The Battle of Lissa - Incompetence Persanofied

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Slight ammendment, I said Kaiser was the 'Only wooden ship to fight Ironclads'. I should have said 'Only wooden ship of the line to fight and win against Ironclads'

[@derrickstorm6976]

A pretty important amendment lol

[@danfruzzetti7604]

but also titles it with "persanofied"

[@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh]

Anyone who accuses other people of being incompetent, but then types the not-existent word "persanofied" in his video title, is truly someone who sucks sloughwater...

[@artoriastheabysswalker]

​@@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh Have you considered that 'Persanofied' is by no means a mistake, but a conscious pun on the name of the Italian commander in the battle this video is about?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Mate you'd be amazed at how many people haven't picked up that it is wordplay. Even with the first line of the description

[@mikevismyelement]

Dude is literally me trying to figure out the naval mechanics in HOI4

[@Spiderfisch]

History of everything makes a video about Naval incompetence and the russians arent involved?

[@thejudgmentalcat]

TIL my Italian ancestors were about as incompetent at naval battle as the Russians 😂

[@derrickstorm6976]

Russians studied Battle of Lissa for decades to perfect their art!

[@TrollOfReason]

La Russia moderna vorrebbe poter raggiungere l’apice dell’incompetenza a Lissa! Una stupidità di così vasta portata, un'arte così idiota! - è al di là dei consanguinei di Mosca. Lissa era così stupida da influenzare il design della corazzata! Tutti ridono della marina russa.

[@TrollOfReason]

When you're so dumb that you influence battleship design for decades... you might be Italian. When you're so bad at maintaining your stuff that the lower decks are prolly infested by SCPs... you're just Russian.

[@nickwilson7796]

I know, I'm also inconsolable

[@Gewehr_36]

Fun fact : after annexed Austria the German plan to name one of Hipper class heavy cruiser “Tegetthoff” but later change the name to “Prinz Eugen” to avoid upsetting Mussolini

[@mikemullen8174]

'No Fleet will ever make a worse showing' Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, 'Hold my beer'.

[@fourthknower9831]

Which one is that?

[@flickcentergaming680]

​​@@fourthknower9831 the Russo-Japanese War of the early 1900's was an absolute DISASTER for the Russians. Start by watching "The Russian Navy SUCKS Part 1". It gets wacky..

[@fourthknower9831]

Oh it's that one. I'm quite aware. to be fair to the 2nd "Pacific" Squadron, their ships were NOT meant to work anywhere in the Pacific. They were meant for the northern European seas. Sure it's arguable how many of them actually could fight, but they were sent on something that was always going to be a farce In contrast the Italians are in their home seas. Which makes it far worse. @@flickcentergaming680

[@mikeprimm4077]

hijinks ensue

[@KRDecade2009]

Do you see torpedo boats?

[@Telsion]

Alfontadore trying and failing to ram the Kaiser repeatedly has '406 suffers failure on launch again' vibes

[@arthas640]

It's insane anyone thought that was a good idea. Sailing boats had pretty much gotten to the point where ramming as a dedicated or primary function was pretty much totally outdated around the time cannons became a thing, it was done into the modern age as a secondary role or as an act of desperation or to exploit a sudden opportunity. Building a steam powered ram was just dumb, especially since early steam ships were still pretty slow and in some cases still slower then sailing ships. Making the short range assault ship your flagship is just insane

[@bryant7201]

Every time you said "SMS Drache" I thought of a certain naval historian streamer.😂

[@TheSchultinator]

"No record exists on whether Teghethoff found a jar of silver paint, slathered it under his mustache, and declared [Witness me!], but I rather like to think that's the case" 😂

[@TheBrandon40500]

I agree with you 100% that the Austrian Tegetthoff class battleships are some of the coolest of all time. Something about its simplicity and those triple turrets just make it look so powerful and downright awesome. One of these days I will build a model of one of them.

[@egoalter1276]

They look ljke somethimg a dwarf would make.

[@TheBrandon40500]

Are you high?@@egoalter1276

[@pavelslama5543]

With armor made in Vítkovice foundries and turrets made Škoda Pilsen, they are to this day the pinnacle of Czech naval heritage.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

The triple super firing turrets were revolutionary. Why I like the Pennsylvania's and New Mexico's.

