Imagine ninety ships doing something like that for three hours.
@sdrc921263 жыл бұрын
Followed swimming in freezing water.
@SuperOtter133 жыл бұрын
Isn't that what the bombardment that ended the opium wars was like? Seem to remember reading that somewhere once.
@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad3 жыл бұрын
In rough seas and deck splinters flying everywhere
@clockmonkey3 жыл бұрын
@@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad Yep, sailing round the Med would be Jolly enough but a Naval Battle would be terrible.
@clockmonkey3 жыл бұрын
@Chris George Think the main exchange of fire was about three hours, with forty minutes of pandemonium in the middle of that. Either side I'd agree you've got a few hours for the Fleets to close and the pursuit of ships trying to disengage. Staggers me how Nelson could plan a Battle like that but he knew what he was doing.
@arandomusername882 жыл бұрын
I dont know why the algorithm recommended a 7 year old video of a broadside bombardment to me but im not complaining
@lisaanimi2 жыл бұрын
Thanks KZbin
@VanIsleNuckFan2 жыл бұрын
7 Years too late!!
@AverageAlien2 жыл бұрын
because it's fuckin epic
@GTGizra-bf1fu Жыл бұрын
It was pretty awesome though.
@Dirty_2163 ай бұрын
Touché
@denforundrade6957 жыл бұрын
Wish more historical ships where preserved. Love these old Man o Wars and tall ships...
@Thunderbirdelan4 жыл бұрын
Hms is a first rate I believe
@Thunderbirdelan4 жыл бұрын
Constitution is a heavy frigate
@joshuawells8353 жыл бұрын
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
@lifeunderthestarstv3 жыл бұрын
Man o war is a slang term. This is a galleon
@tomsalter78523 жыл бұрын
@@lifeunderthestarstv Man of war is not a slang term and Victory definitely isn’t a galleon.
@TheACM222 жыл бұрын
*sigh....launches Total War: Napoleon*
@MrFichstar2 жыл бұрын
Ew dude. Empire all the way.
@grenadier64832 жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar Empire is a busted up ass piece of shit.
@y.r._2 жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar I wish there were some kind of combination of Empire and Napoleon. Empire has a far superior map and trade options (in general, the economics in empire are just much better), but Napoleon has better mechanics... the liberation of provinces, more diplomatic options, more interesting units and better battle gameplay.
@dicksdiggers2 жыл бұрын
@@MrFichstar Empire is cooler in general, but the gameplay/mechanics in Napoleon are solid.
@TheManeymon2 ай бұрын
FotS Naval combat is the peak of sail/steam naval combat in TW.
@Bobba_raekus2 жыл бұрын
The best thing about it is that it also lays down a smokescreen while firing which makes it completely impossible for anyone aboard to tell if they hit anything.
@MR-YoutubeChangedMyHandle2 жыл бұрын
That's what the crows nest is for. You yell down and hope someone down there still has eardrums.
@darwinenthusiast30392 жыл бұрын
@@MR-KZbinChangedMyHandle And not to mention they would usually be under way so the smoke would clear away as the ship moved forward. I assume the crows nest and the deck of the ship may use flags to communicate as well.
@wilkatis2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the French PoV being included as the 2nd view angle
@RealZynexx2 жыл бұрын
xD
@sirjohng13 жыл бұрын
The three rows of guns had a different size (calibre), large at the bottom to small at the top. From the top, 12 pounders, 24 pounders and 32 pounders (the weights of the cannon balls). When built she had 42 pounders on the bottom deck but in high seas they made the ship so low in the water the gun ports could not be opened for fear of swamping the ship hence the replacement 32 pounders, much easier to manipulate and load but not so hard hitting. Which guns were used in action depended on the number and size of the opponent/s and how much damage and where was desired upon the enemy. A quick action preferably to knock out sails and rudder, then close in and board was better as a captured ship could be sold or taken into service by the Admiralty and the proceeds, known as prize money would be shared amongst the ship's crew who captured it. Under a captain/Admiral like Nelson a sailor could make a large amount of cash. There were other guns fore and aft too called "stern and bow Chasers" often made of brass and restricted generally to 12 pounders, for structural reasons, but had long barrels for greater pinpoint accuracy and to maximise range. These would mostly be used to try and bring down rigging and cripple rudders to stop a ship and could, of course, kill or injure officers and men conning the ship. A 32 pounder could hole the hull of a large opponent at up to a mile and a half away and do considerable damage to rigging. I hope this helps.
@BucephalusHume3 жыл бұрын
2021: So coool :0 1761: Blood and guts everywhere, screams of howling pain.
@the_rover13 жыл бұрын
the guys next to you: hundreds of wooden splinters in their skin, blood everywhere, pieces of flesh hanging off you: giant piece of wood sticking out of your chest. rating: 0.1/10 wouldn't follow press gangs again.
@thedictationofallah3 жыл бұрын
in 1761 the victory wasnt even built
@minimalgrammar12762 жыл бұрын
For those who don't know: This is one of the most legendary, decorated, and experienced ships to ever exist. It is centuries old, and parts of the original ship still remain. Behold one of the mightiest vessels to ever sail the seas.
