Wreck Diving in Norway: Schwerer Kreuzer Blücher

[@Soulatheunholy]

As someone who doesnt dive. I just wanna thank you for giving the real experience, instead of talking over or putting some music over the clip.

[@idleonlooker1078]

I'm not a diver, but I enjoyed this clip! Great footage of the wreck and diverse marine life around it! I never knew crayfish inhabited such a high northern latitude! Glad this had no music, as the normal dive sounds add to the experience. Great job! 👍

[@bobz127]

thanks for the efforts of providing a great video. This is great for us diving enthusiasts who can't or don't dive for one reason or another. Don't listen to those who question you diving on the wreck as a war grave. A normal person would know that their is no disrespect on the divers part based on the video. Is it disrespect of the war dead for those divers that removed the bunker oil from the wreck? Disrespect is when divers pose skulls of the sailors in the sunken ships of Truk etc.

[@JOHNSMITH-ym2dk]

It’s also disrespectful to loot these tombs unless it was the state that wanted the oil removed then it was still looting a war grave

[@mblitch]

@@JOHNSMITH-ym2dk Oil has to be removed because the tanks *will* fail, causing ecological damage. No one give AF about the oil there for any economic benefit.

[@jamesszumowski6637]

It’s amazing to see that so much of the teak decking is still there!

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Wonderful stuff. I was borne in 1968 . The Old Bottles remind me of Custou diving on WWII Japoness wreck when I was a Child. The difference was the caps/ Corks still had the contents sealed in the Brought them up and sampled them. Party 😁.

[@douglasparkinson4123]

oscarbourg did a solid job on this one

[@jaer17]

Thanks for sharing. Not a CCR diver but I found it very interesting. Looks so cold

[@Grandizer8989]

I read about this ship in my early days of discovering my passion about WW2 thanks to my grandfather’s copy of a magazine called ‘Illustrated History of WW2’. It had a whole article dedicated to the Invasion of Norway. Fun Fact… the brunette singer of Abba father was a German soldier stationed in Norway.

[@jonskyttermoen4205]

As a RB diver I really appreciate the silence :-)

[@ingohiller3415]

Very interesting I always was interested on that ship but you have to explain some of the pictures what it is

[@GreenWaterStudio]

Really nice diving and movie. It was an good idea do not using music. Nice still and climatic movie.

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Thanks. I am actually thinking about releasing some more videos of other wrecks without background music. Just as a documentation of the current state

[@cedric3557]

salut für unsere gefallenen kameraden

[@squalusmarine]

Its gotta be brisk if they are wearing them oven mitts! Brrrrrr.... Gorgeous dive and nice work on documenting it!

[@65SATisfaction]

Thanks for sharing. Comical to see the modern plastic lawn chair stuck in the rigging at 2:16...

[@kiwihame]

Wow. Awesome video. Well done. Must've been one hell of a dive.

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Thank you, the dives were indeed very spectacular. Unfortunately, the diving on the wreck of Blücher is now restricted - so it is not so easy to go there again :-(

[@PRR5406]

Interesting to see nature use the wreck as a nursery for life. Sad to see so much post-war human debris, particularly plastics, rained down upon the ocean floor.

[@neville4451]

Do you still get narked on trimix? Gorgeous dive. I'm a descendant of Blücher just btw. I'm a retired diver now but I'd still luv to dive it😏

[@MrLotrecht]

Drinking under water-great first time i have seen this! Is it allowed to dive there ?Is it still a cemetery ?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

It is allowed to dive but you have to get a permit. It is a war grave, a lot of soldiers died here

[@deco_cafe_scuba]

Good video mate :)

[@UnderwaterNerd]

+Arvis Grinbergs thanks

[@Dryootube]

is the wreck upright? because when she sank she rolled

[@UnderwaterNerd]

You are right - the ship rolled while sinking. She lays upside down with the stern a bit shallower than the bow

[@Dryootube]

@@UnderwaterNerd thanks for your prompt reply, this is how many feet? and are you using nitrox or helium?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

@@Dryootube We breathe a gas that is called Trimix - it's a mix of helium, nitrogen and oxygen

[@Dryootube]

@@UnderwaterNerd Thanks again incredible images

[@sussyfallen2914]

I bet one of those guns were loaded when they had to be abandoned mate, if you were to just do a cheeky little swim into the room of one of those cannons and pull som triggers maybe you can get some awesome clips :)

[@UnderwaterNerd]

I would not like to be near that thing when it goes off :)

[@sussyfallen2914]

me neither XD hahaha

[@dive3141]

Toll, wäre ich gerne dabei gewesen, ihr habt deutlich mehr gesehen als wir vor Jahren

[@elliotwoo6127]

wait so what's up with the juice pouch

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Just a drink to avoid dehydration ;-)

[@1992jamo]

@@UnderwaterNerd I am amazed it didn't explode at that depth!

[@convoyjack3310]

Pretty haunting knowing all those scared poor souls drowned or burned to death are wandering around

[@iliasemmanuil]

Well many of them were die hard nazis, so don't feel to bad. Remember they invaded an innocent neutral nation and murdered thousands in the years of occupation. Because Blücher sunk, the king and parlamemt was able to flee and fight on.

