Great presentation Mike! Here's a couple of anecdotes for you. At the Battle of Lepanto fighting with the Spanish Regiment of Marines (the oldest organized Marine force in the world by the way) was a young Miguel de Cervantes, famous as the author of "Don Quixote." Cervantes was hit with three musket balls, one of which permanently crippled his left arm. Cervantes was very proud of his service and for the rest of his life would say "What does it matter, the loss of the left arm, if it brings glory to the right!" Fast-forward 400 years and to the United States. My father worked with a man of Spanish ancestry and one lunch break on a Friday saw him eating a roast beef sandwich. Dad was surprised by this as the both of them were Catholics and he'd never seen him eat meat on a Friday. (This was at the time it was strictly forbidden by the Church.) Dad asked him about it and the answer was the man was from a seaport village in Spain which had supplied a lot of sailors who'd fought at Lepanto and as a reward for the victory the Pope granted the villagers and their descendants a dispensation allowing them to eat meat on Fridays forevemore! Isn't that something? A Tsushima anecdote. Fighting at the Battle of Tsushima was a young Japanese ensign named Isoruku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was wounded in the left hand, losing two fingers. Had he lost three he would have been medically discharged. Now imagine how naval history might have been changed if he'd lost that additional finger! Thanks for posting!
Anecdote to the anecdote, Cervantes was ill and they tried ro relieve him for service, he energically refused and demanded to be put on the most dangerous position during the battle.
@@hazchemel You're welcome! It says a lot about Cervantes. When the time of crisis came he fought for his country and Christendom and never regretted his choice. x
For anyone interested in the lead up to Tsushima, there is always Drachinifel's 'The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned' and 'Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse...' And of course, those mentions of Kamchatka, torpedo boats and binoculars...!
Outstanding documentary. This documentary makes me hungry for more on ocean warfare. To be fair, every docmentary by Mr. Brady has been excellent and I enjoyed every one I have watched.
You might be interested in the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, which is considered the largest freshwater naval battle in history. It's an important piece of the rise of the Ming dynasty.
@@shykj8892 Unfortunately the western world doesn't care much about the rest of the planet's history. It's a shame because there are so many good stories, heroes, and lessons to learn from.
The effort and pride you put into these presentations shows, high quality work. Even your personal grooming and clothes show a level of effort few others match, you have my respect.
YES YES YES More of this! even though you've been doing it a while, this channel needs to become more broadly a 'Ship' channel. Your teams research, style and way of presenting the information makes these videos some of my favourites
No mention of Trafalgar? The naval battle that established Britain as the world's dominant superpower for a century? That was pretty remarkable, especially for Lord Nelson's crazy tactics that won the day.
I would say Jutland would have been a better representation of a punishing Naval battle than Coronel, but it’s good to spread awareness of other battles when we can! Another one you could cover in ww1 would be the underestimated U-boat threat to warships, exposed by U-9 sinking 3 British armored cruisers in less than 2 hours, with 1,459 British sailors lost. Excellent as always!
Thank you, Mike, for another very interesting video. It is also refreshing to hear the Kings English pronounced as it should be and the excellent pronunciation of non-English names and places. Your hard work shows through in the quality of your videos.
*Takes next pair of binoculars* "Tell me that I still have plenty left in that crate I know you packed for dealing with *insert Russian expiative* like that one?"
In my time in the US Navy, I actually got to tour the Mikasa while in Yokosuka. Like a lot of things back in my younger days, I didn't fully appreciate its place in history. Thanks for a great presentation!
Mike, you should cover the Battle of Samar off the coast of the Philippines with the story of Taffy 3 vs. the Japanese center force. That battle was one of the largest naval engagements in human history, and both the destroyers Johnston and Samuel B Roberts's stories of a David vs. Goliath scenario against the Japanese would be amazing to cover.
