The REAL story of the most USELESS ship in World History

The story of the world's most useless ship, Kamchatka, has been told many times. But how much of it is really true? In this video, we tell the REAL story of Kamchatka and the ill-fated Baltic Fleet.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:56 The Russo-Japanese War
1:45 The Sorry State of the Russian Baltic Fleet
2:38 The Even More Sorry State of the Kamchatka
3:35 The Dogger Bank Incident
5:07 Russians in the Ocean
6:30 Mutiny aboard the Kamchatka
7:51 Do You See Torpedo Boats?
9:07 Conclusion

[@grimtea1715]

Having a stock of binoculars because the captain keeps throwing them into the ocean sounds like something straight out of a comedy bro

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Welcome to Tsarist Russia!

[@a3b36a04]

Was pretty normal to get promoted via connections, rather than merit. Even for Britain.

[@Nostripe361]

@@a3b36a04 from what I heard, he was actually a pretty good captain; just had a bad temper

[@TheAnon03]

@@a3b36a04 according to Drachinifel's excellent video on the fleet, he was a pretty good officer overall and popular amongst the regular men despite occasionally beating frequently berating them.

[@OhNotThat]

@@TheAnon03 he notably was actually one of the best naval officers of the russian empire for the very reason stated earlier, most russian naval captains and admirals were promoted via connections rather than professional merit. He actually was one of the more competent ones despite having a nasty temper.

[@Pointclearius]

"The Kamchatka is the best Japanese warship, to never actually serve in the imperial Japanese navy"

[@danieljones7843]

Absolutely love Drachinifel’s rendition of the 2nd pacific squadron!

[@FreedomIII]

​@@danieljones7843Drach's dry humour was so perfect for that story. It's one of my favourite videos from him 😊

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

"What's that?" "It’s a Japanese Torpedo boat" "A Japanese Torpedo boat? At this place of the ocean? At this time of the day? Confined completely by only your vision?" "Yup" "Can we shoot it?" "Urm....yeah? It's not like we can hit it anyways" - Throws binoculars in ocean

[@xoose]

"Well Mad Dog, you are an odd fellow, but I must say you steam a good buzhenina."

[@davesy6969]

Throws binoculars in ocean. They hit Japanese torpedo fleet commander on head so they call off attack.

[@hawkeye5955]

Kamchatka: "Help! Heelllllp!" *fire truck siren*

[@adenkyramud5005]

Drachinifel viewers getting terrible flashbacks rn... 🤣 And a certain binocular throwing Russian Admiral too.

[@steventhompson399]

His video on the baltic fleet's voyage is one of the funniest history videos I've ever seen

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@steventhompson399 that's exactly what I Said under someone else's comment hahaha I love listening to that story whenever my depression kicks in hard. Not just because it makes me laugh, but also because it reminds me that no matter how bad my situation is I can be glad that I'm not Admiral Rozhestvensky.

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

@The Kamchatka do you see binoculars?

[@proactiveomnipresentvessel6569]

Aaand of course *The Kamchatka*

[@obelic71]

@The Kamchatka Yes Comrade, do you want a zip of fresh distilled Vodka ?

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

French: “I spit at your general direction!” Russians: “I throw binoculars at your general direction!”

[@steventhompson399]

I remember drachinifel had a *hilarious* video about the Baltic fleet's voyage to tsushima where he mentioned the binoculars

[@michaelandreipalon359]

*bonk* "OUCH!!! Why you..." *scuffling sounds*

[@saradadhakal4748]

No I thought french farted at general direction

[@arrow1414]

It was "I fart in your general direction".

[@saradadhakal4748]

@@arrow1414 yes french do be like that

[@SixthFonist]

Mad Dog liked his mutineers the way he liked his binoculars; thrown overboard.

[@themancantfindaname7589]

uss willian d porter: finally a worthy opponent our battle will be legendary

[@Cowboy2C6]

Yes we need simulation of it.

[@kozaamovies1779]

Just wanted to write the same comment

[@command_unit7792]

Spoiler:Both Sink before leaving harbor...

[@bkjeong4302]

Except the Porter wasn’t as incompetent as commonly assumed (the torpedo one and her sinking are genuine though embellished, but the other famous incidents are not and were completely fabricated in the 1990s). Kamchatka did have multiple incidents, even if some (like the Aurora incident and the cracked steam pipe/damaged valve) were embellished.

