Did the Shipwreck of the U-864 Submarine Reveal a Stunning Discovery?

The shipwreck of the WW2 German submarine U-864 is more deadly today than when first launched during WWII.
This U-boat was on a secret mission to Japan carrying over 1,800 cylinders containing 67 tons of liquid mercury, a key ingredient in the manufacture of high explosives.
On February 9th, 1945, U-864 was detected and sunk in battle by the British submarine HMS Venturer, making the U-boat the only submarine in history to be sunk by an enemy sub while both were submerged.
The wreck of U-864 was discovered twenty years ago in 2003 lying precariously on a steep slope. In addition to the danger of live torpedoes onboard, her toxic mercury cargo is now leaking from badly corroded steel containers, contaminating sea life within the surrounding region.
#shorts #ww2 #shipwreck

[@BananaTruth]

This is literally like 30 minutes away from me with a boat, alot of the fish is unsafe to eat because of all the toxic shit coming from the submarine.

[@garyschultz883]

can't the site be cleaned up ?

[@BananaTruth]

@@garyschultz883 I remember there were talks about it years ago, i need to do some research but i belive it is not a simple task due to shells and torpedoes still in the sub, the other issue is also the mercury might even spill more into the ocean.

[@garyschultz883]

@@BananaTruth one other poster claimed Mercury should sink bc it's heavier than water...but other posters say the sea life is not fit now for human consumption.... hope it can be cleaned up....

[@achillebelanger9546]

@@BananaTruth No Missiles back then. Just Torpedoes and Shells( Unless She was carrying V-1 and V-2 Rockets)

[@mdtransmissionspecialties]

@@BananaTruth it’s definitely not carrying a v1 or v2 you dumb cuck.

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

H.M.S. Venturer sinking this U864 is the First documented case of 1 Submarine sinking another , While Both were Submerged !!

[@Adamu98]

So far the only case.

[@jonathonhass4178]

@@Adamu98 Wrong. USS Batfish sank 3 IJN submarines. All confirmed sinkings

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

@@jonathonhass4178 Ok...I should've qualified my statement... First documented case of 1 submarine sinking another " Submerged " submarine...

[@jonathonhass4178]

@@nelsonlanglois9104 Yes…that indeed changes things lol.

[@HistoryX]

Great comment, Jonathon. Thanks

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

"the wreck was found twenty years ago in 2003" "20 years ago" "2003" that threw me for a loop and ive never felt older

[@matthewmosier8439]

Been watching a documentary made in something like 2010. I realized that some of the older people in it might be reaching old age/ death. That was mind boggling to me.. 2010 seems like yesterday

[@moteroargentino7944]

The older we grow, the faster we see time pass.

[@bittercad1137]

I’m fucking 20 I hate this. Why can’t I just be 10 again with no other worries than beating the elite four

[@madeljacky]

2003 seems like a couple of weeks ago to me yet its 20 years gone somewhere

[@jackduane5555]

Is that the first time you've ever done simple arithmetic?

[@farooqahmed5575]

Submarine battles must be the most terrifying shit ever

[@bluewizzard8843]

Yeah I hate u-boots. I nearly drowned as a todler and the depths of the ocean is really not a place a man should be in his last moments in life.

[@nospoon4799]

And one toilet for 30 guys. And no shower in most of them.

[@cameronansley7950]

agreed

[@Drewtinski64]

You can't even imagine...

[@shanejones578]

If you’re under water death is instant. Your bones even become liquidated at the pressure change if you’re deep enough. 150M probably not but the pressure change killed them all instantly regardless of wether they were liquidated internally. Now the mini sub shot down at the surface near Pearl Harbor… they died from drowning…

[@wyleekan5407]

There was some talk about encapsulating the entire wreck. Like most issues that cost money it mostly becomes just talk.

[@tombayless9759]

What about the money going to the Ukraine money laundering operations

[@herrakaarme]

Norway is so rich they could encapsulate a hundred shipwrecks and nobody would even notice some money was spent. But maybe they don't want to do it because it's German cargo that the British sunk. Too bad it's near Norway, so those two other nations wouldn't care.

[@NhatHuyNg]

@@tombayless9759 what about it? still mad that your dad corpse is rotting at the bottom of black sea inside the moskva battlecruiser?