@CGCTV2 жыл бұрын
"STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP" - Some guy 600ft away
@judechauhan67152 жыл бұрын
Captain Jack Sparrow was a lesser known participant in the battle XD
@dwaterson21 Жыл бұрын
Bro pulled up to the drive-by and shot the scallywag right out of em
@eyakimicki2 жыл бұрын
why did this suddenly get reccomended
@mrhappyface41812 жыл бұрын
The algorithm's understanding of a funeral volley.
@mr.weirdo57562 жыл бұрын
no idea... GOD SAVE THE QUEEEEEEEEN
@kupertjerobin2 жыл бұрын
Epic history TV did a video on it a few days ago
@gitfoad80322 жыл бұрын
We're being farmed.
@vaahtobileet2 жыл бұрын
because they correctly predicted that you would click on it (and comment). It's not so complicated. It shows you stuff that you want to see.
@andrewmartin42583 ай бұрын
Why was the King of Spain so unhappy with the Armada? He was only getting 5 miles per galleon.
@chrisr61422 ай бұрын
Cute. Remember Cartagena de Indias!
@Kevin-sr8yx2 ай бұрын
😂
@User2o22 жыл бұрын
Another video that suddenly just got recommended to everyone after seven years
@bernardli95142 жыл бұрын
"You see that spanish ship there?" "Aye, sir" "I don't want to anymore" "AYE AYE SIR!"
@Fistmybeer2 жыл бұрын
Hahah!!! ^^
@rebelbebel2 жыл бұрын
They just broadsided the entire town to dust and the crowd just cheers.
@fredwood81583 жыл бұрын
How she must have loved that, that old ship of the line, to waken from her long sleep to the creak and squeal of blocks and tackle running out her pride and purpose, to feel the rumble of heavy wheels on her battle decks. How her wooden heart must have soared to the pounding, pounding, pounding of her rolling broadside, black power tongues of fire scorching her gun ports again, the jerk on her ribs of the guns recoil, the thunderation and hellfire spewing forth, once again.To arms, to arms, to war and and blood and ripping shot, feeling once again her scars from battles long forgot by men. To feel the power to change the world and make it slave. Such a dream, such a dream she must have thought, such a beautiful dream.
@Eytaris3 жыл бұрын
she never sleeps, she keeps her vigil, as the oldest commissioned ship still afloat. Her sails cannot take her at sea anymore, but she's still there, standing high and proud, like a great-grandmother to all warships at sea, aged, but robust as an oak.
@sdingeswho3 жыл бұрын
Beautifully written, Fred! You have captured the feeling exactly! ❤️
@SavageMonkeyJizz3 ай бұрын
Damn man thats raw feeling. Incredible passion!
@tonybennett60852 ай бұрын
@@fredwood8158 beautifully written.
@Rekaert2 ай бұрын
"I love the smell of cannon in the morning. Smells like ... HMS Victory." - Horatio Nelson, probably.
@YouOnlyIiveTwice2 жыл бұрын
*_enemy ship sunk after the fourth shot_* "Captain, we've destroyed the enemy" "What?" *_continues to fire the other 100 cannons"_*
@inevitableanarchy42032 жыл бұрын
Gotta have that celebratory fire
@mral131313133 жыл бұрын
From a time when “Ships were made of wood and men were made of steel”.
@DET_C0RD3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I try to imagine myself being on the receiving end of this. I think I’d be dead within a very short period of time lol.
@stefanwiebers99913 жыл бұрын
Today they were Teens whith a joystick. ...
@SilverMothAudio3 жыл бұрын
The cyborg army destroyed our navy in minutes
@stefanwiebers99913 жыл бұрын
@@SilverMothAudio they don't. Cause they are not real. ..
@SilverMothAudio3 жыл бұрын
@@stefanwiebers9991 no shit
@therealtwo2dee3 жыл бұрын
thank you KZbin algorithm for showing me such a masterpiece
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
It really is a shame that more of these sail giants weren't preserved. I'd love to compare this to one from France or Spain (one of their super galleons) in terms of design and armament.
@MartinTraXAA3 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in France and Spain a bunch of people suddenly got Goosebumps when this happened.
@lordsamofcasltes3 жыл бұрын
@Sl Mi sureeee 🤣
@justindake2 ай бұрын
Can’t believe that bell tower is still standing. Their aim is terrible
@aporlarepublica2 жыл бұрын
Imagine that poor Englishman when the next day he went to open his shop and found it completely shredded to pieces by cannon fire from the Victory. :(
@yourlocalfloridaman62512 жыл бұрын
F
@luminescentpearl41262 жыл бұрын
F
@NapoléonBonaparteI-g2m2 ай бұрын
Also, KZbin recommended me this 9 years later....
@sirjohng12 ай бұрын
@@NapoléonBonaparteI-g2m : One of over 2 million now😎👍🏻
@themanwithinflatableknees87702 ай бұрын
And me!!
@noodleoflake9652 жыл бұрын
I love myself some old random videos of old random things brought to you by the KZbin algorithm.
@jonasmcrae22 жыл бұрын
French navy disliked this video
@sorwdzord3603 жыл бұрын
Man, now imagine how it would sound if all those cannons were loaded with shot.
@longshot76013 жыл бұрын
I imagine it would sound about the same with added screams.
@GSimpsonOAM3 жыл бұрын
@@longshot7601 If firing a ball they would use more powder and more pressure gets built up behind the ball. I do black powder musket shooting and we have a 1 1/2' cannon. Video on my channel. You definitely need hearing protection using it. The gunners on the Victory must have gone deaf quickly.
