How Killer U-Boats Battled the Royal Navy (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

Draining the oceans reveals the story of the U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the war.
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[@johndunkelburg9495]

The sinking of the Lusitania wasn’t just the torpedo hit itself, but also where it hit. The torpedo hit a transverse coal bunker that ran across the width of the ship just in front of the high-pressure steam boilers that fed the turbines. The bunker was empty after crossing the Atlantic, so the cold waters of the Irish Sea came flooding in and caused a second, more massive steam explosion as the metal of the boilers contracted due to the cold water and could no longer contain the high-pressure steam. That second explosion is what doomed the ship as it both cut the control lines between the bridge and the rudder as well as ceased feeding steam to the ship’s turbines, including those that powered her generators.

[@lukethomas.125]

Yeah. Also, she was never designed to be “Unsinkable”, she was designed for speed, to hold the blue ribbon

[@leoarc1061]

I love that the fact that the Lusitania was carrying munitions (thus making it a legitimate target) was very conveniently ignored. Instead, the Germans are, just as conveniently, painted here as "sea terrorists". The Germans knew that munitions were in the Lusitania. They warned governments and passengers alike not to cross the Atlantic aboard her. That's not a terroristic act. Terrorist do not warn their victims beforehand. Governments played down the threat, passengers got onboard, the ship was tragically sunk. It is a tragedy of war, not a terroristic one.

[@wenthulk8439]

They claim Titanic broke up underneath the surface

[@Lumynex8335]

@leoarc1061 absolutely true

[@JtGorski00]

AND she was classified as an Auxiliary Cruiser, ergo a legitimate target for the Germans. Convenient they left out the second explosion, already proven to be a boiler explosion in the 1990's.

[@leoarc1061]

@@JtGorski00 Good point. There's an interesting story on the second explosion alone.

[@Leo_Henry]

I watched all episodes of "Drain the Oceans" last year. Now, "Drain the Oceans" is back on my TV every weekend. It's a great show with historical facts to watch. 💯🚢

[@relaxitsme_alex9104]

Same! It’s on Disney Plus and I enjoyed watching the series. I’m surprised because I’m 27 and usually people my age hate history

[@Leo_Henry]

@@relaxitsme_alex9104 Lol, I'm 25!

[@relaxitsme_alex9104]

@@Leo_Henry AYEEEEE!!!!! Young people into history gang!!!!!

[@heenanyou]

Are these new episodes?

[@othmanhajisandiman667]

​❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@frederikdewaele3549]

The truth is that HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir were not top notch ships as is stated in the documentary. In fact by 1914 they were obsolete and as third rate ships only equiped with reservists. But due to the war they were used for tasks that were beyong their survivability. And people knew it already at the time: the squadron had an ironic knickname: the "Live Bait Squadron". And that epitheth became a self-fulfilling prophecy...

[@davidhollenshead4892]

The Brits were fine with enlisted drowning as they were members of the working class. They probably cared about losing the officers, however...

[@DevilSurvivor69]

Exactly, the lose of the three battlecruisers at Jutland was far more impactful.

[@AlexJones4Skin]

The truth is the "history channel" is now garbage profanation, attempting (and apparently succeeding) in rewriting history

[@KiwiSentinel]

Their sinking was no mystery - U 9

[@leoarc1061]

@@AlexJones4Skin This is National Geographic, not the History Channel". But you're right! These channels are now absolute garbage. Anyone who tries to learn history through them is doing it very, very wrongly.

[@72APTU72E]

I love Drain the Oceans series, a treasure.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Ms Jett Kitty doesn't like water...

[@JtGorski00]

I love it how they make Q-Ships out to be some undocumented super-weapon. 😂🤣

[@ColinFreeman-kh9us]

The Lusitania was carrying arms and ammunition, her captain complained he was told to zip it. Fair target if you ask me, fair target according to the rules of war.

[@leoarc1061]

It was a legitimate target, yes. It's not by accident that this documentary decided to ignore that small but crucial detail.

[@08154711n]

and there was an "advertisement" to civilians from the geman embassy in the New Yrk Post, iirc, to stay away from this ship, because german spies allready knew this vessel would be carrying ammo and arms

[@wenthulk8439]

Yeah but it doesn’t make you a hero to target an ocean liner

[@Simp_Zone]

100%. The lies were just propaganda

[@Jeffreya348]

She risked her life for us to enjoy watching while relaxing in our sofa's!😊

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Glug, glug, glug...

[@keirfarnum6811]

“...relaxing on our sofa’s” what? The sofa’s cushions? The sofa’s underside? How many sofas do you have? 😁

[@Jeffreya348]

@@keirfarnum6811😳"things fall apart"🤫

[@JARoomberg]

yes iv been awaiting a new drain the ocens forever

[@chuckkline2970]

Diving around all those munitions would worry me!

[@TheSilmarillian]

No touchy no die ...

