Ultimate Battleships (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

Draining the North Sea helps solve whether Germany or Britain won the Battle of Jutland when their most devastating warships clashed in WWI.
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[@SteveMikre44]

The USS Texas not only served during the Great War, but also served in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during WWII. Engaging in combat operations such as D-Day, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Now currently in dry dock receiving much needed repairs and restoration...⚓

[@alexanderleach3365]

SHe's on my bucket list of museum ships to see.

[@CherokeeFlutist59]

And so far she's looking great! They started putting on blue paint on the 18th according to the site. She's scheduled to be put back in the water in February. I hope soon I can pay her a visit myself

[@elwhagaming9477]

It actually served in every major theater of operations in WW2. one of the only ships able to claim that honor

[@taraswertelecki3786]

Not only that, she survived a direct hit from a 15-inch German battleship gun repurposed as a shore battery, and returned fire.

[@johnmagill7714]

Also N Africa. She was in every major theater campaign of WWII.

[@catherinecarmichael3180]

RIP Professor Eric Grove.....I have always enjoyed learning from you.

[@alexanderleach3365]

'There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.' Adm. Beatty.

[@hunterasbury6529]

Fun Story about the USS Texas. It was the only battleship to see combat in five theaters of WW2, and at Normandy on D-Day, they literally flooded half the ship to angle the guns up higher than they ever had any right to and hit targets father inland than any other ship.

[@TwoFoxPlays]

Ahhh yes...the gangsta lean move 😆😆😆

[@dana102083]

Crazy

[@SRR-5657]

"flooded half the ship" you mean flooded one torpedo blister, to get it to lean only 3 degrees, so it could match the range of other ships at the battle like the bigger more powerful HMS Rodney.

[@tyramirez6628]

​@@SRR-5657 HMS Rodney was a more modern battleship though launched in 1925 while the USS Texas was launched in 1912. Rodney had more modern designed guns and turrets so they had better range. the Rodney had a 13 year technological advantage on the Texas so its asinine to compare the two.

[@brianmaitai7685]

Wow!...Didn't know that................

[@luisdestefano6056]

Very interesting and well presented video! I already knew most of the given information, but I had no idea that Hitler purchased some of the steel from the scrapped Imperial German Navy's ships to forge it into the subsequent generation of warships. The sinking of HMS Royal Oak was particularly lethal since it keeled over and sank in little more that 10'. Further, the compartments were not watertight, the doors were wide open and that greatly accelerated the flooding. Particularly grievous was the loss of some 150 navy cadets aged 16-18, many of whom died in their cots. This was a repeat of what had happened during WWI when 3 old cruisers, HMS Hogue, HMS Cressy and HMS Aboukir were torpedoed by a German submarine, also during the first period of the war. Also in that occasion there was substantial loss of Navy cadets. Since back then the captains had little idea of what a submarine or a torpedo was they figured they had run into mines, so they stopped, giving the Germans the opportunity to further target them unhindered. On both occasions Winston Churchill was acting First Sea Lord, and in both instances he was blamed for the tragedies. Child murderer was the nicest thing the British press said of him at the time.

[@jen-a-purr]

Drain The Oceans is literally one of my fav shows to watch. Ecsp about WW1 & WW2 ships.

[@mkhanman12345]

Nice. I will watch.

[@CoolTechTipz]

One of my favorite television shows 😍😍

[@NatGeo]

We love our Drain the Oceans fans! Thanks for watching!

[@CoolTechTipz]

@@NatGeo 😍❤️

[@MiniMC546]

@@NatGeo please release more of this.

[@BMan100]

You can play a drinking game for how many times the narrator says they can "drain the oceans"...