[@ALEXANDER1318]

There's a very nice model in the National Technical Museum in Prague. www.google.com/maps/place/National+Technical+Museum/@50.09758,14.4247827,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPMiFvk-nf9bxRd21Od6co2awnFt19GC3EQ0-I0!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPMiFvk-nf9bxRd21Od6co2awnFt19GC3EQ0-I0%3Dw203-h151-k-no!7i4000!8i2992!4m7!3m6!1s0x470b94c4641f1bb1:0x1227b94335120fff!8m2!3d50.0973756!4d14.4249052!10e5!16zL20vMGdsYjQz?authuser=0&entry=ttu

[@CommissarMitch]

Ok so swapping flagship would be a good strategy to throw the enemies off. However step 2 is to relay this to your fleet.

[@SirDarthDragon]

The hardest blow of the battle was delivered by Tegetoff only after the had ended: The Italian kingdom kept claiming to have sunk SMS Kaiser during the battle to save face. So Tegethoff threw an international dinnerparty onboard the Kaiser. He even Invited many officers of the Italian Navy (who declined to attend). To his protest Tegethoff was reprimanded for this rouge diplomacy. Also the relative overperformance of the austrians isn't fully suprising - attracting only men of passion since the actual glory and career was understood to be made in the army. As opposed the Italian side where navy positions were sought after as political springboards. Both from: Große Seeschlachten : Wendepunkte der Weltgeschichte von Salamis bis Skagerrak / Arne Karsten ; Olaf B. Rader , Munich, 2013

[@The_ZeeT]

It is somewhat hard to follow, when ships are counted down at the beginning. Adding a graphic to visualize number of ships and their names, could be a big improvement

[@legoeasycompany]

I always love hearing about the Battle of Lissa, perfect example of how incompetence at the top snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Also at 19:23 I hope you misspoke on the wooden warship and meant wooden ship of the line because there's several others who can claim that "honor" albeit slightly less well off than SMS Kaiser.

[@7deEspadas]

yeah, just in my country the pathetic wooden schooner Covadonga, won against the Ironclad Independencia in the battle of Punta Gruesa

[@Dilley_G45]

​@@7deEspadasnever heard about it. Make a video about it 😆

[@Shaun_Jones]

Yea, the American PT boats would like to have a word about that.

[@SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat]

A video about the italo-turkish war would be cool, it was the first war that saw the use of planes first as scouts and later as bombers

[@vidogams]

The HMS Dreadnought also only sank one enemy vessel, a submarine, that she rammed.

[@hawlitakerful]

Bunga bunga

[@secretbaguette]

Didn't she do it accidentally too?

[@vidogams]

@@secretbaguette according to the wiki it was intentional and the only time in history a battleship intentionally destroyed a submarine.

[@secretbaguette]

@@vidogams Whoops

[@Packless1]

@@hawlitakerful 😉😁👍

[@Hatzi89]

Iron men on wooden ships beat wooden men on iron ships

[@atomichobbit7358]

I never heard of this battle so I looked it up. Saw it involved Italy and my first thought was, “well, that makes sense.”

[@Mamorufumio]

Yeah Italy really fell far from their glory of Rome

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

Drachinifel covered this battle, a couple of years ago. It was a comedy on the water, due to the Italian lack of performance. Mostly due to their incompetent leader.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Sadly, english sources are quite lacking on what happened...the story is a bit more complex: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYGvhKalbNyXftksi=tbgZ38rC-xAm_qHF

[@atomichobbit7358]

@@Italian_Military_Archives sure enough but let’s just say that Italian military history is not exactly something to be proud of. From the miserable performance creating an African empire to the “genius” of Luigi Cadorna, a man who hated hi soldiers so much he starved them and reinstated decimation, to the incompetence of the Italian invasion of Greece, Italian military history is synonymous with the phrase “lions led by donkeys.”

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

@@atomichobbit7358 certainly, but I prefer to go deeper at the roots and causes of certain events instead of using simplistic phrases or long-told myths.

[@derekputz8568]

I had to do a double-take as the thumbnail genuinely looked like you dressed up Lord HardThrasher in a clownsuit!

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Tegetthoff was also supposed to be the name of a German Hipper class heavy cruiser. However since the Germans didn’t want to insult their Italian allies with a ship named after Tegetthoff they changed her name to Prinz Eugen. That’s how there was a German warship named after a French prince who fought for the Austrian army.

