The Adriatic Campaign in WW1 - Battles a Lissa bit smaller

[@Drachinifel]

Pinned post for Q&A :)

[@mosheberkovits3586]

If they won't reactivate the Iowa's do you think that one of the allies will build a battleship because of Russia and china?

[@brendonbewersdorf986]

Is it possible for you to do a video analyzing the various torpedo boats from the major nations in WW2? I feel that that's a very underrated topic

[@yousefshahin2654]

Can you do a video about the battle of the masts 655 AD and how 200 Muslim ships annihilated a Byzantine fleet of 500 ships? It's very rarely talked about (at least in the west) despite how large it was and how outnumbered the Muslim fleet was

[@edwarddunne2758]

I was reading about HMS Auckland the other day and saw that she was intended for survey work around New Zealand. How exactly does one do surveying in the age of steam and steel? In modern times a lot of it is done by sonar and underwater vehicles, which I presume were unavailable at that time.

[@speeddensity9543]

How a history of torpedo boats?

[@briannicholas2757]

Just picturing Baron Georg Von Trapp, sitting on the deck of his submarine, playing his guitar and singing Edelweiss, whilst bombarding Italian harbor installations.

[@lazyman7505]

Jokes aside, in the times when steam-powered trains were the primary source of transportation, water towers were critical pieces of infrastructure, something like fuel depots in WW2. Prime targets if you want to disrupt opponents logistics.

[@Voron_Aggrav]

look at the Ancano Video where it gets explained ;) Somehow the Quartermaster needed to replace expended Pistol ammunition after that operation...

[@coy0te9]

"here be trains!"

[@tanall5959]

@@Voron_Aggrav I can suddenly imagine deck crew firing off their sidearms in the direction of the shore, shouting "I'm helping!"

[@covertops19Z]

Good point on transportation infrastructure of the time...

[@redstar96gr57]

@@tanall5959 I mean,it was the time when sidearms were usually pistols with 1000m sights,chances are they might have tried to shoot at anything moving on the shores

[@comentedonakeyboard]

The bombardement of watertowers is the most justified action in war. But torpedoing the wine storage? That's to much!

[@CowMaster9001]

Torpedoing a French capital ship and not hitting the wine cellar is like bombing an aircraft carrier and not damaging the flight deck.

[@admDanRyan]

@@CowMaster9001 I'd like to see someone bomb a CV without damage to the flight deck

[@seanbryan4833]

@@admDanRyan Ask and ye shall receive... When bombing the Akagi at Midway, Dick Best landed the killing blow to the flight deck, but one of his wingmen missed the flight deck and landed a very near miss next to the stern. The full effects of that blast were not apparent until the burning ship was put into a hard turn when an American torpedo plane was spotted nearby and then the rudder stuck in that position and could not be budged, so the ship could only circle from then on. The shock effects also prevented operation of some valves, and a number of watertight doors could not be closed, hampering damage control efforts.

[@felix25ize]

In Dakar, 1940, an english vessel shooted a shell which fell without damages on the well armoured deck of the battleship Richelieu, but nevertheless destroyed the reserve of cognac and fine alcohols of the captain ; after that, the attack was repelled, but the ship was still this way atrociously mutilated ^^

[@johncashwell1024]

Love the reference to "The Sound of Music"

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

14:28 "Making the Adriatic sea the Kamchatka's favourite place in the world, as it was a place where she would always be right." I wonder what that conversation would be like... Kamchatka: "Do you see torpedo boats?" Everyone else: "Yes. we heard you the first 100 times!" Kamchaka: "Do you see torpedo boats?" Ghost of Admiral Rozhestvensky: (Rises up and throws another pair of binoculars he'd thrown into the sea early)

[@Ealsante]

"I am sinking" "Shut up Kamchatka, so are we"

[@jlvfr]

Kamchaka: " _I knew it_ !!!!"

[@cartmann94]

Kamchatka: YAY! Svent Istvan: FUCK!

[@adamdubin1276]

Kamchatka: "I see no torpedo boats!" while looking out at a full armada of torpedo boats...

