This O-Class Submarine Is Being Turned Into A Museum | Monster Moves | Spark

This week on Huge Moves S4 - A team of marine engineers attempts to move a 1,400-ton British-built submarine 700 miles across water and land in Canada. The epic journey sees HMCS Onondaga hauled across the stormy North Atlantic, through narrow locks and up a perilously steep railway to reach its final destination. Will the team complete the mission before the blizzards arrive?
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Super-size missions, risky routes, and the biggest cargo on the planet-imagine hauling a submarine over dry land, transporting a fleet of mega-yachts across the Atlantic, or relocating 20 ancient Egyptian temples...and now meet the heavy hauliers who tackle incredible odds to get the job done.
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[@petermarshall6675]

I was an apprentice engine fitter in Chatham dockyard during the 1960s and worked on the building of this boat and also the engine trials alongside. Great to see she still exists.

[@lindalakota38]

That is awesome i never heard of these sub maybe that was the point to be stealth

[@The31stcenturyfox]

@@lindalakota38 These were apparently one of the quietest submarines of the cold war. Excellent, well constructed boats. My fav fact about these boats is that the rear torpedoes were essentially useless (could only carry a specific torpedo that wasn't very good, but the front tubes had the excellent MK 48) so on the Canadian boats they used to carry beer and pop cans in those tubes till the SOAP refit removed the tubes and replaced them with storage for such things.

[@LungsMcGee]

Thank you for your work and keeping my dad alive.

[@richardeasther2569]

As soon as I hear this mans voice I know this video will be over dramatised to the point of the ridiculous

[@MrLaTEchno]

You and a lot other kids got no respect for this old lady .......It's the total of her journey ' The glue of the whole.. War and efforts is a big no no in my eye's, you gain nothing at the end. Just scrap metal....that's the story and if you can't see this .....mmm well let me stop here,.........

[@LungsMcGee]

Agree@@MrLaTEchno

[@B61Mod12]

44:26 I would have cracked up so bad if smashing the bottle against the hull knocked it on its side again!

[@abhisheksavant4307]

This documentary would have been scrapped at that very point then lol

[@dash8brj]

Or just knocked a hole in the side of the sub after all it had been through :)

[@Nine-Signs]

You (and I) have watched far too many road runner cartoons.

[@tankardstrongpour2998]

At least I'm not the only one who thought that.

[@dustybikes86]

I love how all the "huge moves" episodes feature what apparently is a full choir singing, about the mundane minutia of everyday life for the people involved in the moves, over extravagant orchestral music.

[@flanger890]

I find it incredibly cringey lmao

[@johnthompson960]

They actually hear that in their heads

[@flanger890]

@Samson Holdsworth I saw a couple of these but they didn't have the musical pieces and it didn't find it that bad, then they started adding the music and I just can't watch anymore

[@stuartreynolds4480]

Electric Sub: "Full steam ahead!"

[@mandyellis876]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dirkbonesteel]

THANK YOU - I was on this actual ship when it was in Groton CT. in late 80s. Coming from a US nuclear sub. this boat and crew were fantastic. Had a great time, even bought a T-shirt. It's a silkscreen of the boat with oars coming out the sides. Have to love any active submarine with beer in the torpedo tubes

[@joseywales3789]

@dirkbonesteel, how to annoy a diesel submariner? Call their boat a "ship!"..... Ships are targets unless you have planes on your sail (fin) P&O Boats were definitely Boats! DBF!

[@matthewdestombe4714]

Thank you for your service and how cool to see it preserved like this!

[@harryeverett4969]

@@matthewdestombe4714

[@harryeverett4969]

@@joseywales3789

[@johnpullman3227]

Whoever wrote the music and orchestration must have spent a lot of time in Vladivostok with the Russian navy.

[@jvsyoutube3298]

it was very nice, i like

[@mikeloghry9521]

Sure sounds that way with Ivan sound.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

And the TeleTubbies for the lyrics. Admittedly 40 decades better than Bill and Ben.