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
Those British sailors must have been going deaf, same for the Spanish and French.
@fynworld7 жыл бұрын
That must have been terrifying in its time, just imagine those canons popping out while facing you, you know the volley is coming, there's no escape.
@CodeineRadick3 жыл бұрын
Hard to starboard?
@2jz-boi3 жыл бұрын
like the scene from black sails were the spanish man of war obliterates 2 pirate ships
@MrSeeka062 жыл бұрын
Wow! those cars in the parking lot never stood a chance
@MrClobbertime2 жыл бұрын
It's what they get for letting the meters expire.
@_...0.._2 жыл бұрын
man i can only imagine the backblast of the soundwaves you'd get from this on deck. clothes would stick to like they were dripping wet
@isaacdalziel57722 жыл бұрын
And they probably were, as well
@iansmith33012 жыл бұрын
THE ALGORITHM HAS SPOKEN. LET IT LISTEN TO THE SWEET SOUND OF YOUR CANNONS.
@sshep864 жыл бұрын
This ship is older than the USA. Strange thought that.
@iainfalconer46744 жыл бұрын
Not that old then.
@VS-et4pn3 жыл бұрын
255 is pretty old
@dylandcan96653 жыл бұрын
@@VS-et4pn for a human life span but nothing els
@alexanderchristopher62373 жыл бұрын
@@dylandcan9665 for a preserved warship, that is still old. Most other warships that were preserved nowadays are from WW2 and WW1.
@joshschneider97663 жыл бұрын
There are less than two dozen ships this old in existence world wide. So yes, for a ship of sail that is tremendously old.
@Brace677 жыл бұрын
"Oh Victory, Victory, how you distract my poor brain", uttered Admiral Lord Nelson while dying of his wound below decks on his Flagship. HMS Victory had just unloaded another broadside at the enemy during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
@edwardcromwell92286 жыл бұрын
I love the smell of ruling the waves in the morning
@heraldeventsandfilms59703 жыл бұрын
Says some runt on the internet.
@joshschneider97663 жыл бұрын
Says the guy that sits on the side filming while real men take action. That's why you come online and harass people eh boy?
@heraldeventsandfilms59703 жыл бұрын
@@joshschneider9766 Your mates died for eff-all, tools of American imperialism. Stupid see you NT.
@Franko1804893 жыл бұрын
Your mum is it all of the trade but we like her
@heraldeventsandfilms59703 жыл бұрын
@@Franko180489 Fucking moron.
@simonphoenix37894 ай бұрын
those are tiny charges its firing. I wish I could see how it would actually look like firing its cannons. I bet the noise and smoke would be several times larger than this.
@sirjohng14 ай бұрын
Back in the 1960' at the London Planetarium there was a great scenario of the the Victory and a demonstration area of what the gun deck was like with the canons being fired. Took my kids there and they had the sulphurous smells associated with the firing too, it was amazing and so loud. Not there now I guess.
@jeffreyhenion48183 ай бұрын
Not like I want to be on a gun deck during a battle, but I imagine the whole ship shook during a bradsde when the guns rolled back against their hawsers.
@jamesharding34593 ай бұрын
Tiny charges of flash powder. If you’ve ever looked up archive film of a destroyer-grade naval gun from the the 20th century firing, you’ll get an idea of the real blast effect.
@Splodnik3 ай бұрын
@@sirjohng1 there's the Peter Harrison Planetarium at Greenwich Park. But it doesn't have a gun deck :(
@scobra59414 жыл бұрын
Q. Why did Royal Navy ships have glass bottoms? A. So they could keep an eye on the French Navy.
@scobra59414 жыл бұрын
@Edwards Your "battle winner" was Corsican. Take him out the equation and the figures are very different.
@Firebolt1933 жыл бұрын
@@scobra5941 Corsica is a French island, he was still French lol
@notyou69423 жыл бұрын
@@Firebolt193 he was italian. just because its owned by the french doesnt make him ethnically french
@bluemike8073 жыл бұрын
@Aussie Pom sounds like Darwinism to me. Sucks to suck.
@teamcybr83753 жыл бұрын
@@notyou6942 Ethnicity doesn't have shit to do with it, it's a matter of nationality.
@blank53907 жыл бұрын
I'm sure the Victory felt good letting off some cannon vibrations among the decks. The smell of gun powder and the thundering roar...
@khaak23907 жыл бұрын
yeah going deaf must have felt nice o.0
@joshschneider97663 жыл бұрын
These are modern electrically activated powder charges. Nobody was on the gundecks
@andrewgodly57393 жыл бұрын
It would be like being on a crowded bus that's on fire in the middle of a gunfight in the vast nothingness of an ocean with hungry sharks awaiting your demise. Not to mention, the horrible food, sanitation and sleeping arrangements.
@marklatimer73332 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting fire insurance for this event? "So you want let off how many pounds of Black Powder on your 300 year old wooden ship?".
@barrybolton1396 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@stephenhoward68293 ай бұрын
The rolling broadside was how a bow-rake or stern-rake was done; the guns fire as they came to bear as you sailed past the bow or stern of the enemy ship at close range. It was an especially vicious and effective way of destroying an enemy ship. Each ball, and there's a lot of them, would pass down the length of the enemy ship, killing and wrecking as it went.
