they have the benefit of binoculars to scan the horizon with” Admiral “where are our binoculars!!” Bridge officer “leaving a breadcrumb trail all the way back to Russia on the sea floor!”

@sirboomsalot4902

4 жыл бұрын

Have they actually found any of the ships sunk at at Tsushima

@speed150mph

4 жыл бұрын

Daylen Hilty your talking about the Japanese province?

33:10 "The flagship was now also overrun by chameleons which proved understandably hard to find..." *sound of uncontrolled giggling*

@dougauzene8389

4 жыл бұрын

LOL..."Karma Chameleons," lndeed! ;-)

@stanislavkostarnov2157

4 жыл бұрын

sadly, not really overrun... not truly overrun sadly, if the Chameleons actually had any wish to run those ships they might have done a better job! they did not, and paid for it with their lives....

@snakes3425

3 жыл бұрын

Admiral Rozhestvensky in the mean time had to be physically restrained to prevent him from manning a gun and shooting up the fleet

@chrislovell5383

3 жыл бұрын

I love his KZread videos as I'm a huge Military History Buff but this was a new level of entertainment. Brilliant, funny, factual.

I love how the most competent sounding ship, the 'Aurora' is also the ship that every one keeps accidently hitting.

@cj-gw5fd

Жыл бұрын

Well of course, can't have them making everyone else look worse in comparison.

@ZGryphon

Жыл бұрын

It gets even better when you keep in mind that she's the only ship from the Second Pacific Squadron still in existence today.

@anthonybanchero3072

Жыл бұрын

@@ZGryphon I’m surprised the crew didn’t start a Revolution quicker.

@Cba409

Жыл бұрын

Im sure the only reason you think Aurora sounds more "competent" is because its the only name you can pronounce.

@doodmcswood507

Жыл бұрын

Or because it was one of the more competently run vessels in this naval shitshow.

At first it seemed like Rozhestvensky was a really angry dude. But after hearing what he had to deal with... I understand.

@OhNotThat

Жыл бұрын

He started with a temper, he ended with a nervous breakdown.

@bkjeong4302

Жыл бұрын

He eventually died of a heart attack after the war. I suspect this fiasco shortened his lifespan by a decade or two.

@gleisbauer25

Жыл бұрын

I‘m starting to wonder how the good emporer of the US Navy, Admiral King, would have handled the second pacific squadron.

@riograndedosulball248

Жыл бұрын

I sometimes think of him, on that bridge, yelling with every last bit of force, at a far too distant Kamchatka. We've all been there

@TiocfaidhArLa34

4 ай бұрын

@@riograndedosulball248 throwing his binoculars overboard at it.

Odd, I distinctly remember Drachinifel only covered ships and navy battles. I don't know why he's covering a train wreck.

@Shenaldrac

5 жыл бұрын

What is a train if not a boat with wheels?

@kamchatka_survivor1959

5 жыл бұрын

TheNinjaDC , It has the same effect that, we slow down to look at a car crashes. PS I hate autocorrect. 🤗

@misterpants666

5 жыл бұрын

Satire is not dead. :o)

@outdatedtank4542

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shenaldrac oof

@dasUberputer

4 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever!

Aurora before leaving the Baltic: “Oh boy! I can’t wait to sail to battle and fight for Tsar and Empire!” Aurora after returning to the Baltic: “the Empire cannot be saved and should be exterminated”

@tomhsia4354

4 жыл бұрын

Which is approximately what actually happened.

@joselorenzomendoza5534

4 жыл бұрын

More like: i serve the SOVIET UNION

@josephdedrick9337

4 жыл бұрын

@@joselorenzomendoza5534 more like...shudder...never again to the east.

@stanislavkostarnov2157

4 жыл бұрын

​@@josephdedrick9337 meanwhile... SS.Kamchatka (in her new incarnation) fires on a non-existent Ukrainian cruiser in the Barents Sea (or was it in the Kara sea, anyway, somewhere near Nizhni-Muhzhdansk) damaging a helicopter platform in the process...

@alexanderchristopher6237

4 жыл бұрын

Can’t really blamed them. After all the hell they’ve been through with the empire in this expedition, probably no surprise that they would actually mutinied.

Russians: So let me guess this right, you just decided to shoot up fishing Boats, BRITISH, fishing boats? Admiral: ... Da Russians: But you halted fire and helped rescue the survivors? Admiral: Net! We ran away! Russians: Where were you running to? Admiral: Suez Russians: The same Suez controlled by the British. Admiral: Da. Russians: Via British controlled Gibraltar? Admiral: Da Russians: So you were running away from the British by running to the British? What part of this plan did you think about?

@MyVanir

7 ай бұрын

What is this thing called "thinking"?

We need this to be turned into a miniseries and directed in a style like "The Death of Stalin". Dry, dark humor with good cinematography and a very clever direction and acting. Edit: suck it, u/greyfawkes0

@paulgibbon5991

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking a sitcom, complete with laugh track. I mean, the protagonist is one half Basil Fawlty and one half Edmund Blackadder.

@Colt45hatchback

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad john cleese is too old now. Would have been perfect.

@Kaiserboo1871

Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking a dark comedy. It needs to end with the disastrous defeat at Tsushima.

@alexandermackie7621

Жыл бұрын

@@Kaiserboo1871 Ah, like Blackadder going over the top?

@Kaiserboo1871

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandermackie7621 All I’m saying is that it needs to be a 2 parter. The first part is about the journey, and the second part needs to be about the Battle of Tsushima and it’s aftermath.

Fun Fact: Admiral Togo actually visited Rozhestvensky after the Battle when Rozhestvensky was being treated at a Japanese hospital, and he offered the following words: “ Defeat is a common fate of a soldier. There is nothing to be ashamed of in it. The great point is whether we have performed our duty.” Togo probably didn’t realize his words would mean more to Rozhestvensky than he intended because he had no idea what the poor guy has been through...

@mackbolan8

2 жыл бұрын

So true

@GeraltofRivia22

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how quickly the attitude of a culture can shift, considering how the Japanese felt about soldiers on the losing side during WW2.

@jinhunterslay1638

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeraltofRivia22 TLDR, the reason Japan is so different during WW2 is because the underwent a minor coup d'etat where nationalist extremists took over all the big positions.

