A British Submarine Fires Its Torpedoes at a Nazi U-Boat

[@AllansStation]

I am the ex secretary of Scotland North East Branch of the Submariners association, we had 2 members in the branch who served in Venturer during this attack, and l heard their story first hand. I served in World War Two boat Tally Ho. In my 90s now, but never forget my band of brothers in the Submarine Service

[@johndoe-od6ge]

thank you for your service ! new york here.

[@ingridclare7411]

Oh well done. I come from long standing Aussie naval family...

[@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589]

@@johndoe-od6ge You don't say that to each other in the British Armed Forces, especially the RN. You just get on with it.

[@StonyRC]

As a British subject from a military family, I'd like to thank you for your dedicated service to your country - helping protect us all.

[@StonyRC]

@@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589 - NONSENSE - we DO thank our military ... not nearly often enough, but we do!

[@aussievaliant4949]

What is more impressive about Jimmy Launders is the fact that subsequent to the sinking of U771, he sank U864 as part of Operation Ceasar. Launders, still in command of HMS Venturer, stalked a Type IX (U864) which was on a secret mission ferrying supplies and plans to Japan. What is truly incredible is that Launders detected U864 whilst it was submerged, and U864 detected HMS Venturer whilst it was submerged. The U boat took evasive manoeuvres, but Launders continued to stalk U864. Launders calculated U864's position, course and speed and fired 4 torpedoes, one of which hit U864 which sank with all hands. It is the only time one submarine has sunk another submarine whilst both were submerged. Launders mathematical calculations were very complex, but mathematics was a hobby of his. An amazing man who survived the war and continued to serve the Royal Navy into the 1980s. He passed away in 1988. I came across his medal ribbons here in Australia after his wife, Olive, passed away in 2010. I have tried to investigate Launders further, and even investigated him further when on holiday in the UK. I was met with indifference after making inquiries with the Royal Navy and the Imperial War Museum. Such a shame, as this man was incredible.

[@daleburrell6273]

THAT'S NOTHING NEW- THE FIRST TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TURN TO WHEN THERE'S DANGER ARE, 1- GOD, AND, 2- THE FIGHTING MAN...AND WHEN THE DANGER IS OVER, THE FIRST TWO THINGS THAT PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT ARE 1- GOD, AND 2- THE FIGHTING MAN!!! PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY UNGRATEFUL, AND THEY HAVE SHORT MEMORIES- THOSE ARE FLAWS OF HUMAN NATURE!!!

[@krashd]

WHY ARE WE ALL SHOUTING AT ONE ANOTHER?

[@daleburrell6273]

@@krashd ...FOR THE HELL OF IT(?)

[@HMSHOOD1920]

Aussie Valiant obviously it’s something the people there don’t care about to have to explain everybody by to you:

[@daleburrell6273]

@freebeerfordworkers Maybe he wasn't living in Britain- if he died in another country, it might not have made it to the Brit newspapers(?)

[@billygowhoop]

Being in a submarine that's been hit by a torpedo must be one of the most horrible experiences. I can only imagine the feeling of helplessness and the constant paranoia that you must feel.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

instantaneous blast/shock fatality

[@trkayani4949]

billygowhoop noway out even she was snorkeling...

[@davidtate166]

@@MrOlgrumpy a painless death 💀

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

At least it was quick and they didn't know about it, I can't imagine how nerve racking it'd be to have to endure depth charges.

[@noelball5137]

Fook em!!!

[@VuNguyen-yc8ej]

Those sweaters look nice

[@infofootage]

I bought one of them from ebay. Submariner sheep wool jumper.. fantastic quality.

[@robertphillips6296]

I think they call them Jumpers?

[@phaedracollins2302]

@@robertphillips6296 Yes. But the issue ones didn't have any patterning.

[@tedwarden1608]

They wouldn’t have been so at the time. Submarines were very very dirty places.

[@binkus5598]

They are jumpers

[@carloreneeventura8714]

This guy is 25 years old and able to do his math and hit a moving kriegsmarine vessel..im 27 and i barely know how to do take aways

[@davidmg1925]

Around here they only know the dimensions of their next tattoo. (that's questionable)

[@daleburrell6273]

Somebody you don't need to know ...HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERSON(?)

