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...!
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
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.
*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?"
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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.
The first and second night battles of Guadalcanal were the most important naval battles of 1942 and arguably one of the most important naval battles of the war because it decided the Guadalcanal campaign. Even after the Battle of Midway the IJN had a superority in aircraft carriers. A superiority they demonstrated at the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. In terms of brutality the first battle was unsurpassed in both theaters. It was fought at age of sail distances with modern guns. The Second Battle saw USS Washington destroy the battlecruiser Kiroshima in 10 minutes landing 20 2700 lb AP rounds. USS South Dakota endured a bruutal pounding when she suffered a complete electrical failure. While the armored citadel remained unbreached the ship's upper works took severe damage with many casualties.
While none of the naval battles around Europe were as important as the ones at Guadacanal (the British were always going to have numerical superiority, as the Italians were too cautious to engage them directly), the Battle of the North Cape was a horrific affair. It was fought in the dark, in the Arctic, in a blizzard. Scharnhorst was pummeled relentlessly by Duke of York and its escorts, turning the ship into a burning nightmare. It's a miracle that 36 men survived, and that the British ships were able to rescue them.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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."
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
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.
Excellent video and summary of battles. It’s good you selected Coronel/Falklands over, say, the better known Jutland and Coral Sea rather than Midway as these are important events sometimes overlooked in favour of the more spectacular battles. At risk of sounding critical I’d like to draw a couple of points to your attention. The model of the trireme at 1:37 bears wired rig. I hope it’s a Victorian guesstimate as I’m pretty sure there’s no evidence for fore-and-aft sails until much later, certainly not brigantine rig with a jib. At Lepanto broadsides were not fired - the galleys’ sides being occupied by oars and rowers. The guns were effectively bow-chasers. There’s a replica of the galley ‘La Reale’ in the Barcelona Maritime Museum. I read that, at Tsushima, the Russian fleet compounded its problems by ordering a turn in succession, enabling the Japanese to concentrate fire on the area where each Russian ship turned. Good planning by both sides. Both the Japanese flagship and the Russian light cruiser ‘Aurora’ survive as museum ships. ‘Aurora’ later supposedly fired the blank shots which signalled the start of the 1917 revolution. Great content as always. Many thanks.
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.
My friend Mike Brady, if you are ever in South Carolina and happen to be in Charleston, I highly suggest going to see the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant.
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.
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).
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
Some people, boys probably, don’t understand the severity of a battle at sea between modern warships... Imagine castles fighting each other, with thousands and thousands of soldiers dying during the battle... it is something horrible. Jutland... I am glad a battle as large as that one was fought only once. Japan, England and America fought larger battles with horrific results... I wouldn’t dare wish such battles to repeat again. I am content of reading and studying about history and these steel castles and the brave men who fought with them
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.
Can we all take a minute to appreciate how damn impressive it is that the ancients were able to build fleets of these Triremes with no modern industry or power tools?
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Who's more informative, the entire world's educational system, or our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs?
NGL it's a tough call.
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.
Mike needs to make a part two where he includes Trafalgar and Midway among others!
Yes, we need Trafalgar!
Love the hard work, could u include some Canadian Navy stories in the future?!
Brilliant presentation as usual. Well-researched, cogent, and immensely entertaining. Our friend Mike Brady has done it again. Thanks!
Great subject for this one, Mike!
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
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)!
11:11 ...
(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?
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.
my god, mike brady's done it again
Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks to our friend Mike and crew.⚓
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.
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!
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.
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!
Glorius content Oceanliner Designs.
Yes! Historic naval engagements are fascinating to me, and a rich vein to mine for content.
Mine? Was that unintentionally punny?
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
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
Isnt it great to have a friend like Mike Brady!
Oceanliner Designs is my absolute favorite channel ❤
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
More of this please!
Love your voice and your content, such a gently way to show the past
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
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❤
Nice video as always, Mike!
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.
I think you should have mentioned Toronto, but I'm also glad someone remebers the Coral Sea
Excellent as always.
The first and second night battles of Guadalcanal were the most important naval battles of 1942 and arguably one of the most important naval battles of the war because it decided the Guadalcanal campaign. Even after the Battle of Midway the IJN had a superority in aircraft carriers. A superiority they demonstrated at the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. In terms of brutality the first battle was unsurpassed in both theaters. It was fought at age of sail distances with modern guns. The Second Battle saw USS Washington destroy the battlecruiser Kiroshima in 10 minutes landing 20 2700 lb AP rounds. USS South Dakota endured a bruutal pounding when she suffered a complete electrical failure. While the armored citadel remained unbreached the ship's upper works took severe damage with many casualties.