[@davidbrennan660]

And yet it was not sunk here... it must have felt cheated... seeing as a Cruiser did for it..... earlier and half way across the world...... that’s life... .

[@notshapedforsportivetricks2912]

The more one hears of the Kaiserlich und Königlich Kreigsmarine, the more admirable a little force it seems to be. I think that it definitely deserves its own Rum Ration at some point in the futture.

[@untruelie2640]

Ist spelled "Kaiserliche and Königliche Kriegsmarine". Unlike in English, in German an E at the end of a word is never silent (pronounced like "eh"). You can call it "K.u.k. Kriegsmarine" though. :) (The "ie" represents a long "i", while the "ei" is pronounced like "aye")

[@christianschlogl6295]

There is actually an "austrian empire navy rum"

[@billbrockman779]

An entertaining series of WW 1 era historical fiction is the “Sailor of Austria” series by John Biggins featuring Ottokar Prohaska .

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"Battles a Lissa bit smaller" I live for these punny titles

[@tonyromano6220]

Funny stuff.

[@razorwork1]

All your water tower are mine

[@cheshire4856]

They are absolutely punderful

[@stopspammandm]

Also loved the "Sound of Music" ref at 9:35

[@adamdubin1276]

One of many reasons why I love Drach's videos. The come for the interesting bits of history, stay for the acerbic humor and exceptionally sharp wit. I think I commented in a previous video that British Humor can be used a lethal weapon in its own right.

[@davidbrennan660]

If you want a to know reason why we follow Drach’s Channel..... this is why... Drach I salute you. This even outshines/ranks the glorious South American Dreadnought arms race that alerted and interested me in your channel and thus reignite my childhood interest in Naval history. Thanks.

[@mr.shorty5856]

It's 7am I have my coffee and my morning entertainment! It's going to be a good day!

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

National Coffee day 😉☕

[@razorwork1]

4.30am and a while day ahead of you. Have a good one from Aus!

[@bigblue6917]

@@WALTERBROADDUS They've obviously not told you. Everyday is National Coffee Day ☕☕☕☕☕☕☕

[@gabrielluizdasilva4439]

Was it a good day?

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@bigblue6917 Actually, places like Starbucks have free coffee deals today.

[@sawyerawr5783]

the Kamchatka comment at 14:28 had me dying. Bravo on another great video Drach!

[@tevlargaming5440]

Not gonna lie the Kamchatka part was an unexpected yet rather humerus thing and I enjoyed it.

[@protosszocker5678]

those kamtschatka running jokes are just so damn good!

[@tonyromano6220]

I do not get them….

[@tonyromano6220]

Something to do with Russia getting waxed by Japan?

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

@@tonyromano6220 See Drachinifeld "2nd Pacific Squadron" videos and the ship guide Kamchatka. kzbin.info/www/bejne/enTVcoR8d7p5orc kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37HmpJ8nZ6Sd8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInTm2mkgJqsotE

[@bradymenting5120]

I'm still waiting for World of Warships to add Kamchatka as an April Fools joke

[@simonkevnorris]

@Brady that would need a sense of humour. WG would only do that if they could get money out of it.

[@charleslarrivee2908]

"How do you solve a problem like an Italian submarine" Now that's a song I'd love to hear.

[@avva4090]

"How do you solve a problem like Marina? How do you find a sub and put it down?"

[@NopiusMaximus]

Problem and Italian can’t be used in the same sentence!

[@mattblom3990]

As a longtime subscriber, I laughed heartily at the Kamchatka reference...Flooding back good memories from the channel :)

[@Sturmvogel0840]

Everyone should check out the Otto Prohaska series by John Biggins. It's historical fiction but incredibly well researched and immersive. The main character is an officer in the Austro-Hungarian navy.

[@markgodofpoop2]

I just happened to stumble upon those gems over the summer. Darkly humorous, historically educational, and full of swash buckling period technical andventure. Cannot recommend enough

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

And all events which happened with Ottokár Prohaska actually happened, albeit with different, real people.