[@tevlargaming5440]

But D Porter was at her sinking lucky. As all her crew escaped her sinking in one peace. All her bad luck paid off on the end. This hunk of shit they call Kamchatka is worse as their was no redemption.

[@underworldguardian704]

The only thing the Russians had in any quantity was binoculars for the Admiral. 🤣

[@abbanta3002]

what?

[@gordtron]

sounds like the perfect foundation for a few sitcom seasons.

[@TheFront]

FROM THE MAKERS OF SEINFELD

[@michaelandreipalon359]

M*A*S*H* is still the better dramedy. Nothing can change that.

[@aussiedogfighter285]

@@michaelandreipalon359 M*A*S*H theme intensifies

[@dchegu]

Or a horror movie. One where the crews that served the cursed ship see japanese torpedo boats everywhere. EVERYWHERE. in their homes, villages, farms. Driving each one to madness

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@@dchegu Or even better, the ghosts of the entire crew of the Kamchatka doomed to sail the ghost Kamchatka, until they manage to sink one ghost Japanese Warship, or basically for all of eternity...

[@AmericanKiaser35]

Drachinifel does an amazing video on the second pacific squadron. It’s even worse when you learn about everything that happened to the Russian fleet on that mission

[@philvanderlaan5942]

‘….. and then it got worse…..’

[@lightwalker222]

it's almost as if this channel just made the video cause drach popularized the story of 2nd pacific squadron.... nah, couldn't be

[@philvanderlaan5942]

@@lightwalker222 not beyond the realms of possibility if you were to make a comedy based on the voyage of the 2nd pacific squadron it would be called too insulting to make any money besides a small cult of naval history nuts

[@Colt45hatchback]

@@philvanderlaan5942 john cleese is a little old to be playing the admiral, but it would have been great

[@samsignorelli]

@@philvanderlaan5942 "...And of course, the Kamchatka..."

[@Wykletypl]

Considering their very low morale, I say it's amazing they had managed to reach Pacific. Let alone fight the Japanese fleet and sink it's three torpedo boats.

[@Dubanx]

Actually, Russia lost at Tsushima in what might have been the most one sided Naval battle in history. All but 3 of the Russian ships were either sunk or captured. Literally the entire Russian fleet was gone, and between that and the communist uprising Russia wouldn't field a significant navy again until the cold war, some 40-50 years later.

[@jiyuhong5853]

The 3 torps were friendly casualties. During the night attack on the remnants of the Russian fleet IJN torpedo boats and destroyers attacked. In the dark the torpedo boats and destroyers accidentally rammed each other

[@MarioMario-vn3fx]

Ah the Kamchatka, the meme ship to end all meme ships. Seriously though, you know you've screwed up royally when the admiral of the fleet wants you as close as possible... just to throw insults at you.

[@oscaranderson5719]

hot take: Mad Dog died throwing binoculars at every ship nearby

[@Volnas97]

Nah, he died on pneumonia in St. Petersburg after taking blame for this fiasko on himself.

[@oscaranderson5719]

@@Volnas97 I disbelieve your reality and substitute it with m- wait, he fucking survived that?

[@Volnas97]

​@@oscaranderson5719 Yeah, he was injured on his head and was still giving orders (just not from bridge, because there wasn't any left), his ship was burning hell, riddled with holes, but still shooting at Japanese and he survived that. What a legend.

[@oscaranderson5719]

@@Volnas97 the madlad

[@rosiehawtrey]

@@oscaranderson5719 Best part, is the media in Russia reported his death some years before he died. The Japanese admiral dropped in to see him in the medbay, congratulated/commiserated with him. His mistake was the turn away from the Japanese battle line, it gave the Japanese control due to superior speed - correct move would have been to work in close to the Japanese, negate the difference in speed.

[@noahbody9875]

Interestingly and something the Japanese won't admit, three Japanese ships were damaged by thrown binoculars in the battle for Port Arthur.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

The damage is only 0.000000000000000000000001, though.