While none of the naval battles around Europe were as important as the ones at Guadacanal (the British were always going to have numerical superiority, as the Italians were too cautious to engage them directly), the Battle of the North Cape was a horrific affair. It was fought in the dark, in the Arctic, in a blizzard. Scharnhorst was pummeled relentlessly by Duke of York and its escorts, turning the ship into a burning nightmare. It's a miracle that 36 men survived, and that the British ships were able to rescue them.
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.
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!
Please do a part 2! Trafalgar, Midway, Hampton Roads, and Jutland should have their own video.
Excellent! Thanks Mr. Brady.
I love your channel Mike you have tought me so much I want to build ships as a career
I didn’t know I was fascinated with ships and seafaring until I discovered this channel.
No Mike, not "echo through history", but "Echo's in eternity!"
Thanks Russell/Maximus.
I'd love to see a video on ancient shipwrecks if that's your thing!
Excellent video, really liked this format, well done.
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.
Very informative.
Love hearing about that sort of history
Good job mate, keep up the good work!
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!
Great video. I was honestly expecting Jutland to make an appearance, perhaps in a future episode?
Great vid.
Thanks Mike!
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
Once again, thanks to my friend Mike Brady for yet another wonderful Video
Most epic story IMO ever in terms of Naval action is Operation Pedestal. Imagine a movie of that, wow.
Thanks for including Lepanto! ✝️
*Someone once said, "Yamato was like forging the perfect sword while everyone else is busy making machine guns."*
Great job thanks 👍
I would love to see you cover ships of the ancients!
It's our friend, Mike Brady!
What amazing stories!
Amazing summary! Much obliged!
Thanks!
Awesome video Mike well done ❤
Thank you
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.
History of of the most remarkable battles at sea in 17 minutes I think that's pushing it
I thorughly enjoy being greeted with "your friend". Reminds me of better days.
Please make a series of this one
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Excellent
You should do one on Midway
Ohhh best one yet
Excellent video and summary of battles. It’s good you selected Coronel/Falklands over, say, the better known Jutland and Coral Sea rather than Midway as these are important events sometimes overlooked in favour of the more spectacular battles.
At risk of sounding critical I’d like to draw a couple of points to your attention.
The model of the trireme at 1:37 bears wired rig. I hope it’s a Victorian guesstimate as I’m pretty sure there’s no evidence for fore-and-aft sails until much later, certainly not brigantine rig with a jib.
At Lepanto broadsides were not fired - the galleys’ sides being occupied by oars and rowers. The guns were effectively bow-chasers. There’s a replica of the galley ‘La Reale’ in the Barcelona Maritime Museum.
I read that, at Tsushima, the Russian fleet compounded its problems by ordering a turn in succession, enabling the Japanese to concentrate fire on the area where each Russian ship turned. Good planning by both sides. Both the Japanese flagship and the Russian light cruiser ‘Aurora’ survive as museum ships. ‘Aurora’ later supposedly fired the blank shots which signalled the start of the 1917 revolution.
Great content as always. Many thanks.
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.
Mentioning torpedo boats too many times in the video will trigger even the descendants of Kamchatka's crew.
My friend Mike Brady, if you are ever in South Carolina and happen to be in Charleston, I highly suggest going to see the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant.
“more of these, my friend mike brady!” we shouted in unison
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.
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
I know it’s off topic, but it would be really cool if you could do a video on the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. Thanks for your amazing videos ✌🏼
A bit surprised you skipped over the Battle of Trafalgar!
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).
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.
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
Some people, boys probably, don’t understand the severity of a battle at sea between modern warships...
Imagine castles fighting each other, with thousands and thousands of soldiers dying during the battle... it is something horrible.
Jutland... I am glad a battle as large as that one was fought only once.
Japan, England and America fought larger battles with horrific results... I wouldn’t dare wish such battles to repeat again.
I am content of reading and studying about history and these steel castles and the brave men who fought with them
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.
Can we all take a minute to appreciate how damn impressive it is that the ancients were able to build fleets of these Triremes with no modern industry or power tools?
love your work
would like to hear your oppinion about the sms viribus unitis /tegethoff class bbs
greatings from austria :)
The flim of Szent Istvan capsizing is classic! Greetings from California! Btw, just your usual stellar job, Mike.
Two things Mike.
1. You left out The Battle off Samar.
2. This would have been a perfect time to collab with Drachinifel.