[@carloreneeventura8714]

Dale Burrell hahaha.. quite,

[@constellation1986]

Loomynatea confirmed

[@michaeltalbot8242]

Somebody you don't need to know that why the British forces have always had high entry standards

[@gmf121266]

No real elation from the attacking submariners. They are just relieved that they were not spotted and torpedoed the U boat before it saw them and attacked. I suspect they also empathise with the plight of the crew of the sticken U boat. Enemies they were but they were all fellow Submariners.

[@Pitcairn2]

@@BenjaminPitkin MK 8 torpedo (unguided) sank General Belgrano in 1982.

[@keegan773]

Greg Fletcher You were watching actors.

[@vukpsodorov5446]

@@Pitcairn2 and General Belgrano wasn't a submarine, but a cruiser. a surface ship that can't dive out of the way of the torpedo coming at her near the surface. she certainly did dive, however. AFTER the hit.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@keegan773 No, that was the actual footage silly! XD

[@orakelgottes]

They show the right respect of fellow humans, after sinking the u-boat they didn't cheer up to celebrate but showing concerned feeling about losses of lives .. that's the way to go ...

[@johnalmason]

@Orakel Gottes Maybe so. But there wasn't much 'showing concerned feeling about losses of lives' from Gunther Prien and the crew of U-47 on the night they sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, killing 833 men. Read 'The Battle of the Atlantic' by Jonathan Dimbleby - the U-Boat crew's reaction to the Royal Oak going to the bottom is described in Prien's own words on Page 34, Chapter 2: "He [Prien] called down to his crew to let them know the Battleship was sinking. For a moment there was silence. Then a mighty roar went through the ship, an almost bestial roar in which the pent-up tension of the last 24 hours found release'. Then there's the British TV series 'The World at War'. The episode called 'Wolf Pack' is worth a watch. Not least because it features an interview with Captain William Eyton-Jones - whose merchant vessel SS Benvrackie was sunk by a U-Boat (U-105) halfway between Brazil and North Africa on 13th May 1941. On taking to one of the ship's lifeboats, he and his fellow survivors were confronted by the crew of the U-105, which had surfaced next to them to admire their own handiwork. The U-Boat's crew laughed at them, paid them no more mind, then sailed away to the north-east. The survivors in the lifeboat were picked up - completely by chance - by Hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire after being adrift at sea for days. 13 of the ship's crew of 60 were lost in the sinking. 'Concerned feeling' for your fellow man was in short supply in the North Atlantic during World War 2.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@johnalmason ...EVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE LACONIA AND U-156?!

[@militustoica]

Probably helped that they hadn’t just watched the Kriegsmariners sink a friendly ship full of hundreds of people trying to supply food from America to Britain to keep the former’s people from starving to death like the U-Boats usually did.

[@187SicknesS]

Fabulous sweaters

[@deathborn6815]

187SicknesS I’ve seen Al Capones cell at Alcatraz

[@kanweyest153]

DeathBorn wtf does that have to do with anything?

[@daleburrell6273]

Keno Navarro His picture(?)

[@187SicknesS]

Al Capone had a large collection of heavy knit sweaters during his stay in Alcatraz.

[@jamesliu8095]

Jumpers actualy

[@scottparis6355]

Little known fact: British submarines had a dedicated dry-cleaning compartment for keeping those sweaters spotless.

[@awhahoo]

This was needed as, especially later in the war, tea would spill a lot more than in peace time

[@Trades46]

Interesting how in the Cold War, both the US and Soviets developed hunter killer subs with the primary mission of hunting other subs, but that role never really occurred. Yet the only recorded attempt of a sub engaging another sub with a torpedo was during WW2.

[@SnakePliskin762]

Subs between both sides are constantly playing cat and mouse. It's the unseen cold war that still goes on.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

Don't you mean in recorded history?

[@AlistairClark99]

On 15 June 1944, 19 days out of Stavanger on her first, and only war patrol, U-987 was sunk by torpedoes west of Narvik, in the Norwegian Sea. U-987 was attacked by the British submarine HMS Satyr. All Fifty-three of her crew were lost.

