HMS Caroline - The Last Survivor of Jutland

[@alephalon7849]

She isn't a HMS Warspite or a HMS Iron Duke. But HMS Caroline outlasted every other ship that fought at Jutland and continues to exist today. That's an impressive achievement itself.

[@DK-gy7ll]

Was just gonna say. It seems avoiding the breakers was the greatest accomplishment for any British warship of the 20th century.

[@oml81mm]

She is a unique ship, the only one left in the world of her kind... Go and visit her, and find out for yourself. She is a small part of history, but an important part.

[@julianbentham3989]

Penny pinching British goverment should be ashamed for not saving one single battleship when is was britain who invented them

[@SennaAugustus]

She rushed the High Seas Fleet like a madlad, she deserves to be up there in the greats regardless.

[@TheVargr]

I volunteer onboard Caroline and she is a very beautiful ship and considered lucky. She only ever lost 3 crew members; one who fell overboard in 1914 and two killed at the Battle of Jutland who were onboard another ship during the battle. After her 1919 tour in India she had issues raising steam and returned to the uk at low speeds. So she was to be scrapped, however the first prime minister of Northern Ireland asked for her to be used in the RNVR so her boilers, screws, and rudder were removed and she was towed to Belfast where she has been ever since. She was deemed too impractical to be restored to seaworthiness during WW2. Apart from going into drydock at least 2 times prior to becoming a station in Belfast she remained at dock (although she was moved from one part of the harbour to Alexandria dock where she remains today.) Restored to a museum ship in June 2016 (100th anniversary of Jutland) and closed that Autumn to be drydocked. After the hull was restored from that she was returned to Alexandria dock but turned 180* from how she previously sat, and had two clamps attached to prevent her breaking loose. I highly recommend everyone go visit this ship. She is located behind Titanic Studios (where GOT was filmed) and within close walking distance of the Titanic Experience and SS Nomadic.

[@Aren-1997]

Nice museum. I just with they would remove that ugly barn off her and give a proper restoration. I understand its considered "Historic" but it really ruins this nice and unique ship. They should remove it and use it as a display hall offshore, then give the ship her much needed full restoration. That way both are preserved correctly.

[@johndickie5577]

I got a special invite and went aboard on the 100th aniversary, May 31, 2016, of the battle of Jutland, and got a private tour. The staff were wonderful, and I made sure to touch the engines as I was sure that part was there a hundred years earlier. Thrill of my lifetime.

[@connorarmstrong4437]

With the string of videos on ships that ultimately got scrapped, I got worries when he got to the section of "how her career ended". Glad to see such an important ship surviving for over a century.

[@Cider4144]

My Great Father, Arthur Edward Holmes was killed at the battle of Jutland. He was a Stoker, 2nd class aboard HMS Defence which sunk by German fire and internal explosions. RIP. Never Forgotten.

[@Nebula_Ultra]

Ok

[@BHuang92]

Its quite contrasting when the last surviving warship of the Battle of Jutland which was fought with big dreadnought battleships is a small cruiser!

[@OriginalCoalRollers]

Yo this is by far the best warship channel hands down, ocean liner designs, big old boats, the great big move, battleship NJ, they all don’t hold a candle to this channel, keep it up bro I love you content

[@AnchoredPast]

I'm going to be honest. I was really excited when I saw that you had uploaded this video. I had uploaded a video 10 months ago on the HMS Caroline. That video at the time of uploading, and until you uploaded this video today. It remained the only history video to be made on this ship. I'm so glad that I can no longer say that I have the only history video on her. This video is absolutely amazing, and very well done. Please keep it up, and I can't wait for more.

[@lukasito100]

👍 visited her in 2006 . Enjoyed it

[@josephhungerford8348]

Very interesting topic keep it up the great work

[@colvinator1611]

Excellent video. I didn't realise she existed !

[@moosifer3321]

I always wondered HOW Caroline survived. Another quality Video, looking to 500k? Patience, your content Deserves more attention.

[@Aren-1997]

You forgot to mention Carolines most famous action at Jutland which involved her dueling with the Dreadnought SMS Nassau, and then firing two torpedos at the ship which passed in front and underneath.

[@SennaAugustus]

Her torpedo ran under SMS Westfalen. Together with Caroline was Royalist.

[@whippersnapper660]

i am 73 years old ,as a youth my best friend was danish, his dad lived in denmark and saw several drowned sailors washed up on shore during that great naval sea battle

[@andrewturner6642]

We saw her in 2022 and I couldn't get over how sleek she was.

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

I’ve been looking for WW1 era surviving ships around the world ‘Aurora, USS Texas, Georgios Averoff, IJN Mikasa’ but somehow missed the existence of this one. The fact it’s turbines survived is a bonus. It’s within the realm of possibility for me to visit this one so I’ll add it to my list. In general the Royal Navy hasn’t saved much from this time period.

[@jamielawn1568]

I visited the ship a few years ago and I thought it was brilliant.