[@danielemmons3513]

I don't have enough rum for that 😂

[@yosemitedan7457]

I hope they realize just how annoying that repetitive mantra was and maybe find some people that can write interesting things to better fill that time. Even things as boring as telling us tonnage details on selected ships would have been better than...'drain the oceans.' x 437

[@mungazz]

so drunk

[@g_y.rtz420]

Legalize methamphetamine

[@blademaster2390]

Well…this was a televised documentary series. Whenever they say “drain the oceans” outside of the first 5-10 minutes, its either before or after a commercial break

[@timbo1a]

Amazing history. As a RCN veteran, it chilled me to the bone.

[@philb5593]

I hate how this documentary places so much emphasis on this one sonar scanning expedition, making it seem like that’s where all the knowledge of this battle comes from. In reality, the battle of Jutland is the most studied naval event ever.

[@thewordisgood1544]

Agreed

[@deezkhajiit184]

The 3D models are certainly cool but ya, most of this information has been known for decades.

[@diggz35]

Yeah they prob should’ve just said that this just confirms everything they had heard about first hand 😂 but I like it when the water drains 💦 it’s pretty cool 😎

[@ianrandall482]

I have a book on WW1 naval battles, written in the 70s, and yes nothing here is news. Pretty pictures but nothing new. It would have been nice to say what sank the Invincible was the same thing that sank the Hood 30 ish years later. The Poms loved their rate of fire, and for the most part it worked.

[@wenthulk8439]

Indeed. I also don’t like the titanic episode of drain the oceans

[@harolddburke4726]

This is history like never before. Since I personally know little of this remarkable sea battle. This is a living history when the sea bed reveals so much information. Top notch analysis. I could not ask for better more learned scientists. Thanks for the most interesting of videos. Will watch again for sure.

[@MiniMC546]

Please make more the episodes from Drain The Oceans free to watch, especially the episode Lost Giants where Britannic is included.

[@bobacek002ulr5]

Love this show. Thx National Geographic for uploading it to youtube for free. Kudos to you!

[@charlesmoore766]

The German HSF went to Firth of Forth on 21 November, which included Battleship Texas (RN 6th Battle Squadron) The subsequent move to Scapa Flow did not include Texas.

[@jamesedwards2483]

There Is Exactly ONE Surviving Ship That Participated In The Battle Of Jutland - HMS Caroline, A C-Class Cruiser Preserved In Belfast, Northern Ireland!!

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love this Drain the oceans series documentaries.

[@davidyoung5114]

One interesting side-note to the sinking of the German fleet in Scapa Flow in 1919; that part of northern Scotland did not suffer the same harshness of the Great Depression of the 1930s because there was so much demand for scrap steel, the local population was kept gainfully employed during the refloating of all those scuttled ships, the last of which was refloated in 1938.

[@jasonthomas4973]

Love this stuff thank you.

[@admiraltaz7905]

I absolutely love warships and drain the oceans is the show I always watched

[@jaegerbomb269]

Moral of the story, safety first. Even in hazardous situations.

[@mohdhashimhassan7435]

Michigan state universiity

[@mikeynth7919]

Since the British retained control of the North Sea and maintained the blockade of Germany, I think it is obvious that Britain won the battle.

[@harolddburke4726]

There are many U-Boats down below the surface as well. Very brave sailors with nerves of steel.

[@BeckZester-ui4vp]

They had a good run until the Allies had developed new Radar, weapons, you name it and that spilled the end for German Uboats

[@danw3735]

Wow that USS Texas looks so badass, Dreadnaught is a fitting name. The last survivor...

[@pb68slab18]

''Dreadnaught is a fitting name.'' As opposed to 'Invincible'.

[@Milner62]

Now she is a dreadnought but when she was launched to separate her from the previous generation of dreadnoughts the Texas and ships like her were super dreadnoughts.

[@hannable70]

@@pb68slab18 It's a good idea never to name your ships after a) The actual name of your country - like Yamato and Deutschland and b) adjectives that can be proven wrong like Invincible or Undefeatable or Immortal or similar words. The US Navy came close to doing that with USS America (as opposed to the USS United States which was a supercarrier that never got built, thankfully). The British had the RMS Britanic and ... we know what happened there. Just don't do it - if you value your ships!