[@cnilecnile6748]

Thanks to Hunt for the Red October, the Soviet Navy will always be the first thing most people think of when they hear the word "submarine"

[@michaelmcneil4168]

@@cnilecnile6748 I doubt it, most will probably think of the democrats sending America to fight a war they could have one in weeks with enough submarines and never lost a soldier, if they had bothered to test their torpedoes. They may well have lost a submarine or two, unless they sent a fleet of them, apparently the Japanese navy had no good defence against subs.

[@Samuel-jh1yw]

It's now anchored in my home town! Went in it a couple of times. Every time, the smell of old and closed space hits me.

[@farrukhismail]

We have one in Karachi, Pakistan. Her name is PNS Hingor resting at Maritime Museum Karachi. Hingor destroyed Indian naval ship Kukri in the war of 1971.

[@jeffersonalmazan5255]

@@farrukhismail damn you guys got subs? philippines has none

[@alanclarke5979]

Imagine living on the bitch with a heap of blokes that also are not showering 😂

[@Smithskii]

LOL youtube me montre le video, j'ouvre le video, premiere affaire un autre Rimouskois dans les comments hahaha!

[@Samuel-jh1yw]

@@Smithskii Nice nice! Je ne savais même pas qu'un bon documentaire avait été fait sur le Onondaga.

[@toddmarshall7573]

All the drama makes these amazingly interesting activities unwatchable.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

I was about to say something similar, but you nailed it. Absolutely agree. As if the subject matter isn't interesting enough without all the bs.

[@Marciaus007]

Drama with no drama.

[@saiaswanth4035]

@@alexanderSydneyOz A!

[@saiaswanth4035]

@@alexanderSydneyOz gylu

[@ResilientCurmudgeon]

Amen to that. I very nearly gave up I got so sick of the corny production values.

[@ahmadkazemi8728]

the Heave Ho song over-shadowed the whole thing,

[@jeffhallel8211]

OOmpa OOmpa doopidy do,I have a sub marine for you.

[@johnpatton6576]

One of these Oberon-class subs, HMS Ocelot, is preserved and open to the public at Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent, UK. Definitely worth a visit.

[@torjejohannessen6952]

I went there a few days ago it was pretty neat

[@thecraftsman72]

I love how they talk about how tough the boat is then worry how to transport it because its so fragile. LOL

[@mozzjones6943]

It's been stripped and Not maintained for decades.. What would you expect? Look at the ex US super carriers rotting in docks, used to be super tanks on water but are now rusting fragile floating metal.

[@highlysuggestible861]

Now THAT was a power ballad.

[@TerryLawrence001]

MONSTER MOVES: HEAVE HO -- Music by Daniel Pemberton YT: DANPEMB

[@highlysuggestible861]

@@TerryLawrence001 hey, thanks!

[@aquilarossa5191]

It reminds me of the Red Army Choir or Soviet March from Red Alert 3. Funny kind of, considering this thing was on the imperialist side.

[@rjmun580]

Very interesting project but I wish the percussion section had been dropped overboard.

[@nailboard6492]

RIGHT? They trying to make it sound like they're gonna fight Space Nazis with this sub.

[@boldcityphotographersshane4070]

Sounded like it was written by a 12 year old with writers block.. Orchestrated great and performed phenomenally but damn it.. Those lyrics 😂

[@josephastier7421]

The Discovery Channel destroyed this video genre

[@Mr2greys]

@@boldcityphotographersshane4070 it's got that "Canadian" flavour. Too saccarine

[@johncampbell829]

Funny! I had to drop out in the first 5 minutes.....drama queen comes to mind

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Living here in Connecticut USA and having a sub base and a sub maker here I admire the lives of those men and women who served and have served. Thank You

[@fmd6166]

As your surname is Rodgers, do you hold allegiance to your British ancestral home (UK), or the US, a mere version of the UK in North America.

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

@@fmd6166 my heritage is French Canadian, Western European ,Scottish and Irish. I served my country America and proud of her !!

[@zakstev]

How wonderful to watch a REAL Canadian story for a change! And very well done. Thank you.

[@jaquigreenlees]

The TV show Monster Moves has a lot of episodes that are pure Canadian stories.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Amazing achievement. The skills and work that went into this project is very impressive. How cool it must be for the town to have the only submarine museum in Canada AND an actual sub. I hope they gather stories and experiences from their submariners to share with their visitors.

