The Battleship that Suddenly Exploded

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Liberté was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the French Navy in the mid-1900s. She was the lead ship of the Liberté class, which included three other vessels and was a derivative of the preceding République class, with the primary difference being the inclusion of a heavier secondary battery. Liberté carried a main battery of four 305-millimeter (12 in) guns, like the République, but mounted ten 194 mm (7.6 in) guns for her secondary armament in place of the 164 mm (6.5 in) guns of the earlier vessels. Like many late pre-dreadnought designs, Liberté was completed after the revolutionary British battleship HMS Dreadnought had entered service, rendering her obsolescent.
On entering service, Liberté was assigned to the 2nd Division of the Mediterranean Squadron, based in Toulon. She immediately began the normal peacetime training routine of squadron and fleet maneuvers and cruises to various ports in the Mediterranean. She also participated in several naval reviews for a number of French and foreign dignitaries. In September 1909, the ships of the 2nd Division crossed the Atlantic to the United States to represent France at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
Liberté's active career was cut short on 25 September 1911 when a fire broke out in one of the ship's propellant magazines and led to a detonation of the charges stored there, destroying the ship in a tremendous explosion that killed 286 of her crew. The blast also damaged several other vessels and killed crewmen on six neighboring ships. An investigation revealed that the standard French propellant, Poudre B, was prone to decomposition that rendered it very unstable; it had likely been the culprit in several other ammunition fires in other ships. The wreck remained in Toulon until 1925, when her destroyed hull was refloated, towed into a drydock, and broken up.
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[@markpaul-ym5wg]

I worked with a maintenance mechanic who was burned by Scaulding hot water when he was doing work on a boiler where we both worked.A steam burn is one of the most painful,because it does complete nerve damage very deep into the skin.I can't imagine being around a boiler when it explodes.Thanks once again HIDDEN HISTORY for an unknown tragedy at sea.😊

[@davefellhoelter1343]

Hi psi steam is Mind Blowing. Look for a leak with a wood broom handle as you cant see the leak, but it cuts the wood at the leak. I worked with steam and lots of energies! LOVED my JOBS!

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

@@davefellhoelter1343 Thank you for your reply.

[@jamessimms415]

Read ‘Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors’, & some of the descriptions of scalded burns just made me shudder thinking abt it.

[@mathewmartin4993]

As cook that works with industrial steamers I agree steam burns are the worst!!

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

@jamessimms415 Ya, that would be almost as bad as dying.

[@6allmotivepowers363]

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was HMS Invincible. On that note, never tempt fate by naming your ship "invincible" or touting it as "unsinkable".

[@adamcroes4567]

>The battleship that suddenly exploded Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down

[@TIMOR-OWZAT.]

My first thought was HMS Hood (Yes I am aware that it is a battle cruiser)

[@hudsonball4702]

@@TIMOR-OWZAT. Maine, Mutsu, and one German battleship i can't remember the name of.

[@TIMOR-OWZAT.]

@@hudsonball4702 Thanks. The more you know, the more you learn. Will check those two out.

[@TheIndianalain]

Yeah, I clicked because I thought it was about USS Maine.

[@timonsolus]

@@TIMOR-OWZAT.: We’re talking about warships that suddenly explode WITHOUT being attacked by an enemy. So Hood is not in that category.

[@pankoo3925]

An unfathomably ugly ship design. RIP to all those killed in such a tragic and unnecessary way.

[@scotttudor6647]

Wonderfully researched and very enjoyable videos. I do suggest that you narrate with a somewhat faster and more conversational tone. I sped it to 1.25x and that speed was just more natural. Keep up the excellent work

[@colinmartin2921]

Not unknown amongst battleships, several of which exploded after cordite ignited. A British gunnery officer on board the Lion found cordite dust everywhere in the turrets, which only required a discarded cigarette butt to ignite it, sending flame down into the magazine.

[@romad357]

"Rep-i-bleek" class? It should be "Ree-pub-leek", IIRC.

[@jimcat68]

It's the fault of French, for pronouncing just about every letter incorrectly.

[@alainmozol5115]

​​@@jimcat68It's you who can't pronounce an u correctly

[@notinterested8397]

mo DELL? AI sucks. Get a human to read your script please😢

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

That’s how it’s pronounced in French (Modèle)

[@timonsolus]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial: Imagine the reaction if the creator had used a French language AI and only provided English subtitles! 😂

[@clayz1]

The French have always had trouble with pronunciation.

[@alainmozol5115]

​@@clayz1seriously ?

[@mikec7108]

AI is the new enemy !!