[@stonecode8491]

Think its decided to be encapsulated. But enviromentalists wants it to be lifted out of the water as the other solution isnt viable

[@theEWDSDS]

​@Tom Bayless ok dude, sit there on your iphone in comfort while they are going through harsh winters with no heat and fighting for their lives.

[@lickylick6483]

“From the grave achievement unlocked”

[@mr.berimbolo827]

😂

[@jordanwalters2818]

Underrated comment

[@thegermansoftie.2260]

Seeing a sunken submarine while scuba diving is the scariest thing ngl. It's creepy as all hell.

[@Doksamauru]

Oh so youve been?

[@briansidney3403]

It’s literally a huge coffin for 73 souls. I’d be creeped out too. It’s cool how small that vessel looks compared to the surrounding terrain. Like a toy Laing in the bottom of a mine shaft summered..

[@MrGrumbles69]

In reality, no one wins in war, it's tragic for all sides. RIP servicemen.

[@ThorSuzuki1]

Well, WW2 was kinda the most important war to "win".

[@leight420]

@@ThorSuzuki1who knows what the world would look like if germany didnt invade russia

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

Who knows if WWII would have even happened if the Allied Powers hadn’t saddled Germany with all the fault for The Great War, when (like all the other countries) they had only just joined in to Defend *their* Allies… WWI (and as a result, II) would likely have only been a small footnote conflict between two minor belligerent nations, but it was escalated into a global, multinational conflict because of ‘Mutual Defence Pacts” between numerous nations… And rather than simply admitting that all those tens of millions of innocent lives across the globe were thrown away so uselessly, the Allied powers dumped all the guilt and shame onto the shoulders of Germany… Which created a ripe environment for a new Socialist Upstart Party to emerge from the Ashes….

[@ThorSuzuki1]

@@Beuwen_The_Dragon So you are all for the "asslicking"? I mean, Hitler could simply have stoppen with the Rhineland and the Sudetenland which was in "right" German territory. But no, he wanted to kill some jews aswell. So that's that.

[@nonbigbrain9662]

@@leight420well there would’ve been less of a Berlin

[@gandhithegreat328]

I love this just glosses over the fact this is the only submarine in history to be sunk by another submarine while submerged

[@wertbe1718]

Is that right

[@wrecker8236]

I don’t think ever in history. Im pretty sure it was the first time it happened. It’s happened several times afterwards.

[@evangalinsky2499]

​@Syntex366 while submerged as well, there were already sub vs sub kills where both were not submerged but breaching the surface.

[@informationoverload2487]

Probably because it’s neither true nor important. Like other posters said other subs have done so after.

[@JMorris297]

Some real Fallout side quest tier shit right there.

[@archbishopTL1]

Something about hearing "20 years ago in 2003" was more toxic and damaging than the materials on the submarine

[@WilliamBruhhh]

I was at the eye doctor. I have a lazy eye that they couldn’t quite fix when I was little. Went in a few weeks ago and the doc said, “We could definitely do another surgery that would most likely be successful. We’ve learned a lot about lazy eyes in the last 20 years.” And I just sat there like “Damn”. 20 years.

[@PhilipDavid-jn3zg]

I was 18 back then haha😂

[@QueerOkie]

*insert 'emotional damage' meme here*

[@shanejones578]

20 years ago I’d be an amputee from a car wreck. Today I just have an iron man body instead. Id have lost my entire left side of my body minus my torso.

[@xXMapleVodkaXx]

"In reality she is more deadly today than when she was first launched in WW2" damn you didn't need to kill the crew a second time man

[@Internetspaceships]

Sinking another submarine that could have been at any depth under water with unguided torpedoes that follow a single depth setting is quite impressive. One in a million shot.

[@hmshood319]

From what I've read, the Leuitenant in command of HMS Venturer was a bit of a genius and designed the fiering solution such that the first 3 torpedoes in the salvo would corral the German U Boat in such a way that the 4th and final torpedo would be in the exact point in three dimensional space to make contact. Truly an epic display of maritime genius

[@Rasscasse]

Wow. That’s impressive!!