@Thisisahandle7013 жыл бұрын
These ships suddenly make a lot more 'sense' when you see the firepower they're capable of, it suddenly looks like a war machine as opposed to a swashbucklin' sea bus.
@Duke_of_Lorraine3 жыл бұрын
To give you an order of magnitude, the HSM Victory has 104 guns. During a large battle, each army only had a few hundred cannons. At Austerlitz for example, Napoleon had 139 guns, while Russia and Austria between 160 and 278. So the biggest ships had a firepower comparable to an entire army. Granted, the army also had thousands of small arms and the ship can only fire half its guns in one direction but that's still considerable.
@thitsugaya12243 жыл бұрын
@@Duke_of_Lorraine A true mobile floating fortress.
@fredgervinm.p.33153 жыл бұрын
That is a lot of firepower ! By the time the bottom row fired, the top row is reloaded.
@whybotherwithusernames48802 жыл бұрын
POV, you are a level 5 schooner and the jackdaw saw you
@Capellix00012 жыл бұрын
real
@crestfallenwarrior57192 жыл бұрын
So im not the only saying that this was a good game, huh?
@Stupetin2 жыл бұрын
I hope they at least put a frenchman on the other end
@pretzelhunt2 жыл бұрын
starboard side?
@mikelindellspillow26092 жыл бұрын
Trudeau will do.
@pretzelhunt2 жыл бұрын
@@mikelindellspillow2609 I think he's passed
@omnicave31833 жыл бұрын
When you need to destroy everything in that general direction....
@jessedenwood31528 жыл бұрын
HMS VICTORY was in active service for many years and like many large wooden warships became a floating hulk supporting the fleet. She was towed into No 2 Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base and given a huge restoration. Most of the wood making up the ship frame is original from built and most of the hull and decks. She gets contintinual restoration but at over 200 years old now needs some significant work and a major programme to do that is underway.
@sirjohng18 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the insight and information, it is encouraging to find so much interest in this part of our heritage. Looking up wood "seasoning" gives an insight into the way wood behaves long-term. Oak is an oily wood and will continue to exude the oily sap for a very long time so it is unnecessary, and possibly counter productive, to apply any finish. Hence, you will see oak beams in constructions that look aged and worn but which still hold their structural integrity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_drying It is also encouraging to host a video where commenting is so pleasant and informative.
@Juan_Kossov7 жыл бұрын
Certain deck timbers are original, but not many.
@cameronnewton70538 ай бұрын
Just for a moment, imagine the carnage of trafalgar the moment the 2 british columns, victory at the head, broke the franco-spanish line and unleashed a full broadside into the vunerable rear of the franco-spanish ships. Glass, wood, iron, blood, bone, and guts all flying about in a space so cramped you can't stand up in, let alone the deafening sounds of wood and iron being rent apart, and the agonisng screams of dying men laying on the gun decks now slick with blood.... Naval battles in the age of sail were not a pretty place, nor was any battlefield, land or sea.
@hughgilbert13346 ай бұрын
You painted a picture there mate
@vascesvanghoul57484 ай бұрын
Dude, everything okay at home?
@bernardli95143 жыл бұрын
"see that colony over there?" "Yes, Captain" "I don't want to anymore" "Aye sir"
@drewburt43153 жыл бұрын
England does not have the best track record for subduing its colonies. Unless you are merely referring to the captains view of the colony temporarily being obscured by smoke...
@Jackerlus13 жыл бұрын
@@drewburt4315 Literally no one had a great track record for subduing colonies. That's why the colonial era ended.
@Pawelec8012 жыл бұрын
Crew must have gone deaf after a battle.
@BBoySnakeDogG2 жыл бұрын
WHAT?
@samuelafanador20732 жыл бұрын
@@BBoySnakeDogG clever
@Sophocles133 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine what a full blown naval battle must've looked and sounded like?!?
@thomassmith19063 жыл бұрын
no, everyone would be deaf XD
@jdcunnington3 жыл бұрын
WHAT? I can't hear a thing!
@calhackit98063 жыл бұрын
you should watch Black Sails.
@R2RO202 жыл бұрын
I think they got'em.
@liamphillips99262 жыл бұрын
Nelson were is the French fleet ?
@HydroSnips2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere a gunnery officer is rolling in his grave at how uncoordinated and erratic this rolling barrage is :D Still fun to watch though, unless you’re a French sailor…
@jonasmcrae22 жыл бұрын
Jack Aubrey would've said it was too slow, no grog for the gun crews tonight!
@sirjohng12 жыл бұрын
It is known as 'fire as you bear' leaving it to each gun captain to fire at a suitable target. It is not intended to be a 'broadside'. The cannon are fakes and the explosions are pyrotechnics.
@nevillemason67913 жыл бұрын
I once heard a cannon being fired for real in North Wales (and not just a fire cracker like here). A cannonball was fired (illegally) across the Menai Straits landing in the sand dunes at Newborough Warren resulting in a prosecution. It was only good luck that no one was killed. Although a few miles away it was a loud thunderous roar. Victory's broadside must have been deafeningly terrifying even to those not in the line of fire.
@thitsugaya12243 жыл бұрын
Where I live it would be perfectly legal to fire off a cannon, so long as it you're on your own property.
@reclusiarchgrimaldus12693 жыл бұрын
@@thitsugaya1224 Lemme guess, Texas?