Another stellar video Mike, thanks to you and the team for all that you do! On a side note, the intro to the videos is to die for, absolutely marvelous!! It’s always my favorite part, especially the ship horns
Another significant sea battle was the Battle of the Capes a.k.a. Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781. The French fleet was able to draw the blockading British fleet away from the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and defeat them in battle. This allowed a smaller French fleet to enter the Bay, blockade the British in Yorktown, and transport American and French troops from the north bay to lay siege to Yorktown. The defeated British fleet sailed to New York instead of returning to the bay, possibly defeating the smaller French fleet, and relieving Yorktown.
Good morning my friend, Mike Brady, from Oceanliner Designs. Thank you for the quality entertainment and I hope you have a great day Also- that intro goes HARD
Have you thought of doing a video on the Mary Rose? I know it's not really like the ships you normally talk about, but it's quite fascinating. They have it on display in Portsmouth, it's amazing.
This is a great video! I'm so glad you included the Battle of Lepanto. The Ottoman Turks had been attacking Venice and other coastal areas in the Mediterranean and taking the Christians as slaves. Men, women and children were forced into slavery by the Turks who also had the largest African slave trade as well. The Turks thought they could win because the rise of Protestantism was dividing the Christian world. Monks stood on the decks of the Christian ships praying the Rosary for success. It's such an exciting Battle to read about. Thank you for this excellent video!
Oooh brilliant, our friend Mike Brady is touching on one of my most favourite subject - naval battles! I was so happy you mentioned Midway in the context of the Battle of the Coral Sea - if you, by any chance, will one day make a video on the amazing effort the US Navy pulled off in getting USS Yorktown back up and fighting after the Japanese thought they disabled her for good in between those two battles, I will eat it right up!
I enjoyed watching this again. An important side issue from Coral Sea was that after abandoning the plan to take Port Moresby, the Japanese decided to attack overland, which was ended by their defeat against Australian troops at Kokoda. Other battles that could be included in a series (apart from Jutland and Trafalgar) could be the Battle of the Nile, Actium, Savo as a part of the Guadalcanal campaign, Leyte Gulf and Taffy 3, Taranto (as the precursor to Pearl Harbour), the Graf Spee and the Battle of the Atlantic as an overarching fight for survival vice a specific campaign, but including HMS Jervis Bay vs the Scheer. Good luck and keep up the good work.
That was a fascinating video. You should do more like this, where you have perhaps something of a David and Goliath situation and battles that are just nuts. Interesting how the battering ram came about and that the Greeks started the ramming speed scenario. Couldn't help but notice that the eyebrows on your top lip have fell off. It reminded me of my dad's moustache in that it was a little wispy.
Midshipman Isoroku Yamamoto lost two fingers at the battle of Tsushima straits. Had he lost one more finger, he would have been medically discharged from the Japanese Navy. 33 years later Admiral Yamamoto, CinC of the IJN Combined Fleet, conceived the Pearl Harbor Strike. One DOES wonder how history would have gone if that Russian gunner's aim has been a bit different.
Probably the same IJA officers pissed off from ww1 and russo japanese war, few riots cause them to be stationed far from japan, where they start causing incidents US oil embargo because shenanigans Navy needs oil war. IJN would probably have a few less carriers since Yamamoto was a big proponent for them.
Indeed. If the final showdown in 1918 had come to pass, the outcome, with lessons learned from Jutland, would certainly have been fascinating. Have you seen Drach's "what if" account of the "Battle of Texel"? Its certainly worth a watch.
@@Phaaschhwhile it would be fascinating, I'm not really blaming the German crews for not wanting to become cannon fodder by fighting against 6 battle squadrons.
A PS to my last. Admiral John R. "Jackie" Fisher RN was an observer at Tsushima. After observing the effectiveness of torpedoes and mines, he went back to Britain and pushed for them in the Royal Navy along with submarines. Read Chapter 7 of "Castles of Steel"; Submarines, Torpedoes, and Mines.
Incorrect, at the time of Tsushima Jackie Fisher was First Sea Lord and would not ave been an observer, The officer you are thinking of was Capt. Packenham
One of the very important outcomes of the Battle of the Coral Sea was that the US forces severely damaged the Shokaku, and inflicted serious losses on the Zuikaku's air arm, resulting in both having to be withdrawn from the Midway operation.