[@oscaranderson5719]

Japanese casualties: 1 injured, sustaining slight bruising

[@bakkysak1681]

Love the fact that old and slow the Kamchatka received a angry nickname while on the other end aurora new and fast also got an angry nickname

[@jovanweismiller7114]

The Dogger Bank Incident took place, as its name shows, on the Dogger Bank which is in the North Sea, not in the English Channel or the North Atlantic as you implied.

[@gb6710]

When you mentioned the wild animals roaming on deck, I knew exactly what ship you were talking about.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Although penguins are technically predatory animals, it's funny to see them presented as such as opposed to lions, tigers, and bears OH MY!

[@dasher964]

They have knives :D

[@yosefyonin6824]

if playing runescape tought me anything in this life, is that penguins are secretly planning to kill us all

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

Welp now I gotta watch drachnifels video on the 2nd Pacific squadron

[@adenkyramud5005]

That Video is one of the funniest history videos I've ever watched 😂

[@josevictorionunez9312]

Ah the 2nd Pacific Squadron. The biggest naval clusterfuck in history. It was just blunder after blunder all day long.

[@bkjeong4302]

The worst, most hilarious naval disaster of all time.

[@alexipestov7002]

Don't forget the Battle of Tsushima. It gets funnier

[@kieranh2005]

Worth it!

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Binoculars: *exist* Mad Dog: Yeet!

[@michaelathens953]

Now I wanna know; how many binoculars DID "Mad Dog" throw overboard?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Judging by the amount of reserves, I'd say less than 51, but more than 30.

[@spikespa5208]

Had to be a substantial part of the budget, if they were German binlculars.

[@gleisbauer25]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Admirals Staff had to restock during the journey.

[@nudibanches]

3:20 While I wasn't at the Battle of Tsushima and can't 100% confirm, I do believe you have confused Admiral Togo aboard the Mikasa with our favourite binocs hurling Russian.

[@burgundian777]

Kamchatka wasn't old or decrepit, it was launched in 1902 and sunk at Tsushima in 1905.

[@glendanison3064]

The legend is more fun than the facts.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

That is always the case...

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@davidhollenshead4892 Most of the times but not always

[@seanbigay1042]

Honestly, the facts don't deviate that far from the legend in this case. Not for nothing does Drachinifel call the 2nd Pacific Squadron's odyssey a "Voyage of the Damned," nor did author Richard Hough lightly call his book on the subject "The Fleet That Had to Die."

[@indianajones4321]

This is a story I haven’t heard of, thanks for the video

[@TheFront]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Grimmtoof]

Go watch drachinifel's video on the second Pacific squadron, it's hilarious!

[@kd67876]

The perfect prequel/sequel to the death of stalin

[@tommytwotones128]

The most useless Russian ship named after the most useless region in Russia

[@jakekaywell5972]

More than 320,000 people live in the Kamchatka Peninsula and it has one of the, if not the most, biodiversity in all of Russia.

[@tommytwotones128]

Neat

[@kittenmittenkitten]

7:40 This is clearly less a Battleship Potemkin moment and more a Battleship Pokemon one.

[@seanbigay1042]

Team Rocket's blasting off again!

[@jaevie4485]

I recommend Drachinifel’s videos on the 1904 russian baltic fleet’s journey to Korean. He does his homework on the whole voyage and has two half hour long documentaries on every last blunder that happened, including the kamchatka’s :)

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

*clears throat* ahem. "Do you see torpedo boats?"

[@TheFront]

SIGH

[@PanzerKitsune-]

I swear making a parody out of this and turning it into a comdey movie would be a great movie.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

The Kamchatka was very useful to the Japanese. Drachinifel, who has a channel dedicated to ships and naval affairs from for about the last 2,000 years through the end of World War II has two videos related to this on the Russian second Pacific squadron Voyage of the Damned kzbin.info/www/bejne/b37HmpJ8nZ6Sd8k When the 2nd Pacific squadron thought it couldn't get any worse kzbin.info/www/bejne/eInTm2mkgJqsotE

[@spacelemur7955]

More useless than the Vasa, which capsized in Stockholm's Harbour minutes after launch in 1628?

[@ChrisCaramia]

Japanese torpedo boats are everywhere!

[@philvanderlaan5942]

Well Vasa makes Sweden pretty good bank as a museum ship , who would pay to see Kamchatka?

