SCUTTLING OF HMCS ANNAPOLIS (SINKING OF HMCS ANNAPOLIS)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 май 2015
  • Scuttling (sinking) of decommissioned Canadian Navy Destroyer HMCS Annapolis on April 4, 2015 in Halkett Bay Marine Park on Gambier Island, British Columbia, Canada. After years of preparation and cleaning and with help of shape charges the decommissioned vessel embarked on its final voyage to the bottom of Halkett Bay to become an artificial reef. Divers as well as research will over the years witness life return to the bays desolate sea floor caused by years of log booming.
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  • @davehooper5462
    @davehooper5462 2 года назад +35

    Was the first ship of my navy career in 1989. Lots of memories...both clear and foggy ;)

  • @RacnJasn
    @RacnJasn 4 года назад +36

    Rest Peacefully gracious girl. Sailed on her 1988-1991. “To Excel” ⚓️🇨🇦

  • @stevenweaver3386
    @stevenweaver3386 6 лет назад +212

    I served on board her 1981-1982.

    • @skipstjoriarjeeling9594
      @skipstjoriarjeeling9594 6 лет назад +16

      I salut you and reward you the Kings highest reward the Victorian cross

    • @sid2112
      @sid2112 5 лет назад +8

      She was a sleek looking ship. She went out in style.

    • @zenith7205
      @zenith7205 5 лет назад +2

      Steven u got my respect

    • @TheBobwatermellon
      @TheBobwatermellon 5 лет назад +7

      @@skipstjoriarjeeling9594 For serving on a ship 1 year maybe less??? See it is people like you that like giving out trophies for participation.

    • @rolomuir8441
      @rolomuir8441 5 лет назад +4

      Must have been tough to see her go down

  • @johncamp2567
    @johncamp2567 2 года назад +9

    Seeing the water rushing in, you can appreciate how much of a struggle it would be to abandon ship, pushing against all that rushing water to escape. Even more so in a listing ship.

  • @Windows98R
    @Windows98R 7 лет назад +150

    Apparently, navies have a new job of creating reefs now...the Mexican Navy did it, the USN made the worlds largest reef with a CVN-34 and now Canada Joins in. But seriously, yes, this is much more honorable and respectful towards the ship then getting it cut up and sold

    • @Xingmey
      @Xingmey 5 лет назад +10

      It doesn't matter if you sell it for scrap or sink it...
      Iit's a piece of metal and not something to worship.

    • @novconoco7785
      @novconoco7785 5 лет назад +6

      @@Xingmey Is that a pun?

    • @bossdog1480
      @bossdog1480 5 лет назад +20

      @@Xingmey You have never served on a warship my friend or you would feel the sadness that all sailors do when a ship goes to a watery grave, whatever the reason.

    • @whooziss
      @whooziss 4 года назад +12

      CV-34 or CVA-34, not CVN.
      Oriskany was an oil burner, not a nuke.

    • @stevensonDonnie
      @stevensonDonnie 4 года назад +5

      A heck of a lot cheaper. The sale of decommissioned ships is such these days that it is more cost effective to expend it as a target or sink it as a dive site.
      The USS Oriskany is a prime example.

  • @paulcrawford6206
    @paulcrawford6206 4 года назад +28

    Sailed on her 71/72, aircrew in Sea King.

  • @99hockeynhl
    @99hockeynhl 7 лет назад +65

    A ship of her statue deserves to be sunk like this, the honorably way.
    Not cut up and sold for scrap. Now the fish can enjoy a new reef.

  • @para1324
    @para1324 5 лет назад +6

    I just saw this video, the ship is serving another great purpose. My compliments to all who made her ready. This was also a perfect scuttle especially for the excellent placement of shaped charges which resulted in the best scuttle I have seen. 👍

  • @jonk987
    @jonk987 5 лет назад +6

    My dad works in the navy, I think he's been on that ship a couple times. Joined 1989 still in today! PO2 Larsen is his rank. Memories!

  • @Del-Canada
    @Del-Canada 3 года назад +5

    My dad served on HMCS Annapolis. I was on her a few times myself and served on HMCS Assiniboine, HMCS St Laurent, and HMCS Ottawa.

