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Destroyers were in high demand in the Royal Navy during World War II due to their sheer versatility at escorting convoys, chasing subs, scouting for enemy activity and other vital tasks. HMS Cavalier was one of 112 destroyers built by British shipyards all over the country during the War Emergency Program of 1939-1945. Step aboard the Royal Navy’s last World War II destroyer!
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[@rodfearnley2486]

She was our plane guard, for HMS Victorious, Far East Fleet, 1963/1965. During flying stations, the launch astern of us, for recovery, off our port side. Always a comfort to see her there. God bless her and her old crew.

[@BassRacerx]

I just want to thank this game company for producing documentaries that although brief they are very high quality. and I hope this gets more young people like me interested in history!

[@saviourfalzon4640]

Very proud to say I served on her as an LMEM on the last commission 1970 - 1972. Rough and old machinery but always kept commitments. Great ships company who pulled together and still are 'Of One Company'. Bye the way, great video.

[@lesliewoods1355]

I was part of the last 15 ratings that handed her over to the dock yard went back to the 60th anniversary

[@lesliewoods1355]

hi i also was on her then loved the ship i was one of the last15 ratings that was left on board to hand over to the dockyard (slinger)

[@brucemitch928]

My claim to fame.... I was one of a hand full of Sea Cadets who were invited aboard Rapid for the race, we then did a farewell tour around Scotland and visited Norway. As a 14yr old it was the best experience i had, still have great memories of it. Actually completely accidentally ended up working with one of the regular ships company a few years ago, he confirmed the Rapid was used for target practice.

[@arztbesucharzt8143]

I dont really play Wow anymore but these documentations are frickin awesome

[@santiago5388]

arztbesuch same here, my computer broke a year ago but i still whatch this videos

[@Saberjet1950]

tbh i got a prem ship just to support stuff like this

[@timothyhouse1622]

If only the sell of the premiums went to helping the surviving ships. USS Texas is in dire straights.

[@santiago5388]

Timothy House that is an untherstaiment, she is closer to a scrapyard than to a long future

[@timothyhouse1622]

That is what happens when a cheap ass state run by Teabaggers skimps on preservation. The only time the boys in Austin care about the military or history is for photo ops to get them reelected. They won't spend the money necessary to actually make sure it is around for future generations. But hey, Texas is one of the BEST places for millionaires to live they save so much money on taxes. Ridiculous.

[@margretfortune1524]

I toured her when I was 12 years old. The ship was beautiful, well maintained still have pictures of this wonderful ship.

[@MagicRabbit]

What a great video. I love how they feature a real sailor from HMS Cavalier.

[@carlteacherman194]

I am very grateful this ship is preserved. My father served on a 'C class' sister ship, R62/D10 HMS Cassandra. He spoke little about the war until I took him on an emotional visit to Cavalier. On touring the ship, especially the radio operations room, he opened up with all the stories. He passed away not long after.

[@Jon908584]

Returning from Russia during an Arctic storm HMS Caprice suffered storm damage. To protect her as best they could ,CAPRICE was moved into the body of the convoy and her place on the screen was taken by CASSANDRA. An hour or so later CASSSANDRA as hit by a torpedo from U365 and her bows blown off. She returned to Archangel under escort from 2 Russian minesweepers and repairs effected so that she could get back to a yard in the UK. U365 was sunk 2 days later by an aircraft from HMS CAMPANIA which many will remember was later the Festival of Britain ship. I served in CAPRICE for the 1959/60 commission on the Far East Station. the first since her total overhaul and modernisation. We were buddy ships with CAVALIER and enjoyed a very close relationship although they will admit that CAPRICE usually came out top in most events. Both ships could get a move on and we often raced CAVALIER at speeds in excess of 36 knots, an adventure all its own.

[@montyzumazoom1337]

Went on board this ship when she was based at Brighton marina for a while in the 1970’s. Keep meaning to go and see her at Chatham.

[@JKSSubstandard]

At this point its safe to say that Wargaming makes better documentaries than they do video games

[@superknightlol]

if wargaming game fail,they will do documentaries on history channel

[@Pinniped219]

Ouch that must of hurt

[@anthonyandersen2958]

Served on type 15 HMS Verulam. Passed HMS Cavalier going out to FES in Suez Canal whilst on HMS Kent. Great memories. Well done shippers once Navy always Navy.