@Japcsali

2 жыл бұрын

@@jinhunterslay1638 there was always a massive difference between army and navy mentality

@hawkeye5955

Жыл бұрын

@@Japcsali: The Japanese army and navy practically hated each other during WWII. At one point, the navy refused to provide fire support to army troops.

kamchatka: misses every single shot kamchatka: fires a salute, and the single salute hit the aurora *what*

@CrossBorderNerds

4 жыл бұрын

The target is the safest place to be.

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

This is actually exaggerated (though not by much); Kamchatka DID use a live shell for a salute and fire it at the Aurora, but it was a very near miss rather than a hit.

@Colt45hatchback

4 жыл бұрын

I was hoping the crew was having a laugh, oi Joe, wouldn't it be funny if we shot at aurora? Yeah haha bang

@CorsetGrace

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud at that one.

@jamesyap8364

3 жыл бұрын

@@Colt45hatchback *shell hits Aurora Crew of Kamchatka: oh blyat.

Emperor Meiji: “I must congratulate you admiral, your brilliant torpedo boat tactics have repeatedly thrown the Russian Navy into complete disarray!” Admiral Togo: “It’s not me, Your Majesty. I’m not the one doing this.”

@vladraduandrei5227

Жыл бұрын

what torpedo boat tactics ?

@chaselegoman

Жыл бұрын

@@vladraduandrei5227 It's a joke about the Russian sailors thinking random fishing boats are Japanese torpedo boats (despite being nowhere near Japan).

@welshlout3400

Жыл бұрын

Emperor Meiji: "Ah, then it must be the Kage Bōto no Jutsu I instructed the Imperial Ninja Force to develop for me! They perfected it at last!" Multiple voices from the shadows: "That wasn't us either..."

@DiegoMartinez-Legolu1vs

Жыл бұрын

​​@@welshlout3400 Emperor Meji: then who ? Admiral Togo: the Russians themselves, they thought that our torpedo boats were in the Baltic. Emperor Meiji: Your joking right... right ?

@connorgerein9791

Жыл бұрын

Alternatively “Thank you your Majesty, I’ll inform the fishermen of the world right away

My grandfather was a WW2 Sailor. Started a cabin boy and retired a harbor pilot. I'm not going to say where or the name of the ship incase the former US Navy captain is looking at this trying to feel better by seeing the Kamchatka. His is s very short and sad tale indeed. So my grandfather boarded a WW2 destroyer to bring her in to port. This was in the late 60s/early 70s. He took command and that is where the captain got the idea he was smarter them THE GUY PAID TO PILOT SHIPS IN.... He questioned everything my grandfather said, voicing it in front of the men on the bridge. He kept it up for a good 20 minutes. The guy was by what I was told "an idiot". When approaching the pier the captain said they were going in at the wrong angle. My grandfather was very annoyed by now and told the guy that he knew the harbor, tides and reminded him that he was a pilot after all. The captain began to give orders countermanding my grandfather's orders. It went something like this: Grandfather: I'm commanding this ship. I know the harbor. Captain: No. G: Are you going to take the com? C: Yes. G: OK. All of you (to the men on the bridge) are witness. The captain has refused to let me comand and has taken control of this ship. C: (Series of orders that made no sense going against an ebb tide that was very swift) G: You're going to hit the pier. C: I am not. G: I assure you that you are. C: I'm in comand... G: (Braces himself against the bulkhead as did anyone not directly involved with this mess.) C: Oh.... And with that the destroyer hit the pier. Starboard side going about 100 feet against it; terrible metal tearing sound. This was followed by more orders that took her away from the pier to come around and take another try. G: Do you relinquish or keep comand? C: (gulp) ... relinquish. My grandfather said this idoit,"Shouldn't comand a floating dock". But still, STILL, not as crummy as the skipper of the Kamchatka. If you made it this far thanks for reading.

@loganlove9986

Жыл бұрын

That poor soul . . . Im SURE he can learn a lesson or 2 on what (not) to do from Kamchatka 🥳🥳

@The_ZeroLine

11 ай бұрын

lol a classic tale

@Rutherford_Inchworm_III

9 ай бұрын

Story, bro.

@larsrons7937

9 ай бұрын

I love that story. But at some point I spit my coffee out all over my computer screen from laughing. Now I have to clean it. Thanks for sharing the story.

@trevorday7923

6 ай бұрын

Bless him, a true seaman and an example of patience for us all. The captain didn't happen to have... a strong Russian accent, by any chance....?

"You are without doubt the worst fleet I've ever heard of." Baltic Fleet: "But you have heard of me."

@emjackson2289

Жыл бұрын

I sail the ocean blue, I'm a saucy thing of beauty! I'm the Baltic Fleet to you, but the 2nd Pacific Squadron on duty!

@thanquolrattenherz9665

Жыл бұрын

till this day they wait for a japanese captain to say "this is the best fleet i have ever seen"

@djs164

Жыл бұрын

Black Sea Fleet: "Hold my beer."

@Boppinabe

Жыл бұрын

"We are the worst fleet you've ever heard of SO FAR."

@hawkeye5955

Жыл бұрын

@@djs164 : Vodka

- Be on fishing boat in North Sea. - Fishing - Suddenly you hear a faint sound - You look to the horizon - Lots of battleships - They are getting closer - Sound grows louder - Recognize sound - It's Yakety Sax blasting at full volume - Ships starts firing - "Oh no, it's the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron" - Tell my boatsmen not to worry - It will be over soon - 2 hours later - No physical harm to us despite multiple shots at us - "The hell was that about?" - "Huh? What?" - Has gone deaf from Yakety Sax - We later fish up a pair of crushed binoculars. Must be related

@luket1085

4 жыл бұрын

Dogger bank incident

@DarialKuznetsova

4 жыл бұрын

THIS ONE KILLED ME! I CAN'T! XD *keels over laughing*

@Nick-rs5if

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@RichWoods23

2 жыл бұрын

"No physical harm to us" -- The Russians did manage to sink one trawler and kill two fishermen, but they promptly scored an own goal by killing a priest and a Russian sailor, turning an away win into a draw.

@Knightwolf1994

2 жыл бұрын

If anyone who makes those "song plays but y happens" videos is seeing this, please make this a real thing.