    • @Del-Canada
      @Del-Canada 2 года назад

      I forget offhand, but would be around 67-68.

  • @Chipchase780
    @Chipchase780 5 лет назад +92

    You could imagine that as being a poor drowning sailors eye view. Pretty thought provoking and terrifying.

    • @rolomuir8441
      @rolomuir8441 5 лет назад +12

      Yes that thought crossed my mind-I love the sea but she can be a cruel mistress

  • @taliahcindra1390
    @taliahcindra1390 3 года назад +8

    This is showing you how deadly it is to be on and in a sinking ship.

  • @richardjohnholden5104
    @richardjohnholden5104 2 года назад +2

    I wouldn't hesitate to have one of these ships as a home, and what a home. In Portsmouth I saw so many RN ships in the breakers, HMS Fearless, a famous troop landing ship along with sister ship, submarines aligned with each other, leaning on each other in sadness waiting their turn....

  • @darryljensen5994
    @darryljensen5994 9 лет назад +4

    Fantastic video!

  • @albertobraz3462
    @albertobraz3462 9 лет назад +6

    Congrats for a very good job

  • @rowdykautzmanvlogs9883
    @rowdykautzmanvlogs9883 6 лет назад +11

    I love the views

  • @michaellippmann4474
    @michaellippmann4474 2 года назад

    Very cool...great job on this - Thank you!
    Mike 🇨🇦 🍁 👍

  • @michaelhill2844
    @michaelhill2844 3 года назад +48

    The fake "static" effect added after camera is turned on is extremely annoying.

  • @tobasco_jones6160
    @tobasco_jones6160 2 года назад +1

    You get a real sense of how fast a ship can sink its crazy how much time you'd have to try and get out.

  • @rumbler900
    @rumbler900 7 лет назад +13

    Be a nice dive site in a few years

  • @jreese46
    @jreese46 2 года назад

    That is both terrifying and fascinating.

  • @stevensonDonnie
    @stevensonDonnie 4 года назад +23

    Old ships don’t disappear, they are reassigned to guard shipmates who never came home.

    • @pacificcoastpiper3949
      @pacificcoastpiper3949 Год назад +1

      And to ferry them to the final port

    • @user-kg2jw3we6b
      @user-kg2jw3we6b 4 месяца назад

      So do sailors have this idea that when they die, they're gonna wake up on some Navy ship that transports them to the afterlife?

    • @stevensonDonnie
      @stevensonDonnie 4 месяца назад

      @@user-kg2jw3we6b no, to a 1930’s Singapore bar and tattoo parlor.

  • @georgeanthony8999
    @georgeanthony8999 2 года назад

    Now that was awesome

  • @AKATenn
    @AKATenn 3 месяца назад

    I have the nintendo that was in one of the break rooms next to the hangar on this ship, was where my dad worked, and he took it when he left waaay back in the early 90s' lol... i remember going on the ship a few times and being amazed at everything, i remember the galley looked like a 1950's diner, chrome everywhere... kinda sad to see it sunk...

  • @adrianzoadkiewicz4856
    @adrianzoadkiewicz4856 3 года назад

    This is Eco doing and good clean work

  • @waynerafferty1048
    @waynerafferty1048 2 года назад +1

    Just shows how fast a ship that size can sink and makes you think of the edmond fitzgerald seeing how fast the water filled the bridge is scary shows the 29 souls in 1975 had no chance , RIP

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 2 года назад

      This was specially prepare to sink fast and clean. Under normal sailing conditions, it would take WAY more to get her down.

  • @351cobra_jetmustang9
    @351cobra_jetmustang9 3 года назад +3

    Finally got promoted to Submarine! :)

    • @KMCA779
      @KMCA779 2 года назад +1

      only if it catches fire.

  • @fredtedstedman
    @fredtedstedman 2 года назад

    She is still modern looking today -apart from the moss -and the holes of course ! Wales UK.

  • @styldsteel1
    @styldsteel1 3 года назад +2

    That's the funniest sounding water I've ever heard. Sounds like music. I wonder if the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald heard this water music rushing in.

