The Most HOPELESS Battleship: HMS Captain

[@mb2000]

I feel like naming a ship “Captain” could get confusing. “Hey, look it’s the Captain!” “What? I’m over here!” “No not you, Captain. I mean the Captain!” “But I’m the Captain…”

[@jiubboatman9352]

Catch 22 Major, Major, Major.

[@blackmusik109]

Look at me! I am the Captain now!

[@firstnamelastname6216]

Lol apparently there were more than a few substandard aspects.

[@giannidcenzo]

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[@suhail3920]

"Of course you're the Captain, but you need to see the Captain!"

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

I love it that you’ve branched out from just liners and now discuss just about anything that has happened on the seas. 😄

[@andrewwilliams7661]

I have never had any interest whatsoever in shipbuilding, sailing, oceanography, etc. And, yet, my friend Mike Brady always makes videos like this that are absolutely fascinating and incredibly well produced.

[@Pigness7]

Thanks for covering lesser known wrecks, this stuff is so interesting.

[@27Metaldragon]

I doubt any cooperation would've served to save Captain. It sounds like a story we see often, much like Oceangate, where Coles had so much pressure and backing the Admiralty knew that the bad design was inevitable. So rather than lose their credibility by attaching themselves, they simply let it happen. The only thing that could sink this projects it seems; would have to be the ocean.

[@JD-ft5zq]

Couldn't agree more. I'd guess if the admiralty had cooperated as Mike suggests. The weight may have been closer to spec but only offered a few additional degrees of roll before catastrophe? Was that additional weight in upper plates, lower plates, uniform throughout, design changes? Unfortunately the video doesn't give anything to make a guess. But yeah Cole sounds a lot like Stockton

[@MostlyPennyCat]

A few degrees of roll for a fully rigged ocean going ship.... By design, ships with sails roll different amounts depending on what course you've set, hauling, reaching or running. Not to mention roll change while crossing the wind, tacking and jibing. Jibing especially must have been utterly terrifying on Captain 😨

[@SampoPaalanen]

I suspect that might be why the plans were marked "not objected to" instead of "approved", what Reed actually meant by "not objected to" was "I cannot approve these, but there's too much pressure for me to reject them so I'll mark them down as "not objected to" as I have no realistic means to object to the plans"

[@Spitfiresammons]

If the team visited the wreck and see one of the gun turret in good condition it should be rise and be restored to a museum as a memorial to the crews of HMS Captain. Please do the tragedy story of HMS Victoria (1887).

[@Phaaschh]

Imagine that being told with one of Mike's full-on animations!

[@googlesucks6029]

Reed's level of I told you so is a level most people fantasise about when they're ignored.

[@therealbettyswollocks]

My friend and yours. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Mike Brady!

[@toddkurzbard]

From Oceanliner Designs!

[@SiobhanFalque]

Coll & Reed's story is what happens when a fantastical dreamer is prioritized over an experienced, practical, and intuitive architect.

[@windoverwaves6781]

To be fair to Cole, he was an actual designer and his turret design is very influential to all future turret design - best in the era and is the basis of pretty much all future designs. He just overestimated his competency in designing actual ships.

[@delightfullyawkwardlife]

I have been sick for the last week, and our friend Mike Brady's documentaries have been a wonderful addition to the cold meds and hot tea.

[@Dakiraun]

That last sentence summed up all the story SO well. Excellent video, as always.

[@AceStorch]

Yes - strong finish. Nice writing.

[@Archeantusable]

A another cozy Sunday, blessed with another video courtesy of our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Mike, I think you should do a video on the collision between HMS Camperdown and HMS Victoria. A young commander named John Jellicoe was one of the survivors.

[@MoodusOperandi]

The Royal Maritime Museum here in Greenwich has a model of the Captain. Just looking at it boggles the mind... There's something offbeat about it.

[@babalonkie]

And for any visitors, HMS Warrior and HMS Victory can be found in Portsmouth for tourists 🙂

[@abnurtharn2927]

Drachinifel has a video about the search after HMS Captain.

[@mazeofmind3181]

You are totally amazing storyteller!

[@cherylcarter4046]

Does this make us the Brady bunch? 😊

[@Nietzsche.308]

Earliest I've ever been for an O.L.D video

[@henniekruger6602]

Our friend is back!!! Welcome back M.Brady🎉🎉

[@Gregm-l9r]

Looks like HMS Captain couldn't help but turn turtle eventually Mike .