[@stinkyfinger420lol]

The first three torpedoes were avoided,but U-864 unknowingly steered into the path of the fourth. U-864 exploded, split in two and sank with all hands, coming to rest on the sea floor at a depth of approximately 490 ft (150 m) below the surface *Source Google*

[@mikeyengland6363]

Thanks for that mate, it’s fascinating how we as humans fight each other but have so much in common. May all those boys rest in peace, what a horrible way to go.

[@NimbusDE]

What are the chances - would have been better for the Norwegians if the U-Boot has not been hit in front of their coast

[@matthewmosier8439]

​@@mikeyengland6363 Other than the stress, it might have been one of the fastest ways to go. They were submerged, so a hull breach would likely kill most people instantly

[@shanemills5017]

Ummm why not use TNT to blow up the wreck

[@jstravelers4094]

​@@shanemills5017Do you really need it explained to you what a horrible idea that is?

[@stevetomblin9007]

Where are all the environmentalists demanding a clean up effort??

[@Adamu98]

They just buried it eventually if I recall.

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

I'm sure it's considered a WWII grave site = exempt from such

[@rci30]

Its not at their local Starbucks so they don't usually care about the environment unless it affects them personally

[@Urbicide]

Unlike "climate change", there is no money to be easily made here.

[@marksallows113]

@@rci30 idiotic statement

[@fiskeflax4894]

The only sub in recorded history that was ever sunk by another submerged sub. But it's a scandal that super-rich country Norway doesnt do anything to prevent contamination.

[@okay8165]

Imagine a submarine battle that’s gotta be the most terrifying thing I’ve heard

[@Rafficarian]

Mercury fulminate was normally used in blasting caps and primers many years ago

[@Urbicide]

Mercuric primers are what made certain ammunition considered corrosive. That is partially the reason why many military rifles have chrome plated bores & chambers. These primers do have a very long shelf life, if stored under decent conditions.

[@rorythurman7843]

still is. surprisingly, nobody will spend the money to get the merc. most notable is its depth

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

Germans had a use for liquid Mercury as it powered the Do-Stra in the Huanebu Program. German SS investigated the Vimana’s in Hindu texts, acquired the Schematics, and re-engineered it under the Huanebu. Then Operation Paperclip happened and a part of the group transferred to the US while the other part relocated to Antartica. The ‘UFO’ are variants of the Huanebu build by a network of Black Project Defense contractors which included Lockheed Skukworks, Boeing Phantom Works, and Northrop Black Widow Group. These crafts are now mass produced at a manufacturing plant in the ‘Alaskan Triangle’.

[@John-nz6jb]

Admitted JFK assassin James Files says he used mercury in the bullet he fired from his Remington Fireball pistol, i.e., exploding on contact with Kennedy's skull.😢

[@Logarius-]

This mercury was going to be used for rocket propellant on Nazi designed rocket planes that were being given to japan

[@itmakesyouthink]

Who knew you could tell the temperature with a fish...

[@abeperera5618]

😂😂😂

[@imhere653]

Those are called Freddie fish.

[@admiralpavelnakhimov8755]

Two Danes on a boat: "Hey what's the water temp today?" *His friend grabs a fish from the water* "Hmmm, I say it's about 2°C"

[@libenstein]

Interesting I thought fish were only used to tell time

[@honorableundead2273]

And this is how Godzilla starts

[@TheJMBon]

Godzilla was from radiation...not heavy metal poisoning. Ffs.

[@honorableundead2273]

​@@TheJMBonlet me dream of giant fire breathing lizards man 😂

[@Doncorleone47]

Submarine or any boats lying at the bottom of the ocean are always creepy and mysterious wrecks like the titanic for example but also extremely interesting

[@mrEC]

Mercury is heavier than water or salt water and once the cylinders decompose, the mercury should sink to the bottom and eventually sink into the sand. There should be some program to retrieve those cylinders to prevent contamination.

[@sirjaustin9140]

not how it works

[@danielbriones2938]

One; how the heck is a metallic container gonna decompose. Two; biomagnification will ensure that the surrounding sea life will accumulate Mercury in their bodies and be unsafe for consumption.

[@PeliSotilas]

If Mercury spills into the ocean, some of it will be turned into organic mercury by anaerobic bacteria, which introduces it into the sea ecosystem and by extension the fish. Organic mercury is about as toxic to humans as regular mercury is.