@thitsugaya12243 жыл бұрын
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Yes, but it's not exclusive to Texas, at the federal level, and in most states, muzzleloading black powder weapons aren't legally classified as firearms. Therefore, they aren't usually restricted by laws governing firearms. Of course firing one off in public would still garner several criminal charges, such as reckless endangerment, disturbing the piece, and possible destruction of public or private property if the cannon ball hits something.
@WhatEvenIsAGoodName3 жыл бұрын
@@thitsugaya1224 Well, you're half right. Technically it's still classified as a dangerous entity/explosive device in most states if it's actually loaded, and in most non-texas states the sale of black powder itself is regulated.
@AverageAlien2 жыл бұрын
Oi, you got a loicence for that cannon?
@efnissien3 ай бұрын
Apparently the Victory had more guns on her than Wellington had in the entire peninsular campaign. When you read of the carnage of Trafalgar, this makes it seem all the more horrific, especially when you realise that the French tactic was to shoot at the sails and break contact, where as the Royal Navy fired at the hull to disable the ship / kill crew.
@tomoslewis96563 ай бұрын
It's why British drill focused on rate of fire rather than precision, maximise casualties before closing and boarding.
@efnissien3 ай бұрын
@@tomoslewis9656 Also helped by retractable guns that recoiled back into the gundeck after firing allowing the guncrew to reload faster (I believe 3 times faster) than the French & Spanish whose fixed guns required a crewman to climb out the gunport and along the barrel then be passed the swab, the charge, the ram, etc. then climb back. RN crews were like a F1 pit crew, every man knew his job and when to do it. Also French ships tended to fire as the ship rose on the swell, to lob fire at the rigging while RN ships fired as the ship fell.
@fredericlepeltier34353 ай бұрын
@@efnissien Sorry but the french also had guns on wheels that recoiled. Even the "fixed" guns that were in fact mortars (4 on the deck) had sliding baseplates. The slow rate of fire was due to the fact that during the revolution the gunners corps of La Royale was disbanded. Without the seniors to pass the know how and no specialists the sailors were a bit untrained compared to their british counterpart. You are right about the tendancy of the french to fire at the rigging "le tir à démâter" instead of the hull "le tir à plein bois".
@warlord95Sweden2 жыл бұрын
Epic History TV makes a videos of HMS Victory, and a few days later everyone is watching this video XD
@derrickstorm69762 жыл бұрын
Does wonders to the algorithm when a popular channel does a successful video on a downturn topic :P
@thespiritphoenix37982 жыл бұрын
Once Again the algorithm god's have gathered us here. Let us rejoice in this beautiful sound. Until the next time.
@JerryMetal2 жыл бұрын
When I served in the Navy in 1805 our Captain told us to perform a sneak attack at night so we put a pillow in front of the cannon to muffle the sound. The enemy had no idea we were there!
@cristianabarsuglia6292 жыл бұрын
Baron Munchausen? Is it really you???
@SLOTHSRIDEUNICORNS2 жыл бұрын
@@cristianabarsuglia629 Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Thanks for giving a name to my abuse.
@michaeld.wagnerjr.84403 ай бұрын
Remarkable that they're still doing this and able to fire anything at all on a warship that's well over 200 years old. From what I saw in the cannon flashes, it looked like the bottom row of gunports was shut - so even with smaller charges and all, this looked like perhaps the 12 and 24 pounder cannon on the top two decks and quarterdeck, but not the very heavy 32 pounders on the lowest gun deck. Very cool to see this.
@Cailus35422 ай бұрын
I hate to be that guy, but I don't think that they used the cannons here. Modern pyrotechnics were likely used instead, for safety reasons. Victory is a very old ship, and firing a few dozen cannon in sequence could've damaged the hull, to say nothing of the fire risk.
@yourdreams24402 жыл бұрын
Welcome to episode 3,784 of random videos that were recommended to me
@ChuckWood2 жыл бұрын
yep
@snows47702 жыл бұрын
Same
@theycallme_nightmaster2 жыл бұрын
WOOOOWWWWWW YOU MEAN YOU FOUND THIS VIDEO ON KZbin WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY SEARCHING FOR IT??? HOW ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE
@yourdreams24402 жыл бұрын
@@theycallme_nightmaster Sir, this is a Wendy's.
@theycallme_nightmaster2 жыл бұрын
@@yourdreams2440 sorry my bad can I get UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@Doubledigits_3 жыл бұрын
Impressive and its firing just blank charges which are probably only creating a third of the impact and soundwave. Now imagine that three times louder and done simultaneously by about 70 ships and you got the battle of trafalgar. Can't even begin to imagine the absolute chaos during those times and trying to shout orders in that noise.
@sirjohng12 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYS7knahhp6mfJo
@grondhero3 жыл бұрын
*Plot Twist:* The apartments across the harbor will have 72 new vacancies after some "remodeling" and clean-up is complete.
@EForchetto3 жыл бұрын
It's a staggering fact that the Victory was already 40 years old at the time of the battle of Trafalgar. She's well worth a visit next time you're in Portsmouth. Nearby, HMS Warrior is also worth seeing.
@headrockbeats3 жыл бұрын
I visited both, and have to say I was much less impressed by the Warrior - except of course for her size. The Victory feels more like history itself; the Warrior more like a cleaned-up museum.
@sirjohng13 жыл бұрын
Like me, you may find she is a lot smaller than you think and wonder at how 800 or so men and boys could find room to sail in her.