[@mattsterh7740]

It's got to be nerve wracking being in a submarine, not know who is out there and if someone is watching you.

[@GameArchiver]

Don't forget about the krakens.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Just watch Das Boot.

[@Raap123]

Visited the USS Pampanito in San Francisco. Although its a museum in the bay of San Francisco you get a bit experience how it was without the terror from enemy ships or planes targeting you.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@Raap123 ...I VISITED THE USS DRUM IN MOBILE ALABAMA- AND I EVEN TOOK A PICTURE THROUGH THE PERISCOPE!!!

[@briancarey1159]

It used to be nerve racking, today you can't get within 20 miles of a sub before he knows someone else is around

[@lance3poo7932]

Looks like they’re having a bit of a Christmas party in there

[@AlistairClark99]

Similar to this, on 15 June 1944, 19 days out of Stavanger on her first, and only war patrol, U-987 was sunk by torpedoes west of Narvik, in the Norwegian Sea. U-987 was attacked by the British submarine HMS Satyr. All Fifty-three of her crew were lost.

[@chr0min0id]

2:51 Brits when they sink a sub: *handshake* Americans when they sink a sub: WHOOOO YEAAHHHHHH! *highfives*

[@Zaluskowsky]

Russians while they Silently evade hunter: singing the Anthem, as loud as possible

[@Concorde4711]

Germans when they sink a sub: Sad faces, because they were fellow submariners.

[@geoben1810]

The timing, and speed in which an attack is executed is the essence of the type of weapon a submarine is. The ability to attack while submerged and undetected and remain submerged during retreat or escape after the attack is the whole concept of the submarine. Run silent, run deep. 🇺🇸

[@mrcadair]

This story made me think of my time in the service it was amazing at the responsibility that we had at such a young age. Now my days are repetitive and dull miss the good old days

[@_knightz_7597]

Just imagine knowing you just sunk a submarine, and know that there are people in water and people trapped in the submarine trying to escape.

[@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589]

I asked my Great Uncle how he managed to fly in DH Mosquitos in the RAF, bombing and strafing German cities and infrastructure. He said that the Germans chose to bomb innocent civilians in London and other cities, and he saw dead bodies in building rubble during the Blitz. They weren't forced to, they allowed their government and High Command that chose to. That is the danger of flirting with fascism: it grows from cosy populism to an almost unstoppable monster like a Gremlin in sunlight.

[@aidandahl7794]

In 6 minutes, this man calculated the position and fired upon a U-Boat.

[@Acc0rd79]

Don't get caught out lingering on the surface!

[@krashd]

Aye, that was rule number 1 back in the day. What would have been funnier is if the captain and XO were up on the sail at the time enjoying a coffee and a sandwich, admiring the night while Venturer sent a torpedo up their sub's arse.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@krashd EVEN THE HUNS WEREN'T THAT STUPID-!!!

[@daleburrell6273]

@@krashd THERE'S NOTHING "FUNNY" ABOUT IT- "IRONIC", MAYBE- "FUNNY", NO!!!

[@lr21643]

WW2 subs had to be on the surface or at periscope depth to recharge batteries. My understanding is that to make any decent speed for very long, they had to be on the surface too.

[@chnb517]

@@krashd HAHA FUNNY JOKE MAN

[@alanstrong3295]

The Battle of The Atlantic was formidable. It was such a long, treacherous ordeal.

[@kevingouldrup9265]

Well done! And at only 25 years old to boot! The greatest generation!

[@tomburton8239]

Kevin Gouldrup 25 was old for a submarine commander.

[@joshuabrown3525]

So many young souls were lost to the sea in World War 2. My great Uncle was in a POW camp after he was captured by the Germans, and he was only fed turnips. After the war, he never ate them again. Another one of my great uncles served in the war, and was hit in the head with shrapnel on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He survived, and fought on. He got many medals during the war. However, he never spoke about his time in the service. Not even my Great aunt, (his wife), heard him talk about it. Even so, I knew they were both proud of their service. They always displayed American Flags outside their houses. They truly were our greatest generation.

