KMS Leipzig - "Prinz Eugen! Watch Where You're Going!"
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Still feeling a bit under the weather. You don't want to know how many takes recording this took. My health aside, though:
Leipzig is an interesting case. Simultaneously unlucky, with how she got damaged, and lucky with how she survived the entire Second World War. A light cruiser that, after an unfortunate run in with a British submarine, was converted to training duties. Or 'training duties' in air quotes, because she sure did a lot of things that weren't training.
In any event, she survived the entire Second World War. In spite of the best efforts of both enemies and a certain famous heavy cruiser. The title is there for a reason.
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Concerning the torpedoing of the ship by H.M.S. Salmon: the three cruisers weren't escorting the destroyers at the time, they were still enroute to the meeting point to link up with the five destroyers which were returning home from offensive minelaying-actions off the british coast. And if you are now asking yourself why are cruisers escorting destroyers, isn't that supposed to be the other way around, especially concerning threats like submarines? Yes, the entire operational setup was kind of silly as far as the cruisers are concerned. Apparently the main reason was that the german naval command wanted to give the cruisers something "real" to do, as too much of doing nothing was blamed for the deterioration of moral within the High Seas Fleet and subsequent mutiny in 1918. And as a lack of oil wasn't a problem thanks to the deliveries of the Soviet Union the cruisers were tasked to accompany the destroyers on the last leg of the return trip. Thats how you manage get a third of your light cruisers knocked out in a single submarine attack.
It is interesting how the Reichsmarine coped with the extreme problems imposed on it by the Treaty of Versailles and economic woes of the Republic.
On the face of it, the Leipzigs were not very impressive cruisers for their size, being so lightly built and ill-protected against cruiser weaponry.
However, if viewed as Germany's primary offensive and defensive mine-warfare vessels against the French, Swedish, Polish, and Soviet navies, the naval threats Germany felt most pertinent after the Great War, they were quite suited to the role.
They had the range to place a goodly number of mines most anywhere in the North Sea, Baltic, and nearer English Channel while consuming relatively little oil. This allowed the Reichsmarine to function on very small fuel reserves.
They had the gunpower to decisively counter even the ever larger and larger destroyers that were becoming popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and enough to make most cruisers nervous.
They had the torpedo power to threaten the larger cruisers and smaller capital ships of the noted navies.
They could match or exceed the speed of most cruisers, giving them a fair chance to escape fights they didn't want.
If a war broke out with one of those specific naval powers, a mad dash by Germany's six light cruisers to drop mines in the path of any approaching opposition would do much to buy time for the smaller mine-layers closer to home to secure the ports. If all went well, Leipzig and her related vessels could harass and defy sweeping efforts while the larger Panzerschiffe harassed the opposition farther afield. While not likely to dominate their foes at sea, the Reichsmarine could at least make them suffer seriously.
The prettiest of the German post-treaty CLs ❤
Nice to see a video about a lessor know ship thx.
I still wonder why Leipzigs Capitan KsZ Spörel thought when he ordered a engine switchover right in the middle of the central approach to Danzig, with war evacuation going on and such probably the busiest roadstead in Germany at the time
Most informative.You filled in the gaps in her career that I was admittedly only vaguely aware of.
A victim or was it just misfortune?
Your humorous narrative made light of the endless training,refits and port visits before the catastrophes started.
Thank you
"What are you doing, Step-Cruiser?"
The Prinz mentioned: automatic win/like!
I really enjoyed this video. I hope more German ships will be covered.
Also, poor Leipzig!
Love your work. Keep em coming
Thanks again and it's best streamed at 1.25x speed.
Interesting that radar was not being used at the point of the collision, late in the war.
15:52 has youtube honestly gotten so ridiculously draconian in it's censorship rules that you have to scribble out the swastika on historical photos/vids?
Videos that might be viewed in nations where the swastika is regulated by law often have the image blurred or erased. _Many_ nations have bans or restrictions.
Wikipedia has the image if you need a reminder.
Btw the second attack on Leipzig on 15 December 1939, the Torpedoes meant for Leipzig sank the Fleet Escort F9 with heavy loss of life, but that was probably the greatest service the F class escorts ever rendered. Might the "Flottenbegleiter" or "train station flottilla" be a topic for another video, in regards to an entire ship class that totally failed?
Oh, hey! A new video!
"Let's spend money on building a new ship!"
"What will we use it for?"
"TRAINING!!!!!!"
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How about HMS M33, the last surviving British ship from Gallipoli?
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Love the content. Cheers from Estonia
I wonder if there's any photos of her wreck
I read somewhere that Leipzig went down loaded with lots of nasty stuff (poison gas etc.) The site in the North Sea is charted but I doubt if any diving is permitted near it.
...these poor cruisers...never any love. sigh.
nobody liked them. even their own navy.
Apparently they were of little use in rougher waters, though they did seem to be half-decent boats in coastal or protected seas.
Too topheavy, IIRC. Drachinifel's channel likely has better information than I do.
@@mbryson2899 oddly enough, this week's
5 minute (or so) guide,
is the KMS Emden 1925.
the first time I think he has covered one of these (too) light cruisers.
Yikes! yuh got me with my pants down.