[@flightographist]

It's not though. Sister sub HMCS Ojibwa is located in Port Burwell, Ontario on Lake Erie ( a great lake); it's journey was even more impressive.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@flightographist I'm not aware of that one, will have to check it out. The people that accomplished the task of moving this sub is still impressive to me. Not every Tom, Dick and Harry could accomplish such a task.

[@flightographist]

@@olliefoxx7165 Herculean task for sure.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

@@flightographist Is there a submarine museum there too? That's what he said was the only one of.

[@flightographist]

@@namegoeshereorhere5020 I just google earthed Rimouski, the sub is one feature of the Maritime Museum Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Pere; in other words it isn't a submarine museum. There are of course dozens and dozens of Maritime Museums in Canada. So, technically Rimouski is a Maritime Museum with a sub, Port Burwell Has a Museum of Naval History that consists of a sub.

[@johnlancaster119]

Ignore the critical comments. It was a great video and very emotional for me. I spent 32 years in the British RN and for my sins I was a Warrant Officer (SM) IOC a special teams that trained foreign Navies. I trained the lads on the Okanagon, Onondaga and on a Brit S/M called Grampus where many of them also trained. I was there at their build, their birth (launch) commissioning and much of their work-up. I am so pleased that they this grand old boat has such a great final resting place. You did something that you should be very proud of. Your achievement, your tenacity and perseverance was tremendous. Who knows, although I am now nearly 80, I may make it back to Canada to see the old girl, assuming that you would give me an invite. Ex WORS(SM), BEM Qcm

[@michaelmcneil4168]

Thank you for your service imagine if they had had the sense to invite you to oversee the project. But someone asked them if they could engineer a few snafus so they could have an excuse for some really soviet era comedy drunkard antic mishaps. Either that or the removal men were Canada's equivalent of the CIA.

[@pulmo1]

Fantastic. A labor of love.

[@gordonagent7037]

It amazes me that we have young people that strive for technological change in our world whilst we have older folks that strive to preserve history. How wonderful it is that as we age our focus changes but we still want to preserve parts of our own past for others. What a fantastic vision was seen by this group and what skill and dogged determination they showed to see this project to a partial conclusion, the retoration will be another story. I can only take my hat off to these guys and simply say thankyou for caring so much. An excellent effort for sure

[@leotard2536]

Okay, boomer

[@richardscathouse]

The cold war? History best forgotten. A touchstone of suspicion and wasted resources. So sad.

[@rajeshkadupukotla1285]

I felt like a win over the enemy... That song was so damn powerful. Great video to never miss. Dedication paid off..

[@petergambier]

Thanks for posting this up Spark, always interesting to see big moves. A submarine museum would be a fitting tribute to these unique kind of craft. Therefore It's quite right that we should keep some of these war machines for future generations to see, touch and study. They helped us to win a war and seems a waste not to keep one or three of them. My grandpa, Commander RMG Gambier was a submariner and was in Northern Ireland for the surrender of the Nazi U-Boat fleet in 1945. He was also the skipper of the Royal Navy's last coal fired submarine depot ship, HMS Alecto, built in 1911 she weighed 935 tons was 212 feet long x 32 feet beam, top speed of 14 knots and a crew of 76. While on passage to the Clyde in 1942 to be fitted with a gun the Alecto was attacked by a Junkers bomber (JU88) which circled and dived low dropping 2 'eggs', one of which took out the ships wireless aerial but no other damage. The captain engaged the dive bomber with his 12-bore shotgun - it being the only weapon on board. His efforts being a bit futile, were much appreciated by the sailors who cheered his attempts to hit the bomber as he dodged backwards and forwards from one wing of the bridge to the other.

[@davidaitchison3282]

I waited until I heard the word 'disaster' for the first time. It took all of 16 minutes. It was a snapped cable, not a 'disaster', for crying out loud. I have watched 3 presentations from this series, no more, way too much drama applied to none events. I can see why this show flopped.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

You had a lot more sense than me but I had the pleasure of putting the boot in.