[@scottfirman]

Jolly good job! The hunter brought down with no idea he was being hunted by the same class ship. First story I ever heard like it!

[@justinhealey2408]

My Great Uncle was last at sea for 17 hours after the USS Astoria went down in the the Battle of the Savo Sea..they he was one of the last off the ship, tryin to keep his home at that time above the deep Pacific

[@fxhdtchjfrytjyj]

Wow! I can't believe they hid a HD camera back in 1944!

[@jcjcjunk1881]

@Mister Albert ever heard of sarcasm ah shit you being sarcastic ffffffuuuuuuu

[@lokon1979]

No silly they didn’t have HD cameras; this was obviously shot in film that’s been rescanned today.

[@karelwok3314]

lokon1979 lol

[@bedwarspro1917]

@Mister Albert r/wooosh

[@DankNoodles420]

@@lokon1979 To be technical properly shot footage and correctly stored film can have a very high level of detail and resolution. It can today be scanned and converted into digital video and yes it is actually very HD. Watch some original scanned film videos in 4k they have surprisingly high level of visual quality.

[@GameArchiver]

Sailor: Torpedoes away Captain: Oh jolly good

[@daltonagronomo1652]

Four of my dead relatives were militaries, during World War II. All were on allied side. None died during that war, but decades later. All old men an by natural causes. I live in Brazil.

[@breezywarhead8489]

Old soldiers never die. They just fade away

[@UnionAndroidSRboi]

Royal Navy vs Kriegsmarine ❎ Sweaters vs Jumpers ☑

[@Dra741]

The officer of the ship felt the pain of the death of the crew as he felt his victory, true warrior and I know he felt the loss of the crew, yet he knew it was necessary

[@infinitecanadian]

They probably saved a lot of lives. We have them to thank.

[@DaleJackson0]

I support Uboat Crews

[@lordkenwyn6432]

@@DaleJackson0you support evil facists? You shame your family.

[@Set_your_handle77]

0:38 Wow... 25 years old!

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

Wait....was it shooting at the broadside of the sub or at the bow? Cause the crosshairs make it seem it’s at the bow....but the impact makes as if it’s the broadside

[@kehana2908]

Thank you for not sugar coating

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

If it's any consolation, the blast, shock wave, and the immense pressure increase inside the U-boat's hull when the torpedo struck probably killed everyone on board instantly.

[@Aisthetes24]

“The empire strikes back.”

[@harpomarx7777]

Perhaps it's time for this channel to learn what a "conning tower" is on a submarine. Conning towers are not visible from outside the submarine. They are located inside the upper superstructure which houses the periscopes, masts, and antennas. That upper structure is called the "turm" or "tower" in U-boats, the "fin" in British subs, and the "sail" in US subs. Again ... the conning tower is located out of sight inside the sail or turm or fin ... and you cannot see it.

[@jeffreyoneill6439]

Thank you so much for saving us. And thank you for the incredible pain it must have caused.

[@atittayavollebregt8381]

What a great knit the captain is wearing, I'll have one!

[@dovidell]

They missed out the bit where the British sub commander had to work out a firing solution in 4 D - distance , speed , heading AND depth of target , which makes this event even more amazing

[@martinjones12]

thats only 3D ,its; vectors;, azimuth, elevation and range, the speed (more correctly the relative velocity of the target), is not a dimension, so its 3 D

[@georgehugh3455]

The target was on the surface. (perhaps they changed the usual running depth like they might for different boat types)

[@pittarak1]

How come Hollywood hasn't made this into a movie yet, but with a US submarine taking the part of the British one?

[@Jesse-jp2bf]

Watch greyhound. It’s not a American sub but something like that. Just watched it and it’s a pretty good movie imo

[@EtzEchad]

American sweaters don't look as good.

[@idleonlooker1078]

@Mark Hepworth ....yep!! And don't forget the central character being one lowly American pilot officer who amazingly: 1) is forced to take over and dictate the battle's strategy (because the RAF high command were all class-conscious incompetent buffoons), 2) who then shoots down every single German aircraft (whose pilots are all fanatical SS officers anyway), 3) because the entire RAF were too scared to take off!!

[@michaelyates5976]

@@idleonlooker1078 You nailed it.