[@jakemillar649]

"Finishing the ship relatively quickly, as she was laid down in November 1905, launched in June of the same year, and commissioned on the 14th of September" So she was commissioned a whole two months before she was laid down.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

Probably creative Hungarian Accounting. Or maybe a slip of zhr tounge.

[@Pyxis10]

How was she laun hed before being commissioned?

[@mikearmstrong8483]

​@@Pyxis10 Because that is the correct sequence. Laid down, then launched, then commissioned.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

To clarify for everyone, the Kaiman was laid down in November 1904, not 1905, then launched in June 1905, and commissioned in September 1905. This was a slip of narration and editing by Drach. Sometimes it happens.

[@oliverdavies45]

There’s nothing like bombarding an Italian water tower

[@coy0te9]

Well, they were told to blow up the Italian railroads and, with steam locomotives, the water towers were like big signs announcing "railroad station here".

[@WalterReimer]

Water towers can be useful, and not just for supplying railroads. They can be firefighting water resources and lookout/observation posts.

[@tonyromano6220]

Makes me “excited” just thinking about it.

[@tonyromano6220]

@@WalterReimer stop with the facts! Takes away from the humor!

[@andrewgrillet7851]

From the sea, water towers are very conspicuous - indicating "there is stuff here". They stick up in the air, and are very eazy to aim at.

[@Szopen715]

0:51 - yup, seems like a legitimate reason to withdraw forces. Could You imagine Italians losing wine store on their ships?

[@craniusdominus8234]

That should be considered a war crime, at the very least.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Morale would be terminal by the end of the second supper without it, I'm sure!

[@VersusARCH]

11:00 - Montenegro did not quit the war because of a naval raid but because of an ongiong overwhelming Austro-Hungarian land invasion, and because an overwhelming German, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian force had just managed to conquer its northern, stronger ally, Serbia. The situation was untenable for the Montenegrin government and army. Their options were simple: capitulate or retreat with the Serbian Army into exile to continue the fight. They chose the former option.

[@mbryson2899]

BRAVO! Your seamless accounts for a usually overlooked theater are very much appreciated.

[@ZozoRage]

You make things I never dreamt I would find entertaining to listen to extremely informative, concise and most of all entertaining :). Keep up the great work

[@DADeathinacan]

5:05 Eeey, more airships. Yay, airships. Someday, I really hope we get a video on use of airships in naval warfare, in particular I would love to learn more than what little Ive been able to find(mostly off of Wikipedia) on their use in ASW missions in WW2

[@marktuffield6519]

Have you thought of subscribing to one of the WW1 aviation journals, like Cross & Cockade International (UK), '14-'18 Journal (Australia), Over the Front (USA). The first two in particular have had articles on the use of airships and dirigibles in the nautical environment recently.

[@DADeathinacan]

I hadent heard of any of them, but Ill be sure to take a glance at them, thanks fer the tip!

[@tominiowa2513]

Every time Drach says "Graf Zeppelin" my first thoughts are of the dirigible and not the partially completed aircraft carrier.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

(IIRC) the maritime aviation at the Battle of Jutland consisted of a number of Zeppelin's out looking for the British Fleet and a British Float Plane Carrier out looking for the Germans. They found each other. So - (myself not recalling where the carriers float planes were) - the Zeppelin which found the Float Plane Carrier proceeded to try and bomb it - but wasn't having much luck hitting the moving ship. The Zeppelins crew was however bemused by the fact that the British had a lot of Riflemen out on deck shooting at them. This was funny until the Zeppelin began to lose altitude due to all the bullet holes put in it's gas bags. At that point - it was time to leave. .

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

there is a nice novel about early british blimbs by Andrew Wareham, "the Baloonauts" or so

[@francescoaiolfi7554]

Drach: your Italian is getting better and better every time! “Stabilimento Tecnico Trieste” gave me goosebumps!

[@lmorandini]

Same here! Although Drach has to work harder on the “g” in “Regia Marina”.