[@matthewgross6958]

Sounds like the Discovery Channel with Gold Rush animations.

[@GeneralBlackbird]

I watch this video without any sound. The work is interesting. Worst style voice acting.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

@@GeneralBlackbird Hi. Any chance of getting some Ruski videos that you have translated?

[@GeneralBlackbird]

@@michaelmcneil4168 Sorry, i am an engineer, not a translator jr video maker.

[@mariolarouche5318]

I visited this sub in Rimouski nearly a decade ago. A must see👌

[@joshuaaroke]

They almost got me tearing twice. I felt really emotional like I am part of the project. Great stuff

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting.

[@edfrawley4356]

The Onondaga was the first but not the last. The HMCS Ojibwa made an even longer journey to Port Burwell on Lake Erie. After getting her on shore they cut doors into the fore and aft torpedo rooms for people to access the sub.

[@johnmcmickle5685]

The one nearest to my home in the US is in a river. You have to be able to climd in through the aft torpedo room hatch and out through the escape hatch in the forward torpedo room. But it is a World War II Balo class sub.

[@jaideedave]

Many decades ago I served on HMCS Rainbow in the early 70s.We had a converted pop machine for our beer.15 cents/can.They cut it in half to fit down the fwd torpedo room hatch and rivited it back together below. All duty free cigs and booze. Canada Club 40 oz for just over $2 , cigs 10 cents/pack. The "good ole days" Best thing I ever did was volunteer for sub service.

[@johnmcmickle5685]

@@paulreid7370 If it is not advertised no one will show up.

[@edfrawley4356]

Well I went last summer mid covid and we had lunch at Izzy's Schooners. Planning on going back this summer and bringing a couple families with me. The grandkids will go nuts over it.

[@roysouth5862]

The Ojibwa was built in Chatham Dockyard UK and launched circa 1961 ish, and was sold to the RCN whilst being fitted out in number 2 dock, as a second year apprentice I worked on her during the winter of '62, she was big, but the men who lived aboard were a special breed.

[@osel2000cd]

"The Crouch End Festival Chorus" - just fantastic

[@gollywog6695]

All these docs have a song to them, am I the only one who actually likes them? I think the songs are great!

[@leeneon854]

Oberon my dad's old boat👍👍👍 well done people of Canada... UK

[@servicarrider]

Congratulations O' Canada on preserving your history.

[@bostonblackie9503]

What history, these where British submarines used for about 30 years by the British and placed in mothballs for 15 just in case they needed them. Due to be scrapped the ridiculous Canadian goverment and military bought them sight unseen, it was a Canadian idea. I think only one was ever put into service or at least it worked. Last time saw anything to do with them they were saying it was becoming difficult to find parts. As a Canadian my tax payer money gone to buy junk. The rest of the Canadian armoury be it fighter planes, helicopters etc, is falling apart. Very soon they will not be able to take part in any situation that involves NATO or allies.

[@dereknevill]

The best madness I have seen in a long time. Well done.

[@johnryan2193]

I have the greatest respect for all the people involved in this move , Donald must have nerves of steel ! The music was fantastic !

[@lifeupnorth9385]

16:35 - a true Union man, once the clock stops, I stop....

[@Snakes709]

My father served on her. I been on that sub many many times. Boy do i miss it

[@abelewin2855]

I am impressed with the engineering that took to design the hauling of such large object. It looked impossible. But I learned that it was an achievement.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Wishing you all the best from UK - we had an Oberon class ex Falklands War on the old dock at Birkenhead Liverpool for a few years in the 90's but unfortunately redevelopment - I remember you had to prove you could get though a little bulkhead door frame on deck before you were allowed into the craft to avoid possible grief in the confines : )

[@mikewisdom6520]

Bloody good effort

[@lightninganth]

Great video!Fantastic!My hat is off to our Canadian neighbors to the North of us!They really pulled off a great job under adverse conditions!

[@edfrawley4356]

True but we still dont have a German Uboat inside a museum like you have in Chicago

[@kimcanadian9781]

i live in Halifax NS and I really enjoyed this documentary!

