I Just visited the American monument on Islay yesterday.

did the course in 74 SABA,SDDEand CDBA none of this fancy stuff

I went there on a roving eye tour (underwater ROV) to see SMS Dresden. (Incredible to see the Karl Zeiss lens without a barnacle on them!) Then the Hoy museum. The Royal Oak memorial is easy to see and this was my bucket list from when I was at school. I’m 61 now. Read about it, dreamed about it and done it! Waters we’re crystal clear. The most magnificent thing that nobody that’s been there realises, is the size of Scapa Flow! No wonder it was the base for the Royal Navy in WW1

I'm ex Royal Navy and in 86/87 while serving on hms intrepid we placed a rest of flowers over her and had a service on the flight deck. I was only 18 at the time but felt very emotional. I'm glad it's naval divers inspecting her. Everyone else, leave her alone with her ships company still onboard.

Renovate and make a museum :)

My grandfather served on her b4 ww2 rip all those lost soles.

show it like its FUUUN

I didn't realize it's in such shallow water! Amazing!

ive dive teh akka and there is not much left

discusting that you raped a ship

Rest in peace the Royal Oak crew!

Heroes

Never forgotten

Thank you very much. My grandfather was a survivor.

No Surrender HMS Royal Oak 🇬🇧⚓

Was is scrapped?

As a Royal Engineers Diver in the '90's we trained at Vernon and Horsea. We were always in awe of the Navy lads. Massive respect.

Respekt an alle die Wrack Tauchen. Solch ein Hobby wäre nichts für mich: Ich glaube ich hätte schon an der Wasseroberfläche die Hosenvoll, wenn in der Dunkelheit plötzlich ein riesiger Schatten auftaucht. Allein schon beim schauen dieses Video bekomme ich Gänsehaut...

Did the navy salvage her props not long after?,the crew must have made a galiant effort to right her as it looks like she nearly had gone full turtle when she hit the bottom..looking like she went down with heavy list..

i am old cunt and wheres me medal for the cold war then , come on wherer

meet the saf some day nob heads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rip royal oak one of my favorite British battleships of all time

Do you have permission to dive from the Royal Navy?…. That is a war grave and should be respected

The royal bavy removed the propellers from the royal oak in the late 40s early 50s

‘They shall not grow old …’ ‘Lest we forget.’ It’s heartbreaking to see a ship slip beneath the waves. Thank you for an excellent presentation. 🐨🇦🇺

I was in scapa flow last week. Dived all of the German battleships and light cruisers. Would be an honour to dive this

My Great Uncle Henry Stephson Ordinary Seaman, 18 years old lost his life on this ship along with many others. My Nan lost both her brothers to the second world war. Sergeant William Stephson a gunner on a Lancaster bomber hit by German Air craft over Germany. WE NEVER FORGET

R.I.P UNCLE ROBERT W HUSCROFT.🙏

Torpedo hole please?

I was there

Great film and tribute. Many young soldiers from my hometown & county (Nashville, GA/Berrien County, GA/USA) were lost on the Otranto...more than from any other state or area. We have a statue commemorating the dead.

Which model apeman is it?

Don;t know how to feel about this,i hope wasn't a holiday scuba diving thing. Remember this is a war grave people.

awesome video, i didn't relise how inportent where i live was at the time, what's left off the remains of HMS Natal ar'nt to far away, RIP,

I remember visiting the wreck whilst dividing at Scapa Flow. There was an atmosphere of melancholy whilst the skipper gentle manoeuvred his dive boat around the site. Ordinary public are not allowed to dive the wreck as looting took place back in the 1970’s The ship is really close too the shore and when you hear that so many lost their lives it’s hard to understand as they were so close, but apparently the first torpedo hit was dismissed and no alarm was sounded then a further two sealed their fate and the boat captain Günter Prién became a national hero who was taken out during convoy action I believe (the details of his demise are sketchy from my understanding) I would have liked to dive her but special permission would need to be obtained from the Royal Navy and the Orkneys council as it’s an official war grave protected from looting and scavenging scum - There were divers in my party who given the slightest chance would have no compunction in doing this for their trophy rooms smh. I believe these souls should be left to rest in peace and due respect afforded them, they gave their all for king and country.

To the crew of the royal oak r.i.p

Very cool. Respect from Canada!

I'm not sure, but doesn't raising the ensign mean that the ship is still considered on the rolls and in active service?

I was only 11 and what a day

I wonder what those mushroom lookalikes on the hull are.

are you on open circuit? would love to dive the royal oak.. NJ diver been on more than a few U-boat victims

Tragically a forgotten horror that effectively illustrates the waste of war

Two ships my father wanted to serve in, HMS Royal Oak and HMS Hood. Good thing for me that both those never happened. Peace to the fallen crew of HMS Royal Oak.

Thank you for sharing. Do you still replace the White Ensign every year?

My uncle CPO Bill Russett was a RN diver and the first to dive on her to check out what had caused th e sinking. He had just surfaced when some of the bulkheads gave way .

This was amazing. Thank You.

WW2 RAF ace Douglas Barder presenting the trophy to my team !

It is very sad to know that many young sailors died by a german submarine. I pray for them.

Hats off in rememberence 🎩🎩

A fairwell to the lost souls once a navy man always a navy man god rest their souls and that they may of once lived a free life but now rest with their pride locked in the royal oak sleep well brother forever more.