[@HoppouChan]

notably, Eugen von Savoyen was, as the name implies, also closely related to Italy, what with being from a collateral line of House Savoy

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

Prince Eugen is the only naval.name that can be found in three navies (British Royal Navy, German Kaiser/Reich/Kriegsmarine, and the Italian Regina Marina) and used for one exact purpose (anti-French sentiment)...

[@HoppouChan]

@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Technically Prinz Eugen kept her name after being transferred to the US Navy too

[@deaks25]

The Italian fleet survived the encounter with the rabid, rage-filled, feather-spitting Kaiser, so it probably could be counted as a victory.

[@FrakkinGaiusBaltar]

*we're getting out of the Adriatic with this one!*

[@NickJohnCoop]

As soon as I heard that the Austrians were diligent about their training I knew who was going to win the battle. What is it about certain commanders that think that you don't need to bother about one of the most important things about being in a military?

[@Funkaheltok]

Training demands effort, that’s why. People are lazy

[@aleale6277]

Noble or patrician admirals and generals who bought their command, probably

[@jedimindtrix2142]

​@aleale6277 This is right here. It was an era of aristocratic swag, my man. Competence be damned!

[@mikoto7693]

I had similar thoughts at that point. Admittedly I don’t know too much about military history but generally speaking having highly trained soldiers and well maintained vehicles and equipment gives that side a HUGE advantage.

[@SudrianTales]

Could be regionalism as well as Italy had just unified meaning the nation was in chaos and the different regions refused to play ball at the time. Meanwhile training costs took a back seat to unifying the nation is my guess

[@Echo2-2]

I have heard of this battle before. However, I have never found a video that covered it until now. Excellent work! Also, congratulations on reaching 40k!

[@alessandroiorio6248]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYGvhKalbNyXftk

[@TravelerZ24]

Thank you Mr history guy. Hope things have been nice down there.

[@meglukes]

Is History of Everything that people enjoy videos about incompetence so much?

[@EA0700]

Ok, so, this is pretty fucking bizarre… I was literally having a think and quite a few chuckles about this battle earlier today, particularly concerning the bit about how nobody seemed to really know what the fuck happened to SMS Kaiser! Then you go ahead and post this, thank you! Love your content too!

[@owainlloyddavies7107]

Got to correct you on something; ramming wasn't never used again successfully, don't forget, HSM Dreadnought rammed and sank a U-Boat being the first sinking of a military naval vessel of the first world war

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I would argue semantically that ramming submarines isn't the same as a fleet engagement. It's very circumstantial

[@owainlloyddavies7107]

@HistoryofEverythingChannel true, but it's also fair to say not having a chance to ram is also circumstantial Either way very entertaining video btw

[@CowMaster9001]

Flagship Naming conventions: British: Our navy has a long and glorious history of ships to honor with a newer ship of the same name. France: We have many fine Republican heroes to name ships after. Austria: We bring honor to our modern Caesar with a ship bearing his name. Italy: Dis boat gonna sink a lotta a da enemy boats so we calla her _The Sinker_

[@secretbaguette]

OH WAIT OH FUCK THE SINKER IS SINKING WE DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT

[@pavelslama5543]

Although the only ship that The Sinker ever sunk was itself...

[@marcusott2973]

I filmed a documentary about Lissa with Gerhard Tötschinger, for Austrian TV, it was full of possibly incorrect quotes, and light on details. I got to spend a week in spring in Croatia, so I'm not complaining, but really looking forward to your take on it. And how you pronounce, Tegettoff, that name is hard for non native speakers, tripped up Drach in his video. 😂😂

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I just accept that I've done it wrong 🤣

[@marcusott2973]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel "Hölzern die Schiffe, eisern die Herzen!" Translation Wooden ships, hearts of iron.

[@Hatzi89]

Dont sell yourself short, your pronounciation was very good

[@marcusott2973]

@@Hatzi89 it was indeed very good.

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

​@@marcusott2973 here i put together a story of the Lissa campaign, which goes a bit more in depth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYGvhKalbNyXftksi=tbgZ38rC-xAm_qHF

[@silentdrew7636]

The firing blanks bit suggests the Italians weren't doing live fire exercises. You find similar situations with US Civil War battlefields where there were rifles found with multiple powdet and shots loaded and unfired in them.