[@pagvan229]

Hi, whoever is ready the comments. Have a great day, and God bless

[@sreekumarnair3136]

Thnk u

[@jeromeberry4079]

Those U Boats put a hurting on our Navy and ships delivering supplies to our alliance,, the numbers are unmatched..!¡

[@UnreliableHedgehog09]

A missed opportunity to also talk about the ramming of U103 by H.M.T Olympic when they were talking about how ramming was an effective way to sink submarines.

[@MiniMC546]

Hopefully, the episode Lost Giants will be uploaded as well.

[@andrewd6754]

There's 8 episodes of Lost Giants on History Channel.

[@Edsonjay]

Ohh thats why the lost giants eps is gone

[@theromulanwarhawk]

I imagine that if you could drain the oceans as shown, the fish would be terribly surprised.

[@Teacherlight247]

the mermaid as well

[@Thomas4430]

We'd have a good fish fry for a day before they'd start to rot but the seagulls would have a heyday 😊

[@jerryrichards8172]

The salvage guy looks like the avatar creator and ocean exploration guy. Must be the in the ocean look.

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

Lol

[@kiwidiesel]

Olympic has a U-boat kill to jer credit from ramming also.

[@leoarc1061]

And it rammed a British cruiser for good measure. What a life.

[@Dr-Malik]

Informative

[@tracycameron1225]

Id like to see this program help find our missing ship,SS Waratah. Still not found.🥺🇭🇲✌️🙏

[@ElephantSoul]

සුන්දර දසුන් ගෙනෙන ඔබට ස්තුති

[@1mlannen]

????????????????????????????????????? Ka Passa amigo, to parley vu Fraiche, sprechen de docth?

[@fozia6614]

My biggest fear is ocean 😥

[@kingelvis5502]

Like it will sneak up on ya in the dark?

[@normanjefferychester882]

Mine is flying, death and destruction is almost sure, being underwater is also a fear, no oxygen, I'm not a fish

[@davidhollenshead4892]

I lost my fear decades ago... But yes, as Elvis suggested, the Atlantic is right behind you ready to pounce...

[@timsimms65707]

There were 4 cruisers all obsolete in the "live bait squadron", the 4th ship escaped after the other 3 were torpedoed, it was not a mystery the British knew full well what had happened.

[@jacobdavidcunningham1440]

holy sh we can drain the sea floor? I'm intrigued

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Drop a mini black hole into the sea... Or rather drop earth into a mini black hole...

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Just need a LARGE Bath!

[@henkm4862]

Yes, you just pull the plug like with your bath tub.

[@jamiebizness1]

It ain't the size of the boat, it's the motion in the ocean. 😂

[@luizfernandolessa1889]

Está difícil de assistir qualquer coisa nesta plataforma, pois de cinco em cinco minutos tem propaganda, e ainda por cima, retiram as legendas traduzidas. Grato.

[@HAYLENBRUH]

vtw my fav channel is nat geo and i love the drain ocean series i watched all vids and now my classmates are jealous abot my knowledge about ww2

[@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena]

Lusitania 18 minutes of terror

[@MrFroglips69]

Groovy video

[@ViktorAndy]

A U-Boat might as well be an actual reason why Titanic was sunk.

[@a.p.e.x3195]

If it didn’t hit the iceberg, this would be its fate

[@user-wg8qu2ti7i]

Lighten up on the Melodrama!

[@tomcurda4203]

The Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were know as "The Live Bait Squadron"' NOT The Lost Patrol.

[@ilenechampiti5583]

You forgot The Old reliable

[@ejoijuragasmalam4025]

Coming from Malaysia

[@aussiedave1248]

You have the most amount of ads of any channel, shocking.

[@robertbolivarr8363]

Drain the Ocean reminds me of my ex and how she drained my pocket like an Ocean.

[@kiwidiesel]

Let's not forget our souls they drained as well 😂

[@user-ev1gb6de4j]

She got both cars , the house , vacation cabin , boat & the 4 kids . I got to pay for it all 😢

[@Eric-qo8vv]

Oh my what could be doing this.

[@muhamadrisqiaditiya1555]

how do you know all the shipwreck from the great war, not the WW2?

[@167curly]

The RN's Q ships often spoiled the sneaky German subs' day.

[@briandstephmoore4910]

Cmon friendship windmills

[@samsmith2635]

I honestly don't know the Uboats stayed afloat with the massive balls all those submariners had...

[@henkm4862]

2:15 It's not the coast of Holland. It's the coast of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands we have 2 provinces North Holland and South Holland but those are just parts of the Netherlands ( In Dutch : Nederland ).

[@brealistic3542]

The Germans posted big ads in British papers not to take ocean trips in the war zone and yet the British government allowed it. It has come to new knowledge that the British Government allowed the Lusitania to carry military munitions. This of course they don't mention. The one torpedo actually hit these shells and munitions NOT the ship plowing thru the water. That's nonesense. Guess the producers forgot this bit..

[@perpetualgrin5804]

More like killer destroyers than killer u - Boots.

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

No cus destroyers are warships. U brother stands for under water ship

[@limpek001]

How does torpedoes possess enough kenetic energy to punch through armoured steel hull

[@vlajster]

Imagine Germany was smarter and decided to occupy Ireland and thus encircle Great Britain in a way and control the seas even better

[@robertclark972]

That's some imagination.