The Battle of Salamis is noteworthy for sure, but it's pretty weird that you ignored the Battle of Cape Ecnomus and went straight on to more modern history.
There were some pretty spectacular gun battles after coral sea and midway. The Guadalcanal campaign was the crucible that helped forge the US Navy into the nigh unstoppable behemoth that brought down the Empire of Japan.
The problem at Coronel was that Cradock ship could not reach its top speed. It later transpired that the problem did not lay with the ship but with the chief engineer who was having a breakdown. Once he was relieved of duty the ships performance improved.
Fun fact. The northernmost known capital shipwreck in the world is called Scharnhorst (sunk at the battle of the North Cape in 1943). The southernmost known capital shipwreck in the world is called Scharnhorst (sunk at the battle of the Falklands in 1914).
Another important part of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway was the allies ability to understand enough of the Japanese navy code to know what they were planning and trying to do. That was the reason the US Navy had carriers forces ready to intercept the Japanese forces in the first place.
Which proved decisive. Nagumo was baffled when he realised that US carriers were nearby at Midway, and was not prepared at all. He had expected plenty of time to pacify Midway and wait for the US carriers to come after him, whom he outnumbered two to one. The idea that the Americans would already be there, and with Yorktown no less, was astonishing.
Excellent video. On Tsushima, note that a young Japanese officer named Isoruku Yamamoto was one of the casualties, losing fingers off one hand due to an explosion. Also, It is a subject that has been covered before on YT, but I look forward to seeing a treatment by you at some time of the 2nd Pacific Squadron. Their voyage absolutely comes under the heading of, "If Someone Made An Accurate Movie About This, NOBODY Would Believe It."
The first picture you show is from Operation Enduring Freedom 2001-2002. This is the ship I was on and was on it during this photo! The USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 and the HMS Oceanic.
Note on Tsushima: Admiral Togo grew up in a feudal society whose most advanced weapons were swords and matchlock muskets. Yet just a couple of decades later, he defeated one of the west's largest navies. His ships were still European built at the time of the battle, but only a decade later they were building their own.
BlueJay made a video on the Baltic fleet prior to the battle of Tsushima several years ago. If true it's perfectly in line with everything I've come to expect from the Russians
The Battle of Taranto changed naval history forever, 21 very slow biplanes signalled the end of the battleship era. The Raid on St. Nazaire, so exciting that Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary on it. And of course the Battle of Jutland, a battle still studied by historians over 100 years later.
I'd argue that it was the sinking of Force Z that did it, a few days after Pearl Harbor. That was the first time that a battleship at sea was sunk exclusively by aircraft. Even worse, one of those ships was Prince of Wales, one of the most modern and powerful battleships at the time (the US fast battleships were still under construction, and Yamato hadn't been commissioned yet). There were extenuating circumstances, to be sure. One lucky Japanese torpedo hit Prince of Wales in the worst possible place, dooming the ship and likely Repulse as well. Still, the lesson was learned.
The Battle Of Jutland, one of the largest sea battles in history, the only major sea battle that featured British and German Dreadnoughts clashing, the aftermath of which showed the world that the massive Dreadnought battleships were not in fact the greatest sea-born super weapons people once thought. Both sides claimed victory, while both sides lost a lot of sailors and a lot of ships. It was extremely deadly and raged for over a day, and was possibly one of the most expensive engagements at sea due to the damage done do these Dreadnoughts, like HMS Warspite who had to leave the battle early because was basically a floating scrap pile, only just managing to make it back to an allied port, saving the crew of another doomed warship (HMS Warrior) who also left the battle early but was not able to make it back to port before sinking. HMS Warspite was mostly repaired, as she sustained such heavy damage that not all of it could be repaired, like the damage done to her rudder. She was possibly had the most expensive repair job done to any warship in history, almost being completely rebuilt from the ground up, causing her to miss the rest of WW1. Jutland was her first battle, but wouldn't be her last seeing how she became the greatest Dreadnought ever built, and really the greatest Royal Navy warship ever built with her service record being massive between all the engagements she took part in, escorts, rescues, even leading one of the greatest surprise attacks, with a fleet of Dreadnoughts and other heavy cruisers and a aircraft carrier, sneaking up on the Italian fleet and devastating them at point blank range with 15inch guns plus the guns of the aircraft carrier which wasn't suppose to be there but due to an error in communication the carrier had somehow ended up in the line of Battleships that opened fire on the Italian fleet, but was quickly ordered away once the mistake was realized.