[@snapdragon6601]

I heard that before too but now I wonder if that was really true. I could understand it maybe if they were just pouring the lead shot down the barrel out of a container before using the ramrod to push it down, but it turns out that usually the cartridges were already made with the proper amount of gun powder and lead ball wrapped in paper that they would tear the end off with their teeth before pouring the powder down the barrel and then ramming the ball down the barrel with the ram rod. When thinking about the cartridges made like this, it seems like it would be very unlikely, no matter how nervous they might be while under fire, to ram multiple lead balls down the barrels without realizing it. The only other reason I could think of as to why someone might do that in a battle was if they were wanting to look busy in front of their officers during a battle but too afraid to move out from behind cover and expose themselves to enemy fire. 🤷

[@supremecaffeine2633]

​@@snapdragon6601 It should also be noted that the rifles used needed to be cleaned at least twice every 40 rounds to prevent jamming. It was also mentioned that most of the cartridges were found to be intact when loaded, increasing the chances of jamming.

[@stekra3159]

The last hura of the KUK Navey

[@squeaky206]

They would have some moments after in World War I, but never again on the scale of Lissa.

[@adamfrazer5150]

I think a video on 'Accidental Victories' would suit your style and vicious sense of humour 👍😎🍻

[@loyalpiper]

You should do a video on the 2 battles of Algeciras

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It's on my very long list

[@anno-fw7xn]

Ther is so much history to learn thanks for the video!

[@RedXlV]

Fun fact: Affondatore was originally designed to have no guns at all, and rely *solely* on ramming. During construction, somebody realized that was really fucking stupid and altered the design to include a pair of turrets, each containing a 9" Armstrong gun.

[@zallia_]

Another amazing video, thank you! Would love to see some more maps though

[@anzaca1]

7:49 He almost certainly did. Trafalgar had only occured about 60 years prior, recent enough to still be well-known in naval circles.

[@nephilimorder9622]

Great video, love learning about lesser known naval battles especially from such an interesting time period.

[@FireOccator]

When your fleet is run like a grocery chain.

[@farnow01]

I hope the next video is going to be the Battle of Sara! and then the Battle of Jenny!

[@anzaca1]

15:06 To be fair to the Italians, ramming is much, much harder to do than people might think.

[@peterestrada9420]

I don’t think I’ve ever Laughed, so much, during a: “history lesson”🤣😂🤣🤙 Keep up the great production’s😉🙏

[@pietrovezzaro1530]

Glad to learn what the italian navy did. Beacuse in our history lessons when read and learn than the lose big, but not why. Also a question. Will it ever be a series, like "the russian navy", abaout the "mediterranean shenanigans"? From here, the battle of Lissa, to the cold war ship design of italy and France

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Probably not, but I'm working on a very long series about the formation of Italy

[@pietrovezzaro1530]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel okay, very interesting. If I may ask what do you think is the end, thus the formation of "THE italian people"? Might be strange question and spoil me the serie (although I will watch it). But the creation of the state and the apparatus dosen't make the people. There's an suggestion of the historian Barbero that a possible "date", where we could say was the start of the italians, was at the defeat at Caporetto in WW1. But, in my limited knowledge, I would say that the real moment where tha population became italian was at the referendum of 1946, with the universal suffrage of men and women to decide whether they wanted to continue with the monarchy or a full democracy. I don't belive it was the decision to became democracy but the vote in its self, the fact that it was the first time women could vote. And the result of the vote helped move the sedimentacion of the italian people

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

That question of the "end" of risorgimento is something I'll be examining in itself because it is really complex

[@veritusahriman9720]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel Look forward to watching it!

[@astridvallati4762]

An Italian comment on the Incompetence of Italian Fleet Officers: Navi di Ferro, Teste di Legno! Iron Ships, Wooden Heads!

[@BNRmatt]

Did anyone else wonder briefly why he dressed Hardthrasher up as a clown?

[@RedDotChiliPepper96]

Until yesterday I thought it was going to be a Hard Thrasher video, until I looked closer.🤣

[@kylemoffat1258]

Excellent mate!

[@plymouthruckingberg3479]

I don't know what is funnier, hearing how bad the Italians dodged up on their side of the battle or the vibing Persano clips. Always great to hear this silly stories of people having loose screws in their heads, especially those that aren't Russian focused.

[@R005t3r]

Let us hope that the presently well equipped Italian military has learned from it's inglorious 19th and 20th century antics.

[@DepartmentOfResults]

A great video, as usual.

[@7deEspadas]

Dude, just in the Nitrate War saw a wooden Shooner winning against an Ironclad and another Ironclad ramming a corvette, and that's from 1879, years after Lissa

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I'm aware. Hence the pinned comment.