Admiral Beresford pitting 4 battleships against the entire 2nd pacific squadron and describing it as “chivalrous” is honestly one of the best diplomatic insults I’ve ever heard. He must have genuinely pitied Rozhezvensky, a LOT.

@manz7860

10 ай бұрын

Cheeky ass brits

Im so glad that the voyage of the 2nd pacific squadron was this well documented, this is a masterpiece historical comedy. It even comes with a recurring joke, the kamchatka

@Juggler4071

Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen the video of the battle itself, but it also continues in the same comic vein. Having previously mistaken pretty much every object they came across for a Japanese ship, as they approached the Tsashima strait they finally came across Japanese ships in the fog... and mistook them for Russians. The Russian hospital ship actually signalled the Japanese to look out for the other Russian ships in the area, which rather removed the element of surprise.

@larsrons7937

9 ай бұрын

The composition of the fleet: For what reason did they bring an *ice breaker* for for this voyage? I could be wrong but I don't think there is that much ice at the equator.

@grumbeard

5 ай бұрын

@@larsrons7937 This one actually makes sense. Vladivostok, the possible destination of the fleet and the area around it is not ice free all year round. Depending on how long the campaign was going to last they would have been rightly effd if they couldn't get into the harbor becouse of not being able to make a path.

@larsrons7937

5 ай бұрын

@@grumbeard To be honest you are absolute right, I had the same thought myself. But the chance for a joke was too obvious, a ball right at my foot, I just had to shoot it. 😄 And if not for Vladivostok itself it would have been useful further up north, based at Vladivostok.

@merafirewing6591

2 ай бұрын

​@@larsrons7937 I think that icebreaker wanted to go on a tropical vacation.

The one dislike is from the Kamchatka

@benjaminstout941

5 жыл бұрын

They couldn't hit the like button correctly.

@weldonwin

5 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminstout941 No, they saw the like button, freaked out, screaming that it was a Japanese torpedo boat squadron, then proceeded to open fire, hitting the dislike button, before crashing into the Aurora

@santiago5388

5 жыл бұрын

@@weldonwin You sir deserves a medal for that comment.

@Byronic13

5 жыл бұрын

And then they sunk. No, wait... Just a leaky faucet.

@AudieHolland

4 жыл бұрын

In the frozen land of Nador, they were forced to eat the Kamchatka … And there was much rejoicing …

Zinovy Rozhestvensky: things can't possibly get any worse. Narrator:"and then things got worse"

@vandeheyeric

4 жыл бұрын

Narrator: “And then the Kamchatka sent a message.”

@seanbigay1042

2 күн бұрын

"Things can't possibly get any worse." *SKREEEOOONNNKKK!!!* "OH, COME ON!"

Let me take a side bar to note that THIS particular Russian officer was NOT corrupt. Thank you your honor.

@seanbigay1042

Ай бұрын

The good news is that Zinovi Roshestventsky seems to have been incorrupt, competent, and conscientious. The bad news? Why do you think he was so angry all the time?

"...Admiral Togo, who had been watching the Russian fleet all along..." I just get this picture in my head like this was a movie. It starts with a man in Japanese naval uniform walking past the camera, then stopping, turning around and peering into the camera as if he's all of a sudden seen something interesting. He waves to someone out of frame, beckons them closer and points at the screen in a "you don't BELIEVE this..." kind of way. Then every time something goes wrong for the Russians we'd get another short clip of an increasing number of Japanese naval officers, absolutely glued to the screen in rapt attention, and occasionally a hand comes up from below the frame as one of them slowly eats popcorn...... (We HAVE to make this movie....)

@TomFynn

5 ай бұрын

The reactions of the IJn officers during the movie must be: "We get to fight more Russians? Banzai!" "We get to fight these Russians? Banzai, I guess?" "We had to fight *these* Russians? Poor bastards."

Throwing binoculars and screaming at the sea is a natural reaction to commanding such a abysmal fleet.

@dougauzene8389

4 жыл бұрын

LOL...HOLY BAUSCH & LOMB, BATMAN! ;-)

@fredsas12

3 жыл бұрын

Only thing worse is realising that that said binoculars was the last one on the ship because of lack of supplies..

@BlackStar2161

3 жыл бұрын

Given the circumstances, he acted with comendable restraint. I would've ordered all of the commanding officers of the Kamchatka shot.

@avikemarruters717

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackStar2161 But the firing squads would have missed!

@fuzzydunlop7928

3 жыл бұрын

Hell, that’s just how I spend my Monday nights - looking through the binos at the rest of the week to come.

Random European ship: *Exists* Russian 2nd Pacific fleet: "Is this a Japanese torpedo boat?"

@timulbrich954

5 жыл бұрын

Kamchatka: "One?! Its 15, and they are all attacking me and also i drove them off and also i am sinking and on fire and oh wait I am totally fine."

@jamespfp

5 жыл бұрын

When in doubt -- SHOOT AND MISS.

@Mikalent

5 жыл бұрын

As the Americans say, "Dont worry boys, we're suckering them into molotov range."

@snakes3425

5 жыл бұрын

@@timulbrich954 Kamchatka (as the Russian fleet trains it's guns on them): uh guys what are you doing (sounds of guns loading) why are you loading the guns (ships open fire with Stormtrooper accuracy) I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE SAME SIDE

@timulbrich954

5 жыл бұрын

@@snakes3425 commence 20 minutes of furious shooting before the ships run out of whatever ammo they had left over after heroically forcing the british fishing trawlers to retreat. No ship is hit, but kamchatka suffers minor splinter damage

16:51 In The Hunt For Red October novel there is an Alfa class submarine named for E.S. Politovsky. Of course, being named for a member of the Second Pacific Squadron, her luck is atrocious. On her maiden voyage she collides with a whale and is nearly lost. She later suffers a catastrophic reactor accident and sinks.