[@iliasemmanuil]

@@somedrytoast2307 if your nation attacks other nations and is a genocidal racist regime then there are no good guys. The only good guys are those who helped people in peril like Wilm Hosenfeld. All the others either were perpetrators or stood silently by as the nazis war crimes their way through europe. It's the same with Americans in Vietnam. It was wrong even back then.

[@dankmatter3068]

@@iliasemmanuil are u a mind reader? lmfao

[@PeacockRhino]

@@somedrytoast2307 The ship was actually carrying a significant contingent of Wehrmacht, SS and Gestapo - the idea was that they would establish Oslo as a base for the Nazi security state that was to come and try capture King Haakon before expanding the occupation to the rest of Norway. Some of the sailors might have been just caught up in a bad time but there were a significant number of die hard Nazi scum on the ship when it sank.

[@visionist7]

The kriegsmarine was where non nazis went to serve usually. That's why it was so underfunded. No nazi fancied death at sea

[@thesparduck117]

Was this a night dive, or is the water not very clear? Did you feel haunted being at this wreck?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Hi, No that wasn't a night dive - but two factors contribute to the darkness. First - the wreck lays in a fjord at a narrow but deep place - like at the bottom of a canyon. If the sun is not very high, direct sunlight would not even touch this place even if there were no water at all. Second - often, there is a layer of freshwater on top of the saltwater in the fjord. That blocks light as well. At the bottom the visibility was not so bad during those dives

[@thesparduck117]

Thank you for the information.

[@madzen112]

At what depth is it resting?

[@madzen112]

And is it a war grave?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

The bottom at the bow is at about 95m, the stern comes up to 75m. And yes, it is definitely a war grave

[@johnarizona3820]

200 ft. deep, oxygen/helium mix?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

It is more like 300ft deep. And of course we use Trimix (10% oxygen/ 70%helium / rest nitrogen) for these dives

[@funzo2018]

must have been freezing

[@TottoDiver]

Very good video, dont say this is taken with a GoPro?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Thanks - I do say it was taken with a GoPro 3 Black :-). If there is enough light, the camera is not too bad. Of course I would not recommend to use the standard underwater housing - but there are some nice 3rd party housings on the market which are rated to bigger depths.

[@ingohiller3415]

You must explain what it is

[@noranqey]

German Heavy Armor Cruiser "Blücher"

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

2nd vessel of her class, Blucher, she was involved in the invasion of Norway, she was sunk by coastal fire from Norweigian costal defenses, she sank with heavy loss of life.

[@robinwickstrm1621]

Det var ikke mulig å se rester etter våpen?

[@UnderwaterNerd]

There are a lot of weapons down there. I just don't have it on the video. In 0:46 you see a hand gun in a holster. There are also a lot of big shells for the main guns

[@robinwickstrm1621]

so cool! :O

[@life_is_sus3165]

Man I thought blücher was a normal cruise but then I googled the ship it was from Germany 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dirkreinke7150]

And what is so funny... admiral hipper class curiser... 800 dead seeman very funny ...

[@ingohiller3415]

Where is the engine room that don't be the most interesting thing

[@timbonjovi]

Why is it all the videos of the Blutcher show mostly a bunch of junk basically. The things that would be interesting to me would be the things that make her look like a ship like her bow or her Stern or her propellers or main guns oh, but they never show any of this stuff in any of these videos, it's just bunch of video of the whole or junk

[@GoldMugu]

2:55 nox diving lel

[@ibenekholdt9362]

This is usually not legal, But this might be scientists

[@clevernamegotban1752]

why did you drink a juice drink underwater? hahaha

[@UnderwaterNerd]

Because we can ;-) But seriously - it is a long dive and it is important to stay hydrated. In (good quality) freshwater, like in many caves, you can simply drink the water you swim in during the dive. In saltwater, you cant. That's why you have to bring something. Some people use flexible bags with a hose - like camelbaks - others take CapriSun. Done right, you can insert the straw and drink without getting water in it

[@clevernamegotban1752]

@@UnderwaterNerd I had a feeling it was to stay hydrated I was just impressed you could pull it off without getting water in your mouth. Also I've heard the water in Norway is really clear and clean so why does the video you shot look like the water is murky? How deep is the wreck of the Blucher? If its deep that might be why it looks a little foggy. Thanks for the response!

[@UnderwaterNerd]

@@clevernamegotban1752 The wreck is in a depth of about 90m. Moreover, it lays in a quite narrow canyon on the bottom of the Oslofjord. So while the visibility itself is not so bad on the wreck it is completely dark.

[@clevernamegotban1752]

@@UnderwaterNerd that's what I figured thank you

[@rolandwendt7818]

Wie sie sehen sehen sie nix

[@cheeseysponge944]

Blue lobster

[@neville4451]

Yum!!

[@gregchijoff9959]

Can it be raised and salvaged? Zelensky will take it!

[@mikeggg5671]

This is a German war grave. what are you doing diving it???

[@UnderwaterNerd]

I don't see a moral or legal problem here. As long as you behave with respect

[@mikeggg5671]

The words of the divers were not respectful, nor were their actions. This is a military grave of brave and loyal Kriegsmarine officers and sailors.

[@uwehanel8725]

Jonas T. Neither do you.

[@TheHylos]

ok nazi

[@uwehanel8725]

Jonas T. You donˋt even know, what you are talking about.