[@leftpastsaturn67]

And what rank are you good sir? Captain. And your vessel? Captain. No, your ship. Captain. Never mind.

[@LinerDesigner]

Can you do a video of Olympics scrapping, it would be very interesting!

[@nicholaspruitt9032]

Naming a ship “Captain” should be against nautical protocol. It’s like giving a kid his last name as his first name too.

[@JordanWhite-p8c]

Wonderful video mike and I can't wait for the next video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RG-Models86]

Great job, Mike 👍.

[@EricCoop]

Our Friend Mike Brady!

[@SpartanA054Moose]

Hi Mike from Oceanliner Designs!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

HMS Warrior was so utterly indestructible that it's _still here_ _It's still afloat_

[@joãoAlberto-k9x]

Our friend Mike Brady arrived.

[@mineblox63]

Hello my friend Mike Brady! 👋

[@kevinbarry71]

A small example of what happens when you allow a populist to control something important

[@spitfire1962]

Ah I was just thinking I haven’t seen a video from you today. What timing.

[@DATAK2084]

Another great video! I wish documentaries were this good when I was growing up.

[@danielkarmy4893]

Ah, our friend Mike Brady - and a mention for my friend HMS Warrior! I see her often, sat, as she is, merrily afloat just across the harbour from my town. I don't think it's any exaggeration to say that, should the call come and the need arise, she'd be quite capable of looking after herself even today! The less-heralded younger sister - it was ever thus - but a remarkable, redoubtable ship. The same, I fear, I will not in half an hour's time be able to say of HMS Captain...

[@0richbike]

Ahhh the HMS Capsize. A ship dedicated to the memory of Sir Cloudesley Shovell

[@jazzster47]

Nice Naval History Lesson!

[@MGower4465]

There are designs that looked good on paper but suffered in execution. The Captain didn't even look good in paper. You could call it a bad idea with good intentions

[@kommandantgalileo]

Correction: The guns of HMS Bellerophon were Muzzle Loaded, the basis for the armour scheme of ships was in fact, HMS Warrior, with her Armoured Citadel, and finally, Dreadnought most definitely did not standardize the turret layout of Battleships, in fact, it was after her launch when turret layouts varied a lot once again, after the Pre Dreadnought layout was made redundant (twin turrets, one fore one aft)

[@rosswhitehead3868]

Even more hopeless than the Vasa?

[@danielseelye6005]

Considering _Captain_ didn't roll in a stiff breeze within an hour of sailing out, I'd say the comparison is a bit harsh. 🙂

[@sadiebella1234]

I love Mike Brady!

[@CaffeineGeek]

It does not feel like Captain Coles was looking to cooperate or be supervised in anyway. Chief Reed and Controller of the Navy seemed to have been stymied at every step with Coles using his influence to push his design. I have been in Reed's position and it stinks. Watching a disaster in the making without the ability to stop it is one of the most helpless feelings in the world. As with Reed, all I could do was started the design is sound in its current state with the preface I did not agree with the overall concept.

[@TealCheetah]

It's our friend, Mike Brady

[@GaryWagers]

27:04 Earlier in this video, you described that the Admiralty had attempted to work with Coles to create a ship to his satisfaction, and the result, Monarch, only annoyed him and prompted his political backers and the public to pressure the Admiralty to let him make the ship he wanted. If the Admiralty had worked more closely with him in the construction of the Captain, correcting the ship's design flaws as it went, wouldn't the result have been the same again?

[@randelbrooks]

Wouldn't it be great to build brand new replicas of many of these early battleships with a few improvements so they don't sink so easily.

[@Lullabelle1994]

It really would ! I would love to see a proper, old, ship again and to be on one. It doesn’t even necessarily have to sail 😅

[@foo219]

How often is it that not just the captain but also the designer goes down with the ship? You could make a series of that!

[@journeymancellist9247]

Love the music, btw…vey well chosen!

[@mikeynth7919]

Um, no. Turrets didn't get standardized with HMS Dreadnought but rather USS South Carolina - superfiring on the centerline and not wing turrets like Dreadnought.

[@gordonm.9280]

Thanks Mike!