[@patricklenigan4309]

I would agree that something should be done to solve the problem at first opportunity (namely, technology becomes good enough that the cylinders could be recovered to limit contamination, and clean up the area) when that would become possible, however, would be difficult to say.

[@Dumbrarere]

Not going to happen. The submarine is considered a war grave, which makes recovery of the toxic cargo in violation of international and maritime laws. What they can and are doing is entombimg the wreck as an intermediate-term solution until a long term cleanup plan can be greenlit. It's not unlike what was done to Chernobyl Reactor 4 by the Soviets (and again by the IAEA and cleanup crews).

[@sauceboss9443]

RIP to the men of 864.

[@StatesideHeathen]

They were Nazi's...

[@sauceboss9443]

@@StatesideHeathen 🤓🤓🤓

[@brocclee4476]

@@StatesideHeathen not all Germans where aware of the ss plans and exterminations . Not all German soldiers wanted to even be in that war to begin with just like the United States Britain and Russia Ethiopia etc etc granted the majority where fucked but there was even a point where the whermatch tried to assassinate hitler for what they did to the country Oscar Schindler was a Nazi and he helped free a massive population of Jewish people and not only that a whermatch detachment helped the us siege a castle from the ss

[@visidron8563]

​@Christopher Cole, they were still humans. They were just unfortunately brainwashed. Or they were just fighting for their country. Take, for example, the American Civil War. The majority of the Confederate soldiers did not own slaves or necessarily supported slavery. They were just fighting for their country.

[@charlesrupp3976]

@@StatesideHeathen you, my friend, are embarrassingly stupid.

[@Zolo._.]

Imagine being in the crew just randomly see a enemy and get attacked and flood and drown to death with little to no hope of escape

[@rocc6102]

Due to decompresion it was most likely a quick death. After it split apart the atmosphere inside of the submarine violent collapsed. As you can imagine humans dont handle that very well.

[@ricardoarrieta5762]

That particular boat was made to sink ships from resupling the alliance from America France and Britain. So that boat had no chance.

[@CL-vz6ch]

That would have been a split second.

[@scottdavidson526]

​@@rocc6102They sure don't. That pressure will get you everytime.

[@Dudemon-1]

I've been at scientific conferences discussing how to handle it. Originally, Norway wanted to recover the mercury, but, after more study, it was decided to bury it in place, entombing it with a cap.

[@Nidvard]

...until one of the experts have uncovered a fault in the plan to bury it, so now they are just waiting for the experts to agree on the best course of action

[@Dudemon-1]

@@Nidvard Nah. It's still the leadt-risky solution. But non-experts are complaining.

[@Nidvard]

@@Dudemon-1 are you saying Rambøll is a non-expert?

[@Dudemon-1]

@@Nidvard No. I've worked with them on similar projects (sediment contamination), and I'm not sighting them. But they have an interest in the project. Some of their concerns are valid as improvements, but they also minimize the threat that disturbance could cause.

[@richardseys8014]

and when the cap deteriorates after time same problem just bought some time with a cap

[@momoniji6439]

Legend says people are still waiting for the stunning discovery.

[@charliecurfman8859]

The way you speak, conduct, and give me examples is why I subscribed. Finally a good well spoke channel.

[@johnthomas6174]

They used to carry Mercury to the gold fields in California. It's used to refine gold. Tons of it off the coast of Florida and S America due to storms.

[@cgyygc5433]

they still do this in the amazon.

[@eduardoalbornoz2718]

they still used this in illegal gold mining in brazil for the last 4 years, and still are using in other places as well, old government would just look away, even the vice president approved what they were doing, i dont simpatise with the new people in charge, but removing gold miners from amazon was a great thing

[@nospoon4799]

Lol in Britain they put it in kids teeth..!!

[@aztex6981]

The wreck is outside of fedje Norway's west coast. Norwegian kystverket finished in 2016 filling up the wreck with support soil for further work as the wreck is on a slope. 30.000 Square meter is contaminated. Further work is in progres.

[@hotdog9262]

should have been removed many decades ago

[@honestreviewer3283]

This is the only submarine that's ever been sunk by another submarine. Ever.