[@brucinator9mm]

Fighting the most brutal war in modern history, and all this guy was concerned about was health and safety and slipping on shell casings. I can imagine him walking along the deck ignoring torrents of incoming fire saying "careful u don't slip lads" pmsl.

[@yuuboi661]

Royal Navy needs to be respected.

[@majgijoe]

So the Cavalier premium ship will have a personnel to the quarterdeck consumable for faster speed....

[@dhruvgandhi1755]

Lol

[@TheRCScotsman]

That would be brilliant!

[@s.31.l50]

What about anti-air missiles?

[@eternalbastion7454]

WoWS channel deserves more subs than this, people just dont get what legends truly means. These are real events in history no amount of Sci-fi magic can match this.

[@simonmonk7266]

They have a sub at Chatham too.i went there last year and went in both excellent trip.

[@cliveholland7846]

I worked her up when I was SCO to FOST in about 1970. On a point of detail, the Ensign and jack should have headsticks so that when fully hoisted they should be properly close up. I can confirm Barry Knell's comments on being in a typhoon/cyclone whatever. I was No1 of Lynx in one off Madagascar in about 1972. It was Ruff, Ruff!

[@canadianmainlinevids8781]

we still have HMCS haida, in canada. its atribal class destroyer. brits had them too.

[@jay71512]

We made them dude lol.

[@ohgosh5892]

@@jay71512 The Canadians have a marvellous shipyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia. dude lol.

[@rnf1227]

Yes, I served on HMS Gurkha. The tribal class frigates were the most impressive frigates ever built - in my opinion.

[@tntfreddan3138]

My great granddad served in the Swedish Navy back in the late 1920s and early1930s. He served on the armored ship HSwMS Sverige.

[@dogpound7162]

Wonderful! didn't know we had saved one of these WW2 destroyers, my father was on the Destroyer HMS Wager R98 later D30, will have to visit this ship sometime.

[@ojtibi9906]

I wasn't prepared, this documentary brought a tear to my eye.

[@Beautifultruthofficial]

WONDERFUL! I was the son of a customs officer in Southampton in 1982 when he took me into the docks and showed me HMS. Cavalier which was berthed at what is now Ocean Village dock. My father was one of the primary people who tirelessly campaigned for her to be saved. He used his rank and name to assist with Cavalier's 'Free' safe harbor at that time.

[@donfelipe7510]

Not once does it mention that HMS Cavalier was preserved in Hebburn on the river Tyne for many years before she was moved to Chatham dock in 1999. Hebburn was famous for building destroyers in its hay day. She was always open to the public but admittedly she was somewhat neglected until she was moved.

[@lawrencecaile]

I took my young son at that time to see her, she was in a bit of a mess, It needed a lot of work to stabalise her for a museum piece.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Aye them were the days. I used to make me Da, take me there all the time.

[@phaedracollins6051]

My uncle worked on this ship at Whites. RIP Jim and thanks for all you did for us.

[@4evaavfc]

Naval Legends' videos is a great idea. Leander Type 12 frigates would be cool.

[@vp-retro]

They always do an incredible job on the music to these videos.

[@MrShiner55]

Very proud to say I served on her 1959-1960 under Cdr Hope Great Captain and Great Ship Great Crew

[@unconsin]

Amazing video, Nice job!

[@bigjohn697791]

The shame of it is we have gone from 31 frigates 19 destroyers in recent times to 6 destroyers and 13 frigates we can’t even field a squadron of ships

[@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire]

It's despicable. Great Britain has been sullied and shamed by its government. There is now nothing great about Great Britain

[@ohgosh5892]

Why is that a shame? Were you planning a war? If so, why?

[@bigjohn697791]

@@ohgosh5892 Alright Ivan thanks for your input!

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Totally incredible video and these planes are amazing to see and to me too..these ships are just incredible and I do greatly appreciate it a lot and I enjoy watching your videos too..Thank you so so much..

[@TheWizardGamez]

yay the veteran can still lift a fifty pound shell

[@heywoodjerbloume]

A true gentlemen.

[@cura5000]

Naval Legends HMS Victory please!!! :D

[@klipsfilmsmelbourne]

thats a sail ship not metal ship

[@renardgrise]

That would kick ass!

[@Eeroarrow]

cura5000 that is a sailing warship ship not a modern warship.

[@WRGOP]

Christine Ojala Jesus Christ you haven’t researched.....