Our friend Mike Brady should make this a multi-part series 👍
Agreed!
YES PLEASE!
2 of the episodes solely dedicated Kamchatka and torpedo boats
;)
Agreed 100%. Mike has a style and tone that fits very well to this genre…imho, of course.
Great presentation Mike! Here's a couple of anecdotes for you.
At the Battle of Lepanto fighting with the Spanish Regiment of Marines (the oldest organized Marine force in the world by the way) was a young Miguel de Cervantes, famous as the author of "Don Quixote." Cervantes was hit with three musket balls, one of which permanently crippled his left arm. Cervantes was very proud of his service and for the rest of his life would say "What does it matter, the loss of the left arm, if it brings glory to the right!"
Fast-forward 400 years and to the United States. My father worked with a man of Spanish ancestry and one lunch break on a Friday saw him eating a roast beef sandwich. Dad was surprised by this as the both of them were Catholics and he'd never seen him eat meat on a Friday. (This was at the time it was strictly forbidden by the Church.) Dad asked him about it and the answer was the man was from a seaport village in Spain which had supplied a lot of sailors who'd fought at Lepanto and as a reward for the victory the Pope granted the villagers and their descendants a dispensation allowing them to eat meat on Fridays forevemore! Isn't that something?
A Tsushima anecdote. Fighting at the Battle of Tsushima was a young Japanese ensign named Isoruku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was wounded in the left hand, losing two fingers. Had he lost three he would have been medically discharged. Now imagine how naval history might have been changed if he'd lost that additional finger!
Thanks for posting!
Anecdote to the anecdote, Cervantes was ill and they tried ro relieve him for service, he energically refused and demanded to be put on the most dangerous position during the battle.
@@myvideosetc.8271 Thanks! A hell of a Marine all right! "Semper Fi" Brother Cervantes! From across the centuries this former US Marine salutes you!
Great story about the Spaniard, thanks.
@@hazchemel You're welcome! It says a lot about Cervantes. When the time of crisis came he fought for his country and Christendom and never regretted his choice. x
Huh, so I can’t eat meat on a Friday? Brought up Irish catholic I was told it was FISH we weren’t allowed to eat
For anyone interested in the lead up to Tsushima, there is always Drachinifel's 'The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned' and 'Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse...' And of course, those mentions of Kamchatka, torpedo boats and binoculars...!
TORPEDO BOAT !! WHERE ?? 😂😂😂
Do you see torpedo boats??
@@brenthinshaw8391 I think those (fishing) boats are torpedo boats! FIRE!
So many lost binoculars....
The Voyage of the Damned is the best unintentional comedy ever.
Outstanding documentary. This documentary makes me hungry for more on ocean warfare. To be fair, every docmentary by Mr. Brady has been excellent and I enjoyed every one I have watched.
Keep up the amazing work!
You might be interested in the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, which is considered the largest freshwater naval battle in history. It's an important piece of the rise of the Ming dynasty.
The Battle of Red Cliffs, too. They deserve to be remembered.
@@shykj8892 Unfortunately the western world doesn't care much about the rest of the planet's history. It's a shame because there are so many good stories, heroes, and lessons to learn from.
@@shykj8892 and, of course, the Chesma battle
Thanks!
Thank you once again for making history come to life
Love when Mike covers the ancient stuff. Greco-Persian War is a brilliant period of history
"The Victories of Phormio" from Thucydides "History of the Peloponnese War." Great descriptions of trireme action.
The effort and pride you put into these presentations shows, high quality work. Even your personal grooming and clothes show a level of effort few others match, you have my respect.
Our friend Mike Brady is indeed a dapper gent.
I didn’t know I was fascinated with ships and seafaring until I discovered this channel.
Brilliant presentation as usual. Well-researched, cogent, and immensely entertaining. Our friend Mike Brady has done it again. Thanks!