[@Louzahsol]

For those wondering about the mercury, it was used in ammunition primers. Today a different material is used but back then they used it to make fulminated mercury.

[@waynemgtregear7228]

There are thousands of sunken war ships all leaking their diesel fuel into the sands below , Approx half a million litres of diesel.

[@emilgil1490]

But diesel is carbon and hydrogen: elements building life. Mercury is toxic, cumulates in living organism and 60microgrammes per kilo is death.

[@AtomicExtremophile]

diesel floats, doesn't it?

[@waynemgtregear7228]

@@AtomicExtremophile true 100% but it seeping through the sunken ships into the sandy ocean bottom. Sand absorb the diesel fuel. ... Eventually making it way through ecology.

[@julianbaquera9511]

Wrong, diesel (which is oil based) is lighter than water even salt water which is denser than regular water…..

[@CrusherBKC1]

They rarely used diesel

[@josephpeluchette191]

I realize it's a grave and will be difficult, but this is a fixable problem

[@markfryer9880]

It comes down to a lot of $$$$ or €€€€, and who will foot the bill.

[@josephpeluchette191]

@@markfryer9880 right

[@pootthatbak2578]

The wtc was a grave too. Didnt stop the elite from rebuilding over the ashes of the dead

[@Cr4igpeterson]

Germany should it’s their wreck 😂😂

[@HelloIamJonas]

​@@Cr4igpeterson Britain should they sunk it

[@AWF1000]

Its crazy that we are still discovering historic things on earth

[@TsubasaOkoshi]

In this boat two Japanese were on board: Tadao Yamato and Shigeo Nakai. Shigeo was my mother's cousin.

[@davyw.2571]

Sorry for your loss.

[@WarPigstheHun]

Wow. That's crazy. What were Japanese people doing on a German sub?

[@mcpr5971]

Smells like bs

[@bluewizzard8843]

​@@WarPigstheHunWell they mentioned the u-boat was on a secret cargo mission to japan.

[@FancyNaeser53]

​@@mcpr5971rude

[@jeremygirtz3254]

That bad shit that comes with war

[@SconiHunter84]

It's incredible how a victory can result in catastrophic results

[@luggy9256]

Most victories have catastrophic results for one side or the other.

[@bluewizzard8843]

Well that's war for you. There is nothing good coming from it.

[@joejoemyo]

Knew exactly the cargo when I saw the thumbnail. Mercury used to be considered a highly valuable precious material - nowadays it's about as expensive to get rid of

[@captain_commenter8796]

Germans really said: “We ain’t losing alone!” **contaminates the surrounding wildlife**

[@simonhansen1942]

Tweakers already ripped the wires out and recycled all the metals.

[@markfryer9880]

In 500 feet of cold North Sea water? Funny comment but factually way off!

[@uzyvan2.0]

@@markfryer9880 actually you should see what they have done to other places like famous deep water battle areas where Loya of big ships sank a lot of them were looted

[@OOO34540]

😂

[@_just_another_filthy_redcoat]

@@markfryer9880 bet you check the door after a knock knock joke and get angry there wasn’t any one really knocking…..

[@kirkkirkland7244]

They have stolen entire battleships full of bombs and these ships were war graves!!! They know who did it also and their not doing anything against them even though they are grave robbers!!!

[@achillebelanger9546]

We have a Freighter full of Mercury bound for England for use in detonators sunk off the Coast of Maine, close to the Territorial Shelf.

[@My2rueSense]

Well....that was warm and fuzzy! Thanks.

[@Assassinsam353]

Fun fact this is the only recorded sub to sub skirmish in history

[@Opno]

People saying "just clean it up" don't realize how much water 500 ft is. And how difficult it is to work with these crumbling wrecks and not end up making things worse or getting people killed

[@fraziercrawford]

Nah, we launched humans out of orbit with binary computers woven by underpaid sweatshop seamstresses. Nothing is actually that difficult, the people with the ability to make it happen just don't give a fuck. Mythologizing the act of taking care of out planet is a psyop

[@kikoredog]

Robots my dude

[@Opno]

@@kikoredog the issue isn't the direct diver exposure. The issue is that if you modify or even touch the sub or the casings, you risk the metal completely failing and dumping the contents into the ocean. Manipulating even simple metal or canisters at that depth is extremely risky in terms of releasing them completely into the ocean and making a worse situation than before

[@Amoogus]

I really would say clean it up but that would require people to actually care about the environment.