@leemundoartist99323 жыл бұрын
@@sirjohng1 and three women.
@leemundoartist99323 жыл бұрын
@John Chapman “The courage of three women, possibly prostitutes, who nursed casualties on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, experiencing naval warfare at its most brutal, will be commemorated on 19 October when a Limited Edition rum commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry is uncorked in London's Isle of Dogs” October 2005. Yes probably there by ‘other’ means!
@Bob_Bobstien2 жыл бұрын
"What do you mean we missed?"
@TwoSixHeave3 ай бұрын
I served in the RN on a modern Frigate. When they fired the gun the whole ship would shake and fill the compartments with the smell of cordite. I can’t imagine what it would have been like when the ships were made of wood, and the men were made of steel.
@sirjohng13 ай бұрын
@@TwoSixHeave In the early 80's I think it was we took our children to Madam Tussaud's who put on an amazing full sized model display of part of Victory's main gun deck. A battle was being fought with all the sounds of men, cannons going off, hits being received and yes, even the smell of sulphur from the cannon ball propellant, gunpowder. It was ACE.
@tudyk212 ай бұрын
The men were actually made of iron. 😊
@ClarinoI2 ай бұрын
Never mind being on Victory when she was firing a broadside in anger, imagine facing her in battle. I almost feel sorry for the French. Almost.
@Bobario12 ай бұрын
@@tudyk21 Wooden ships and iron men.
@MAG-up7ob2 жыл бұрын
"It's just... good business"
@JM-mh1pp2 жыл бұрын
Jezus I heard that Royal Navy's budget was cut but I had no idea they had to pull this out of reserve!
@malcpaul9962 жыл бұрын
It's always been a Commissioned war vessel. It's never been out of service.
@kyltredragmire49392 жыл бұрын
@@malcpaul996 Can the USS Ironsides still fire it's canons? We need a Merican version of this video.
@MCDrB-wq8ed2 жыл бұрын
@@kyltredragmire4939 In an even fight, broadside on broadside, the Constitution would have been matchwood after a single boradside from the Victory. The Constitution was a heavy frigate, somewhere between a 5th and 4th rate, whereas the Victory was a 1st rate. The Constitution would, if faced off against anything bigger than it, run away as it was hopelessly outclassed and outgunned. Against other frigates and smaller ships it was a good ship but against anything bigger or against a British Razee it would have got murdered.
@kyltredragmire49392 жыл бұрын
@@MCDrB-wq8ed I wasn't asking for them to be pitted against each other. Or even to be near each other for that matter. I just want a video where the USS Constitution fires all of its canons in a rolling broadside.
@MCDrB-wq8ed2 жыл бұрын
@@kyltredragmire4939 The point is the Constitution is a 44 gun single deck frigate, Victory is a 106 gun 3 deck first rate. A rolling broadside from the Constitution would not be even half as inpressive as this.
@benkipgen6462 жыл бұрын
RIP for the poor sods on the receiving end of a broadside like that.
@DMarshallSR2 жыл бұрын
I was there for one. It wasn't that bad.
@googleanti-speech76182 жыл бұрын
@@DMarshallSR ?lol
@bakedstreetyt2 жыл бұрын
@@googleanti-speech7618 they dont fire canon balls so what ?
@the-based-jew68722 жыл бұрын
They are basically mortors.
@gengis7372 жыл бұрын
"One minute for one broadside? You are the disgrace of the Royal Navy" "But, Sir, we only have one training every century".
@calvinnickel99952 жыл бұрын
What is the normal time for a broadside? Muzzle loading guns that have to be swabbed, powder loaded with a gun ladle, then wadding rammed in, then shot, then more wadding, gun moved to the port, powder or a fuse out in the touch hole, then elevated and aimed. 60 seconds is crazy fast
@andmos10012 жыл бұрын
@@calvinnickel9995 A well maintained crew could reload the cannons of HMS Victory in combat in 90 sek or less
@gengis7372 жыл бұрын
@@calvinnickel9995 The 60 seconds are not for reload, but just to fire loaded guns row by row (which is the normal procedure to ensure continuous fire and avoid too great pressure on the ship's side, which is tied to the blocking ropes). Victory is a 100 gun ships on 3 decks, so 33 rows, that should not need more than 30 seconds.
@diGritz13 жыл бұрын
It's a wonder there was ever a winner when 2 similar ships like this passed each other broadside.
@bodkinofnurk88983 жыл бұрын
Ask the French and Spanish... 8^)
@royalhero46083 жыл бұрын
Yes because the British used carronades; very heavy guns used at close range plus we could fire more broadsides per minute than the French/Spanish. No chance 1v1 up close
@alittlebitofhistory3 жыл бұрын
Who ever fired fastest, generally the British as they spent far more time in gunnery practice than the French and Spanish could fire 2 broadsides before their opponents fired 1.
@samuel.j.barker3 жыл бұрын
The only time "WEEEEE!" has ever been shouted at the end of a volley of cannon fire
@pioneer_11483 жыл бұрын
You clearly haven't been to america
@joshuahicks45743 жыл бұрын
@@pioneer_1148 underrated comment
@Mr.BondMan18122 ай бұрын
Congratulations you lived through The Battle of Trafalger. Sadly the only downside now is that you are now permanently deaf.