[@howardphilipwoodcraft3756]

hear hear

[@jpdillon2832]

I think I get it now. She wasn’t much legendary for what she herself did, but by what her presence represents.

[@sparcer1]

another great episode from History Channel

[@daviddavies3774]

Great video, sm looking forward to when we can visit cavalier , thank you for alovely video x

[@brianmoore1820]

Such a good video to watch. Thanks. So please to see the 'old gal' reached 34 knots late in life and that she's there to this day instead of having been scrapped.

[@mikereger9922]

Come on WG. The Royal Navy can sustain a Destroyer and Carrier line, just like the USN and IJN. No other navy could do it, but the British can.

[@sirbader1]

Amen, good sir!

[@ohgosh5892]

For what purpose?

[@xmanhoe]

Oh and Belfast built Shorts Seacat missiles too

[@donrobinson6613]

My father served on HMS Cossack R57 a C class destroyer from 1945-47 & was mostly stationed in the Pacific. He transferred to the RNZN in 1948 & served on HMNZS Bellona & Tui until he retired from the navy in 1952.

[@jimbaird8976]

Great insight , really well done, subscribed

[@JoshuaC923]

What an amazing story! Thanks for producing such content wargaming

[@dickiedavies6870]

Nice one, love all the stuff at the former royal dockyard at chatham.

[@guywilloughby3383]

This particular ship was up until about 20 years ago kept in the dry dock at the Old Hawthorn Leslie yard in Hebburn on the Tyne, and for that reason I always believed that she had been built there, probably because her famous cousin HMS Kelly was built there. Funny how these videos educate you in ways you would never expect them to.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Aye, same here mate, that's exactly what I thought. I used to love going on it, when I was a kid, many moons ago.

[@geoffhoward7115]

Wonderful ship, company and video!! 👍🏻

[@kellybreen5526]

With that one criticism aside I enjoy the site and look forward to more.

[@gregh6627]

Love the tribute to RMS Queen Mary!

[@georgeh1352]

Don't like to boast but her sister ship CAPRICE achieved 36 knots in 66, thus beating both ships, whilst I was aboard her te, arrific turn of speed with deck plates rattling and rolling. I ca confirm, as one of the ex-crew members described, in heavy seas there was little crew ctivity taken place as it was far too dangerous to be on the upper decks, volumes of water washing down the Port and Starboard waist and the foc'sal completely awash. Good that they preserved one of a kind of this class of ship to commemorate their war service of ww2.

[@ricecakeFTW]

beautiful!

[@MetamorphicWonders]

It was explained that the ship was riveted and welded from new at the start of this film. I was under the impression that when it was built it was all riveted. But it was involved in a collision later in its life and repaired after the war. They welded it when the bow was repaired, not when it was made.

[@MrPnhartley]

Well done!

[@bobbyvee9950]

It is nice to see that the ship survived the scrap yard.

[@MarsFKA]

11:10 The troop-carrying liners mostly crossed the Atlantic unescorted, as they were too fast to be intercepted by U-boats. The Royal and US Navies had ships with the speed to keep up, but lacked the endurance. The RN ships would come out to meet the troop carriers as they reached the Western Approaches and escort them to their destination ports. That's when the RN ships' speed was used. Escort duty had its perils for the RN ships - look up Queen Mary and HMS Curacoa.

[@estianburger8709]

They should have kept the Vanguard

[@jameshenderson4876]

They should have kept Warspite...

[@MetalRodent]

A crying shame she was scrapped after only 15yrs and no combat. Sadly Battleships are very expensive and post war Britain was skint. Some of the modernised carriers would have been good museums too, but again just unwillingness to invest the money. Only the US was rich enough to preserve their ships. Warspite would have been great to preserve, but at the end of 30yrs of constant service was in poor state.

[@philparr2724]

Destroyers re more important, Capital ships didn’t do the dirty work, Cavalier should be a national preservation effort she is far more important, suggest you read Earth Brooke’s book about them....

[@MrNigzy23]

Illustrious is the ship they really should have kept. Vanguard was pretty lackluster. Illustrious was going to be kept but instead they scrapped her in a shameful act of betrayal. Warspite's scrapping, ... well salvaging, is one of the best stories ever too, tbh, taking around a decade and several attempts to salvage her because she had decided she didn't want to go to the scrappers.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

MetalRodent the US was rich because they used the war to bleed us dry.