[@Opno]

@@Amoogus I would say you're retarded but that would be giving you too much credit

[@johnnyk.2911]

War is toxic.

[@Pursuit918]

Gotta love how they will spend billions to kill but not a few million to clean up their mess.

[@falchions_n_foccacia]

all the people who did this are long dead, and if they try to clean it up there's like an 85% chance it's going to leak and kill a ton of people and fish

[@JM64]

War is great for the economy. Cleaning up environmental disasters? Not so much

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@@JM64 Yep. Can't exactly sack cities when your cleaning mercury up!

[@johnleonard9102]

Nothing stokes human creativity like the desire to kill someone you don't like.

[@yammmit]

@@qwertykeyboard5901you’re

[@Swimming.in.Lead543]

All I’m sayin is Revy Two-Hands added a few more than just 72 to that count

[@o_mag_pie_o666]

The horrors of war never ends😢

[@NedwardFlanders]

Wasn't this the only confirmed submarine to submarine kill while submerged?

[@NedwardFlanders]

@@wayne6777 I wasn't sure at first although I thought it would have been included if it was. As it's such an interesting fact.

[@richardzilz6852]

Soooo that's why the fish I eat has mercury in it!

[@HistoryX]

We never know what's down there, dow we?

[@Shootttr]

@@HistoryX damn for a history channel I thought you’d know how to spell do

[@AinsleyHarriott1]

Underwater submarine dogfights is just peak humanity

[@robertgelley6454]

Thank you for shedding light on this!

[@thelegoconnoisseur0880]

This was and episode of Black Lagoon

[@williamfoote2888]

Metallic mercury isn’t a very dangerous material. Once it’s covered up, it can lay undisturbed for Centuries.

[@jasonswanson9805]

Well what about the non - metallic variety ❓much scarier, right ❓😂😂😂😂

[@williamfoote2888]

@@jasonswanson9805 organic mercury is very toxic, but metallic mercury, by itself is pretty inert. The mercury that was used to mine the rivers around SanFrancisco, for gold, is still there 160 years later. That’s why it’s illegal to disturb those river bottoms…

[@jeanbaptistevallee4500]

@@williamfoote2888 Recreational dredgers used to remove the mercury they found.

[@williamfoote2888]

@@jeanbaptistevallee4500 Probably still do. Whatever they don’t move isn’t going anywhere.

[@danielbriones2938]

Uh... Ever heard of biomagnification?

[@jamesfuria3939]

wont the heavy metals go right to the seabottom. it's heavier than water so it should go lower and not mix with seawater. I'm not positive though.

[@mamavswild]

That’s what I would have thought? Very different specific gravity but I’m no chemist.

[@magapickle01]

So just to explain it to you . Mercury is a solid at temperatures that cold . Once Mercury become s room temperature it becomes the liquid . At a high temperature it becomes a vapor . Mercury vapor light work that way . I know Mercury very well

[@sgriffiths1448]

@@magapickle01 mercury doesn't become solid until -38.83°C/-37.89°F. Much much colder then the ocen gets at 150m

[@magapickle01]

@@sgriffiths1448 interesting that I pull solid Mercury chunks out of flowing rivers that are maybe 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit

[@sgriffiths1448]

@@magapickle01 the temp I mentioned is the melting point for Mercury.

[@albertbryan7132]

Solutions? If the CIA can retrieve a Soviet sub from 5000 meters they can do something about this at 150 meters.

[@teel6060]

134,000lbs of liquid mercury? Unreal!

[@theonlyonestanding8079]

I hope someone clean this up

[@YourDadsBoyfriend]

Lmao. Accountability. That's rich.

[@Cr4igpeterson]

All eyes on Germany

[@wolfiewolfdog9771]

Britain actually babygirl @craig

[@Cr4igpeterson]

@@wolfiewolfdog9771 yea cos I’m clearly a girl… 🤣🤣 try again ugly

[@bluewizzard8843]

Better not. Let it be where it is. That ensures it contaminates the areas only slowly.