[@patrickdunster1083]

But…if HMS Captain had been corrected and made seaworthy, a different ship and a different crew would’ve made the ultimate sacrifice. This wreck was unfortunate but hopefully lessons were learned worldwide that saved many lives.

[@R.M.S_Titanic1912]

Another great video as always, also no im not trying to be the first to comment im just here to express my liking on this channel.

[@ritesoffirefliers]

The most hopeless, and the most unoriginally named lol

[@TealCheetah]

I don't remember hearing about this ship until now, wow

[@jeffnapoliello]

Thanks!

[@johnmarkey4862]

Well made

[@barrydysert2974]

Sorry Mike, but You massively missed the upper end of cannon shot size in the age of sail. 32 pounders were not uncommon and even 64 pounders could be found. Tisk tisk !:-)

[@kingdomrains]

Doomed by Design is and awesome name for a video series

[@theminingassassin16]

I was wondering when you'd get around to this one.

[@coolmasterztv3088]

Ahoy Captain Ahoy Ugh, not you, that Captain

[@bodan1196]

"My Captain, my Captain. The Captain has sunk."

[@morammofilmsph1540]

Our friend Mike Brady has released another great video ❤

[@bradydacloud]

At least she’s trying!

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

Hi Mike, love your content. But you have a problem with one of your cameras panning over documents. There is a colour fringe (which moves as you pan) at the top, left, bottom and right of the picture. Chromatic aberation. I think the lens you use is not suited for this task. I saw it in one of your previous videos as well. Otherwise wonderful presentation!

[@TheOtherSteel]

Big Bird says we should cooperate.

[@BHuang92]

The last time the Royal Navy ever let someone other than themselves build their warships!

[@victoriantimes4522]

Love your content man

[@markiangooley]

I can’t help but think of Sousa’s farcical operetta “El Capitan”. Behold El Capitan! Gaze on his misanthropic stare, Notice his penetrating glare! Come match him, if you can: He is the champion beyond compare!

[@phineascampbell3103]

Did everyone decide to look like Abraham Lincoln, or did Abraham Lincoln look like everyone else?!

[@JDSleeper]

In a colossal battle of egos 472 men lost their lives.

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

ya gotta sneak up to enemy ships and empty bags of termites and wait a few weeks lol

[@smolbleat]

Bleat! Helloo Mike!

[@brianwilson3458]

Hello my friend Mike Brady

[@thoredan]

Can't wait till he gets to 1 million subscribers. He def deserves it. Wondering why he's not coming to Philadelphia my home city to say good bye to the ss united states. One of my accounts managed it at the pier and I got to go on it and walk around for a bit at end of day took a wopping 10 pictures was so overwhelming to be on on and so cool. till it got dark then we left fast. Ship dark are creepy.

[@larsyngvejonsson197]

Hi Mike

[@F-Man]

Hey! It’s our friend, Mike Brady, from Oceanliner Designs!

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With powers COMPARABLE to Drachinifel.

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Always good to see our friend!!

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Woohoo!!

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[@bob_kerman]

"captain, the captain has sunk!!"

[@SolarWebsite]

So, the Captain went down on the Captain? I see...

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

Mike, you say, each video, that we are friends, and yet you ignored me when i asked to borrow 20 bucks some friend you are! also i dont know squat about boats, except what i learned on your channel, and the minute i saw that ship i was like "well thats been done wrong"

[@lunawenko9324]

The most hopeless battleship was actually the Vasa lmao

[@masterskrain2630]

Ineptitude at sea is never a good thing!

[@kineuhansen8629]

evry time i see something about ironclads like hms warrior wich is still around today i wish we had a total war empire scale rts game about from the early days of iron clads to late iron clads

[@davidthompson5766]

Does anyone know if Historic Travels on on 12/1

[@oxcart4172]

Battleship designs now?

[@Backdaft94]

Another great video

[@mhoppy6639]

Well, this story sadly once again proves: “Plus ça change, la même chose.” Another report, another whitewash.

[@Mr-LL]

Shi.... im 31 sec to late

[@rrrandommman]

I like your videos but the chromatic abrasion on some images is awful, like I'm being forced to stare directly at the center of the screen.

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

You’re right, it’s just not fair.

[@TRexo-ds5ze]

Was going to add the same comment. Has it got worse recently? It's such a shame given the quality of the rest of the content.

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