[@philipm06]

Tom Hanks wasn't available.

[@ToreDL87]

0:56, 3:01 The show did this so much, had the British sub captains just gazing like that lol

[@detomasopantera1966]

Great stuff👌👌👌 Royal Navy🤘🤘🤘

[@daleburrell6273]

I knew about HMS Venturer sinking U-864- but U-771 was news to me...

[@Emperorvalse]

U-771 was the "easier" kill and occurred about 4 months before the famed U-864 action.

[@daleburrell6273]

@@Emperorvalse ...POOR HUNS-!!!

[@311jbknight]

Not a lot of cheering going on in the sub. We would realize how fast and easy it can be for us to get the same treatment. Around the world submariners respect each other no matter the country.

[@adrianhughes8143]

As a British patriotic man and a huge supporter of our Armed Forces past, present and future they make me so proud to be British. I had cousins who served in the British Army, Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy and I am so proud of them. GOD SAVE THE KING 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@phillipdiakovlev2537]

You posted this video on my birthday!

[@zakish222]

1 day left til ur birthday then

[@dusclopsgaming4673]

Just so everyone knows, all of U-771’s crew perished.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

😔

[@Dra741]

I am grateful for the French Resistance during WWII they were able to recover our pilots who got lost or captured and there were constant flow of intelligence we wouldn't have otherwise the one of the greatest contributions our success during World War was the French Resistance it was in my opinion more than 75% success and Recovery they did a credible job

[@breezywarhead8489]

This is sailors. Not pilots

[@georgehugh3455]

In the same vain as your comment, let me begin by discussing the Tour de France....

[@jdoe3006]

so the math problems back at school was not useless afterall!

[@paulallen8109]

Depend on what your profession is. If you work menial jobs which require little training then sure enough these math problems will appear useless to you.

[@souloftheage]

"WERE" not useless. Not "was". Proper grammar is good to learn too. Exemption if English is your second language.

[@1chish]

Typical Brit understatement - no whooping and hollering just a quiet smile and a handshake and off to do the next task .... This skipper also had to calculate the risk of failure because he had key supplies for the Norwegian Resistance so it wasn't just his boat and crew that would be damaged.

[@madpenguin9402]

Superb hd quality film!

[@fatyowls]

My uncle also lost his life aboard HMS Calypso in the Mediterranean, sunk by an Italian submarine..

[@mahnazsingh6887]

Why the channel is not open for visitors outside US? I am interested in taking subscription

[@BatMan-xr8gg]

I am in Australia and I can have a Subscription.

[@mahnazsingh6887]

@@BatMan-xr8gg when i am opening the URL, it says Not open for subscription outside US

[@TheRockerxx69]

Great Commander !!!! Aye aye Sir

[@seanosborn3272]

What are the grey leather jackets the u boaters are wearing?

[@jaybartgis5148]

"you need to strike when they iron's hot indeed" lmfao

[@tasteful_trash4773]

Jay Bartgis or the clothes will burn😧

[@zeus-mt7wx]

I would be interested to know more about the U boat that sunk the sub Thistle just found of Norwegian Coast. Sunk in 1941.

[@frankeppenridge2027]

25yrs old. 😳 Yeah, they were truly the Greatest Generation

[@dmenace9827]

Well done Venturer!

[@davidbrown9237]

The saving grace is that most of the crew were probably either dead or unconscious before they knew what had hit them

[@tomburton8239]

So the target was at 2,000yds. That’s close by submarine torpedo standards - but a LOT further away than suggested by the periscope image in this video. Of course periscopes had magnifying options, but unmagnified, a sub at 2,000yds (i.e. a bit over one mile) would be a tine speck.

[@Magnulus76]

Sub periscopes during WWII all had magnification, 1.5x and 4x for closer views.

[@daleburrell6273]

...YOU FORGETTING THAT THE U-BOAT'S ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE- AND SUBMARINES HAVE SENSITIVE SOUND GEAR-!!!

[@gregoryemmanuel9168]

You forget this is not a documentary, it’s fairly mediocre version of what actually happened.

