'Ted' Briggs: Hood's voice
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2023
- This video is not about the battle of Denmark strait, it is about what Ted Briggs recalled. I do not venture off of what Briggs said over various interviews. Enjoy the video.
0:10 Opening notes
1:33 Briggs and Hood
2:47 Briggs on Bismarck
3:39 The plan
4:45 Hood sails
5:20 Approaching Bismarck
6:27 Holland's plan
7:36 The compass platform
8:53 Battle begins
11:30 Hood is hit
13:00 Fatality
14:02 Escape
15:32 Hood is gone 
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Briggs' escape from the HOOD sounds remarkably the same as 2nd officer Charles Lightoller's from the TITANIC. The only surviving senior bridge officer, Lightoller was sucked down against a stokehold ventilator by the onrushing water and carried down with the ship. Like Briggs, he was "blasted" back to the surface by a rush of hot air below. He was thereafter sucked under AGAIN, and never recalled how he got away from THAT one. But he said the same thing, at the point of his second "dunk", he had resigned himself to the fact that he was going to die, but providence worked in his favor.
Rip ted and hoods crew
I thoroughly enjoy and appreciate these stories from veterans who were there and survived these horrific battles . These events inspire me to build models to represent particular battles.. Terribly expensive hobby but very much worth it.
Respectful video. Good job. On one note about Boys turning into Men - 'Breaking down' upon seeing his Mother after a traumatic experience is not unexpected - he was Home, safe and sound again. It's a big, bad World out there, and nothing feels as safe as Home - or Mother's arms. Respect
The loss of HMS Hood was a huge tragedy, in and of itself, but the loss occurred at a difficult period of time for Britain. And that made Hoods' loss a bigger tragedy.
Great video. His book- "Flagship Hood"- is well worth reading, both for information on Hood's early career as well as his view from decades later as to what actually took place at the Denmark Strait.
I once had the same duties that Briggs ..."officers' messenger." In that, I knew more about what was going on than just about anyone in the battalion, including the commander.
Thank you for sharing this, and for helping to keep first-hand history alive.
The Hood never fired a salvo a the Bismarck. They confused the lead ship as the Bismarck but was in fact the Prinz Eugen. By the time the Hood's crew figured that out they were suddenly hit by the salvo that blew them up. Interestingly Hood's other ship, The Prince of Wales was also hit with a shell below the water line from Bismarck that was defused when it hit the water and landed a couple of meters from the ammo magazines. If that shell were to explode that brand new ship would have suffered the same fate as the Hood.
Ted Briggs did see the wreck of the Hood on the ocean floor.
Happy new years, too you.
Thanks for your effortless work in providing reeat history from your videos.
Take care, and all the best.
Wonderful presentation.
cant remeber where i found,but there was also crew accounts from Prince of Wales,(at least 2 hours long)of the event.
hi, it would nice if you had marked the spots on the ship biggs said were hit. And I think people would love to hear every interview he gave. In one interview he said more then 3 people made it into the water- but they died from left in the water for 4 hours. I have only seen that interview 1 time. I also wonder if the other 2 survivors complete accounts have ever been made public?
I did not mark the locations as most know where they are, especially since the hits were animated in the 'Dogfights' documentary. Briggs also didn't say where the shells hit, he said where he was told they hit as he didn't see any hits.
I recall the interview about others escaping as well, I believe I read it in a book. It seems to be one of the unverified statements.
Dundas never spoke of the sinking, so he has no public or private account. Tilburn did give an account. It has been published and I will present it in the future.
For those who want to hear/read the accounts, they have to find them independently. I'm sure some company has the audio of Briggs talking copyrighted and I'm not taking any chances.
Thanks for commenting.
In Brigg's book (Flagship Hood), he agreed with Captain Leach's and Commander Lawson's post- battle statements at Scapa Flow that exploding UP ammunition from the boat deck fire was responsible for the loss of Hood.
@@manilajohn0182 Complete nonsense about the "UP ammunition" causing the sinking of HMS Hood. That was never said ANYWHERE in the investigation.
ADM 116/4351: Report on the Loss of H.M.S. Hood
"Cause of the Ship's Destruction"
Section 4 "Cause"
Final paragraph of subsection 3.
"Evidence as to orders which were known to be in force in Hood a short time previous to the date in question regarding the supply of 4-inch ammunition, makes it practically certain that all the hatches in the train of supply would definitely be closed. The evidence of the expert witnesses also shows that the results of a fire amongst the 4-inch ready Use ammunition and UP ammunition should not be fatal to the ship."
"Conclusions"
We conclude
(1) That the sinking of Hood was due to a hit from Bismarck's 15-inch shell in or adjacent to Hood's 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them all to explode and wreck the after part of the ship. The probability is that the 4-inch magazines exploded first.
(2) There is no conclusive evidence that one or two torpedo warheads detonated or exploded simultaneously with the magazines, or at any other time, but the possibility cannot be entirely excluded. We consider that if they had done so their effect would not have been so disastrous as to cause the immediate destruction of the ship, and on the whole, we are of the opinion that they did not.
(3) That the fire that was seen on Hood's Boat Deck, and in which UP and/or 4-inch ammunition was certainly involved, was not the cause of her loss.
Why do you describe his post-retirement interviews about Hood as "infamous?" Just curious: good video.
Thank you.
I have no particular reason, it's just the word that came to mind.
@@centralcrossing4732 Noted! On an unrelated point, how curious is it that the loss of Hood, which he experienced first hand, did not "sink in" until he saw his mother while going home on leave. I get that his first memories of the ship were seeing it as a boy with his mom, but the traumatic disassociation between his being physically part of its loss and not being able to comprehend it fully--until he was reunited with his mom on dry land--is pretty horrifying in its own way. I guess some events are so terrible to experience that the mind subconsciously regulates the timing of full acceptance, because taking it all in in real time would make a person go crazy.
@@Redhand1949 That's something I've thought on a ton since I heard him say it. From what I can tell, it goes back to the battle unfolding and his inability to accept it as reality vs a film. It's interesting that he was struggling to cope before Hood was even lost. I can't imagine how horrific the scene was to him, which is partially why I think he pointed out that he could see what was happening compared to most who had to imagine it from messages passed through the intercom. After all, who would imagine themselves in the middle of this type of situation, especially on a ship like Hood. The sight of it made the crew feel comfortable and it ended up being an absolute disaster. I'm sure someone with experience in psychology would be better at assessing Briggs' mindset in the days following Hood's loss.
I think when it comes to human beings who are put into the insane situation of sitting on floating platforms in the middle of the ocean firing Volkswagens at each other- All ideas of machismo go out the window and you just do the best you can. Of course there are many examples of extreme courage and bravery during wartime, but it’s not something you can count on in advance. I think you have to find a way to get through it mentally, just like Briggs does during this engagement, and push any thoughts of your own mortality away until after the fact.
Just my two cents.
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How about the other British ship ? 🚢
A grueling account didn't the ships cat survive or is it an old wives tale.
War is a cruel mistress
More a drunken sailor's yarn picked up as a "good news story" by the WW2 British press than an old wives tail.
that claim was about Bismark not Hood. its almost certainly false.
Please pronounce lieutenant using the English pronunciation not the American way when referring to a British ship.