[@pb68slab18]

@@hannable70 The Brits were the worst with naming ships! HMS Invincible, Courageous, Victorious, and other names boasting of their once powerful but obsolete fleet are all on the ocean floor!

[@TrappedinSLC]

@@hannable70 "Warspite" on the other hand is a fantastic name.

[@adamsmith9032]

battlecruisers were never designed to be used like the heavily armored battleships. this was a crucial error in this case that pitted the lightly armored battlecruisers of the British navy against the more heavily armored battlecruisers of the German Highseas fleet. The Germans chose armor over speed, and in this case, it served them well. HMS Invincible is the perfect example of a magazine detonation from a direct hit from a 12 inch German cannon that travels down the unsealed blast doors in the turret.

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

The Battlecruisers were still armored. It really was the tactic of leaving blast doors open and stacking cordite everywhere that sunk those ships.

[@user-ir4yb7nk4i]

Thanks for sharing this information

[@user-dg2gj9nh6v]

To tell the truth, I have unknowledge of the sea battle in Atlantic ocean during World war one. This footage has enlightened me, very thanks for your vedeo.

[@Ganiscol]

North Sea, not Atlantic. 😉

[@jellevanalthuis5289]

@@Ganiscol yeah, germany didnt get that far huh 😂

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

Fix your unknowledge with (g)norance! Jay!

[@FamedtheCool]

scary but historic love it

[@Straswa]

Great vid, this series is really interesting. Thanks for the upload.

[@hitakanskhibhattraut6762]

we need more of these

[@atinoteintunovas9969]

Something for all frontiers of Mankind! To never be forgotten all those Men and Boys that passed to history with the greatest honors of all times! Will forever rest in Peace!

[@FamedtheCool]

love the show

[@buck9739]

I think the turrets fell out while sinking and the ship drifted. No doubt the explosion was huge but

[@situation_zero]

This is one of the more high quality channels on KZbin. So many pretenders now.

[@dilhandayananda7466]

Here some legit ones History Hits Real Crime Real Stories

[@Ganiscol]

Well, I dont like the unnecessary fluff, such as the overly dramatic music nervous cuts. It only distracts from the real stuff, the facts.

[@tolyan1937]

superb

[@fivefingersareenough]

Respect for the dynamo room peeps, when the sense of glory for the motherland is way beyond own life!!!!

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

Assuming that you are referring to that part on Luetzow, it is totally made up. Six sailors in the shattered bow were trapped there (and they had nothing to do with electrical power), everyone else alive was rescued before the ship was scuttled by torpedo.

[@iiiuuj]

idk if i watched this one but imma watch it again

[@georgemwangi5348]

"now we can", always love this hook

[@kandarp5904]

Nice documentry I like it

[@marks1638]

The only thing I hate is the titles using the word "Battleships". No Battleships were lost by either side at Jutland. Several battlecruisers, but not battleships. In every click bait and KZbin video it seems the title "Battleship" appears when they are talking about everything but a battleship in modern warships. Also, no one but the US Navy has had any operating battleships since the 1950's and those were the four Iowa class "battleships" finally retired in 1992. It's just a pet peeve of mine.

[@ananthakrishnan6106]

Both French and English had battleships in the 1950s 😂

[@marks1638]

@@ananthakrishnan6106 As I said, no one except the US Navy has had a battleship since the 1950's. The last French Battleship Richelieu was taken out of service as a battleship in 1952 (used a gunnery training ship for several years). The last British Battleship HMS Vanguard was taken out of service in 1955 and put into the reserve fleet. Even the US Navy would put the four Iowa class battleships in reserve after each major conflict (Korea, Vietnam, and finally retired after Gulf War). My point was and still is that online videos keep using the term "Battleship" for any modern warship (even a destroyer or frigate), which isn't true unless they're discussing the actual battleships of the past.