[@OogwayT]

Damn who does the music for these???

[@Hellberch1]

It is good to see this Ship here BUT I still would have loved to see the Grand Old Lady of the Fleet in a Dry Dock somewhere in the Isles

[@safetydoggo2721]

I actually walked on that deck 2 days ago

[@larryhodge3383]

Yes history

[@jpdillon2832]

Cavalier would be an interesting premium ship I think.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I was looking round this ship only 2 weeks ago

[@DaneGilCabrales]

HMS destroyer line confirmed XD

[@kineticdeath]

6:10 im REALLY glad the men and women serving in all manner of war industries and roles didnt have to deal with WHS or we'd be speaking german and japanese. They put thier lives on the line for us no matter the cost to themselves. Most of us werent even born back then! Im glad that i still get to speak english as a result, and for all the non english nations who were on the allies side, they get to stick to thier languages too!

[@maurice5449]

Had a draft to Cavalier in 72, Changed at ghe last minute Minerva also based in Chatham.

[@admirallive2377]

Did they add the flags or type 5 paint?

[@TheDkeeler]

The ship that deserved the most to be preserved was the HMS Warspite . She had the most battle honours but Great Britain wouldn't preserve any battleship. When it got down to the very last battleship the HMs Vanguard they still had to scrap it. Fortunately, a lot of these great ships are represented as a high quality plastic model kits are now available.

[@georgyzhukov3479]

Anybody have any idea what the name of the music was at the end of the video?

[@thomasembleton1467]

So when can we get Sea Cat SAMs? Can be used against surface targets

[@simonjones575]

The best navy in the world ,

[@simonjones575]

@@j.4354 Tory's promise well but never deliver he wants more police on the streets but who will they protect us or the Muslim well it won't be us

[@spacecadet35]

@11:14 Bloodhounds? I thought destroyers were the Greyhounds of the sea.

[@jennylast3149]

Lovely video without those men and women i doubt i would be watching this, they all risked their lives for their country,my country.

[@StrykerMareXV]

What was the benefit of having an open bridge?

[@destinations.sunset3345]

actually there is one pre ww2 destroyer preserved that was built in samuel white cowes on isle of wight, orp Błyskawica shes kept as museum ship in Gdynia Poland, in ww2 she served alongside RN and her pennant was H34, shes beaut

[@randomlyashy]

I slept on that ship at Chatham dockyard

[@sarjim4381]

The gunnery officer described a shortcoming of British destroyers not corrected until the advent of the Battle class destroyers at the very end of the war. For some reason, the RN didn't see the value of enclosed gunhouses in destroyers. something adopted by the USN in the mid-30's. As the officer described, and open gunhouse allowed the seas to rush in during heavy weather. During Arctic convoys, a lot of sailors spend their time chopping ice from the guns so they'd just be useable. An enclosed gunhouse also ejects the spent cartridge cases outside the gunhouse instead of on the deck for sailors to fall over and, in some case, be seriously injured. I've never read any defense of these open gunhouses from the RN side that made sense other than supposedly saving weight. With huge protective shield needed for the lower mount of superfiring mounts, I can't imagine it saved any weight either. By the time of the Battle class, the Admiralty finally saw the advantages of an enclosed gunhouse, and all subsequent British destroyers came with them. That didn't correct the problem of the long serving WWII destroyers and frigates that still had open mounts, so British sailors paid the price for this shortsightedness well into the 1970's.

[@davidevans6350]

Served as a junior seaman, Feb 1970 for 2 years, 1st ship

[@Benneb20]

The opening and closing music if anyone wants to know what it is: Mark Petrie - Where we are - open.spotify.com/track/3Fx9BDhnagD5Wgwkdpe9RW

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I am pretty sure no one would attempt to attack a ship during a typhoon.

[@SvenTviking]

Cavalier was capable of more than 32 knots, she was the fastest ship in the fleet and exceeded 36 knots.

[@aloisiovalentim9324]

Grandes conteúdos mas sem as legendas necessárias para a difusão da informação de vcs, assim vcs não atingem o público esperado. Não é a primeira vez que encontro vídeos sem as legendas necessárias para total absorção de seu conteúdo. Em minha opinião vcs são ótimos no que fazem mas pecam nessa parte, por favor revejam a parte de exposição de conteúdo

[@tedanzigg]

I think I remember going on board when she was in Brighton ??