[@edwinhernandez6627]

U-864 is forever on patrol . 🚢

[@trout717oboeplayer9]

This is so far the only case of submarine sinking another submarine while both were submerged

[@derrickstorm6976]

"Stunning discovery" contains exactly what is known there should be

[@brucetully]

They will have to bring it up

[@kailanib185]

of course they do, they haven't figured out a way to do it safely

[@HistoryX]

As I understand it, because the sub is broken in two and lying on a steep slope, it's too difficult to bring it up safely without disturbing the wreck further. Therefore they intend to cover it with a layer of gravel and concrete.

[@davidmc62]

I don't believe anyone will risk moving it. As explosives age, they become less stable. I think they should either destroy it or leave it alone.

[@kailanib185]

@@davidmc62they can't destroy it. That would release all the mercury into the ocean.

[@kailanib185]

@@HistoryX last I heard that is not an option as it is illegal and still potentially leaves the mercury to pollute the ocean.

[@pemithmithsara7632]

Crimes happen during wars. But do not end with them.

[@JasperJokerII]

2003-youtube hadn't even started yet

[@donaldlyons537]

Awesome Book about Submarines and Submariners..... BLIND MAN'S BLUFF. Well worth the Read....😊

[@danno8852]

Wouldn’t the mercury just sit on the bottom because it’s 13 times more dense than water ? Just throw a tarp over it…done

[@HistoryX]

Interesting comment. I did some more research and apparently that's kind of what they intend to do. Because they cannot safely raise the sub, it appears they intend to cover it with a layer of gravel and concrete.

[@bluewizzard8843]

R.I.P to those souls that never left that u-boat.

[@Tpecroe]

You mean the souls of the people that wanted to destroy America?

[@AmedoAvogadro]

They were soldiers of the Nazi regime trying to enslave the world. Be careful when you blindly follow a piped piper, charlatan populist! The little guy with the weird mustache reminds me of Dumpster Fire Don.

[@spacer0247]

RIP to those 73 souls🕊

[@howieduwit2551]

Can you raise the volume of the background sound? I can still almost hear you.

[@kingpest13]

The insanity of war is hard to grasp in it's entirety.

[@robert-zj7ef]

That's why we have Generals.

[@paulatudor691]

Can’t they recover the cylinders with a salvage sub??

[@rommel7543]

Remember that part mentioning Mercury is a key ingredient in high explosives AND the sub is armed with live torpedoes? Mercury + torpedoes = 💥

[@Kokopilau77]

@@rommel7543 so… don’t go outside for a smoke

[@JM64]

​@@rommel7543 Mercury in and of itself isn't explosive silly goose. You have to do some chemistry to make it into an explosive compound.

[@rommel7543]

@@JM64 Mercury(II) fulminate, or Hg(CNO)2, is a primary explosive. It is highly sensitive to friction, heat and shock and is mainly used as a trigger for other explosives in percussion caps and detonators. Mercury fulminate (or fulminate of mercury, as Walt rightly calls it) Hg(ONC)2 is a very unstable and explosive compound.

[@JM64]

@@rommel7543 Yes, so as I said mercury in and of itself isn't explosive. And what did he say in the video? *LIQUID* (pure elemental) Mercury. Not explosive.

[@mateuszobszanski274]

Don't forget that there's tens of these in the Baltic Sea alone

[@JonnyFiveAlive144]

Props to the Venturer crew. I'm pretty sure submarines were designed for anti-ship combat, I wouldn't think destroying a sub with a sub is very easy.

[@DavidRLentz]

Can we cover the wreck in a large volume of sand? Would that secure the site? Or secure it till we can apply a more effective method?

[@creator4413]

I was thinking maybe lower a giant steel shell on cables and put it over the whole thing. We could use the hull of another ship that’s being decommissioned

[@logansylvester8093]

I mean Mercury is heavier than water and most likely will just seep down into the sand below the wreck. It definitely isn't environmentally friendly but it isn't as dangerous as the video makes the wreck seem

[@Zlonk7]

They video didnt mention this but the Norwegian government did exactly that a few years ago

[@onolicious9147]

…And that’s…how we get a Godzilla! We’re done for!

[@Fang-sigma2mz]

U-569 makes a contact to lead them U-94 scores a kill in the dark!