[@spacelemur7955]

@@philvanderlaan5942 Good point, but it sure took a hell of a long time for it's value to increase! All its 64 expensive cannon, and years worth of material and labor kerplunk into the muck. As a percentage of Sweden's defense budget, it dwarfs the lost value of the Kamchaka.

[@philvanderlaan5942]

@@spacelemur7955 6 year old me’s bathtub toys dwarf the ‘ Value’ of the Kamchatka ' … the Kamchatka reported she was sinking, there was a great bit of disappointment through out the fleet when it was discovered that this was simply a few damaged water lines ‘ ‘ the voyage of the second pacific squadron’. On Drachinfel’s channel

[@jakekaywell5972]

@@philvanderlaan5942 In scrap value alone, Kamchatka would be worth at least a couple of million USD even in the worst condition possible. Besides, seeing any bit of Tsarist-era workmanship nowadays would be a treat simply because most examples have been lost to time.

[@andrewdonaldson2324]

The entire footage could be a sitcom

[@Cowboy2C6]

Let the Japanese capture it.

[@oscaranderson5719]

that’s gotta be some kind of war crime, subjecting them to that floating casket

[@Snp2024]

They would have surrendered than

[@bufordchambers7089]

They sank her to avoid having to take her.

[@CountScarlioni]

Dedicated to the many binoculars who died in the making of this story.

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

I'll take Drachenfiel's take on this over yours. He's definitely more authoritative.

[@CliffCardi]

Kamchatka: “I’m am the most useless ship ever built” The Vasa: “Hold my Beer.” *capsizes and sinks from a gust of wind minutes after leaving the harbor*

[@CassidyListon]

How much would a pair of Maddog's Binoculars would fetch at auction if you managed to find one at the bottom of the ocean coast?

[@DavidM-tg1oy]

Maybe it wasn't the MOST useless ship in history, but it was up there among the top five! She was no good luck charm, that's for sure!!

[@jakemillar649]

Don't even get Drachinifel started on this thing. He doesn't give it an inch in his conclusions about it. Knew about Kamchatka's nickname but not Aurora's. Aurora did some good naval discipline, staging a boat race, and survived the Battle of Tsushima. It survives as a museum ship to this day. I also hope to find one of those sets of binoculars one day,

[@brokenbridge6316]

This ship and her fleet were certainly the most unlucky bunch of ships that ever sailed. Nice video.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I have but one question for everyone who's interested enough in naval history to know a certain KZbin channel. Do you see torpedo boats?

[@rosiehawtrey]

Water bourne or sand going?

[@archibaldlarid3587]

It's interesting how in all the problem you bring up with the Imperial Russian Navy, you barely even mention the lack of skilled officers, and the leader of this fleet was one of the few, but you instead slander him in the first 3 minutes. You openly admit he was commanding mostly conscrips yet you make zero allowances for the needs of Naval Discipline.

[@amaccama3267]

Sounds like they would have been the pride of the Elbonian Navy.

[@robertfolkner9253]

Yes, but did they have coffee wenches and mud weasels?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

I still say the most useless ship in world history was the U-1206. When it was first deployed it's captain damaged it so badly that it had to ascend over the water line close to the Scottish coast, which wasn't a good thing to do for a German submarine in April 1945. It was immediately spotted and attacked by British aircraft, three (or four, depending on the sources) sailors lost their lives and the crew decided the damage was so severe that their only option was to sink the sub. The surviving 46 sailors became POW. Oh, and how did the captain (whose name was Schlitt) damage the submarine? He didn't use the toilet according to instructions.

[@ayu1978]

Oh yes, that was literally a shit show. If I recalled correctly the sewage back flowed and forced the crew to surface?

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@ayu1978 As far as I know it wasn't only sewage floating back into the ship, but also seawater.

[@1992AC]

Nah that would be the Vasa. It sailed for less than a mile before she sank. Oh, this was on her first voyage!

[@fuso-yamashiro-harunabattl7015]

The most effective Vessel of the IJN More effective than even the Yamato

[@bkjeong4302]

Again with singling Yamato out for being useless when WWII-gen battleships in general were useless (even those that served in supporting roles were a waste of resources and utterly pointless, as these roles could have been filled much more efficiently by building more subcapital units or, for some shore bombardment applications, by using old, already-existing battleships). Aside from Washington and Duke of York, the battleships of the WWII generation were pointless and a massive procurement failure, regardless of nationality.