[@gtbsatalks]

Mortars on a ship,fascinating

[@Jon908584]

For submersibles,they were not. They were much more accurate than a Hedgehog and miles better than depth charges.

[@lesliewoods1355]

best ship i ever was on

[@Erick_The_Green]

lol was he grinning when he picked up that shell? how old is that dude? 90?

[@injunmick8498]

I saw that too, many memories were probably running through his head.

[@ruedelta]

Figured it was more of a "hells yeah, I can still haul this like it's WW2."

[@M5YUILL]

Actually he looks like a post war crewman, so 60-70, but yeah it was totally because he could still lift the shell.

[@christophercummings1435]

the one WW2 ship i wish they would have preserved was the USS Enterprise the only Carrier to pretty much last the entire war and had the most battle stars of any US Warship

[@yvc9]

i wonder if they both reached the cap point at the same time

[@LudwigJoel]

ITS ABOUT TIME WE SAW NAVAL LEGENDS BISMARCK, TIRPITZ , AND EVEN HMS WARRIOR PLEEEEASE

[@DaneGilCabrales]

I miss when the game of WOWS is like a simulator and training officers is unlimited

[@herbfowler8046]

Why is there no mention of it sinking a battleship in 10 seconds while only receiving a dent or two in return? Or, was the open top bridge so the crew could thumb their noses at the battleships they sank saying "neener, neever, you can't see me!" These videos are great, it's just a shame that the game has absolutely nothing to do with reality.

[@Jon908584]

Details please. There is no record of a destroyer of any Navy ever sinking a battleship.

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

sweet, now can we have some love to the Blyskawica? :P

[@ProdigyXI276]

i mean there already is a video about the Blyskawica, its actually pretty old now, about the time they released the premium

[@Fartsmucker1]

Both Blyskawica and Cavalier were built at Whites shipyard on the Isle of Wight.

[@barriewright2857]

It would have been nice if they could have saved one of the Nelson battles ship that would have been orsome.

[@lesliewoods1355]

hi all i have sailed on her and was the best ship i ever was on was one of the last 15 ratings that was left on board to hand over to the dockyard

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

An open bridge? I thought that stopped being a thing 50 or 60 years before.

[@fonkyman]

lol these vis are so much better then the actual game.... strange

[@thedivinedino]

Where is HMCS Haida?

[@santiago5388]

Divine Dino good question

[@dariomasi9]

First, they are working on the hcms haida episode for over 2 months, it will come Also i think we had already too many british designed ships naval legends episodes, i dont see the fuss about one of like 30 tribal class destroyers.

[@christophercolasurdo919]

dariomasi9 I think it's kinda a Canadian pride type thing lol.

[@dariomasi9]

Yes but its still not canadian disigned or built, theres not much canadian in it outside from the crew i guess.

[@johntripp5159]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Haida... Haida was paid off in the 60s during my term in Halifax. ABLM Tripp, HMCS Gatineau

[@pedrazevedo2986]

Wargaming pq vcs não lançam dds e cvs britanicos?

[@zacharypinto6541]

do more vids on the royal navy

[@Sean-xu5ti]

These videos are awesome. The game is also great. They change ships (Japanese destroyers) around too much for my liking. But it's a great game. I just wish they wouldn't nerf destroyers; as the game play is somewhat stale with slow, camping battleships.

[@ancientmariner7473]

Very interesting. At leat the old gunner knows who won the war! And quoted the gun calibre as 4.5 inch. Not 114 mm. Why give general particulars of a ship built to imperial measurement in metric? The oerilkons were always metric 20 mm, as were a Swedish design. But STREWTH we won the fookin war!

[@Jon908584]

Bofors were always designated as being of 40mm calibre.

[@simonmonk7266]

4.5 " quick firing. If you please lol

[@joshua22301]

Do one on tribal class!!!

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

Filmed. Will be released eventually

[@chippo5118]

Feel free to add this ship to the game.

[@kellybreen5526]

One major improvement to this site would be to call calibres in the actual size they were when built. In other words don't convert Imperial measurements to metric except in parentheses. It's a bloody 2 pounder you plonker!

[@Mrbobinge]

Four fives, stand to!

[@matthewjay660]

An open bridge?!? 😲

[@Jon908584]

Why not? You can't spot aircraft through the deckhead. Closed a airtight bridges became necessary with the advent of nuclear weapons.