*Someone once said, "Yamato was like forging the perfect sword while everyone else is busy making machine guns."*
YES YES YES More of this! even though you've been doing it a while, this channel needs to become more broadly a 'Ship' channel. Your teams research, style and way of presenting the information makes these videos some of my favourites
Who's more informative, the entire world's educational system, or our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs?
NGL it's a tough call.
my god, mike brady's done it again
Great subject for this one, Mike!
No mention of Trafalgar? The naval battle that established Britain as the world's dominant superpower for a century? That was pretty remarkable, especially for Lord Nelson's crazy tactics that won the day.
I appreciated hearing of some lesser known battles instead. I came into this expecting another rehash of Jutland. Glad it wasn't there
I've been reading about Nelson since I was 14 years old, and I am afraid seen so much about that battle that I am Trafalgared out.
Actually I was looking forward to seeing about Nelson's Battle of the Nile as well as Battle of the River Plate, Savo Island and Leyte Gulf.
Glorius content Oceanliner Designs.
I would say Jutland would have been a better representation of a punishing Naval battle than Coronel, but it’s good to spread awareness of other battles when we can! Another one you could cover in ww1 would be the underestimated U-boat threat to warships, exposed by U-9 sinking 3 British armored cruisers in less than 2 hours, with 1,459 British sailors lost. Excellent as always!
Love the hard work, could u include some Canadian Navy stories in the future?!
Thank you, Mike, for another very interesting video. It is also refreshing to hear the Kings English pronounced as it should be and the excellent pronunciation of non-English names and places. Your hard work shows through in the quality of your videos.
Very nice! Well done (as always, Mike!)
I’d love to see a full episode on the Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands (from WWI)!
11:39 ...and the Kamchatka. Do you see torpedo boats?
*Angry Russian noises*
*Hurls binoculars*
*More angry Russian noises*
_Hands the captain another pair of binoculars_
Ahhh... The memes they had before they had memes...
*Takes next pair of binoculars*
"Tell me that I still have plenty left in that crate I know you packed for dealing with *insert Russian expiative* like that one?"
And then it got worse.
Mike needs to make a part two where he includes Trafalgar and Midway among others!
Yes, we need Trafalgar!
Nice video as always, Mike!
Oceanliner Designs is my absolute favorite channel ❤
Yes! Historic naval engagements are fascinating to me, and a rich vein to mine for content.
Mine? Was that unintentionally punny?
More of this please!
In my time in the US Navy, I actually got to tour the Mikasa while in Yokosuka. Like a lot of things back in my younger days, I didn't fully appreciate its place in history. Thanks for a great presentation!
Mike, you should cover the Battle of Samar off the coast of the Philippines with the story of Taffy 3 vs. the Japanese center force. That battle was one of the largest naval engagements in human history, and both the destroyers Johnston and Samuel B Roberts's stories of a David vs. Goliath scenario against the Japanese would be amazing to cover.
Excellent as always.
Thanks to our friend Mike and crew.⚓
11:11 ...
(read in Drachinefel's deadpan voice)
"...And, of course, the Kamchatka."
Do you see torpedo boats?
Aieeee!!! Torpedo boats!!! Where?!?!?
@@mjeffreya They're all around us,
@@FltCaptAlan angry Russian binocular throwing noises
@@mjeffreya of the 50 you started out with, how many are left?
Isnt it great to have a friend like Mike Brady!
Another stellar video Mike, thanks to you and the team for all that you do!
On a side note, the intro to the videos is to die for, absolutely marvelous!! It’s always my favorite part, especially the ship horns
Another significant sea battle was the Battle of the Capes a.k.a. Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5, 1781. The French fleet was able to draw the blockading British fleet away from the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and defeat them in battle. This allowed a smaller French fleet to enter the Bay, blockade the British in Yorktown, and transport American and French troops from the north bay to lay siege to Yorktown. The defeated British fleet sailed to New York instead of returning to the bay, possibly defeating the smaller French fleet, and relieving Yorktown.