[@samrobinson566]

@@lmorandini I'm not an Italian speaker, so should it sound like the "g"s in "giggle"? 🤔🙂

[@lmorandini]

@@samrobinson566 “g” as in “gin”, but Drach’s “g” is a tad too long, like he were saying “Reja” (there’s no “j” in Italian). Italian pronunciation follow rules: if you see “gh” is a sound like “giggle”, if the “g” is not followed by an “h” is “gin”, if “ch” it is “kernel”, if “c” is not followed by “h” it is “chin”, and so on. Very different from English, where the same letter groups may sound different in different words (“wild” and “wilderness”, “triple” and “triangle”), to the utter bewilderment of Italian speakers.

[@samrobinson566]

@@lmorandini absolutely; my German grandma would find English simultaneously baffling and fascinating.... I've also learned how to pronounce Maserati Ghibli correctly now as well, thanks to you my friend 👍🏻🙂

[@cannonfodder4376]

I can imagine the Kamchatka panicking and shooting at the 100 torpedo boats... and hitting everything but them. 😂😂😂

[@seanbryan4833]

That's pretty much exactly what they did, as I recall. They failed to hit a single Japanese torpedo boat in the English Channel.

[@bgl11]

These small engagement overviews are some of my favorite videos on the channel. 👌

[@Wyrmvonsturm]

"and it wasn't going particularly well for Italy." Luigi Cadorna: "I have the perfect plan, we cross the Isonzo river and crush the Austro-Hungarians with the might of Italian spirit! We'll be in Trieste by July!"

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

They did briedly take monfalcone, though that disnt last. Frankly, if the western front didnt collapse, Italy might have within a short time.

[@totalwar1793]

@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 They kinda did collapse (looks at Battle of Caporetto)

[@davidcomtedeherstal]

Yeah, in July 1921.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Although used primarily as a mine layer the bow and substantial section of the Italian light cruiser Puglia and a complete Italian motor torpedo boat MAS 96 are preserved in Gardone Riviera on the shores of Lake Garda

[@robandcheryls]

I had to listen to this episode 3 times. The I formation and you delivery, captivated me with this story. Thank you sir.

[@vespelian5769]

Superb Drach. Another little masterpiece and you answered a question that's bugged me for years. I read Ernest Gregor's Warships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy when I was at school and wondered why they changed the cool names of their torpedo boats for dull numbers. Now I know, so thanks for that. Franz Ferdinand.

[@Szopen715]

16:33 - wait, laid down in November 1905, launch in June the same year? These are some neat time shenanigans Austrians did there!

[@Voron_Aggrav]

and commissioned in September ;)

[@sander6438]

Time magic

[@scott2836]

Wibbly wobbly timey wimey…

[@sugarnads]

Financial year?

[@DrivermanO]

I wondered about that too!

[@TheEvilMrJeb]

“How do you solve the problem of Italian submarines.” Lol help, Drach plz, I’m dying here.

[@victoriacyunczyk]

The Italians are just so hospitable. Offering a torpedo without even being asked.

[@lucadesanctis563]

Just like our Alpini stormed Austrian forts in the Alps by throwing a shitload of grenades ^^

[@wolfetwain]

Love the way you blend humor into the historical data

[@beachboy0505]

Torpedo's were the 'Exocet antiship missiles' of their age. If you can get a shot on, you can cripple the best battleships.

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

And for decades one had to buy Whitehead - because there were no other manufacturers. And as the German cruiser Blücher found out in Drobak Sound, they worked well even for decades, with proper maintenance.

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

6:55 "Normal cruiser" - Szigetvár... Well, Budapest was nailed perfectly, so I cannot complain. :)

[@Janihavik]

Lay down on couch and press play. Enjoy! Thanks a bunch, quality stuff once more Drachinifel!

[@ropeburnsrussell]

Thankyou for covering this obscure theater of operations. I enjoy the WW1 videos a great deal.

[@stevenjennings197]

Sailor: Sir, enemy troops are in the town. What are your orders? Commander: Take out the water tower!

[@scavarli6068]

Love this video. I enjoyed the the bombarding water towers and all. It's a great video explaining a very little know part of the naval war in WW1. Great video

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Come on Drach, the Austro-Hungarian fleet wasn't trying to be vindictive against those water towers. The war wasn't going so well for them, they just had to.... let off some steam...... I'll go now.