[@bobcohoon9615]

Fantastic achievement and will make a great tourist attraction. The interior is very complex ,nice machinery

[@peekaboo4390]

Was this directed and produced by Aron spelling? Over the top drama, too bad. And that soundtrack ...Doh.

[@peckerwood6078]

What a joke "The Rimouski" with a Quebec Hydro sticker on it represents the continued destruction of the Canadian Forces and the Navy especially through Political interference and the military being used as a graft & corruption machine by Quebec politicians. The video is a good metaphor for Canada in the merciless grip of the French. Destruction personified. Anglo genius turned into scrap by Bill 101!!

[@thedude8046]

It is an repost as well

[@tonystanney3804]

The Umpah Lumpah choir was a waste of money!

[@greggbutler9344]

The whole situation could have been advoided by placing some marker poles on the cradles 🤔

[@CP-kb1du]

The entire money pit could have been avoided by the Canadian Federal Government not purchasing the scrap metal in the beginning , see them for years sitting on the Dartmouth side of the Halifax Harbor .

[@johnknoefler]

Totally. Very poor planning and execution. It's not enough to have a great idea, you must also have clearly thought out plans and execute them.

[@johnhili8664]

@@johnknoefler Well I must say they have done a great job with the money they had but too amateurish They should have used laser beams for alignment they are quite cheap!!! There is a saying if you pay peanuts you get monkeys:-))

[@johnknoefler]

@@johnhili8664 true. Shortcuts always lead to more problems. I was on a job where the foreman refused to spend the money for a Home Depot laser level. Alignment was a full foot off. I could have done better just sighting it in but alas, no one listened.

[@johnhili8664]

@@johnknoefler Nowadays laser levels are very cheap cost a much as a bar of chocolate with a couple of them they could see them through the fog with no problems as it was they were just shooting in the dark!!!!!

[@wetvulcan2]

That was a hell of a story. Good to see they did it

[@englundus]

I remember when the Onodaga visited Portsmouth, NH, and I went for a tour of that boat. It was cool!

[@markdee3506]

The oboat hulls are so strong they can dive down almost 200 meters... The oboat will have to be transported over 1000 kilometres to Rimouski, it's a tough journey for such a massive fragile vessel.

[@jaquigreenlees]

What is really interesting about that 200 metre depth, Nyutco makes 1 and 2 person work subs / dive suits that can go 1000 metres deep without pressurization. Yes, 1 kilometre deep at sea level air pressure.

[@krimke881]

😅✌️🙈

[@britishempire3342]

Keep it up spark. Really love your content . Make some more on navies

[@gervaisfillion9417]

Bravo,quel beau film.Merci et je suis de Rimouski .Merci Donald Tremblay et ses amis

[@bobkids009]

Fantastic....Great Job....well done.....

[@thegamingmoose1598]

when diver danny kept blowing his nose i just lost it i swear

[@Nine-Signs]

I was going to write a blowing the nose sound here but it occurred to me that I have no idea what that would be. Phlurbbbbbbbbb perhaps.

[@MeaHeaR]

Thenss he looks at the Patters und Shapés his Goo-eey Flémm unt SNOTT Maketh intwo thé Tissués

[@GFSwinger1693]

All this fabricated drama is really insulting. It would really be nice if the producers would just make a quality documentary without treating viewers with such contemp to think we will lose interest if we are presented with a factual account of the operation.

[@hjerteverke2175]

Right on. It seems the 'reality show' plague has left the USA and infected everyone else. Problem is, it's all fake and scripted for maximum "drama"....

[@torrace12]

yes, exactly on the point and another thing, this way of building a documentary is so old but they dont stop using it, even though everyone sees through it since decades back in time, its like if they would use laurel and hardy in comedy movies today and expect people to still be entertained like if it was a new and exciting thing

[@jwenting]

that's American style documentary production for you. Still, an interesting report of a large and complex operation. Kudos to the people executing it, not something you get to do every day even in the special transport business.