Sure, that was decisive, but not punishing tbh
Good morning my friend, Mike Brady, from Oceanliner Designs. Thank you for the quality entertainment and I hope you have a great day
Also- that intro goes HARD
Love your voice and your content, such a gently way to show the past
Have you thought of doing a video on the Mary Rose? I know it's not really like the ships you normally talk about, but it's quite fascinating. They have it on display in Portsmouth, it's amazing.
Excellent! Thanks Mr. Brady.
No Mike, not "echo through history", but "Echo's in eternity!"
Thanks Russell/Maximus.
I think you should have mentioned Toronto, but I'm also glad someone remebers the Coral Sea
do you see torbedo boats
Poor Rozhestvensky. That truly was the voyage of the damned.
I'll never see binoculars the same way again.
"The're everywhere!"
You know irs a mess when a ships crew thinks the ship is sinking while there isnt even a scratch
Throws binoculars angerly
This is a great video! I'm so glad you included the Battle of Lepanto. The Ottoman Turks had been attacking Venice and other coastal areas in the Mediterranean and taking the Christians as slaves. Men, women and children were forced into slavery by the Turks who also had the largest African slave trade as well. The Turks thought they could win because the rise of Protestantism was dividing the Christian world. Monks stood on the decks of the Christian ships praying the Rosary for success. It's such an exciting Battle to read about. Thank you for this excellent video!
I'd love to see a video on ancient shipwrecks if that's your thing!
Nice! You could have easily spent an hour on each one ,but we'd,(at least me😊), would still want more! Thanks our friend Mike❤
I love your channel Mike you have tought me so much I want to build ships as a career
Good job mate, keep up the good work!
Great vid.
Thanks Mike!
Great stuff, as always. I would love for you to do a video of a tour of your bookcase and all the interesting things you have on those shelves.
Love hearing about that sort of history
Excellent video, really liked this format, well done.
Oooh brilliant, our friend Mike Brady is touching on one of my most favourite subject - naval battles! I was so happy you mentioned Midway in the context of the Battle of the Coral Sea - if you, by any chance, will one day make a video on the amazing effort the US Navy pulled off in getting USS Yorktown back up and fighting after the Japanese thought they disabled her for good in between those two battles, I will eat it right up!
I enjoyed watching this again. An important side issue from Coral Sea was that after abandoning the plan to take Port Moresby, the Japanese decided to attack overland, which was ended by their defeat against Australian troops at Kokoda.
Other battles that could be included in a series (apart from Jutland and Trafalgar) could be the Battle of the Nile, Actium, Savo as a part of the Guadalcanal campaign, Leyte Gulf and Taffy 3, Taranto (as the precursor to Pearl Harbour), the Graf Spee and the Battle of the Atlantic as an overarching fight for survival vice a specific campaign, but including HMS Jervis Bay vs the Scheer. Good luck and keep up the good work.
It's our friend, Mike Brady!
Very informative.
That was a fascinating video. You should do more like this, where you have perhaps something of a David and Goliath situation and battles that are just nuts. Interesting how the battering ram came about and that the Greeks started the ramming speed scenario.
Couldn't help but notice that the eyebrows on your top lip have fell off. It reminded me of my dad's moustache in that it was a little wispy.
Awesome video Mike well done ❤
What amazing stories!
Midshipman Isoroku Yamamoto lost two fingers at the battle of Tsushima straits. Had he lost one more finger, he would have been medically discharged from the Japanese Navy. 33 years later Admiral Yamamoto, CinC of the IJN Combined Fleet, conceived the Pearl Harbor Strike. One DOES wonder how history would have gone if that Russian gunner's aim has been a bit different.
Probably the same
IJA officers pissed off from ww1 and russo japanese war, few riots cause them to be stationed far from japan, where they start causing incidents
US oil embargo because shenanigans
Navy needs oil
war.
IJN would probably have a few less carriers since Yamamoto was a big proponent for them.
Your videos are fascinating & very informative, thanks
Please do a part 2! Trafalgar, Midway, Hampton Roads, and Jutland should have their own video.
I thorughly enjoy being greeted with "your friend". Reminds me of better days.