[@steveclarke6257]

Caroline survived in the same way as Unicorn, the admiralty essentially forgot she was there acting as a "reserve training establishment" for 50 years. I was her in Belfast in the 1990's but as she was still an active training facility, but you could not visit her as a civilian without an appointment. She looked a bit sad from the Stranraer ferry i was on at the time, she certainly needed a repaint.......but she still exists.

[@robmarsh6668]

There's a 6" gun off of a 'C' class cruiser at the Sidney BC Legion. The ship was at Jutland. I bet the gun was too. Kinda cool

[@jayfelsberg1931]

The anti-aircraft conversions are an interesting story

[@moosifer3321]

Please do a full insight into C/D/E Cruisers Come on sweet Caroline, a Valuable memory of past events.

[@jamesberlo4298]

that's a Beautiful Ship,

[@rogerbogh3884]

Other than a side view directed at that weird deck house, she is a beautiful ship. I wonder if anyone makes a 1/350 scale model of her class. Something to look into...

[@TheLucanicLord]

Main armament at the back? A Yenlen or a Nosdor?

[@peteredwards338]

HMS Caroline was my dad's pay ship in WW2.

[@bigvinny333]

Was the bow remodelled ? The early images appear to show a straight bow. The later images appear to show a curved bulbous bow typical of those better suited to ramming.

[@barneymagee3285]

No.

[@oml81mm]

She did not have a " bulbous" bow, but rather a bow designed for ramming. If you look at her today she sits a lot higher in the water than she did as designed. Not sure of the figures but she must be something Like 15ft up at the bow, and a bit less at the stern. Remember that her boilers were removed a long time ago but her turbines ate still in place as is her condenser.

[@PoggleRebecca]

I love your videos and so I hope this is a small ask, but when you're talking it sounds like you microphone is picking up thumps when you're banging your desk or microphone, which is pretty distracting. Is there something you can do to address it please? Thank you!

[@richardthompson6366]

Sweet Caroline

[@sonnyd.6777]

Immagine if she could speak. What great stories she may tell

[@Backwardlooking]

👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@dennisvandermarkt8263]

Put her next to Texas

[@barneymagee3285]

Caroline’s present predicament is disappointing , she is at the end of a cul de sac , which is at the end of another cul de sac where few people go , she cannot be seen from any roads, and visitors have to seek her out , which means they are few. The ship is showing signs of neglect , and the onshore visitor centre is closed , this contains mainly photos , with very few artefacts from her long and varied history. access to Caroline has been severely curtailed , and one now has to book a guided tour , and these only operate on certain days , it seems purchases in the small shop are card payment only , so it looks to some ,almost as if they don’t want visitors , it seems clear that she present management , as well as the isolated location ensures that the ship will never be a successful museum , which is a shame.

[@Aren-1997]

I believe the Royal Navy museum who own the ship understand this very well, and have wished to move her to Portsmouth for years, but the Northern Irish Government wont let her go out of pride, despite neglecting the ship......

[@barneymagee3285]

@@Aren-1997 I think you are partially correct , but as far as I know, the ship could not have been saved without the financial support of the Northern Ireland assembly , and this only due to local lobbying by ex royal naval reserves . The ship has spent the vast majority of her life in Belfast , so one could argue that is where she belongs, the Northern Ireland assembly, as far as I know, are not “ neglecting the ship” , Their only role was paying for it ….! the maintenance of the ship is, I assume the responsibility of the owner.

[@jerry2357]

Last summer, I visited Belfast (for the first time in my life), specifically to visit HMS Caroline. Of course I also visited the Titanic and the Giant's Causeway while I was in Northern Ireland. I thought Caroline was great and she certainly wasn't "showing signs of neglect". She should be kept there, but people should be encouraged to visit Belfast to visit her.

[@barneymagee3285]

@@jerry2357 any ship needs constant work , mostly Caroline’s problem is just cosmetic , they should form a team of volunteers to do the wire brushing and painting to make her look tiddly again , Chatham does this very well , with Hms Cavalier looking like a new pin.

[@andybennett3964]

The powers that be were told by the late Prince Philip not to touch Caroline while he was alive, that may have played a role in why it lasted so long, soft deplomacy in action.

[@ironkeko4423]

Rather than having a Warspite cope, I'd rather sing SWEET CAROLINE BAH BAH BAH

[@simonstock4448]

wish they’d got rid of the deck house such a hunchback on her appearance and otherwise rakish lines… will be sure to visit her regardless!

[@barneymagee3285]

It’s unsightly , but it is an interesting survivor of an RNVR drill shed , no other survives , for nearly a century , and through the Second World War , this was a meeting place, for her ships company , as well as those of the smaller escort group ships that were attached to her , sadly it has been stripped of all the fittings , and is now just a featureless cinema.

[@oml81mm]

I tend to agree, but the "shed" is a part of her history.😊

[@Aren-1997]

@@barneymagee3285 They should remove it and use it as a display hall offshore, then give the ship her much needed full restoration. That way both are preserved correctly.

[@getongab]

4 shafts, not 2.