[@torrace12]

@@jwenting yes, they deserve credit, the workers, they did ah - somewhat - fantastic job, (except the tip over accident - that was not te best job ever done)...the so the workers yes, they deserve our - almost highest - admiration

[@TheMoistpotato]

@@hjerteverke2175 I agree, this bullshit suspense building crap media types are absolute trash. They spend all their efforts on shitty sound effects, and swooshy shitty scene cuts. Instead of actually showing the important "DOCUMENTARY" aspects of the whole ordeal. These idiots cant even properly show a submarine being loaded onto land in nearly an hr long video. Yet the proper World War II in Colour documentary can present the entire history of WW2 in great engaging detail in 13 1hr long videos.

[@Del-Canada]

17:31 Woodside ferry terminal near bottom right. Spent plenty of time waiting there while in the navy during the 80's and 90's.

[@jeremiefaucher-goulet3365]

I visited that submarine some years ago. Truly awesome.

[@Paulymade]

A musical documentary? That's a first.

[@SparkDocs]

😆 Did you enjoy it?

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@Paulymade Bordering on intolerable - unnecessary muzak is a pet hate - I've no idea why producers insist on adding music to factual programmes.

[@nuclearengineer7688]

@@SparkDocs I loved it. As a former Navy submariner I thought it was fun.

[@danmurphy1742]

@@SparkDocs The Russian music was fantastic

[@TerryLawrence001]

@@SparkDocs I loved it! Those who didn't can go ...er elsewhere! Pulling and Heaving Ballads are a thing of legend. or as Simon Whistler would say, "Legendary!"

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

What a shambles.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

Aye aye water water ing ing. I get the impression all this was done without a prayer.

[@sukhdeepsingh6668]

I guess it could be handled more wisely....but u never know what works first time....hats off to these guys amazing work

[@santiagovasquez1404]

i can't drink anymore i lost. playing a drinking game with the push word disaster

[@BigLisaFan]

Was on the boat when it was in Toronto. Fellow was impressed I knew what gash was as I said they had everything, even had a gash disposal unit. Got a couple of shirts too!

[@jimc-w9312]

I served on P & O Class boats. Loved the time but Rorqual did not have "gash gasher" so we bagged up rubbish and dumped it over board when surfaced. It used to stink and forming a human chain from torpedo room, up the fin was not pleasant

[@1stblackpm]

This gon be a good one

[@MrWindermere123]

45 minutes of naval-gazing = time well spent on a fascinating project.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

I admit that bu everything the naysayers was spot on too. It could all be corrected with replacement audio. I'd watch it again if they showed the previous scriptwriter being kicked in the goolies.

[@sonlyme4445]

Remind me never to get on a boat with Donald. Like fog rolling in was a shock in that part of the world.

[@juangonzalez9848]

Dead ship moves are fun. Had to thread a needle that was less then 16” with a 60’ wide vessel. Dredging barges spudded in place and excavators on them cabled to the side of the vessel. Excavators literally walked it through the needle.

[@daniell1869]

Did someone literally write an epic symphony just for towing an old Canadian submarine?? Or did this amazing song already exist. So many questions

[@horsenuts1831]

They have long and dark winters....

[@carolempluckrose4188]

What an amazing undertaking. Despite the delays natural obstacles and human eagerness she finally made it home. She's s s reminder that the human mind can be ingenious but also cruel.

[@47mrdoug]

Well done Donald, and kudos to the Choir!

[@MegaJohnson12]

What a cluster f^% of engineering. This guy brings in suv's to pull it!

[@scandi6686]

Agreed lmao, but they probably didn’t have the money to do anything more sophisticated and efficient

[@giyanvice]

@@scandi6686 Money is not the problem here. Poor planning. No oversight. No foresight. Zero engineers involved on the project. All of them half assed old men trying everything.

[@scrawface]

I toured her in Puerto Rico around 1990 while she docked next to us (USN-SSBN 645). Still have a ships t-shirt I traded for a ship's ball cap. The shirt says "Submarines... Not Royal Marines" on the back. Unbelievably cramped compared to our boat.

[@matty6848]

That’s one thing I could never be and have massive respect for is submariners. I served in the British Army and always had a fascination with Submarines, although I was in the Army I couldn’t serve on one. Certainly takes a special person to operate on them.