@trekker105

Жыл бұрын

I ha e to wonder if that was intentional

@trekker105

Жыл бұрын

I ha e to wonder if that was intentional

@Packless1

Жыл бұрын

...forshadowing...! 😁😱

@spirz4557

Жыл бұрын

@@trekker105 Given the boat's incident record... 1st incident takes place during her sea trials : rams a whale, impact crushes ten square meters of the bow, destroys the sonar, jams a torpedo tube, almost drowns the torpedo compartment and damags almost all systems onboard. Politovsky only survives because of Ramius' skills. The repairs take one year. In the meantime, two additional Alfas have been commissioned. 2nd incident : High pressure turbine malfunctions and the ship must return to port just two days after careening. Two more undetailed minor incidents of various gravity take place in the meantime, giving Politovky a permanent reputation of cursed ship. 5th and final incident : Politovsky, after four days of full regime, has a reactor accident and makes an emergency surface. One sailor falls on a control panel, cutting the power onboard. With no control, she sinks. Only one man survives the disaster : a cook who is washed overboard before he can lock the escape trunk in the open position. The survivors slowly suffocate to death. The worst part is that there is a US sub, USS Pogy, which assists to the scene and immediately sounds the alarm, but the rescuers aren't fast enough. Oh, and the cook later escape burning to death when a clueless KGB agent is about to light a smoke in a hospital in an oxygen room. Clancy probably based Politovsky's backstory on the real life Alfa K-64 which suffered a catastrophic reactor accident and was deemed a total loss and/or the Hotel-class K-19 which was nicknamed "Hiroshima" by her crew and suffered numerous accidents and breakdowns.

@RobotsEverywhereVideos

2 ай бұрын

And then it got worse

The bit about the British wanting to go against the entire second fleet with only 4 ships is a sick burn if there ever was one.

Oh God, the mental image of this grand Russia admiral, commander of a whole fleet just standing on deck and SCREAMING at his ships because they are so shit, even though they are too far away to hear him is just hilarious

@ShahjahanMasood

4 жыл бұрын

I'm dying XDDD

@SephirothRyu

3 жыл бұрын

"What do you MEAN we have run out of binoculars?!"

@Christopher-N

3 жыл бұрын

If Basil Fawlty, instead of being a hotel proprietor, was a Russian Admiral. :P

@jamuraisack5503

3 жыл бұрын

At one point, he had the Kamchatka stay nearby in order to better berate them.

@SephirothRyu

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamuraisack5503 But what if... he had made Kamchatka ITSELF his flagship?

Whenever someone asks me if I’m alright I’m gonna answer by saying “Do you see torpedo boats?”

@bogdangabrielonete3467

3 жыл бұрын

Panik

@OneofInfinity.

2 жыл бұрын

Better than: "Do Bears poop in the woods?"

@johnmeehan4469

2 жыл бұрын

@@bogdangabrielonete3467 . .???..".,.e?.E..e. ???.

I feel Admiral Rozhestvensky's pain. It is somewhat of a wonder that the Second Pacific Squadron actually made it to Tsushima (relatively) intact.

I really have to commend the crew of the Kamchatka in their tireless efforts to be even worse than the fleet with which they were sailing. A monumental task for sure.

And the Japanese victory at Tsushima strait is no longer a mystery. It was more of a mercy killing.

@georgesoros6415

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@joehayes9933

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, another hour or two of fog and the fleet which wouldn't have been caught and made it.

@battleship217

4 жыл бұрын

@@joehayes9933 and then hit a rock and sink

@joehayes9933

4 жыл бұрын

@Jack the Gestapo that's actually what happened. Like Force Z in 1941, the Russians were literally caught by fog dropping off an hour before safety. Also, the Japanese weren't too good in the war, in fact had the original commander not had his head blown off I'd say the Japanese would've probably lost as mine warfare took its toll

@Rammstein0963.

4 жыл бұрын

Actually a Russian hospital ship gave away the fleet's position accidentally I hear.

"The addition of a venomous serpent increased the offensive power of the ship considerably."

@ezragoldberg3132

3 жыл бұрын

I like your Pikachu Profile Picture :) Lightning Bolt! ⚡

@athrowaway3487

3 жыл бұрын

Especially in any boarding action

@hawkeye5955

2 жыл бұрын

"Prepare for boarding action! Ready the poisonous snake!"

@GeraltofRivia22

2 жыл бұрын

@@athrowaway3487 ah yes, the famous battleship boarding actions.

@warmike

2 жыл бұрын

maybe because it bit the commander?

Thanks to his description here, I can only picture Admiral Rozhestvensky being played by Captain Archibald Haddock from the _Tintin_ comics, screaming random nouns at his subordinates through his megaphone in transports of fury. "Visigoths! Bashi-bazouks! Triangulators! Anacoluthons!"

@TomFynn

9 ай бұрын

Troglodytes! Iconoclasts!

@seanbigay1042

19 күн бұрын

You forgot "Ten thousand thundering typhoons!"

Meanwhile, in the modern day, Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the _Admiral Kuznetsov,_ sank a dry dock it was moored at, needs a tugboat escort in case it breaks down, and leaves a trail of smoke so long it can be seen from space. Some things never change!

@RamdomView

2 жыл бұрын

It gets better: the reason for the tug boat and smoke? The Soviet Union, and later Russia, never bothered to build the port infrastructure to support the ship, meaning the ship's engines are always being run.

@kvltizt

2 жыл бұрын

Russia’s military is materially large but the material itself is mostly junk.

@elbolainas4174

Жыл бұрын

I once read that thw Russian naval doctrine dismisses carriers bc they're too large amd expensive to be useful and they're giant targets for way cheaper anti ship missiles, hence the Russian navy commissioned so few. Given the actual performance of the Russian military and its rotten core revealed in the recent months I'm quite sure that argument was nothing but another maskirovka.

@notoriousblt1038

Жыл бұрын

And now the Moskva has been sunk by an enemy with no navy

@joebombero1

Жыл бұрын

China had a helicopter carrier catch fire while in dock. Apparently the walls had been insulated with flammable insulation instead of the expensive fireproof insulation so the contractor could pocket the savings. A welder ignited the insulation and the ship quickly burned out of control for three days.

I feel so sorry for Admiral Rozhestvensky. It shouldn't be called herding cats, it should be called holding the 2nd Pacific Squadron together. Especially considering how it all ended and him defending all his Captains even though they surely pissed him off to no end.

@michalsoukup1021

3 жыл бұрын

He should have blamed Kamchatka, after reviewing the ship logs any board of inquiry would have to side with him.