[@user-ih7gc7dt9l]

The battle for lake Tanganyika would be a fascinating subject for a video

[@gruffen2222]

Me opening a slightly longer drach video praying to the lord there isn't a guest speaker

[@autofox1744]

For those interested in the Adriatic Campaign and Austria-Hungary in WWI, I have to recommend John Biggins' Prohaska series. The main character, Otto Prohaska, is a nominal Czech U-Boat commander of the K.u.K Kriegsmarine, in the vein of a more put-upon Georg von Trapp. He has other adventures as well, both at sea and inland. Excellent stuff!

[@tominiowa2513]

Next time April 1 is on a Wednesday, we want the histories of the navies of Angora and Lichtenstein as the Rum Ration topic.

[@sundiver137]

Wouldn't that sound like John Cage's 4' 33" of silence? IMHO it's his best sounding composition.

[@tominiowa2513]

@@sundiver137 - John Cage was to musical composition what Cowper Coles was to seaworthiness in marine architecture.

[@tobiasGR3Y]

21:39 So the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron wasn't so crazy after all.. *Smart Japanese and their Underwater Torpedo Boats.*

[@KentuckyAk101guy]

That can travel at 3,000 knots and have an 20,000k operational range

[@NopiusMaximus]

Burning coal or rice for fuel?

[@ronalddeblois4775]

Thank you for the history of these smaller, yet important, vessels. Great research!

[@davidmurphy8190]

UTMOST FISH!

[@TomSedgman]

Ooh aah, just a Lissa bit, ooh aah, a Lissa bit more. Ooh aah, just a Lissa bit, You know what that torp is for.

[@janwitts2688]

A highly interesting video on a rarely covered theatre... the combat account at the end was very useful in fixing the abilities of the adversaries at that point in time

[@1jviezy]

Perfect timing Drach

[@WelshInRussia]

16:32 Hi Drach, possible typo? "...laid down in November 1905 and launched in June of the *same* year and commissioned on the 14th of September". That's either some fancy time travel or I miss-heard :). Love your vids! Please keep them coming!

[@tonyromano6220]

1906 involved here?

[@EinundzwanzigPanzer]

And they are easy to spot from sea I guess.

[@wswordsmen]

Or Sir Drachinifel made a mistake.

[@jakemillar649]

Commissioned a whole two months before she was laid down. Impressive work from Yarrow Shipyards.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@jakemillar649 Working so hard it makes planet spin backwards.

[@titanscerw]

Gloriously narrated, Sir Drachinifel, thank you! Gott erhalte K. u K. Kriegsmarine! +][+

[@Downloadguy1995]

Thank you very much for this video Drach! Regards from Therealteghetthof

[@lutenantsweedpertasa]

“Battles a Lissa bit smaller.” He who would pun would pick a pocket.

[@princeoftonga]

Well it is the lesser of two weevils.

[@Reepicheep-1]

You say pick a pocket like it's a _bad_ thing. 😁

[@jamescarroll6881]

All titles are subject to the requirements of the Service

[@cheesedetectiverook5950]

What a nice night. A video about an interesting topic just before bed. Cheers

[@MM22966]

Jesus, Drach. I had to figure that title out, but when I did I was rolling on the floor.

[@Winchester1979]

I would love a video of the post war US Navy Class Improvement Programs, where the Navy drew up plans for how to upgrade pretty much all of the WW2 ships with the new 3"/50 RF guns and modern radars. It was only fully implemented on the Baltimore class, but one ship each of the Cleveland, Juneau and Oregon City classes were upgraded (Manchester, Juneau and Rochester), and i know I've seen plans online for both the Iowa and South Dakota class upgrades. It may be a little too late for your channel to cover, though...

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@ThePrinceofParthia]

16:30 pretty incredible to finish and comission a ship before you lay it down!

[@braintransplantdonor]

That's just everyday humdrum stuff. The Italians apparently managed to shift the city of Venice and the Gargano Peninsula to the country's west coast inside the first two minutes.

[@SirWilliamKidney]

Much love for the shoutout to the Kamchatka!