[@scrawface]

@@matty6848 I served in the Navy but also had the opportunity to work on a tour submarine in the Cayman Islands (very British) for several years. I always got a kick out of the concept of windows in submarines. Coolest job ever for a bubblehead.

[@matty6848]

@@scrawface lucky you the Navy is definitely the best for seeing the world, although I had my fair share of travel when I was in the Mercian Regiment. Also the Navy is much better for when you come out onto civvy street as your more inclined to learn good technical trades in the Navy. However I can’t complain I did 7 years in all in the Army and if I could have my time again i wouldn’t change a thing.

[@albertbrowne8997]

I have always remembered when I was about 13 or 14 I spent a few days with the Royal Navy. For me, the highlight of the trip was going on board a decommissioned submarine.

[@whiskymacable]

Great story..enjoyed watching it

[@clumaster]

3:45 "This is going to be the only submarine museum in Canada" There happens to be an Oberon class submarine museum in Port Burwell Ontario featuring the HMCS OJIBWA and its been there for quite some time before this.

[@osian4182]

This is not a 2021 documentary, this was filmed back in 2008/2009

[@stevepashley795]

What an amazing video. Thank you. I absolutely loved the choir singing. They were fantastic. Thanks again.

[@SparkDocs]

Thanks Steve!

[@johnerway7255]

Way to go our friends to the North, what a great thing to do.

[@webraptor007]

Excellent show of human grit against all odds...

[@slabriprock5329]

First documentary I've seen with an Oompa loompa chorus! That music was major cringe! Still it's impressive the way they crammed a 15 minute doc into 45 minutes.

[@Aught2]

Hit that nail on the head, and drove it in with a single blow.

[@anonymousperson8487]

The music to me sounded like it was right out of the movie The Fellowship of the Ring or The Hunt for Red October.

[@Roadghost88]

LOL, cuz you can move a 1000 ton ship 1000kms in 15 minutes. Idiot.

[@danamarcy5414]

This is the most interrupted video known to man!!!!!

[@GEEKICIDALTENDENCIES]

the most WELL FEED team of all time!

[@supertouring1]

I am glad they saved at least one of these submarine. It would be cool if the maritime museum in Vancouver could get one as well.

[@emilschw8924]

Another interesting one. Would loved to see how they got the submarine to its final resting place :)

[@samtatenumber1]

that was where the submarine stayed. i think it was prolly too heavy. the museum is right next to it. check it out on google maps

[@legohead6]

IT stayed right where they left it at the end. You can take a look in street view Coordinates 48.5169177137496, -68.47054323879989

[@sknations4750]

Just used Google Earth 48.31'01.02"N 68.28'15.81W elev:68 ft (Sous-Marin Onondaga-SHMP). Will make a visit to her.

[@hughroney6342]

Better get your titles right, the CPO is in the RCN, not the RN!!

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

Stopped me in my tracks too. Who writes this stuff?

[@ldondedam9717]

Rimouski folks worked hard with what tools they had to drag the submarine on land .good video .i ve been through Rimouski in my younger days.perhaps will take a short cut through Rimouski in my older days hopefully before the year is over.

[@derekstocker6661]

So well done to all involved but I was somewhat surprised that the tow ropes were so frail, luckily the first one snapped early other than when in a heavy sea possibly later! Apart from that a great achievement, and hopefully a superb museum.

[@whitesapphire5865]

On the other hand, either someone fell down on the job with a woefully under par towline, or the director stepped in and said "That's where we insert our first overdramatic attention getter".

[@deloreandmc9600]

Those cradles looked ill thought out. when we were making cradles they were wide for the rails because boats even submarines can be top heavy add high winds and ballast water still the tanks things go pear shaped very quick. Interesting lucky she didnt fall over on her conning tower .

[@Peterbilt359]

Just a thought but could they have used inflatables to help raise it. Maybe weld rails together and push them into water. We did a boat ramp that way 25 years ago.

[@michaelmcneil4168]

And put some diesels in it, or failing that install generators. You only need about 5 knots to steer it and less to run with the tide.

[@theplinkerslodge6361]

CaNAdiAnSssss! Way to go, I look forward to visiting.

[@armadilloburns4880]

One of the best musicals!