@halojump123

3 жыл бұрын

BOO!!!!

@RichWoods23

2 жыл бұрын

The Moscow State Circus does actually have a cat trainer. His dozen or so cats do all sorts of little stunts and tricks, but require constant bribery with food. The performance the cats put on was to my mind a little bit hit and miss -- so on average more successful than the 2nd Pacific Fleet!

@Cooli167

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichWoods23 So you're saying actually herding cats is easier than coordinating that damned fleet?

(After Tsushima) Admiral Rozhestvensky: Admiral Togo you're gunnery was appalling Togo: why? Admiral Rozhestvensky: I'm still alive

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

snakes3425 Lmao

@jinhunterslay1638

3 жыл бұрын

Togo actually met with the poor Russian admiral after the battle

@justinebautista1383

3 жыл бұрын

@@jinhunterslay1638 I feel bad for him man. He was a good commander but had an pathetic fleet

@jinhunterslay1638

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinebautista1383 not sure about "good"...I'm sure he's average at best

@edlenorgaeron8003

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparky Puddins By that time, no one was competent enough to carry out the punishment.

I can imagine the crew of the Kamchatka seeing a sea gull and going, "Holy hell its a torpedo boat! OPEN FIRE!"

@mistertagnan

9 ай бұрын

**Seagull lands on the Kamchatka’s deck** “My god, we’re being boarded by the Japanese!!!”

I'm amazed the Russian Fleet had any ammo left when battle began and hadn't spent all of it on torpedo boats. The battle of Tsushima should be called "the Putting a Fleet out of its Misery of Tsuhima"

I lost it at the bit about the parrot. Just imagine that thing flying around reciting every Russian curse under the sun.

@weldonwin

5 жыл бұрын

"Caw, caw *BLYAT!* "

@moritamikamikara3879

4 жыл бұрын

"Debil blyat pizdec." "Ummm... excuse me?" "DAVAI AMBAL NI POHUI!!!"

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim Man Parrots can actually learn (through context) what words mean.

@kickassssnation027

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the parrot understood what The Admiral was feeling.

You should pitch this as a movie, a two parter, the voyage there, then the battle, if you included Russian, British and Japanese actors, directors and producers, it could be bigger than Ben Hur, proving truth is a better story line than fiction, because no one would have believed this actually happened. The box of binoculars alone would be worth the admission to watch him throwing them in 3D.

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea.

@chooseyouhandle

4 жыл бұрын

would the movie be a drama or a comedy?

@Angel9932

4 жыл бұрын

@@chooseyouhandle Yes

@steventhompson399

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great movie waiting to happen, comedy during voyage then tragedy at battle vs Togo

@Squiglypig

3 жыл бұрын

@@chooseyouhandle I think a dark comedy along the lines of "The Death of Stalin". It could absolutely work.

It's been 117 years and Russian navy is *exactly* like this.

@MrViki60

11 ай бұрын

Orkish navy

@americankid7782

10 ай бұрын

I would argue that the modern navy is worse off because of the modern technology requirements in a ship and the side effects of 1990 with the corruption that ensued.

@alexandermackie7621

9 ай бұрын

Orcish navy, the orkish navy is at least joyous@@MrViki60

@roetheboat1

7 ай бұрын

@@americankid7782 Despite every single shortcoming that the 2nd Pacific Squadron had, Rozhestvensky was STILL somehow able to drag the coal-powered fleet across the world. The modern Russian navy wouldn't be able to do the same, at least not without tugboats to be able to tow the warships.

@cedricliggins7528

6 ай бұрын

Remember the Moskva

The chaplan being the among the first casualties is so poetic. Vayage of the damned indeed.

The Aurora: "A shining example of Naval conduct and discipline." Also the Aurora: *[Mutinies and literally overthrows an entire government]*

@alexgottlieb1286

4 жыл бұрын

The Waraboo oh yes, one shot - 70 years of destruction!

@bkjeong4302

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t you mutiny in that situation?

@alexgottlieb1286

4 жыл бұрын

Bk Jeong Aurora mutined in 1917, not in 1905.

@Masterchiefkf3

4 жыл бұрын

ALEX GOTTLIEB after this shitshow, and a good 12 years of royal Russian bullshit, who wouldn’t mutiny?

@stanthology

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKadtrF_YpPMhMY.html

Ship: *Exists* 2nd Pacific: "TORPEDO BOAT!" Ship: *Doesn't exist* 2nd Pacific: "We're under attack! Throw the iguana!"

@invadegreece9281

3 жыл бұрын

The hell

@thomaspowell7468

3 жыл бұрын

Throw the Iguana made my day at 2 in the morning

@hawkeye5955

3 жыл бұрын

"Load the poisonous snake in the main batteries!"

@CharChar2121

2 жыл бұрын

So anyway, I started blasting.

@Udontsay948

2 жыл бұрын

Iguana: Assemble the Rat Corp!

The Kamchatka is it's own character. God knows what they did when they got lost in that second storm. and how many "Japanese" vessels (read: neutral vessels) they destroyed. They fired 300 rounds in that time alone.

@thoralexander9387

2 жыл бұрын

Given her gunnery and general incompetence, I can safely tell you that she most assuredly did not sink anything.

@underworldguardian704

Жыл бұрын

@@thoralexander9387 Ironically, that was her saving grace!

@mistertagnan

9 ай бұрын

“Do you guys hear that?” ~Ship that the Kamchatka has desperately been trying to kill for the past 30 minutes

The spirit of the 2nd Pacific Squadron lives on. Russians claim the flagship of their Black Sea fleet caught fire and sank on its own, because they think this story is less embarrassing than losing it to enemy action from a country that doesn't even posses any fleet.

@pierreblaise9433

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the only Russian aircraft carrier who managed to sink in his own drydock

@bthsr7113

2 жыл бұрын

Also the Kursk Submarine whose loss could be considered black comedy.

@paulgibbon5991

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good thing they learned their lesson about ill-maintained hardware, poorly disciplined troops who don't want to be there, poor morale, incompetent leadership who got their position for toadying rather than competence, rampant corruption and incompetent diplomacy that seems determined to piss off every neutral party in the world.....right?