[@shahrookhshroff3018]

We salute these heroes, who gave up their lives to serve their land. RIP! 😇😇😇🙌🙌🙌👌👌👌

[@GhostScout42]

f nazis

[@MJ-we9vu]

They were Nazis. Let them rot.

[@Zlonk7]

I wouldnt exactly say they were heroes but they did serve their land

[@jimkammerer5240]

OMG THIS IS SO SAD INDEED 😞

[@HistoryX]

Without a doubt. But thanks for watching, Jim.

[@randomclipsmilitary9056]

The sonar pings in the distance are haunting

[@SL4US]

Fish: "Why my home spicy"

[@64Ziesingracing]

The most shocking part of this video for me was that 2003 was 20 years ago

[@Chris.Davies]

Liquid metallic mercury really isn't much of a threat, because it doesn't interact with much stuff. You could bathe in the stuff and be fine - for example. It is the salts of mercury which are so deadly. And so while it's not great to have that mercury down there, it most certainly is NOT an environmental disaster waiting to happen. It really helps if you know a little chemistry.

[@thatranger8095]

it's the only sub to be killed by another sub underneath the water

[@thogusdonatus4607]

There is even old Cargo ships from ww2 that is having tons of oil barrels laying on the ocean floor that is about to pop and leak out lots of oil into the ocean

[@thicccheese4007]

Ah good to know the Nazi’s are still being a pain in the ass to this day. I’ll hand it to them, they’re very dedicated

[@Helena-me6mp]

I think the british are the ones who caused this disaster. Werent they the ones who shot a carrier of toxic chemicals?

[@okage6219]

Shit could've happened on an industrial transport just as well

[@thicccheese4007]

@@okage6219 what, like a train? Trains never have accidents, especially in Ohio

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

They need to build a shell to pu F over that until they figure out how to retrieve that mercury

[@GhostScout42]

u pay for it, ill let the heavier than water mecury sit on the ocean floor

[@Zlonk7]

​@@GhostScout42and let the fish eat it? The same fish people eat eveyday?

[@Zlonk7]

They covered it in sand a few years ago

[@Jokerboss421]

The guy who shot the torpedo at the sub got 73 kill streak

[@Bluebrothersag2]

It's just so eerie seeing a sunken ship. Like who made it sink or what???.....

[@natebenetard5100]

Does anyone know if there are plans to deal with this issue?

[@Nidvard]

3 plans for how to deal with it, with the most feasible being to bury/seal it off. the best course of action is still undecided though, as the reason why it haven't been done yet

[@Necoarcgamingofficial]

I don’t even want to imagine what those men experienced in their final moments

[@fredread9216]

We humans sure can screw things up cant we.

[@MrAM4D3U5]

It should be the responsibility of England to clean this mess us since they’re the ones who sunk the ship

[@mckcpaul1]

Send the clean up bill to Germany!

[@jaysleezy5464]

Germany did nothing wrong except lose.

[@sn1per.-992]

Send it to the british!

[@Helena-me6mp]

Right, if you get shot, you pay the bill and not the one who shot you

[@nicholasproductions237]

@@Helena-me6mpif you lose the war you pay the bill

[@nicholasproductions237]

@@sn1per.-992the British paid it by stopping that sub from reinforcing the Japanese

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Another stunning fact is that U-864 is one of only two submarines ever sunk by another submarine while both were underwater.

[@michaelcobaugh7287]

That was some kind of Wipeout the Venturer put on the U boat. 😉

[@robgee7788]

That mercury would go straight down. The narrator would lead you to believe it would dissolve in the water. That mercury won't hurt a thing.

[@user-oo3fx1wb8u]

I dived 558 feet on the hms dasher of Arran in Scotland was a mess I can only assume how this uboat looks now pretty dangerous

[@roberthegwood3528]

Gretta thunberg has missed the mark on what's important..

[@mbryson2899]

It has been one of her points for years.

[@KnightFilms32]

Oh, i was expecting the Japanese tiger tank, lmao

[@Valkyriene]

Now waiting for a real Godzilla to come out

[@toeknee4301]

At first I thought with the sonar in the background he was gonna say the ships sonar was permanently going off which would also be devastating