Great job thanks 👍
such a shame that Jutland was the only time in history fleets of dreadnoughts actually got to slug it out
Indeed. If the final showdown in 1918 had come to pass, the outcome, with lessons learned from Jutland, would certainly have been fascinating. Have you seen Drach's "what if" account of the "Battle of Texel"? Its certainly worth a watch.
@@Phaaschhwhile it would be fascinating, I'm not really blaming the German crews for not wanting to become cannon fodder by fighting against 6 battle squadrons.
Such a waste of precious steel and coal
Unless you're a sailor. 😬
The WW2 Battle of Surigao Strait was a pure battleship v battleship, the only one in ŴW2 and the last battleship on battleship in history.
Most epic story IMO ever in terms of Naval action is Operation Pedestal. Imagine a movie of that, wow.
Thanks for including Lepanto! ✝️
An excellent presentation. Sea battles are so much more fascinating(?) than land warfare.
Ohhh best one yet
Thank you
Thats quite a brief you gave yourself there, Mike- 5 game-changing naval battles in 15 minutes, and you pulled it off.
Big kudos from England. Xx
This is very interesting, so much historical information, that I didn't know about, packed into a 17:55 minute video/documentary👏🙂
According to legend Admiral Rozhestvensky's course can be tracked on the oceanfloor by a bread-crumb trail of thrown overboard binoculairs 🔭🔭😏
Each point could be assigned to something the Kamtchatka did.
Once again, thanks to my friend Mike Brady for yet another wonderful Video
Amazing summary! Much obliged!
A PS to my last. Admiral John R. "Jackie" Fisher RN was an observer at Tsushima. After observing the effectiveness of torpedoes and mines, he went back to Britain and pushed for them in the Royal Navy along with submarines. Read Chapter 7 of "Castles of Steel"; Submarines, Torpedoes, and Mines.
Incorrect, at the time of Tsushima Jackie Fisher was First Sea Lord and would not ave been an observer,
The officer you are thinking of was Capt. Packenham
@@johnfisher9692 I seem to remember reading this in Castles of Steel. I will refresh my memory and get back to you .
@@johnfisher9692 I reread that section of Castles of Steel and I stand corrected.
Great video. I was honestly expecting Jutland to make an appearance, perhaps in a future episode?
One of the very important outcomes of the Battle of the Coral Sea was that the US forces severely damaged the Shokaku, and inflicted serious losses on the Zuikaku's air arm, resulting in both having to be withdrawn from the Midway operation.
11:14 Obligatory "Do you see torpedo boats?"
The Battle of Salamis is noteworthy for sure, but it's pretty weird that you ignored the Battle of Cape Ecnomus and went straight on to more modern history.
There were some pretty spectacular gun battles after coral sea and midway. The Guadalcanal campaign was the crucible that helped forge the US Navy into the nigh unstoppable behemoth that brought down the Empire of Japan.
The problem at Coronel was that Cradock ship could not reach its top speed. It later transpired that the problem did not lay with the ship but with the chief engineer who was having a breakdown. Once he was relieved of duty the ships performance improved.
No. The ship with the problem Engineer was the old battleship Canopus, which was not at Coronel, but played a small part at the Falklands.
History of of the most remarkable battles at sea in 17 minutes I think that's pushing it
Fun fact. The northernmost known capital shipwreck in the world is called Scharnhorst (sunk at the battle of the North Cape in 1943). The southernmost known capital shipwreck in the world is called Scharnhorst (sunk at the battle of the Falklands in 1914).
I would love to see you cover ships of the ancients!
Another important part of the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway was the allies ability to understand enough of the Japanese navy code to know what they were planning and trying to do. That was the reason the US Navy had carriers forces ready to intercept the Japanese forces in the first place.
Which proved decisive. Nagumo was baffled when he realised that US carriers were nearby at Midway, and was not prepared at all. He had expected plenty of time to pacify Midway and wait for the US carriers to come after him, whom he outnumbered two to one. The idea that the Americans would already be there, and with Yorktown no less, was astonishing.
Excellent video.