[@CommissarMitch]

War is Tech and Tactics. Which would make a fun board game.

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

Did the Sms Hapsburg take one on the chin?

[@PxThucydides]

Bit of foreshadowing to know the name of the Austrian admiral was later the name of a battleship.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

Prussia: Beats the crap out of Austria Italy: Somehow loses 2 ironclads to an inferior Austrian navy

[@Slava_Ukraini1991]

This is me in Total War Empire naval battles. I found the best strategy is to run straight into the enemy formation and then command your ships to just turn in circles over and over. it looks and seems absolutely stupid but somehow it works.

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

Oh I can explain his reasoning behind the odd decisions. You see Carlo di Persano roughly translated into English is Leslie Philips and the ships name (Affondatore) roughly translates to bridge of trout he was just a little confused.

[@sirfredrin6302]

Oh no…. A video about boats! My only weakness!

[@sifangwuhai]

Wooden men of iron ships defeated by wooden ships of iron men.

[@bumblingbureaucrat6110]

Well said my friend

[@SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat]

That quote is fake and was invented by a french newspaper

[@derrickstorm6976]

Poorly said my friend; as always Italian soldiers (this time sailors) were well trained but in incredibly poorly lead. Only wooden parts the Italians had were the heads of two out of the three heads of the admirals

[@SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat]

@@derrickstorm6976 to be fair the other 2 admirals were good it was just Persano that fucked up, also there were communication problems on the italian ships because Italy was just united and the crew were mixed from different regions that spoke different dialects so they couldn't understand what they were saying

[@sifangwuhai]

@@derrickstorm6976 ok thanks

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Letting the enemy fleet cross your "t" is one thing, but to confidently choose to do this when you are at the disadvantage in quality and quantity of ships, requires being either criminally insane or unbearably confidentand brave.

[@scotfield3950]

Thank you well done!

[@silentdrew7636]

I remember hearing that Italy joined Bismarck fighting the Austrians to try and get Venice, but never looked into it. This is neat.

[@subtlewhatssubtle]

There are some jokes that lose their humor value with repetition, but Persano doing buggerall being represented by the Chipi Chapa cat will always be funny.

[@chronicmaster7689]

I’m not that learned on the austro Italian war, but considering the Italian navy’s other ‘exploits’ I didn’t have much hope for them

[@joeyates3909]

it would be nice to have some visuals to assist with the explanations in positions

[@robertmills8640]

Excellent 👍

[@darthmaul5413]

Battle of Lissa (1811) or Battle of Lissa (1866)

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

1866

[@LordBathtub]

Just so you know lads you've misspelled "Personified"

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Read the description

[@LordBathtub]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel ahh I see

[@sifangwuhai]

If anyone asked, Persano was the Italian admiral there.

[@notusneo]

Does battle of Mona exist out there? Genuinely curious

[@roland228]

At first, I thought Persanofied was a misspelling.

[@charleslarrivee2908]

"Viva San Marco!"--the Venetian sailers aboard SMS Kaiser.

[@EricDKaufman]

Persanofied... I see what you did there

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It is incredible how many heads this is going over

[@vidowski_airsoft]

When I saw Drachinifel make video about Lissa I was like yooo. But then it was only 15 min. Then I saw this video :D priceless

[@Legitpenguins99]

What?! Your telling me that the politician was a shitty admiral?! I'm shocked and offended 🙀

[@Blackgriffonphoenixg]

Am clicking this to see if misspelling personified is part of the joke

[@toddvogel8887]

"How could you possibly have screwed up this engagement that badly?! What were you thinking?!" Persano: Ahhhhhhhhh spaghetti! *Starts singing That song everyone associates with Italy* *Edit: Funiculi Funicula*

[@some_guy9347]

jammo, jammo, jammo jammo ja!

[@Anonymous-zu7dh]

Funiculi Funicula

[@snapdragon6601]

That song that sounds like it's played with an accordion? 🪗 I know which one you're talking about but idk what it's called. Hearing that always makes me think of Italian restaurants and mob movies. I can't help it. I'm pretty sure that's not what the Italian people really want the rest of the world to think of when they hear Italian songs, at least the not the association with the Mafia. 🤷 😆

[@Italian_Military_Archives]

Things were a bit more complex, too easy to claim the incompetence of a single men:kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYGvhKalbNyXftksi=tbgZ38rC-xAm_qHF

[@toddvogel8887]

@@snapdragon6601 That's probably the one I was thinking of. I have been brain poisoned by a youtuber/streamer that whenever I think of the Italian Navy, I think of that song, because when he plays as Italy in Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts, he randomly starts singing that song.