[@08154711n]

@@robertclark972 not the most stupid thought, the Irish maybe would have enjoyed the idea of getting rid of the English. The French used this idea twice, afaik.

[@lawrenceiverson1924]

Untersee or unterwasser......

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

Undersea

[@mr.pradorobledo]

Ido, Ceo.. Bookmark & Hallmark, Navy. - 57 & 67, 2092. Seal.

[@Eric-qo8vv]

We know what Torpedos are

[@grandtheftavocado]

No more brother wars

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

Grand theft avocado

[@grandtheftavocado]

@@user-bd7wy8ob7l Yes?

[@andrewdags40]

Algae River

[@NewApproach1000]

Ireland is not in the UK. Why is our territory covered with the Union Jack?

[@markwaynewindle5848]

It was formally part of the UK. If you read history books, the official name of the nation was "The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland" at the time, 1801-1922.

[@08154711n]

but it was at this time

[@cho_ny201]

Houthi rules the waves.

[@andrewhaydo7977]

Lusitania had another explosion on the other side of the boat. With the name of the boat painted over and stuffed with explosives and ammunition its no wonder why she sunk in 16 minutes. Do the victims justice and tell the full story and how churchill sent the ship into those waters!

[@tinypoolmodelshipyard]

I agree though, Churchill should be blamed. He knew what he was doing. He needed the US in the war to win why not give the german uboats the perfect bait. PS. My great great grandfather survived the sinking. He worked for Cunard and was luckily on deck when she was struck.

[@DevilSurvivor69]

There was second explosion but, there's no proof it because of weapons. It might been the boilers or something else. Stop with conspiracy theories.

[@stargazer5784]

'Stuffed' is a gross overstatement. The wreck has been well explored. There was an insignificant amount of munitions on board.

[@08154711n]

@@stargazer5784 so ignisifant that you're not allowed to dive this wreck without special training, because explosive cargo ... realy???

[@keromok12]

The singking battle ship prince of wales & repulse at peninsular malysia south of china sea during WWII.

[@christianklerx8109]

What about the second, huge explosion that erupted after the torpedo hit on Lusitania? And what about the fact that Lusitania was carrying ammunition from the USA to Britain ? Lusitania would never been sunk by just one 1915 Torpedo. Sunk by indirect "friendly fire". Prof. Grove doesn't seem a real specialist calling the three Cressy--Class armoured cruisers top and powerful warships. In 1914 this classes of ships were obsolete and second to third rated in every navy. Sounds more like a political statement than a serious research.

[@magpie6126]

Abyssmal.

[@robertclark972]

The submarine is not the weapon . It is the vessel . It carries and delivers the weapons .

[@08154711n]

a sub is a weapon system ... in short: a weapon

[@robertclark972]

@@08154711n - Won't argue with that logic , considering the purpose and invention of USS Turtle . But . . . . what's the name of unarmed underwater vehicles ?

[@HAYLENBRUH]

bro got scammed at the end

[@mariefaisal98]

May 7th 1915 t0 May 7th 2024 109 Lucitania years a little of three years apart of the sinking of Titanic 1912. Titanic April 15 1912 to April 15 2024 112 years.

[@pritom7]

German were bad but they weakened the British Empire

[@aggressivearies]

This is an ocean not a joke.

[@akagie]

Electric engine ? Lol u mean motor

[@Hamann9631]

THumbs down for portraying Lusitania as a peaceful victim. It had munitions. It was going into a war zone. Germany was attacked on both sides by 3 empires. They were the victims. Them stopping supplies from reaching the battle field is a reasonable action.

[@aussiedave1248]

Your ads are ridiculous and over the top. I accept its your income but every 5 mins is so uncomfortable to watch and greedy abuse.

[@JohnPittaway]

All those dead women & children. The Germans must have been so proud of their achievements!

[@briandstephmoore4910]

Friendship windmills for everyone!

[@kiwidiesel]

​@@briandstephmoore4910A blade fell off my friendship windmill causing an out of balance rotor and it met a rapid unplanned disassembly

[@briandstephmoore4910]

@@kiwidiesel ah don’t you just hate it when that happens those friendship windmills sure can be a gas sometimes

[@kiwidiesel]

@@briandstephmoore4910 it's the spinning part that gets me everytime 🤣

[@twillison8824]

Perhaps the British shouldn't have been using ocean liners to deliver munitions. They knowingly put civilians in harms way.

[@leonardosolismunoz3535]

Hey National Geographic, Can you STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP uploading full episodes on Sundays please!?!?!?!? Thank You!!!!

[@zacknelson8157]

Why?

[@LexLukas8]

Why

[@LexLukas8]

Whats so wrong with that

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

He might be busy on that day

[@user-mq5vs4vw8e]

Фентози по амэр - пэдрикошэнз !!!🤣🤣🤣

[@henna696]

I can never even imagine how bad the poor Germans must feel when they see this and other killing documentaries. They must be ashamed after their people caused the deaths of millions in 2 wars. Poor people.