On Tsushima, note that a young Japanese officer named Isoruku Yamamoto was one of the casualties, losing fingers off one hand due to an explosion. Also, It is a subject that has been covered before on YT, but I look forward to seeing a treatment by you at some time of the 2nd Pacific Squadron. Their voyage absolutely comes under the heading of, "If Someone Made An Accurate Movie About This, NOBODY Would Believe It."
The Baltic fleet traveled over 18,000 nautical miles - it was absolutely not smooth sailing.
Our friend Mike Brady has a talent for understatement. 😄
The first picture you show is from Operation Enduring Freedom 2001-2002. This is the ship I was on and was on it during this photo! The USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 and the HMS Oceanic.
Naval battles that are more notable to me is the battle of Jutland in WWI, and the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Guadal Canal,Leyte,&Okinowa in WWII
Yes. Such a broad topic. Plenty of Age of Sail battles as well. Could probably redo this topic in multiple episodes for different eras.
Excellent
You should do one on Midway
Note on Tsushima: Admiral Togo grew up in a feudal society whose most advanced weapons were swords and matchlock muskets. Yet just a couple of decades later, he defeated one of the west's largest navies. His ships were still European built at the time of the battle, but only a decade later they were building their own.
He also spent years as a Royal Navy cadet, so he was hardly unfamiliar with modern weapons and tactics.
“more of these, my friend mike brady!” we shouted in unison
Aha! I feel like this is an appropriate moment for me to re-request a video or several on the detailed histories of HMS Terror & HMS Erebus.
BlueJay made a video on the Baltic fleet prior to the battle of Tsushima several years ago. If true it's perfectly in line with everything I've come to expect from the Russians
Great video mr Brady
I was thinking navies are venerable to each other’s attacks and then they have Mother Nature to deal with as well
The Battle of Taranto changed naval history forever, 21 very slow biplanes signalled the end of the battleship era.
The Raid on St. Nazaire, so exciting that Jeremy Clarkson did a documentary on it.
And of course the Battle of Jutland, a battle still studied by historians over 100 years later.
I'd argue that it was the sinking of Force Z that did it, a few days after Pearl Harbor. That was the first time that a battleship at sea was sunk exclusively by aircraft. Even worse, one of those ships was Prince of Wales, one of the most modern and powerful battleships at the time (the US fast battleships were still under construction, and Yamato hadn't been commissioned yet). There were extenuating circumstances, to be sure. One lucky Japanese torpedo hit Prince of Wales in the worst possible place, dooming the ship and likely Repulse as well. Still, the lesson was learned.
A little surprised Ecnomus didn’t get in this list. Next time, next time.
The Battle Of Jutland, one of the largest sea battles in history, the only major sea battle that featured British and German Dreadnoughts clashing, the aftermath of which showed the world that the massive Dreadnought battleships were not in fact the greatest sea-born super weapons people once thought. Both sides claimed victory, while both sides lost a lot of sailors and a lot of ships. It was extremely deadly and raged for over a day, and was possibly one of the most expensive engagements at sea due to the damage done do these Dreadnoughts, like HMS Warspite who had to leave the battle early because was basically a floating scrap pile, only just managing to make it back to an allied port, saving the crew of another doomed warship (HMS Warrior) who also left the battle early but was not able to make it back to port before sinking. HMS Warspite was mostly repaired, as she sustained such heavy damage that not all of it could be repaired, like the damage done to her rudder. She was possibly had the most expensive repair job done to any warship in history, almost being completely rebuilt from the ground up, causing her to miss the rest of WW1. Jutland was her first battle, but wouldn't be her last seeing how she became the greatest Dreadnought ever built, and really the greatest Royal Navy warship ever built with her service record being massive between all the engagements she took part in, escorts, rescues, even leading one of the greatest surprise attacks, with a fleet of Dreadnoughts and other heavy cruisers and a aircraft carrier, sneaking up on the Italian fleet and devastating them at point blank range with 15inch guns plus the guns of the aircraft carrier which wasn't suppose to be there but due to an error in communication the carrier had somehow ended up in the line of Battleships that opened fire on the Italian fleet, but was quickly ordered away once the mistake was realized.