    • @enterBJ40
      @enterBJ40 3 года назад

      Sad and tragic story of that ship and crew. Even a song was made in his honor

  • @BoroFire999
    @BoroFire999 7 лет назад +23

    That music was perfect for that. What is it called?

    • @nickpDK
      @nickpDK 5 лет назад +3

      anyone ?

    • @amblt1
      @amblt1 5 лет назад +2

      It's called music. You want to know the title.

    • @nickpDK
      @nickpDK 5 лет назад +9

      @@amblt1 idiot

    • @Dwagonier_XAceX101
      @Dwagonier_XAceX101 4 года назад

      @@amblt1 yea idiot thats not the name

    • @nocalsteve
      @nocalsteve 3 года назад +1

      The music was completely unnecessary. The raw audio would have sufficed.

  • @thasnuff1995
    @thasnuff1995 3 года назад +4

    This film is dedicated to the thousands of men who served aboard her during her lifetime.

  • @Dutch_Army_Roblox
    @Dutch_Army_Roblox 2 года назад +1

    Cool to see how ships sink

  • @nickpDK
    @nickpDK 7 лет назад +18

    can we get to see the full videos from the rooms during the sinking :D ?

    • @rcinthesky
      @rcinthesky 7 лет назад +11

      Hi nickpDK. I'm be putting together a video of exactly that. Check back soon!! :-)

    • @noahtaylor9859
      @noahtaylor9859 6 лет назад +7

      Chris can we get to see the full videos from the rooms during the sinking?

    • @nickpDK
      @nickpDK 5 лет назад +2

      thx @@rcinthesky

    • @noahtaylor4142
      @noahtaylor4142 5 лет назад +2

      @@rcinthesky can we get to see the full videos from the rooms during the sinking?

    • @hmcsannapolis9962
      @hmcsannapolis9962  3 года назад +2

      @@noahtaylor4142 I know I've been saying the same thing over and over, but I finally uploaded your request and am just making sure it's perfect.. 35 minutes long.. will be set to public in a couple of days!! Thanks for being 4 years patient!! :-D

  • @Billy-I-Am-Not
    @Billy-I-Am-Not 5 лет назад +1

    them fish gonna have a good time

  • @geosync9742
    @geosync9742 3 года назад

    My god, the was the last thing many WW2 sailors saw. Horrific!

  • @jasongrant356
    @jasongrant356 Год назад

    Everyone salute Steven

  • @LunarKn1ght
    @LunarKn1ght 3 месяца назад

    Future Generations: Ah yes little Jimmy this was the great battle of Halkett Bay where the Canadians made a last stand against their mortal enemy, the Canadian Geese.

  • @SKEptic-mg2dd
    @SKEptic-mg2dd 2 года назад

    Outstanding editing and the musical accompaniment was perfect!

  • @amblt1
    @amblt1 5 лет назад +8

    A little lesson in nomenclature- it is not acceptable to put "the" in front of HMCS, HMS, HMAS, etc. The ship's name is written and spoken as either "HMCS (name)" or "The (name)".

  • @whackyjinak4978
    @whackyjinak4978 3 года назад

    wow she sunk fast

  • @bartosznowak2164
    @bartosznowak2164 6 лет назад +4

    Song plis. ?

  • @mesau7002
    @mesau7002 3 года назад

    Something about a ship going down, one. Intentionally, is sad.

  • @chivone21
    @chivone21 3 года назад

    I wonder at what depth this beautiful piece of Naval history is laying in? Anyone know?

    • @rcinthesky
      @rcinthesky 3 года назад +1

      115ft (35m) at the rudders

  • @Simpleburger1968
    @Simpleburger1968 4 года назад +6

    Love these videos ! .....this one actually feels quite "tragic" in a strange way. Is it possible to watch these videos and NOT take a gulp of breath as water submerges the view ???