[@fuso-yamashiro-harunabattl7015]

@@bkjeong4302 Well, Aircraft did earn a place in Naval Warfare at the time, rendering them Obsolete

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@bkjeong4302 hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen beg to differ…they were still useful but the tactics changed so direct ship to ship combat was a thing of the past

[@bkjeong4302]

@@bostonrailfan2427 Those hundreds of thousands of men could have benefitted even more if other, more useful weapons were built instead of battleships.

[@northerncaptain855]

As recently as the 1970’s crews on merchant vessels often slept on deck due to poor to nonexistent AC. Even today if AC fails ships crews may find a place on deck to sleep. In the early 1900’s I’m sure the bulk of the crew would be sleeping outside while transiting the tropics.

[@Naramsit]

Fun Fact: Battle of Tsushima was actually a Pyrrhic Russian Victory. The Lost the 2nd Pacific Fleet but they got rid of the Kamchatka!

[@jormugand5578]

3:26 - "Not too long after entering the Mediterranean?" I wasn't aware the the Mediterranean was that far north. 9:13 - "What do I think?" So when are you going to release the REAL story about the Kamchatka since this obviously wasn't it?

[@mogaman28]

3:10 That´s admiral Togo 3:29 Mediterranean? Only the Third Pacific Fleet managed to go through the Suez canal.

[@Nonamearisto]

Legend has it that his binoculars mark the course of the fleet, even to this day.

[@eluc_s2510]

3:47 are we gonna ignore how he disliked his own video? lol

[@DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot]

I'd like to hear the story of IJN Yukikaze (the luckiest ship and the bringer of misfortunes to others) the reason is, I heard a story where a bomb hit her and didn't explode but when it was carried away from her at a port the bomb blew up, as well as the story where she hit a mine but it didn't explode until she went passed it.

[@jejeakle]

“Signaled she was sinking, to which there was much rejoicing.”

[@adenkyramud5005]

Do you see torpedo boats?

[@foolsgold9993]

It was a great video, it definitely put a few things into perspective. Thank you!

[@TheFront]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Swissswoosher]

Mad Dog: *starts swearing* Sailors: Have we got enough binoculars boys?

[@CatsEyethePsycho]

I like Mad Dog, seems like a fun guy.

[@poland5606]

He would beat his sailors with his bare hands when he got mad

[@Pointclearius]

Ahh I would like directions to the corner where all the fans of drachifinel are sitting please

[@nimitzpro]

Drachinifel has a longer video on the topic if ye are interested.

[@chrismaverick9828]

Drach's vid is a lot more entertaining.

[@davidprosser7278]

Very interesting. Thanks for uploading it.

[@daphoenix9330]

3:45 did you just- *dislike your own video*

[@oscaranderson5719]

😂😂😂

[@TheFront]

It hurts to be this hip.

[@TsarRaTimeMachine]

200IQ move

[@TomFynn]

In case no one has pointed it out, the picture at 3:25 is not Admiral Roshtosh- Rosh-- Ro- that Russian Admiral, but Admiral Togo Heihachiro on the compass bridge of his flagship Mikasa.

[@seanbigay1042]

You can tell this by all those sacks tied round the bridge. They were ordered placed there by Togo as protection against flying shrapnel during the battle. It's not that Rozhestventsky couldn't have thought of this, too -- but could he have trusted his crew to actually do this useful thing?

[@rapipocudo8690]

Brazil: And i shooted more than 100 dolphins thinking it was an atack

[@luulasmene7786]

Sim sksksksksk

[@YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSchizo]

Kamchatka: *Exists* Willy D. Porter: *Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!*

[@jonmcgee6987]

The Kamchatka was Japan's greatest use of mental warfare. With it they helped destroy the fleet's moral long before it reached Asian territorial waters.

[@Girtharmstrong69]

Part of the reason for its failure was they weren’t using artillery shells they were firing seashells because of a misunderstanding of English

[@saparotrob7888]

Very informational. Kamchatka wasn't as awful as I thought. Good stuff.

[@stuartmcnaughton1495]

A frequently broken down repair ship. Couldn't she repair herself?