[@knowsyourmom]

I would have liked to hear more on Mr Cox he not only did most of the salvage, but he created salvage tools that are still in use today...

[@frankieascedo519]

Beaty was out for his own glory and kept sabotaging Jellicoe at every chance he could.

[@Top10Military68]

thank you

[@LuxoriMiracleSeraphim]

Currently watching the hostile planet ❤ thank you!

[@alex.n0]

Nice bro 👌

[@sateayyam3192]

Pls more drain the oceans

[@richardcutts196]

Most of the British ships that were guarding the German fleet were at sea on a gunnery exercise, so there were very few British sailors to stop the Germans.

[@miketyson8933]

They say that 1/5th of all the silver and gold that's out of the ground is at the bottom of the ocean in ship wrecks! LOTS to be found!!!

[@Babil00786]

She Looks Mean And Beast At Same time Great Uploads History

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

_"Unopposed under crimson skies, immortalized over time their legend will rise!"_ _"And their foes can't believe their eyes! Believe their size as they fall!"_

[@hannable70]

Isn't that the lyrics from a Sabaton song? Hmmm .... And the dreadnoughts Dread nothing At all.

[@Cod3nameHurricane]

If they give an episode about Battle of Leyte Gulf, or Battle of Samar showing maybe USS Johnston I'm impressed

[@sn34kyz]

They did the letter gulf in the China seas episode

[@sn34kyz]

Leyte*

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Include the battle of Savo Island in that list

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Also what happened ro HMS Queen Mary

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Also no mention of Beatty

[@AussiePom]

A Scottish girl at the time was on a tour boat of Scapa Flow where the teachers told the children they weren't to wave, cheer or show any signs of friendliness towards the crews on the German warships.. The British fleet had left that morning for exercises and they only returned when they got the news that the German fleet was sinking on masse. The Scottish girl Peggy Gibson saw twelve capital ships go down. She said "some stood on their ends and other rolled over and it was the most incredible sight I've ever seen".

[@mehtasfilms]

Love it 😻

[@Eds444]

😢£ thanks

[@Nmccarville]

Invincible was not a Battleship if was a Battle cruiser whom never should have been on the front line Battlecruisers are basically a up gunned heavy cruiser with Battle ship guns but thin cruiser armor basically they are fast enough to chase an kill cruisers but fast enough to get away if they run into Battleships

[@hannable70]

What was that saying about battlecruisers? They can't kill what they can actually catch - and they can't catch what they can actually kill. It was a useless design which is why the USN never built any - and no, the Alaskas were not battlecruisers but classified as Large Cruisers meant to be the leader of cruiser divisions.

[@rodimaetilano2133]

its so cool🤩

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

I like that memorial site

[@grizzlycountry1030]

*USS TEXAS* Texas served in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" but saw no action there, and made numerous sorties into the North Sea during World War I without engaging the enemy, though she did fire in anger for the first time when shooting medium-caliber guns at supposed submarines (no evidence exists that suggests these were anything more than waves). In World War II, Texas escorted war convoys across the Atlantic and later shelled Vichy French forces in the North African Landings and German-held beaches in the Normandy Landings before being transferred to the Pacific Theater late in 1944 to provide naval gunfire support during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. She was the only Allied battleship that took part in all four of these amphibious landings. Texas was decommissioned in 1948, having earned a total of five battle stars for service in World War II. Texas was also a technological testbed: the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US warship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, and one of the first US Navy warships to receive production radar. Texas was the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship. In 1976 she became the first battleship to be declared a US National Historic Landmark, and is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought battleship. She is also one of the eight remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars. Texas is owned by the people of Texas and is officially under the jurisdiction of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Everyday operations and maintenance of Texas has been handled by the non-profit organization Battleship Texas Foundation since August 2020. At the end of August 2022 she was moved to a dry dock in Galveston, Texas to undergo a $35 million dollar repair project. As of February 2023 the repair project is underway.