  • @RacconGuy8765
    @RacconGuy8765 22 дня назад

    I swear people dont understand what an artificial reef is

  • @gchambs
    @gchambs 4 года назад +3

    I can see how it would really suck to get torpedoed now, that sunk pretty quick

    • @quillmaurer6563
      @quillmaurer6563 3 года назад +2

      My understanding is that they cut a lot of holes in the ship to make it sink faster, both internally to allow water to pass between compartments normally sealed from each other, and externally just above the water line so that once it sinks just a little bit water can pour in. Far from seaworthy, and much more vulnerable than would be in service. Prepared so just a few charges can bring it down quickly. Any merchant or naval vessel would sink far slower than this unless specifically made to sink fast.

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell 2 года назад

      A modern torpedo (not like what you are used to seeing in the movies) would probably sink something like this that fast. But outside of that, look at the damage to the USS Cole.

  • @user-tv3ej4rf2u
    @user-tv3ej4rf2u 3 года назад

    I live right next to the wreck

  • @jonnyb70
    @jonnyb70 2 года назад

    now run it in reverse with the Star Blazers theme synched up over it

  • @dima.jiharev
    @dima.jiharev 6 лет назад +9

    1:10 Why didn't you dismantle the machinery?

    • @Zeckmon3
      @Zeckmon3 6 лет назад +6

      Dmitry Jikharev
      Well just an old transmission. Like someone going to buy that..

    • @Sleep-is-overrated
      @Sleep-is-overrated 6 лет назад +7

      They didn't take it out because it would have been too costly and not worth the effort. Since the engine room is located below the superstructure (the bridge, navigation rooms, state rooms, etc.), they would have had to cut away all of it just to get access to the engine room. After that they would have had the massive job of removing the huge network of pipes, valves, pumps, boilers, and turbines. It's just easier to drain the system of all the toxic crap and then just sink her.

    • @skipstjoriarjeeling9594
      @skipstjoriarjeeling9594 6 лет назад +2

      The fish are gonna call someone on the overside of the earth with the communication tower

  • @hafizmiau
    @hafizmiau Год назад

    cameraman survived

  • @user-ch4qx2kv1b
    @user-ch4qx2kv1b 3 года назад +2

    Почему топять корабли? Ведь там столько качественного металла. Не выгоднее ли его пустить на переплавку?

  • @leonardbose4885
    @leonardbose4885 3 года назад

    Dude it's flooding so fast

  • @hugglescake
    @hugglescake 4 года назад +2

    Do scuba divers have to social distance?

  • @DerpyPossum
    @DerpyPossum 3 года назад +1

    she kinda went down like Lusitania

  • @CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533
    @CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533 3 года назад

    Never Heard Of This Ship

  • @jacknordli7630
    @jacknordli7630 6 лет назад

    did anyone find the diamond ring they hid on board for some lucky diver?

  • @bllasae
    @bllasae Год назад

    Aren't most of the Canadian Navy's ships sunk? This one is different because it was intentional?

  • @luisl.b.7250
    @luisl.b.7250 3 года назад

    Que manera de desperdiciar el acero.

  • @westonkenyonmusic
    @westonkenyonmusic 2 года назад

    There go a bunch of cameras.

  • @TXejas19
    @TXejas19 6 лет назад

    I'm curious. Do they remove all the fuel, gases, and oils before scuttling? Is rust okay for the ocean?

    • @therailrangervmtg8658
      @therailrangervmtg8658 5 лет назад +2

      TXejas19 TXejas19 Yes, everything that is potentially toxic to the sea is removed. All gases and fuels are taken out immediately.

    • @jefflanduyt6750
      @jefflanduyt6750 3 года назад +1

      They also remove anything that can be "recycled" for other ships in the fleet. They tear apart the large machinery, clean it thoroughly, remove cables, wires, piping and anything else that could be a hazard to divers. The process can take years. Yes, rust is fine, it's a natural reaction anyway.

    • @klausschwab5236
      @klausschwab5236 2 года назад

      They drop old cars to form new reefs so rust is great.

    • @therideneverends1697
      @therideneverends1697 2 месяца назад

      Rust is actually very good for the ocean floor as the organisms that start up coral swarm to it

  • @Tirpitz-lv2kt
    @Tirpitz-lv2kt 7 лет назад +4

    how do you get the procam out of the angineroom

    • @rcinthesky
      @rcinthesky 7 лет назад +3

      They were all GoPro's. Easy to retrieve after the sinking.