[@Dra741]

James Lawless was 25 years old and this is where our Excellence is let us Point ourselves in the direction of God as our previous have and we shall exude, Excellence like him and we all have it don't be distracted by the fake news God bless the queen and God bless America

[@Dra741]

Good shot I'm proud of him

[@succeskidxd7589]

Hi,i love your vedios bout you do naval vedios?

[@dasboot5903]

I just wonder, of how the British submarine captain could feel when he killed the enemies that time ...... but on the other hand, the other sailors' submarines - like himself, fighting because they were also having their orders to fight & destroy :o(( OMG !!!!

[@Steve-gc5nt]

And all in the name of politicians 😣

[@Dra741]

Our kids love us so much even in the young years that have a great spark about them

[@melloangelwolf8611]

It must be terrifying being trapped inside

[@Dentropolis]

One about wool sweaters, if they get soaked the water will drain down and drip off the sweater. Even if they are damp they will help you keep warm.

[@teodora1629]

Who plays Jimmy Launders?

[@ModellingWeekly]

i love their uniform look like christmas sweaters :)

[@daleburrell6273]

JEALOUS-!!!

[@helenparr4234]

A taste of Jerry's own medicine.

[@clevernamegotban1752]

THICCCC

[@thelongdarkteatimeofthesou4497]

I joined the army because I can't math without a calculator.

[@Dra741]

It was a fantastic shot

[@robert100xx]

Sweaters, silence, handshake, silence, concern. So British.

[@hhorsley6264]

This is the only Sub known to have sunk another Sub while both were submerged!

[@dancoster7332]

Anyone know where I could find the full episodes outside of the US?

[@bablum2k3]

How many uboats are there at the bed of the atlantic???

[@daleburrell6273]

...NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY!!!

[@jeep146]

You always feel sorry for the young crew on the U boat but then how many young sailors would this boat have killed if it had escaped.

[@daleburrell6273]

...AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE U-BOAT WAS CARRYING IMPORTANT WAR MATERIALS!!!

[@jaybdub77]

Scotty, I need more power to the main engine thrusters...

[@arleygomez465]

Those Royal Navy submariners had fantasic fashion sense.

[@youraverageaussieyoutuber1469]

That’s a horrible way to die

[@paulallen8109]

No cancer is a horrible way to die. Takes a long time.

[@thegeneral123]

How is it a Nazi U Boat? It's a Kriegsmarine vessel. Ignorant use of language Smithsonian. The Kriegsmarine did not have a strong history of admiration for the Nazi party.

[@baikal627]

But they were still part of that war machine with out the Wehrmacht the einsatzgruppen could not had done the things they did have a think it's true

[@thegeneral123]

Still not a Nazi U Boat though is it?

[@vito7428]

gary perry That's like caling a drafted soldier who was forced to join the war and didn't support the Nazis at all,a Nazi and someone who commited a war crime because he was a part of the Wehrmacht.

[@leeboy26]

Doenitz was about as Pro-Nazi as they came. Nazi U-Boat is fine. The Kriegsmarine was under them, for a start.

[@thegeneral123]

Factually though, the men in the boats and ships were rarely card carrying Nazis. While membership of the party was done by many as a way to rise quickly through the ranks. There's ample evidence that the Kriegsmarine fighting men had little time for the Nazi doctrine or Hitler. Calling it a Nazi U-Boat is not fine. It's a poor use of click bait language. If you want an example of a Nazi unit, look at the Waffen SS. If you had say, a Panzerkampfwagen Tiger of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. It would be entirely accurate to call said tank, a Nazi tank. Because it was a Nazi unit.

[@jiawenzhu5915]

Dear sir, I think over 300 kg of Torpex will just break that type VII-C U-boat into half instead of half.

[@yaltschuler]

Wasn't this guy the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine?

[@junioraviator4325]

Oh yeah!

[@terrortorn]

No that was Ringo Starr.

[@rmsteutonic3686]

I can’t imagine just doing my job and not knowing it’s my last 6 minutes to live.

[@omahawarrior4837]

U-boats received so much coverage that I wrongly believed other countries hadn't built subs!