[@kangomatocryptid86]

COME ON TEXAS

[@michaelairheart6921]

The Texas fought in both world wars. In WW2 The Texas fought in the European, Asian, and African campaigns.

[@wj40014]

rip eric grove, the professor in this video. you will be missed as a fellow naval historian

[@wj40014]

he died in april 21 rip

[@hannable70]

Aww I'm sorry to hear he died. I always liked the guy. I remember when he was one of the professors in a show about the Battle of Midway - he was so excited and so animated that I thought he would vibrate right out of his chair. Bless his heart.

[@wj40014]

@@hannable70 thats interesting! rip

[@garybrodziak2196]

can you drain Bass Strait and see if Frederick Valentich plane is there somewhere between Moorabbin Airport and King Island? It is 60 - 80 meters deep all the way across so if it's there it shouldn't be to hard to spot....

[@williamdodge5123]

The Battleship USS Texas will remain in Galveston, Texas. Post its overhaul there is ongoing. It was located at the San Jacinto Monument State Park east of Houston.

[@katrinareichert1397]

The name of SMS Lutzow is pronounced "L[oo]t'soe", the "u" short as in how the Irish say "fun", the "ow" is an elongated "o" as in "over" (the "w" does the elongation).

[@dancolley4208]

Other than one thing, this channel produces high quality programs. My only beef is all of the repetition. I'll bet I heard "drain the ocean" a dozen times. They manage to cramp a half hour of program into an hour. Between the repetion and the commercials, it gets ponderous.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

This is typical brainwashing methods, keep repeating and repeating, just like 9'11, the same footage 100,000 times for months

[@dancolley4208]

@@yabbadabbadoo8225 A lot like certain liberals do. Long enough and often enough it "becomes" the truth.

[@SliceofLife7777]

Good vid.

[@sujangiri5009]

Love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵❤️🥰

[@jacobfoster9185]

Saw it whilst deployed in the US Marine Corps. An absolute treasure on earth ! A place where the beautiful people, their generosity of spirit and rich history is only matched by the majesty of the surrounding landscapes. Very close to heaven on earth. Thank you for a truly wonderful experience. I hope that you and those you care for are happy, healthy, and safe. Semper Fidelis

[@user-vb9vt2xy5i]

🙏

[@scorpion19142001]

It's morbid. I'd like to see. How many passenger ships were damaged and sunk by natural events and wartime events.

[@edtrine8692]

Imagine we could drain the Ocean, Using giant mega-pumps! lol

[@kuroinamida4630]

if y'all want a good documentary over Jutland, swing over to Drachinifels Channel, mate does his research

[@davids5566]

Totally, he covers and understands warships way better than any of these tv shows.

[@TrappedinSLC]

@@davids5566 I usually watch these AFTER his stuff so I can put his information to their fancier graphics to better understand what happened.

[@stulynn2005]

The Invincible made me think the Hood suffered the same open hatch fate

[@mit4c]

they show like torpedoes travel as fast as bullets :D

[@rahmatramadhan9940]

👍💯

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

👍

[@kyleallenalcantara2364]

40:53

[@We_Seek_Truth]

German U-boats spelled the end of the battleships for the British, but it was the coming of age of the airplanes in the Pacific that spelled the end of the battleships for the Americans.

[@nogoodnameleft]

Airplanes also ended battleships/battlecruisers for the British: Prince of Wales and Repulse

[@veritas41photo]

The Battle of Jutland "shrouded in mystery"? What mystery? Naval records show exactly what ships sunk and exactly why. No mystery. No controversy. Desist your Drama Queen rhetoric, please, National Geographic.

[@adambater2767]

I was thinking just that😂😂😂

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Match the frequency

[@BattleshipOrion]

11/10 would watch the series again if it had more wrecks & underwater anomalies looked at.