@dragonstormdipro1013

2 жыл бұрын

Both sides of the Russo- Ukraine conflict are complete dumbasses

@jeremyheintz1479

Жыл бұрын

A country that is armed and has been trained by NATO for nearly 10 years*

Rozhestvensky (to the fleet): How? How do you mistake fishing boats for Japanese torpedo boats!? Fleet: "We're sorry. It wont happen again." *Kamchatka arrives* Rozhestvensky: "And where in Mother Russia's bosom have you been?" Kamchatka: "Sorry for my lateness. Got lost. But you'll be pleased to hear that I fired 300 of my shells at some Japanese torpedo boats." Rozhestvensky: "You wasted 300 shells on Japanese torpedo boats?" Kamchatka: "Yes but I scared them off. Strange though, They flew Swedish, German, and French flags." Rozhestvensky: *left eye begins to twitch. Proceeds to walk to the nearest bathroom and shout incoherently.*

@RamdomView

2 жыл бұрын

In fairness, the fleet was told that Japanese torpedo boats could be easily disguised as fishing boats.

@podemosurss8316

2 жыл бұрын

Rozhetsvenky: Bring forth the crate of binoculars!

@andrewryan4417

2 жыл бұрын

@@RamdomView That doesn't explain how torpedo boats were waiting for them in Western Europe. Other than these peasant sailors literally had no idea where Japan was and how long the trip was going to be.

@RamdomView

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewryan4417 To elaborate, the fleet received a report from a transport stating that "four torpedo-boats which only showed lights on the mizenmast-head, so that at a distance they might be taken for fishing boats." That combined with the facts that torpedo boats were hard to detect, that Britain was allied to Japan and that Britain built much of Japan's fleet.

@lurkingcarrier8736

2 жыл бұрын

@@RamdomView So... what, the assumption was that there would have been an entire flotilla of British-built Japanese-designed torpedo boats being hosted in British ports but operated by forward-deployed Japanese crew?

I can't express how sorry I feel for Zinovy Rozhestvensky

@redram5150

5 жыл бұрын

Symptomatic of a larger, more terminal issue

@nmccw3245

5 жыл бұрын

No kidding. What a shit show.

@virusguy5611

5 жыл бұрын

Seconded. I thought he was incompetent... until I watched this. Poor bastard's IQ must have been dropped by 50 points due to all the madness.

@LordOceanus

5 жыл бұрын

I'm genuinely shocked he didn't have a stroke or start executing the offending officers

@jonskowitz

5 жыл бұрын

I can certainly understand why his temperament was what it was if what he experienced on this voyage is any indication of what he faced day-to-day in the Tsar's navy.

Russian claims that the Moskva lit itself on fire reminded me that it's been awhile since I watched this video.

@Elenrai

Жыл бұрын

Now that you mention it, that makes actual sense, it was not a ukranian action, it was russian naval traditions!

@pittypatterputzzler5311

Жыл бұрын

Think it was a guy that vaped /s

"The Kamchatka announced it was sinking, which lead to great rejoicing amongst the fleet" They were forced to eat Robin's minstrels. And there was much rejoicing

I love that the Royal Navy planned to go to war with the entire Russian 2nd Pacific fleet using only 4 ships... ... And they probably would have won!

@sergarlantyrell7847

5 жыл бұрын

@Brett Mitchell Veterans of what? I don't remember many naval battles in the Boer war, and it was 50 years since the Crimean war so none of the officers or sailors would have still been in service from then.

@joehayes9933

4 жыл бұрын

@Magni56 Beresford: I had to be sporting man! Fisher: No! We need every ship for the Germans! Beresford (muttering): A pair of torpedo boats could've handled them.

@kamchatka_survivor1959

4 жыл бұрын

Ser Garlan Tyrell The Royal Navy should have trolled the 2nd Squadron with torpedo boats. 😈

@joehayes9933

4 жыл бұрын

@@kamchatka_survivor1959 Then again, the Russians would've probably panicked and fired everything the minute the torpedo boats showed up. Granted they'd probably sink the Aurora instead but it would be hilariois

@jameshope7933

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it the 100 Anniversary of Trafalgar that year?so yeah,4 British battleships is more than enough.every man in the Royal Navy would have been willing to attack ina rowboat and board them if necessary.

Name more iconic duo: Kamchatka + torpedo boats with operational range of 18000 km , capable of 300 knots

@s.31.l50

5 жыл бұрын

Dalimil Rozprým They are no boats, they are transonic Torpedo bombers

@LostBeaver

5 жыл бұрын

Kms Bismarck and being overhyped to the moon and back

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

Post-Dreadnought battleships and failing to do anything to justify their costs. (Yes, I said it)

@LordOceanus

5 жыл бұрын

And fitted with cloaking devices. One has to wonder if they were fighting Kingons instead of the Japanese

@barrylucas505

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the fact that they are invisible

I'd love to see a movie about this, but no one would ever believe it actually happened

@XenoZbornak

Жыл бұрын

Open the film with a text: what you are about to watch is the true story of the 2nd Pacific squadron. While some creative liberties have been taken we believe that this movie accurately captures the reality of the brave men on board these 45 ships.

@jamesroad316

Жыл бұрын

​@@XenoZbornak and the anguish of the admiral of the fleet

@seanbigay1042

2 күн бұрын

Funny you should say that, as that's how Audie Murphy felt about his own autobiographical movie To Hell and Back. Of course, he felt that way because he thought the audience wouldn't believe he was that badass. The Czar's Baltic Fleet, on the other hand ...

For some reason, I need to watch this again...

I have three comments: 1) It's like a Greek Tragedy, as only the Russians could do it. 2) Surely the "Battle of Dogger Bank" deserves its own video. 3) Damn those Japanese ninja torpedo boats, you never know where they'll pop up!

@anonymusum

5 жыл бұрын

Your com finished me off .... lmao

@teodor9975

5 жыл бұрын

4) do you see torpedo boats?

@teodor9975

5 жыл бұрын

@Golden Eagle phantom or sand going?

@teodor9975

4 жыл бұрын

@Golden Eagle these fancy technologies... Witchcraft

@jackmack1061

4 жыл бұрын

I love number one.+1

I winced at the irony, grimaced at the satire, and laughed at the folly, the human condition at sea, in war. The Tsar having read a telegram, telling of the defeat of the second Pacific squadron, put it in his pocket, and continued his game of tennis..