[@rebeccaorman1823]

Of course, she'd been sunk a few years before.

[@markelliot1248]

16:40 completed relatively quickly? laid done in November and commissioned in June of the same year? that's minus 6 months something of a record i would think. Fascinating video none the less.

[@khaelamensha3624]

Who cares about weather when you have your grog and a new Drach video. As Drach seems to be in an Italian trend I add grappa to my grog 😁

[@anumeon]

♪♪♪ How many watertowers must the Austro hungarians shoot down. Before the Italians react. The answer my friend, is in the history books. The answer is in the history books.

[@agesflow6815]

Than you, Drachinifel.

[@stevewindisch7400]

Very interesting video, thanks for it. The Italian subs seem to be very advanced for their time. They had internal tubes, when many counties (such as the French), were still using external tubes which were inferior in both reliability and usage (many of the external's could not be fired while submerged, although they sometimes had a limited ability to be trained in azimuth). Probably the only slight disadvantage of the Italians over the Germans and British was many still had gasoline engines instead of Diesels, which seems to be a mid-war advancement for many countries as Diesel technology was still pretty new. At least they weren't steam engines (although the French had some very good modern designs shortly before the war, for some reason they were delayed and did not actually launch until the 1920's).

[@andreasfasold9841]

Underwater Torpedoboat is an accurate and awesome description of a submarine!!!

[@yes_head]

I lol'd at the Sound of Music reference. Nicely done.

[@wardaddyindustries4348]

Pretty impressive getting all the light forces ship "names"

[@kenanomanovic7809]

the show about the recovery of the Nereida submarine wreck, the show was recorded in the seventies

[@victoriacyunczyk]

I love these histories of campaigns. Some others I'd suggest: English Channel in WW1 Naval aspects of Gallipoli Early American carrier raids of WW2 Indian Ocean Smaller battles of the Arctic convoys

[@snakes3425]

KuK Kriegsmarine: We must engage the greatest threat to the Empire.... Italy's Water towers To this day every water tower in Italy suffers from PTSD

[@spiritfoxmy6370]

Not even one minute in - "Hit in the wine store by a torpedo". My food came out my nose

[@weldonwin]

I honestly wasn't sure if Drach was being serious, because frankly, a French warship having an entire compartment, just dedicated to storing wine sounds right

[@jeffreybaker4399]

Drach, please add The Battle of the Otranto Straits, May 1917, to your list of future programs. Imagine that list to be several feet long by this time and don't expect you to get to this one for a couple years.

[@Philistine47]

1:39 Surely the AH navy bombarded Italy's _east_ coast, not the _west?_ Of course that would be the western shore of the Adriatic Sea, but that's not the way the proposition was framed.

[@slimrummy4616]

These are my favorite videos, that you cover. I love the 'stories' keep up great work

[@beachboy0505]

Now we know that the Italy 🇮🇹 was a builder of newest naval technology for for the last 120 years.

[@imhatchmantoo]

Best channel on KZbin

[@m.streicher8286]

People served and died on Kamchatka so it could be a mildly funny inside inside joke for a KZbin channel I like. World's crazy.

[@rascalferret]

Every time I see a lighthouse like that... I say "!" about trying to build it there, and then living in it ?...

[@oceanriderz65]

Thank you for heralding this little known corner of the Great War and the KuK. I have always been a fan of the Empire as I believe despite its shortcomings ultimately it was beneficial for everyone. Truly regrettable that peace couldn't be preserved and thus avoid all the human suffering that took place.

[@Dedfaction]

I had to quickly Google the wine store part just to make sure you weren't joking....

[@punky0515]

Love the kamchatka reference.

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

1:40 The Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine showed up in force, shooting up stuff, like watertowers. Ironically they were actually LOOKING FOR Italian torpedo boats (as they brought their in great number) and even more surprisingly, they found none.

[@spikespa5208]

They all had gone to Venice, on the west coast.

[@GrumpyGrobbyGamer]

Great story, well told

[@jeffcattell8311]

Drac, big fan. Please do a "rum ration" on Von Trapps naval career. I always wondered why the nazis wanted him back. As portraid in "Sounded of Music". Keep up the most informative, insightful, and entertaining videos on the internet.