@1tonyboat7 күн бұрын
WHAT ......can you speak louder 😂😂👍👍
@shannonolivas95242 жыл бұрын
All the comments within the last few days on a 7 year old video, suddenly blessed by the algorithm.
@Lifted03112 жыл бұрын
"sorry, we have determined that your hearing loss is not service connected"
@anghusmorgenholz10602 жыл бұрын
Sorry didn't quite catch that.
@davidwelch679610 ай бұрын
I was told by a member of the ship's crew, about 30 years ago, that when a VIP visit is planned the police sometimes use sniffer dogs to check for any planted explosives prior to the visit. He also said that there is one area that the dogs refuse to check, the place on the orlop deck where Nelson expired. I cannot verify this, you might want to speak to a Portsmouth based sniffer dog.
@MerchantIvoryfilms3 жыл бұрын
"Stop blowing holes in me ship!"
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's pretty much what every Spanish captain yelled when Victory started blasting.
@rieleyslocum8703 жыл бұрын
What a guy
@czeslawmeyer78713 жыл бұрын
I know those guns...
@kevinfield21622 жыл бұрын
Forget being on the receiving end, imagine what that was like inside for the crew for hours on end, without ear protection. How did they have any hearing left?
@skyacedoes26462 жыл бұрын
WHAT!??!?!
@nefarioulyte99962 жыл бұрын
@@skyacedoes2646 WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CANT HEAR YOU MATE
@killkreethlockjaw81462 жыл бұрын
i pretty sure cotton was issued out for the crew
@jamielonsdale30182 жыл бұрын
The majority of the sound energy was directed out the gun-ports. While it wouldn't be quiet inside the ship, it would be quieter on the gun-line than it would be within a mile of the ship during the salvo.
@efnissien2 жыл бұрын
The Victory alone had more guns than Wellington had at his disposal in the Peninsular war. Her guns could fire 3 times in the time the French/Spanish ships could load due to the guns rolling back into the gundeck allowing easier access for the gun crew to work like a F1 pit crew. The gun crews were better drilled. And of course, she is still the command ship of the home defence fleet & in that capacity the flagship of the entire fleet. Only about 10% of the ship on display is the ship that fought in Trafalgar, most is rebuilds & restoration - the main gundeck is the largest piece still original.
@Feandromar2 жыл бұрын
Something something *Ship of Theseus*
@efnissien2 жыл бұрын
@@Feandromar Ship of Theseus refers to the point a ship / object ceases to be the original following refits / restoration.
@Feandromar2 жыл бұрын
@@efnissien Thank you, Captain Obvious.
@efnissien2 жыл бұрын
@@Feandromar not everyone is aware of the Ship of Theseus reference.
@calvinnickel99952 жыл бұрын
Don’t all guns roll back? Hadn’t they done so since the 15th century?
@49thfightergroup594 жыл бұрын
Imagine this at Trafalgar where up to seventy four ships were firing eh? Where the term Fog of War was initiated
@jtseston3 жыл бұрын
It comes from the phrase fog to war from Clausewitz
@dontcare30493 жыл бұрын
It's a higher number than that, I'm pretty sure the simasta Trinidad was 122 guns or something
@skytreker3 жыл бұрын
Napoleon left the comment section.
@Bruno-G7 ай бұрын
It's just good business
@TheVeraciety7 ай бұрын
Textbook “buy low, sell high.”
@wildwilco2 жыл бұрын
so many guns! by the time the final gun was done fireing, the first could have probably been reloaded and ready to fire again! this must have brought so much terror into the enemies facing these ships... just the sheer CONSTANT volley of metal balls heading your way....
@EATSLEEPDRIVE20023 жыл бұрын
“Stop blowing holes in my ship!!”
@angelus_solus3 жыл бұрын
This comment made my day.
@sirjohng12 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYS7knahhp6mfJo
@Ealdorman_of_Mercia2 жыл бұрын
Imagine some guy in his boat chilling in the waters getting bombed by HMS Victory.
@anonydun82fgoog352 ай бұрын
As CS Forester pointed out in one of his books, a single Ship of the Line had more guns than an entire artillery brigade. Used properly they had a devastating effect.
@POKEMANZZ33 жыл бұрын
can you imagine what the battle of trafalgar must have looked like? to see over 2 dozen ships firing off broadsides like this constantly would have been a sight to behold
@benjaminjames51573 жыл бұрын
algorithm: Lets throw some cannon fire at his feed because...... well why not
@1uca_2 жыл бұрын
Time to watch what the algorithm has brought us to
@SC-wl7cz2 жыл бұрын
rip old betsy
@ultrahevybeat2 жыл бұрын
i recently read a bit about the customs and traditions of salutes. They were loud, like annoyingly and way to commonly loud. Each time either a captain or some other high ranked officer of the fleet were to board the ship. It was customary to fire eight salutes. That is eight salutes for every officer. So if three captains were to board (or disembark) any ship it was expected to fire 24 salutes. Allright this might not sound that annoying, but imagine about 100 large ships of different nationalities laying at anchor in the port of Kanton for months. If the sources are correct it must have been pretty much by the hour that some ship in that port had some officer boarding the ship. Also it was standard to fire 4 salutes when a ship left or entered port. Then other ships out of courtesy would also salute four times to the leaving ship to wish it a good trip. This whole saluting ordeal must have been the most annoying sound any crewmate could imagine. it wasn't without any accidents either, there is a story about a British ship that did a salute and accidentally killed three chinese sailors. the french ship that noticed this emediatly prapared to retaliate for the british ships tomfoolery but it was settled peacefully between the ports government and the two ccaptains of the ships. yes cannons are cool today but had you been a crewman in the 1700s you would have hated this sound not for it reminding you of war but for only its obnoxiousness.