  • @James-oi6pe
    @James-oi6pe 6 лет назад +9

    Get the hammer and wedges lads...

  • @skipstjoriarjeeling9594
    @skipstjoriarjeeling9594 6 лет назад +5

    Music

  • @user-mj5ss3un5j
    @user-mj5ss3un5j 3 года назад +1

    😭😭😭😭😭

  • @mayuritokisaki2149
    @mayuritokisaki2149 3 года назад +1

    if theres one thing I need to say on this video: Poor Go Pro

  • @vseProvse24
    @vseProvse24 3 года назад +1

    Лучше на метал порезать

  • @user-db4ks2fg1k
    @user-db4ks2fg1k 2 месяца назад

    Тысячи тон стали просто выбросили! Когда в США кончиться железная руда они пожалеют о своей ростачительности!

  • @lyndaheys6442
    @lyndaheys6442 Год назад

    Hi - I would like to use a shot from this video in a govt training video - do you possibly have an email contact to reach you directly. Cheers.

  • @anglosaxon244
    @anglosaxon244 3 года назад +1

    Mute the mother russia music ,then its more interesting

  • @seregapoplavsciy9010
    @seregapoplavsciy9010 3 года назад

    Что за музыка,трек??

  • @itsathingimagery
    @itsathingimagery 4 года назад +5

    Scuttling of* HMCS Annapolis. There should be no “the” there.

  • @Kirkee7
    @Kirkee7 5 лет назад

    Could have been more dramatic. Why so many explosions ?

    • @rcinthesky
      @rcinthesky 5 лет назад

      7 openings on each side were cut by shape charges to sink the ship and timed slightly apart..

  • @theepicjack0543
    @theepicjack0543 3 года назад

    Lots of cameras

  • @doctorshawzy6477
    @doctorshawzy6477 2 года назад

    we dont say " the HMCS"....

  • @Iamgroot9170
    @Iamgroot9170 9 месяцев назад +1

    They should have put hundreds of fake skeletons in the ship to scare the shit out of the scuba divers.

  • @sascar8073
    @sascar8073 3 года назад

    Так и засоряем воду и природу!

  • @minecraftchannel4037
    @minecraftchannel4037 5 лет назад

    Almost like the titanic

    • @hevendor958
      @hevendor958 4 года назад +1

      its not

    • @DerpyPossum
      @DerpyPossum 3 года назад

      the ship went down more similarly to the Lusitania, minus the heavy starboard list.

  • @althuelectronics5158
    @althuelectronics5158 2 года назад

    what is this aM NOT UNDERSTAND

  • @msinclaircorp4571
    @msinclaircorp4571 3 года назад

    I think that these honorable and beautiful boats should not sink them, it is an insult to all the work they did for the country, they should restore them and turn them into luxury yachts or exploration yachts and leave them as new so that they continue sailing and being pride for those who served by his side, when I have enough money I will.

    • @jefflanduyt6750
      @jefflanduyt6750 3 года назад +1

      Clearly you have never served in the Navy of any country. Ask any REAL sailor and they'll tell you that a warship is better sunk (either as an artificial reef or used as target practice in a SINKEX) then to be cut apart by a scrappers torch. My first ship, USS Constellation was scrapped and I can tell you this, I cried my eyes out when she entered the Port of Brownsville in Texas. My second ship, USS Nimitz will be decommissioned in a few years. Her "recycling" will take over a decade because she's nuclear, but her fate will be the torch in the end. You'll go broke on upkeep costs alone if you think you can restore and maintain one.

  • @user-pf7ee9ri2k
    @user-pf7ee9ri2k 2 месяца назад

    Greenpeace will deal with this issue!!!

  • @namratakawlekar4205
    @namratakawlekar4205 3 года назад

    omkar

  • @ElusiveMonk47
    @ElusiveMonk47 6 лет назад +14

    What a waste! I would have loved to have her. I would have repainted and repaired her to be fully operational and use her for tours of historical war sites/ dive expeditions

    • @TheCount101
      @TheCount101 6 лет назад +1

      Brandon Nance shut up😂🤣😂go paint your nails

    • @Xingmey
      @Xingmey 5 лет назад +2

      so why didn't you make a buyers proposal when it was for sale?