[@Weesel71]

Odd, but not as bizarre as other french ships.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Poudré B decomposition? (Sort of like early Cordite not aging well?) Addendum: spoken of in the Vid *after* initial writing.

[@bigantplowright5711]

I used to draw battleships like that when I was 7.

[@bobklein7366]

Smoke being observed does not mean “suddenly” and that was halfway through the video

[@Wasatch95]

What are you whining about?

[@TheRelativy]

By modern standard a sudden accident at work must occur within one shift. This is abut 8 hours. I guess we can call it sudden.

[@belliott538]

The Text Reader needs some work…

[@mikehenthorn1778]

Hvac technician working on boilers and chillers. My hope if a pipe breaks is i don't have time to scream if something breaks near me. Remember it was made with parts from the lowest bidder, assembled by the lowest bidder, after a 3 beer lunch on a Friday.

[@russellhltn1396]

Sure cure for insomnia.

[@RalphHeron-d6w]

Humans need to be paid....bots don't.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

She got US Mained? or Hillaryed? Maybe Robinette'd

[@francoistombe]

Or Mutsued.

[@nobbytang]

HMS Vanguard blew up at anchor inside Scapa flow without any enemy action ….court of enquiry stated “ faulty cordite” ….1200 dead in 1917 …

[@damonrobus-clarke533]

I need a Pinache!

[@larrydirtbag4275]

You only found 10 of material?

[@hudsonball4702]

She had enough a Fleet reviews and took herself out.

[@genreynolds6685]

What is “metric horsepower”?

[@kimvibk9242]

Interesting story, very detailed - but I can't give it a like due to the use of a monotone AI voice and gratuitous use of AI-generated images.

[@pcka12]

Beautifully 'mechanical' voice!

[@randywarren7101]

It sounds exactly like the same reason why the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana harbor resulting in the Spanish American war!

[@accadacastkr4912]

the french at war with themselves

[@soldierski1669]

Anyone else see ,"The Creature from the Black Lagoon,"?

[@Kaiserzeit1871]

Unglaublich wie viele Menschen ihr Leben durch diese Unfälle verloren haben.

[@CT9905.]

The HOOD?!

[@jamesricker3997]

Hood eas a Battlecruiser

[@CT9905.]

@@jamesricker3997 Close enough!

[@timonsolus]

The Hood was sunk in battle by a shell from a German battleship - not in an accident.

[@CT9905.]

@@timonsolus The infamous BISMARCK?

[@timonsolus]

@@CT9905. Yes

[@KriegZombie]

I couldn't make it through this video because of the AI.

[@jamesbass4154]

You don't get to the explosion part until 8:58. A waist of my time.

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

1,800 tons of coal is not a lot of coal... At full steam, that would run out of coal in just 3 days at most. Also... Metric Horsepower? No, it's SHAFT Horsepower. Ships with steam engines had their power measured in Shaft horsepower... What a crap script.

[@timonsolus]

The French had an unrivalled talent for producing ugly war machines in the early 20th century. French pre-dreadnought and dreadnaught battleships top the list though.

[@Rickkennett143]

Metric horse power?

[@charlesharper2357]

There's very little difference between the two measurements. Metric horsepower is 75 m kgf/s, which equals 735.49875 watts. On the other hand, imperial horsepower is exactly 746 watts.

[@lawrencewiddis2447]

A horse of a different color.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“…Pferdstärke?…”

[@MrKawaltd750]

Good prononciation !! Interesting video !

[@davefellhoelter1343]

A I reading reports, not real

[@MrKawaltd750]

​@@davefellhoelter1343 AI reads french at University Level !?!?!? 😵

[@robertoroberto9798]

@@davefellhoelter1343Apparently he just has a really flat voice that makes people think its AI, unless I’m confusing it with another small history channel.

[@notinterested8397]

moDELL instead of model? 100% AI Stands for Absent Inspiration

[@ergloo6660]

Spoken by a bot

[@kimba381]

one of the worst voices I've heard in a long tome

[@sjoormen1]

So... front fell off.

[@icarossavvides2641]

Flipping AI voice!

[@TX200AA]

Not the ugliest design of French Battleships, but still pretty awful.

[@jhb9746]

AI voice, means it's time to stop watching............

[@richardtardo5170]

Quite a recitation of useless information

[@AndreasGlad-rq7vx]

STOP USING AI VOICE!!!

[@johnmckirgan9784]

blah blah blah

[@catdude5567]

Did the French waste their money on a navy for WW1 and WW2?

[@Solveig.Tissot]

Your lack of knowledge is as hopeless as your opinion

[@davidwaters6190]

What's with this blasted annoying music trying to listen to what you are saying with this rubbish in the background thumbs down I could not watch this.