[@RedDotChiliPepper96]

Great video! I have to say, though everytime the Italian national anthem is in the background I can't concentrate on whats being said. Might be because it's so catchy.

[@tobiasfreitag2182]

I mainly hear the Radetzki March in the background and find that kinda disteacting because it is so catchy😂

[@RedDotChiliPepper96]

@@tobiasfreitag2182 that as well 🤣

[@cyberfutur5000]

I thought the guy in the thumbnail was our dear Lord Hardthrasher in a costume. And this will be some sort of stage play, starring him as guest star :S

[@jokekopter2509]

24:29 sadly,we should rebuild the ship as an museum peace,as it was important ship in Croatian history, especially in my region of Dalmatia.

[@michaelnewman5734]

Might have benefited from some animation of the battle in motion. Not wanting to downplay your narration but only so much you can portray .

[@Gameomaster-vv1cx]

What happened to the affontador?

[@Cyb3r_Vi0l3t]

this is gonna be gud

[@slavkovalsky1671]

Is that the sound of a thousand angry Austrians typing angrily about the wrong national anthem?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It's the correct one actually

[@535phobos]

I think its the austrian Kaiserhymne (the anthem for the Kaiser). The melody was later used for the Deutschlandlied, but if you listen carefully you hear different lyrics.

[@slavkovalsky1671]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannelGood to know! (starts wiping egg off face, gives up)

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Meh it's fine to be wrong. I made a mistake in this video

[@Dilley_G45]

It was more important for Austria to hate Prussia than to defend the Southern Border and they paid a hefty price for that

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

I mean not really considering they won at the Battle of Custoza pretty handidly

[@tomsommer8372]

Italy again being inept at anything military. Was there a person named Schettino serving on one of the spaghetti vessels?

[@matthewhyke]

During the ACW there were several times when wooden ships fought ironcalds - Virginia vs Congress and Cumberland and several wooden ships vs the Albemarle, so woodend ships did fight ironclands but I don't think any as well as the Kaiser

[@matthewhyke]

Please ignore I missed his correction

[@toawing]

Ok I doubted that much could top the Russians, but the Italians gave it a good go. If I had to pick one thing to question, how do you forgot to actually load your guns with anything besides gunpowder?

[@Warpcaller]

Very NelSONIC... Austrian fleet: I gotta go fast!

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Incompetence Persephone.

[@kai990]

jeez, australia contested venezia?

[@jaapaap123]

What's the use of a permanently docked barracks ship? A fancy name of reusing old crap?

[@mazeman5637]

What song plays at the beginning

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Gott Erhalte Franz Den Kaiser

[@mazeman5637]

@@HistoryofEverythingChannel thanks

[@endermarine1686]

can you do something on american civil war naval battles?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Intend to do something on CSS Alabama

[@IsaacCarmichael]

Umm he said it was the only wooden ship to fight an iron clad. What about the US civil war? Am i missing something?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Yeah, I should've said "ship of the line to fight and win against ironclads"

[@silentdrew7636]

​@@HistoryofEverythingChannelor "the only ship of the line to defeat an ironclad". Would probably sound better.

[@hobbitomm]

I think the ram was used again. HMS Dreadnought sank a U boat by ramming

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

Dreadnought wasn't fitted with a ram. It just sorta did it

[@mikepilot1314]

The part about ramming is not necessarily true. HMS Dreadnought during World War I actually managed to sink a sub by ramming it. It is also funnily enough Dreadnought’s only kill.

[@eastromangaming1033]

Good ole Italian military stories

[@bassetdad437]

Is your caption error intentional? Incompetence Persanofied? Do you mean Incompetence Personified?

[@HistoryofEverythingChannel]

It is an intentional pun yes

[@Gameomaster-vv1cx]

Fun fact: from what I understand, RN Affondatore’s ultimate fate is also unknown, just like SMS Kaiser. Now isn’t that interesting?

[@anzaca1]

13:10 Very much like Yamato at the Battle of Samar.

[@fzyturtle]

Wait a minute.... SMS Drach... as in Drachinifel?

[@egoalter1276]

Albeeni. Italian is pronounced as written, an i is always pronounced ee, never as eye.