Captain of the Aurora: "Target the Kamchatka!" But sir! That's our own ship! "If ANYONE has the right to sink that miserable tub, it should be US!"

I love coming back to this video whenever the world has me down, it'll never get as bad as it got for the 2nd Pacific squadron

@seanbigay1042

2 күн бұрын

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR ...

Oh my god. When you list the ships, it is like watching a heist team introduction... Except they’re all crap

@jonskowitz

5 жыл бұрын

National Lampoon's Oceans 11

@christophpoll784

4 жыл бұрын

Every Team needs a mascot.... but what to do with a team that only consists of mascots...!?!?

@crhu319

3 жыл бұрын

Great names. Lousy officers.

If history had been taught in school as presented here, we would all be historians, and fools would never be elected to high places.

@deltavee2

4 жыл бұрын

Right. I hereby nominate Drachinifel for President of the Planet.

@walterbrown8694

4 жыл бұрын

The narration could not be more perfect - British humor carefully enclosing hilarious sarcasm !

@dougauzene8389

4 жыл бұрын

INDEED...HERE, HERE! & HARRUMPH!

@cjclark2002

3 жыл бұрын

I second this, aggressively.

Who’s back to watch this video in 2024?

@dreamingdragon3835

Ай бұрын

I am it's comedy Gold

@Jaeger62

19 күн бұрын

This one doesn't get old

@davidnibbe2967

6 күн бұрын

Me, this is always good for a laugh.

With a lot of other war stories, I'd say they deserve to be made into a movie. This deserves to be made into a sitcom.

This was such a fun road trip with all of my friends. I do not appreciate you making fun of my spotting of torpedo boats though. They were actually there! I swear!

@justjohnny420

4 жыл бұрын

I believe that you believe you saw them. :)

@ShahjahanMasood

4 жыл бұрын

Oh god; its the Kamchatka! We are all doomed! 《Runs away》

@loneneotank.5687

3 жыл бұрын

*confused screaming*

@syariffadilah2949

2 жыл бұрын

Kamchatka stop hitting Avrora !

@LuizAlexPhoenix

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck it, I declare war on you! Prepare your remaining shells! Now, being your target instead of ally I am assured to survive.

Legend says that some of the few Japanese casualties were caused by a flying snake

@chemech

5 жыл бұрын

As opposed to the majority being due to uncontrolled laughter...

@Alystas

5 жыл бұрын

Another legend say that most of the casualties from japanese side came from mass suicide, the japanese sailors being so humiliated that such a batch of buffoons have been sent to fight against them.

@bkjeong4302

5 жыл бұрын

Alystas That’s an insult to buffoons.

@barleysixseventwo6665

4 жыл бұрын

After the battle the Japanese hospital ships were inundated with wounded sailers; mostly bruised jaws from when they hit the floor upon seeing the operational...”capabilities” of the Russians.

@Nonamearisto

4 жыл бұрын

I think some Japanese almost got bitten by a drugged-up Russian-speaking crocodile from Africa.

Moskva sunk you say? Must've been one of those pesky Japanese torpedo boats.

@bufatutuagonistes8876

2 жыл бұрын

Or the rats. Sort of amazing watching this and seeing the Russian military in Ukraine suffering from many of the same maladies: Corruption by connected suppliers, corruption by captains, corruption and laziness by other connected officers. Poor discipline and completely lack of training. Leader giving direction without thinking it through. And resulting death and destruction. Isn't "The Leader" wonderful, whether a Czar, Stalin or the low stinker currently occupying Russia's highest office.

@Dimapur

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah heard it was being distracted by TB2! Oh the irony!!

@j.f.fisher5318

Жыл бұрын

lol

35:34 All things considered, that's really not the worst thing he could have said. He could have asked: *"Do you see torpedo boats?"*

"The story of a few good men's struggle, against their own commanders, their own fleet, their own ships and their own men. And Kamchatka, Above all against Kamchatka"

William D Porter: We are the worst warship in history. Kamchatka: Hold my vodka. *Kamchatka drops the bottle while handing it to Porter* *Porter sinks anyway*

@MikeJones-qn1gz

3 жыл бұрын

I mean atleast nobody was killed when porter was abandoned

@NashmanNash

3 жыл бұрын

Don´t forget the Mogami..5 Torpedoes,4 sunken ships..all japanese transports

@bkjeong4302

3 жыл бұрын

@@NashmanNash Neither William D. Porter nor Mogami were as bad as Kamchatka. They only had one significant fuckup (most of the Porter's mishaps were fabricated in 1997, with only the torpedo incident and her sinking being legitimate, and the latter wasn't a case of incompetence).

@arya31ful

3 жыл бұрын

@Sparky Puddins She should've won a medal for that.

@marxel4444

3 жыл бұрын

Ah! The infamouse Willy D!

Tonight on Top Gear 2nd Pacific Fleet: Richard sees some fishermen, James smokes some funny cigarettes, And I throw some binoculars!

Revisited this gem today, it's just as fantastic as it was 3 years ago..

@HMN134

Жыл бұрын

And more relevant than ever

Who would win? A fleet of mighty Russian warships vs 0 Japanese torpedo boats

@zachsmith1676

4 жыл бұрын

hands down the imaginary IJN Torpedo Boats

@keithbrown7685

4 жыл бұрын

this'll be the first time I've ever voted for 0.

@joeye1772

4 жыл бұрын

Did you mean: “a fleet of mighty Russian warships vs the same fleet of mighty Russian warships”? 😂

@justjohnny420

4 жыл бұрын

Fishing ships had better accuracy without ever firing a shot

@Colt45hatchback

4 жыл бұрын

I think the sea

I've always felt for V.Adm Rozhestvensky on learning even the basics of this voyage many years ago; accomplishing an astonishing logistics victory even getting his squadron to the AO only for it to be unceremoniously sunk. On learning the details? He must have been not only convinced that God was punishing him for the sins of the entire Tzar's navy, but that he was likely looking forward to death if it meant getting away from this circus

@Th3Kingism

3 жыл бұрын

And then being punished by the Tsar and effectively having his career ruined, I'm glad at least he got respect from Admiral Togo even in defeat.