[@ChickenLiver911]

U-boats and submarines are different, please everybody take that into note. A submarine is supposed to be submerged for the majority or entirety of the journey. A U-boat is a boat capable of going underwater as a defence mechanism. Thanks for listening!

[@RodFleming-World]

Correct, technically a u-boat is a submersible rather than a submarine. But by the later stages of the war, u-boat technologies had improved such that they could remain under water for extended periods and could even run their diesels.

[@daleburrell6273]

CLOSE ENOUGH!!!

[@breezywarhead8489]

@@RodFleming-World yes I wonder why they didn’t do that earlier? Oh right they invested on army. They didn’t even balance it for the navy and air force which they lost the war lol

[@charliemansell9933]

British ww2 submarine ops often overlooked obviously didn’t have as many targets as German subs but they still sunk much Japanese shipping in Pacific and Indian oceans , Italian and German in the med

[@ssPeto]

In WWII, the vessel most able to counter-attack a submarine is a Destroyer, DE, Corvette etc. A submarine once it discovers it is being stalked by another submarine is most likely to dive. The odds of them doing any damage to each other while submerged is close to zero. The guy in the video that says the British will be in big trouble if detected and that the uboat would be able to pose a grave threat to them after detection is full of beans. The uboaat would have dove away and they both would have disengaged. My father's boat had an encounter with a submerged Japanese sub in WWII. He said, while it was very tense (combat always is), it wasn't close to being in the same league as having depth charges dropped on you...

[@FildasKirk]

Funny, because THIS skipper, on the same submarine later stalked another UBoat and both were submerged, after calculating difficult trigonometry equations, he fired four fish and sank it - the only instance in submarine warfare where one sub intentionally sank another while both were under - and it was at times when they hadn't had any modern seeking/wire-guided torpedoes or other modern equipment. He got a bar to his DSO for this. See Action of February 9th 1945 for more details.

[@ssPeto]

I've read about that attack but didn't realize this was the skipper that did it. As I remember it happened just north of the Spanish border. An incredible act of seamanship for sure. But--as you say--it was the only case like it during the war. Although there was an instance where an American sub evaded a Japanese torpedo spread and shot down the torpedo tracks and sank the I-boat which was submerged. Don't remember details unfortunately... Still--cases like these are definite exceptions. I'll stand by my original statement. Good stuff though FildasKirk! :)

[@conradmilligan]

everyones talking about sweaters, its a british sub so those are JUMPERS

[@Dra741]

I think the first thing that came in his mind was the loss of the crew, however I knew it was necessary even though you succeed over your enemy, techno joy and no loss of life

[@admiralbeez8143]

Look how clean it is in that British sub compares to Das Boot.

[@mist4056]

Imagine when you raid a sub and you see the people are 10 yr old kids

[@jakemillar649]

It is such a shame that not British subs have been named HMS Venturer since, or even a ship or sub named after Launders. One of the Vanguard-class subs would have been perfect but no, someone decided otherwise.

[@jonnykitchen654]

just to point out that it wasnt U-771 that was sunk it was U-864 that was sunk by venturer

[@tomburton8239]

jonny kitchen Both were sunk by Venturer

[@davidmg1925]

A good apart from the gittish music kicking in and the out-of-focus stuff.

[@MrPantss]

How did they establish it was U771?

[@Dra741]

I had a fantastic sweater, and they remind me of it every time

[@liamjimenez8815]

I have a fasination with ww1 and ww2 every kid should learn about this stuff instead watching youtube or video game or they could play outside old school edition

[@Therealphantomzero]

Every adult. Should watch it.

[@outdoorsguy]

Search KZbin for "World War 2 documentary". Your welcome.

[@kursk_kuku141]

Here here! Raise hand*

[@dacook2277]

We do

[@outlawoffroading3435]

Forsaken Pumpkin we don't need it...

[@christopherg2347]

Sub vs Sub fights were nothing like hunt for Red October in those days. I mean Guided Torpedoes? You could "programm" a slight turn after launch, but that was it. And then you had to hope the mecahnic did not seize up for to hot or to cold water. Germany did use a acousting mine/torpedo back in the early Chanel Fights. But it was easily defeated. And of coure a submarine is not a easy target to hit, or even just spot.