[@johnmcmickle5685]

I hope they emptied the ballast tanks before winching it up on to the final resting place.

[@byteme11]

Ballast tanks 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 are free flood and will drain without help. 3 and 5 have kingston valves at the bottom which have to be opened by hand in order to drain them. When in use, these two ballast tanks were also used as fuel tanks, hence the kingston valves. The torpedo operating tanks (TOT's), M port, M starboard, Q tank, R tank O port and starboard would most likely have been flooded but would have taken a while to pump out.

[@johnmcmickle5685]

@@byteme11 At the beginning of the video they spent a lot of time flooding ballast tank to get the submarine trimmed for towing. The point I was making is when pulling the submarine out of the water up on to dry land not emptying those tanks would mean a lot more weight to pull.

[@byteme11]

@@johnmcmickle5685 I would suppose that they would want to keep the sub in perfect trim until it was completely supported on the rails. Without any power, it would not be possible to pump out any of the internal tanks until the boat was stablised and power could be connected to the boat to get the pumps running again. This was not made clear in the video but knowing what I know about Oberon submarines, this would most likely make the most sense but I wasn't there either.

[@donraptor6156]

Why wait until the last minute to build the ramp? Must everything be done under some time delimmia?

[@microgr77]

these effort will be cemented thru years to come..

[@elijahza6682]

Now that's a recovery driver 😂

[@briantye4609]

This entire effort was a train wreck. Apparently physics is not their strength.

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Or logic!

[@jaybud3646]

The Newfy tug boat Captain was the only fella that never screwed up.

[@muttlee9195]

Ambitious

[@Rob-fx2dw]

Ther is one of these "O" class in Sydney Harbour at the Darling harbour .It is preserved and afloat. There is also one In Fremantle Australia preserved on the land.

[@cordelolsen3950]

Where is darling harbor over in Sydney I am from cape breton and didnt know there was a submarine here

[@Rob-fx2dw]

@@cordelolsen3950 It is right in the heart of Sydney harbour at the Australian National Matitime Museum, Name of sub is HMAS Onslow. Just walk across the Pyrmont bridge to the east side of the harbour which is south east of Sydney harbour Bridge - about a Mile walk from Sydney Harbour Bridge .

[@cordelolsen3950]

Thanks I'll have to go and check it out one day

[@cordelolsen3950]

Oh rob I am.from.the other Sydney nova scotia not Australia Sydney

[@mikewild8639]

Good video, people who knock it should try it. I was on the sub in Sydney Australia, very interesting indeed, not much room inside, takes a special kind of person to go out in one of these.

[@pablow2009]

My respects for all these brave men

[@ronniechandler3180]

These shows make it look like these people are lucky to just do their job. Kinda like every show on discovery. Make it about what they are doing and how they do it and quit making it about one wrong move.

[@christianmadsen7997]

I agree. I was about to write your words👍

[@AndrewFosterSheff69]

How funny if they were like "Oh hang on, we wanted her to be facing out to sea" 😂

[@samwallis7544]

im sure ol donald would kill whoever said that XD and thats with canadian politeness factored in

[@shaneolivier1650]

This is one of the best videos that I have ever watched,would like to see the next complete video where it's standing now and being displayed for visitors

[@gowdsake7103]

Your kidding right ?

[@shaneolivier1650]

@@gowdsake7103 Nope !

[@gowdsake7103]

@@shaneolivier1650 Uou can overlook the excessive stress on non existent problems ? Oh well good for you

[@konewone361]

@@shaneolivier1650 I agree with you. It may seem overly dramatic at times but it’s still a very interesting story.

[@dennisstyles9710]

Worked refitting the "O" class subs at Cockatoo Docks Sydney in the 70's, great machines.

[@abouttime5000]

It's easy to get rid of these rusting relics, just sell them to Canada.

[@alexisdeville3605]

All electric subs have large diesel powered generators to charge the batteries!

[@abdel3704]

THANK YOU

[@paulmeakin3376]

The more you watch the more you see it is "a possible disaster of their own making". That is the makers of the video. Overplayed by a factor of 10. From a retired O Boat Sailor.