[@chronus4421]

Thanks Drach!

[@Daeva23]

I think peligosa and peligruza are both words for "dangerous" in Romance languages. The name change for the island probably is the result of some cartographer wanting to remind some linguistic minority that "F you, we are in charge now!"

[@giorgiomartini5283]

Known since the Greek and Roman times with the name of Pelagusa, the islands show in their name a Greek etymology that alludes to their position in the center of the Adriatic (from the Greek "pelagos", or "sea"). Less accredited is the version of some geographers who see it as a reference to the ancient population of the Pelasgians.

[@carebear8762]

Captain Von Trapp was an Austro-Hungarian submarine officer. The seas are alive, with the sound of torpedos... edit, and Drach hits the joke at 9:30.

[@iskandartaib]

Ah. One wondered what Georg von Trapp did to become a naval hero.. 😁 Submarine-on-submarine sinkings are relatively rare.

[@aasphaltmueller5178]

he also sank a french armored cruiser or comparable heavy, "Gambeta", if i remember right

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

The Austro-Hungarian Navy's proper name is as long as a battleship

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

Why, Császári és Királyi Haditengerészet just rolls off from your tongue... :)

[@MM22966]

The A-H naval naming convention has a certain twisted logic, to it: after all, people are always saying one of the big traits (or problems) was that they were always speaking too many languages. Having a naval naming system that needed extra translation must have just been par for the course.

[@77thTrombone]

I can't imagine a torpedo-boat-sized triple expansion engine cranking for 27 kts. They must've been some fine strokers to run at that clip.

[@sandrodunatov485]

Why. 27 knotters with triple expansion engines were feasible and they were indeed a class of fine heterogeneous torpedo boats (or small 300 tonnes destroyers) of the RN. Failure of the following '30 knotters' class IIRC heralded the introduction of the successful Parsons turbine, that pushed the slightly slower classes into 2nd line duty - not in the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine though where such ships were still going strong in the 20th century and into the Great War.

[@77thTrombone]

@@sandrodunatov485 apparently, so. I was familiar with these engines from being introduced to them in large merchants and early steel warships. The engines must've been a marvel to watch and hear at speed. Thanks for the background!

[@DavieTait]

My Great Grandfathers Herring drifter was called up for the Adriatic campaign in January of 1915 , worked as an anti-torpedo/anti-submarine net vessel throughout the war and foundered off Malta on 24th February 1919 due to weather damage but with all hands saved by another drifter she was sailing with on their way back to be handed back. Took until 1920 for a replacement drifter to be supplied ( a wooden built one not a steel one like the lost boat ) but that one was worn out with war work and sold in 1924. PHILORTH , hired drifter, Adty No 2111. Built 1907, 100grt, Fraserburgh-reg FR.211. Armament: 1-3pdr. In service 1.15-2.19 as net vessel. Foundered 24.2.19 en route from Syria to Malta

[@JoeOvercoat]

What taunt does one inscribe on a shell destined for a water tower? “Take a bath! …oh wait, you can’t!”

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Making the Adriatic sea the Kamchatka's favourite place in the world as she would always be right." Ahhh, Kamchatka: Terrible ship, excellent meme!

[@earlyriser8998]

very nice stories about forgotten battles and ships and they sailors that lived and died...the war was costly to some...mundane to others

[@christopherlandstrom7782]

Wednesday's are my favorite day of the week.

[@calvingreene90]

In all fairness disrupting water supplies causes many problems including making fighting fires more difficult.

[@JoeOvercoat]

It disrupts rail travel driven by steam locomotive. Classic interdiction.

[@bigblue6917]

von Trapp's first wife was Agathe Whitehead. Agathe's grandfather was Robert Whitehead of Whitehead torpedo fame.

[@cartmann94]

The WW1 Adriatic Sea War. Starring Chris Pratt as Mario.

[@mikebrase5161]

😂

[@scrubsrc4084]

And Samuel l Jackson as luigi