@nikolaidrostdov2 жыл бұрын
I never thought about it this way before. I appreciate you, Mr. Buttville.
@straightupnothavingagoodtime2 жыл бұрын
@@CruelSculpture and you're jealous they know english far, far better than you.
@butter_nut18172 жыл бұрын
Good practice I guess
@the-letter_s2 жыл бұрын
@@CruelSculpture nice bait
@saccusgalifinaccus3184 Жыл бұрын
Damn drive bys hit different in the London. Also on a real note if they did three salvos of this it would have been hard. Just the guns on the front of the ship scrambling as soon as they fire the gun.
@MaiAolei3 жыл бұрын
But she can't match the Interceptor for speed.
@centuriontwofivezeroone27943 жыл бұрын
Dunno why this has been recommended today, but bloody hell that was great.
@joker_g73373 жыл бұрын
same
@emmanuelnaudin67262 жыл бұрын
As a former French Navy signalman, you will easily understand that this warship is not the one i prefer; but nonetheless, in 1997, during a halt in Potsmouth, i felt very glad to have the honor to salute her as the flagship of the Royal Navy. Next day, I made a visit onboard, and it was a really strange feeling to walk on the deck where such a great sailor as Admiral Nelson was fired dead. Naval combat at that time was something incredibly violent, courage and heroism were at both camps. Really impressive video!!
@AdmiralZhao0072 жыл бұрын
surrender
@emmanuelnaudin67262 жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralZhao007 i prefer refering to Captain Surcouf : "à l'abordage !!"
@lesigh17492 жыл бұрын
As a former French Navy signalman, you will easily understand that this warship is not the one I prefer Okay, that made me chuckle. Well played.
@billkallas17622 ай бұрын
Imagine what it would sound like with full loads, plus shot in the barrels.
@rhysmeyers93962 жыл бұрын
I know that you are all wondering how you ended up with this video so many years later.
@bigbad69832 жыл бұрын
KZbin blocks anything that generates national pride. Be PROUD my English brothers! Love from Aus❤
@Taboomix2 жыл бұрын
@@bigbad6983 lmao
@FartInYourFace2342 жыл бұрын
I actually just watched a crapload of HMS Victory documentaries so I completely understand
@bigbad69832 жыл бұрын
@@Taboomix You can laugh all you want, petty child. You will be the one hiding behind the men that will shield you from the world you have crated. Coward!
@doug65002 жыл бұрын
@@bigbad6983 It blocks the national pride of anyone but the USA.
@sirjohnmara2 жыл бұрын
If you like this and haven't seen "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" SEE IT AT ONCE. Call in sick and WATCH that film.
@dmitripazlov4912 жыл бұрын
bad influence😂
@ripsnorter1852 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite films and sucks that this and potc are one of the few films we get of ships just obliterating one another
@1ridgy3 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 90’s while working in Southampton I visited Portsmouth and HMS Victory at her dockyard. Very impressive vessel and you could feel her power but what struck me was the height or lack of between decks. I’m going to put it on my bucket list and make a re-visit as soon as this Covid carry on has been put to bed
@rokhnroll3 жыл бұрын
That is scary impressive, It must have been terrifying at the Battle of Trafalgar with up to 74 warships engaging in battle then closing on each other to board and fight hand to hand.
@henderson0233 жыл бұрын
The Victory and Nelson were the first in the British fleet's line of battle, if I remember anything about the history. As soon as the French and Spanish ships of the line had the Victory in range, they opened fire...and it took a while before the Victory's first guns were lined up with a target. Overall, I think the engagement itself was about an hour. The other two hours were comprised of the fleets closing with each other.
@Commando_history Жыл бұрын
When you see the French flagship at Trafalgar.
@Obi-WanKenobiAppreciator5 жыл бұрын
It only took about a minute for gun crews to reload on a ship of the royal navy in those days. Just imagine having this pelted at you non stop.
@thunderbird19214 жыл бұрын
And then imagine another fleet with similar vessels blasting back at this level. I have to imagine most of these sailors were either deaf or suffered concussions. Unbelievable how powerful these were.
@richardcopeland31793 жыл бұрын
To thunderbird: l cannot recommend c.s. forester, o'brien or any writer on naval warfare during the age of sail because l have not read them yet. The author l have read is alexander kent. Pen name of douglas redman. His R. Bolitho series describes naval warfare. The flying splinters during a naval battle, cannons getting knocked over, some of the ways older sailors would wrap a scarf to protect their hearing & the effects of being taken below to the surgeon. In those days they were described as being little better than butchers.
@hfar_in_the_sky3 жыл бұрын
Man, just imagine what it must have been like fighting at a battle like Trafalgar with dozens of ships like this firing at each other. It must have felt like being at the center of a thunderstorm just from the noise.
@sirjohng12 жыл бұрын
Those 'charges were just fireworks, the cannons are fake. See the real cannon test firing I have just added: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYS7knahhp6mfJo
@felixbeutin81052 жыл бұрын
If Beckett hadn't frozen up during the final battle