"Are these torpedoboats in the room with us right now?"

Am I the only person who thinks that Drach's narration of this saga would make a huge hit Broadway musical?

Let's be honest, how close do you think the good admiral was to dropping a lit match into the coal dust and calling it a lifetime?

@Bird_Dog00

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure. I guess that would have dependet on the availability of vodka.

@stanthology

4 жыл бұрын

Nicely expressed. I will try to use that before I kick the bucket!

@stoutyyyy

4 жыл бұрын

Bird_Dog I certainly would’ve turned to the bottle

@redeyedwithanger5866

4 жыл бұрын

well he got it by heartattack wonder if he was mid beat down on a dumbass

@seanbigay1042

2 күн бұрын

"Admiral, please, you don't want to drop that match ... Look, I've brought you a shiny new pair of binoculars!"

“And this being a Russian fleet the phrase “Then Things Got Worse” “ I actually laughed out loud and am still chuckling about that line well played Sir well played indeed

@gregorydicovitsky3291

5 жыл бұрын

You have outdone yourself here. Amazing facts, expertly told!

@thekinginyellow1744

5 жыл бұрын

If you study the history of Russia, you begin to understand why "And then things got worse" is kind of a Russian proverb.

@alexandermarinin7036

4 жыл бұрын

Russian proverb is "It never happened, but then again..."

Moskva sunk, she'll give the Kamchatka some company in hell

This is my all time favorite Drach video. I genuinely don’t know how many times I’ve watched it and it still makes me laugh. And feel very bad for pre-revolution Russian sailors. But mostly laugh.

@JohnDoe-vm5rb

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a russian idiom. I forget the exact wording but it's something along the lines "funny happenings, not funny situation"

Im a sailor IRL , and when you said the commander would scream from the bridge wing and throw his bino made me laugh so hard.....can see some of my old captain right there

Rozhestvensky: Breathes All ships: FIRE AT AURORA Edit: This admiral is the hero we deserve

I never. ever. in my life. laughed so hard through 42 min of historical material. This is bloody brilliant

20:00 memorializes this insane debacle "versus" the trawlers. The impact on diplomacy was obviously extremely negative. The Kamchatka nearly started several wars on its own lol.

@bkjeong4302

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if that started WWI a decade early, only it's everyone kicking Russia around.

"the addition of a large venomous serpent to the particular ship in question probably increased the offensive power of the ship considerably" There are some wonderfully (and quite deservedly) snarky comments in this video, but this is probably my favorite.

The Kamchatka seems like what would happen if 4chan was ever in charge of a ship

@kommandantbaker

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right

@georgew2014

3 жыл бұрын

😂👍

@_BirdOfGoodOmen

3 жыл бұрын

No lie it sounded just like a game of Space Station 13

@tomservo9254

3 жыл бұрын

4chan managed to locate a solitary flagpole within 24 hours by triangulating airplane traffic patterns and coordinated artillery targets against ISIS by cross-analyzing social media posts. They're like a vassal swarm in Europa Universalis, good luck getting them coordinated on a focused target but if they are they'll steamroll whatever's put in front of them.

@StabbySabby

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Servo don't forget the airstrikes!

"As they prepared to depart the sweltering seas of Madagascar, the Kamchatka reported that she was sinking...and there was much rejoicing." "Yay..."

I still can't believe this is real. The first time I listened to this was over a year ago, a co-worker and I on a slow night were listening to it on my Chromebook and we just kept looking at each other incredulously, how could things go this wrong this many times?, it baffles me. Its like its straight out of Monty Python.

I have shown this video to a couple of friends on separate occasions, both of whom were in a sullen mood on those days. Their mood immediately brightened considerably at this hilarious tale of misfortune.

@seanbigay1042

2 күн бұрын

I hope they didn't go on to Part 2, Drachinifel's account of the Battle of Tsushima. That would only have depressed them even more.

"don't trust anybody, not even yourself" -2nd Pacific Suadron

@anngo4140

4 жыл бұрын

"trust, but verify"

Russia: ''Of course we will fuck up at logistics, that's a given.''

Remember, it was this battle that emboldened the Japanese Navy to believe they could defeat the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and RNZ Navy all at once. They made a pretty good go of it for a while.

@bkjeong4302

8 ай бұрын

Given that Tsushima wasn’t much of an achievement, it’s a miracle the WWII-era IJN did as well as it did.

I usually listen to your videos in car while driving somewhere ( phone via bluetooth to car stereo ) . For first time in my life i actually had to pull over , and watch the video at the resting place , coz i was laughthing so dam hard , i could not drive safely . I was laughthing so hard it hurts now , even half a hour later :) Thanks for making this day so bright :)

@virusguy5611

5 жыл бұрын

I'm at work right now and i'm hoping my coworkers don't give me weird looks for how much i'm cackling.

@roylu6580

5 жыл бұрын

I almost spat water all over my room while watching this and choked trying not to

@virusguy5611

5 жыл бұрын

@@roylu6580 For me it was 8:35 where the battleship sank that made me giggle... then it was the "NINJA JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS" that made me howl in laughter.. and then I got broken by Kamchatka.

@whee38

5 жыл бұрын

The first time I watched this video I laughed so hard I pissed my self. Only watch this video on an empty blatter

@alainarchambault2331

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Not even a chuckle from me. Guess I expect humans to be so stupid that I'm not taken by surprise.

im dying, forget emu war. this one take the crown for ulitmate war meme.

@KatherineFtw

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody remembers the time Japan treated to arm the emus with torpedo boats? :p

@Volnas97

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone is talking about Emu war, but China once declared war on Sparrows with around 1 000 000 dead and there is still some aftermath (e.g. very few bees, and insecticides everywhere)

@yansuki4240

3 жыл бұрын

@@Volnas97 that one is nasty, the chinese got bitten hard back by locust and cause devastating famine. thanks mao.

@SephirothRyu

3 жыл бұрын

The reason why a few of the sailors went insane: Gir was aboard their ship. And he sang the Doom Song. THE ENTIRE VOYAGE. Ok, fine. He occasionally spent a day singing Its A Small World continuously instead.

@ahmadshasha3632

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...hahahaha

How has this not been made into a black comedy like The Death of Stalin? This is gold!