[@nathaniellong4281]

The Emperor of Japan doesn't need his giant Mecha Suit when his enemies have the Kamchatka.

[@msmaria5039]

So true.

[@Exodon2020]

3:20 That's Admiral Togo though...

[@jiyuhong5853]

Adm: "why?" Sailor: "well you keep on losing your temper and throwing them at our useless ships and navy". And oh look IJN torpedo boats Adm: those aren't torpedo boats, still fire at will

[@johannderjager4146]

Drachinifel did a good job on covering the whole Second Pacific Squadron debacle, I'd highly recommend watching his videos.

[@2Links]

Drachnifel made an excellent video on the whole voyage as well, which was the first time I'd ever heard jf the Kamchatka and indeed the disaster that was the voyage of the dammed.

[@jamesricker3997]

The Kamchaka shooting at British fishing boats was a big reason why the Russian fleet couldn't go through the Suez Canal

[@clientcomun1958]

i came here just to ask: do you see torpedo boats?

[@delarosapaulo7236]

**SAD KAMCHATKA NOISES** But aysr?having a pilestock of binoculars

[@terrancecoard388]

Drachinifel has a couple videos on this fleet. They could not read the signals because of clothes drying on deck...funny stuff! I don't think anyone can do a report on this and make it serious.

[@BeeReeOee]

No one asks how the ship is

[@TheFront]

WHY is Kamchatka?

[@cnlbenmc]

They should have "Accidentally" torpedoed the Kamchatka.

[@myr576]

0.33 - 0.53 this intro clip you have is way louder then the part before and after it. I was watching this video on a smart tv and felt like I needed to turn it down. Please try to keep the volume level of the video consistent.

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Well this could beat death of stalin if made into a proper comedy film.

[@Shadow-sq2yj]

Was "Death of Stalin" a comedy?

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

@@Shadow-sq2yj Yes a dark one.

[@Snp2024]

@@Shadow-sq2yj great one must watch

[@AncestorEmpire1]

Worst ship or most incompetent crew? Let the comments be the judge

[@philvanderlaan5942]

Do you see torpedo boats?

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

Both? Both is good

[@frostyguy1989]

Apparently there was one pet snake that was taught to drink vodka. I haven't seen any mention of it since the stopover at Madagascar, but I have to know: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VODKA SNAKE?

[@LordMondegrene]

My sole regret is that I did not live long enough to see this splendid video.

[@fangabxyfangabxy8563]

“Had the Kamchatka been on the Japanese side of the war, the battle of Tsushima would be a resounding Russian victory” -someone on the drafchnifel video edit: spelling

[@marblemadness8870]

And all this time I thought Kamchatka was only my favorite cheap vodka...

[@Puckoon2002]

3:30 ish The 2nd Russian Pacific Squadron left the Baltic Sea, NOT the Mediterranean Sea, before the "Battle of Dogger Bank", an large sand bank in the North Sea,.

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

... Something tells me that this boat was always serving bananas to its crew. Bananas are proven to be bad luck on ships.

[@joaoonda]

I like to say that I´ve studied extensively the Russo Japanese War and this is literally the first time that I see a reference to a secret code in case there was a mutiny onboard. It seems unlikely that a code would be chosen which so closely resembled a valid action message... 🤔can you tell me where did you read that?

[@torbenpagaard]

Doggerbank is on the other side of Britain.

[@davitka_p]

Love these vudeos

[@PumaTwoU]

I'm highly amused that a certain cheap vodka sold in the US carries the same name and has a somewhat notorious habit of producing headaches to those who consume it, so the 'spirit' of the Kamchatka lives on.

[@johnyossarian1135]

Admiral consonant clusterfuck sounds like Gordon Ramsay if he joined the SS.

[@superomegaprimemk2]

Until today, I've not heard of this boat, still the Arimial who threw binoculars overboard, sounds like a intersting guy!

[@Wolfeson28]

3:09 Why exactly is Admiral Togo cursing and throwing binoculars at inept Russian ships?

[@spacecube8561]

knife-wielding penguins is my new favourite apex predator

[@UniversalChallenge4454]

You forgot the admiral’s parrot who learn his vast vocabulary of Russian curses

[@syme9925]

I estimate Mad Dog broke/threw 47 binoculars.

[@chameleon9717]

F for them