[@richardstephens3642]

They say a shell hit one of the midship guns n the fire spread from there, But I think the shell hit between the guns directly into the magazine that alone would have blown the two guns and cut the ship in half

[@jeffbrooks8024]

The shell penetrated the roof of the turret and exploded, setting fire to the ready use cordite and the flash travelled down the open shell hoists and caused a sympathic explosion in the powder room. Of interest is to look what sank the British battleship in world war 2

[@ozymandias1758]

Anyone know what ships these are at 3:29? Ive seen this battle line in old film reels like this one, does anyone recognize them

[@user-bd7wy8ob7l]

Good question

[@patrickmcmullen7910]

I was taught and have always thought this battle was pronounced "Uteland" as a Gemanic "j" is pronounced like our "Y".

[@james_the_darklord]

If I was the kaiser I would send the whole German fleet out to destroy the British fleet. It's plainly clear that then German mariners are better trained and good shots compared to the English sailors.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

Cutting huge sections out of a hull is how you ensure ship sinks rapidly. Blow a small hole below the water line to get it going then once water reaches where you cut out sections of the hull it's going down fast. Don't see that having anything to do with scrap metal hunters.

[@emipena01]

Love from Texas 🤠

[@bretnielsen5502]

We have the medal issued to commemorate the battle.

[@therodeoboy34]

Texas was a super dreadnaught and was the first ship to be a museum after many years of service.

[@PGM991]

in world of warships, I crossing T enemy (exposed my broadsides to bring all gun to bare) and get annihilated instead. LOL

[@edtrine8692]

To add to the problem a ship can sink at one point on the surface but be miles to one side or the other depending on the depth of the water?

[@theunknown5346]

I've always wondered, what's the name of the songs used

[@RichardEKranz]

Which episode has the reveal of the Yamato?

[@Vachalen]

I wonder how many times "Drain Away" has been mentioned in the video.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Germany had a large great fleet of warships in WWI, but after Jutland they were rarely used and a major waste. At the end of WWI they surrendered a great fleet to the Royal navy. Only to end up scuttling their fleet? Germany would have been better off sending all these warships out for one last fight than to just sink their own ships. Shalom

[@gregb6469]

Near the end of the war that was seriously considered, but the crews of the ships refused to go (they, in effect, mutinied) on what they knew would be a suicide mission. They would be facing not only the Royal Navy, but the US Navy as well (including USS Texas).

[@JohnSmith-mb8hi]

What about HMS Indefatigable and HMS Queen Mary ? Its a shame the they miss them and narration of the battle is almost worthless

[@user-jo5bb7kw6e]

☺️☺️♥️☺️

[@seevidava]

Iron / Steel ? ( Dish Plates )

[@ElMangoDeBabosoStudios]

Dark prince: 😀hi frie- 💀

[@japhetapolinario2682]

Wow always drain then drain after drain

[@benquinneyiii7941]

The fascination of

[@edtrine8692]

Or to stop the German Navy from having free rein in the North Sea? In keeping the Germans bottled up Admiral Jelliceo won the battle!

[@gregb6469]

Jutland was a tactical victory for the Germans, but a strategic victory for the British.

[@diverdown48]

The Brits claim victory because they controled the north sea at the end of the battle which is strategic. The actual tactical victors and thus winners of the battle were the Germans who did more damage with far fewer ships. Victors have ships named after them. Thus Admiral Scheer the WWII pocket battleship. Research reveals no ship ever named HMS Jellico.

[@thurin84]

did not know the brits had broken the german naval codes and laid an ambush for the germans. knowing that it is for sure a german victory. the german fleet shouldve been largely wiped out given the odds. that they werent and, in fact, inflicted greater losses on the british make it a german victory. no one would know at that point that the germans would never sortie out and that it would ultimately be one of the most pyric victories in history until the passage of time.

[@guruprasad__]

I love this narrator.

[@dawnslaughter3809]

Texas for everrrrrr!