    • @floppychzcake7936
      @floppychzcake7936 3 года назад

      That ship would cost millions to maintain every year

    • @johnfranklin5277
      @johnfranklin5277 3 года назад

      How much money do you have to spend on that idea?? Would take about 2 million bucks at least, if not more.

    • @floppychzcake7936
      @floppychzcake7936 3 года назад

      @@johnfranklin5277 add another 0 and your in the right area

  • @cruisevideo1
    @cruisevideo1 4 года назад

    Could do without the music

  • @mordecai4207
    @mordecai4207 3 года назад +2

    and like that, the canadian navy was totally defeated

    • @christopherd2100
      @christopherd2100 3 года назад

      They apologized for being in the way and took a swim.

  • @timsering9964
    @timsering9964 4 года назад

    We never seem to have any trouble finding junk to pollute are waters with

    • @hevendor958
      @hevendor958 4 года назад +2

      this isn't polluting
      its called a reef

    • @phloughtgnarpsehs7263
      @phloughtgnarpsehs7263 3 года назад

      Doesn’t occur naturally, so it’s basically polluting the waters with unwanted trash.

    • @lyndalooney4379
      @lyndalooney4379 2 года назад

      It doesn't really do any bad as it is cleaned from harmful substances and small things a fish might swallow

  • @phcusnret
    @phcusnret 3 года назад +1

    Away the damage control party away.

    • @jefflanduyt6750
      @jefflanduyt6750 3 года назад

      Ummmmm… gonna take one helluva DC party! LOL!

    • @phcusnret
      @phcusnret 3 года назад

      @@jefflanduyt6750 yep. I'm already heading for my abandon ship station.

  • @gjgjd5920
    @gjgjd5920 3 месяца назад

    А потом они его обратно достанут и утилизируют, или оставят гнить на дне и отравлять воду..... 🤔

  • @lauriebilger3454
    @lauriebilger3454 Год назад

    You can see all the asbestos fibres from the piping shower down when the explosion happens :/

  • @Speedyrunnn
    @Speedyrunnn 3 года назад

    Oooo::

  • @1sydman1
    @1sydman1 3 года назад

    so much for recycling our planets limited and precious resources

    • @pimuce
      @pimuce 3 года назад

      Seems like Russian singers 😂😂😂😂

  • @docbrown6550
    @docbrown6550 3 года назад

    These ships would better serve as Homeless shelters after modifications and removal of a lot of equipment.

  • @mathewwoods9111
    @mathewwoods9111 2 года назад

    A billion places out in the open oceans and seas and they scuttle it in a beautiful cove?

  • @reantonioi115
    @reantonioi115 6 лет назад +2

    I wish that it was cut up!
    Edit: Why is this highlighted?

  • @sailingaphrodite4189
    @sailingaphrodite4189 3 года назад

    Why anybody thinks that disposing of all that metal at the bottom of the sea is a good idea is beyond my comprehension.

  • @weatherGreece
    @weatherGreece 3 года назад

    Παν καλά γιατί το

  • @martinszpuk5665
    @martinszpuk5665 2 года назад

    Thousands of hours of preparation and then they forget to mount powerful underwater led lights to the cameras. WTF

  • @oriolesfan7807
    @oriolesfan7807 Год назад

    How did a British ship get the name of Maryland's state capital?

  • @Joonas_Rytkonen
    @Joonas_Rytkonen 5 месяцев назад

    Why they scuttle these ships on purpose? Why to the ocean? Why not dry dock and dissemble them? Why sunk them into the bottom?

    • @therideneverends1697
      @therideneverends1697 2 месяца назад

      Because it helps start up coral reefs, the organisms that grow coral are attracted to rusting iron, the fish are drawn to the ship as a place to hide, those things intermingle and give it some decades and boom, youve jumpstarted a reef

  • @stevegould1730
    @stevegould1730 3 года назад

    The fake static is annoying.

  • @A.Person.Who.Exists
    @A.Person.Who.Exists 3 года назад

    Could've melted the metal down and recycled it.