I remember seeing this documentary on the telly, and don't mind admitting I had a lump in my throat when Ted Briggs laid that plaque. That's a real man, right there.
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hello hood fans! i'm a former association member and would like to bring
to your attention a book called the past times book of naval blunders by geoffrey regan. on page 172(battle of the denmark strait). the tragedy was the fact that
they sent a ww1 vunerable battlecruiser and a battleship with less than
half the guns operational (civilian crews still on board) to confront the most
powerful and technically advanced warship in the world (at that time). have a read if you can find it.
hood was struck by a lucky shot. although PoW took more hits her main guns failed. Hood would have faired better if she could of compleated her turn to engage bismark side on. All I know is somewhere under that cold water my uncles remains are, he died on Hood.
It always makes me stop and think when I see a posting like yours ... someone who has close family connections with such an event. The ultimate futility of it all is that had he survived he would probably honour the brave young men who are still on the Bismark as well as his own shipmates with whome he now lies.
It was a battle that had to be fought and he and his shipmates did not die in vain.
There's a good article on the decision to use HMS Hood as flag (although I don't agree with it) at the Denmark Strait Battle on the "H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood" web page. The sinking of Hood was so devastating to England that even today, some 60 years later, Hood Association members gather each year sometimes with the remaining Bismarck survivors, to remember the fallen sailors on BOTH sides.
@eatthisvr6 it's true the R.N. was stretched very thin and yes the only damage to Bismarck, during this particular battle, was done by the very young PoW. BUT if Hood had to be there, and not using hindsight, she should have atleast taken up the rear because of her well known design flaws. PoW took 7 large caliber hits and survived. Hood took one large caliber hit and was gone.
Reading Ludovic Kennedy's Pursuit and his words about the Hood always get to me - "Admiral Holland, Captain Kerr, ninety other officers, more than fourteen hundred men lay a thousand fathoms down, their ship. their tomb, there they will lie forever." They were all brave men, Hood, Bismarck, Prince Of Wales, Prinz Eugen.
Respect to the memory of Ted Briggs, Esmond Knight, Mullenheim-Rechburg, Ernst Lindemann and all the others that fought and died with courage and without hate.
Ein Held! Wie konnte ein Österreicher aus deutschen solche Schweine machen? und diese tapferen jungen Männer töten. Hoffentlich passiert das nie wieder. für alle Völker der Erde. Es grüßt Euch Franky
There was a reason it was called a World War, I am an American and WW2 is one of the historical wars i pay alot of attention too on detail. It was the Allies versus the Axis plain and simple. Some people thin that the US citizens are all egotistical maniacs based on a few that are stupid enough to open their mouths here and say something they have no clue about. Sorry guys, but HOOD was a beautiful ship and Britain dug their feet in the sand and weathered the storm with both American and French.
Con't. But the Admiralty should have left that job to the heavier available ships. POW, KG V, Rodney or Nelson. (I think Nelson was either in drydock at the time or at Scapa Flow). Either way the Admiralty took a gamble with the lives 1,418 sailors, and lost them all!! All but 3. War surely is hell!!
Good video. For it's time and for now even, HMS Hood was a beautiful ship. But she had no business being flag ship for that operation. She wasn't designed for front of the line battle against battleships. I find it hard to understand the whole "war was declared and she couldn't be spared" solution as to why she wasn't given the time for a much needed upgrade. I know Hood was flag because VADM Holland was a gunnery expert and he was familiar with the guns on Hood and POW was still teething. Bu
If the Hood's commander had simply squared off and engaged Bismark at long range with all eight 15'' guns Hood might have gotten in some hits and even won the battle. At 42,000 tons Hood was a battleship. As it were, Hood engaged with only her forward batteries and was immediately outgunned and sunk.
@deepcosmiclove Hood wasn't a battleship, but a battlecruiser. Those 42000 tons went towards larger machinery, not armour protection. Whats pusseling is that Holland didn't chose to engage with PoW in the lead.
@deepcosmiclove Holland didnt have much to go on about Bismarcks guns he probably thought closing the range the best tactic in light of Hoods armour with 20/20 hind sight he was far better off outside 22000yards where Hoods heavy 1936lb shells have a big advantage over Bismarcks 1764lb faster shell.
@deepcosmiclove hood was actually in the turn to do just that. the hood trailed the bismark forcing her to go full pelt to catch bismark.
another 10 seconds and hood wouldve been side on presenting more of the belt amour and reducing the danger from plunging fire (the shell that tore her apart went through the deck armour into a magazine)
@deepcosmiclove Wrong-completely wrong. Hood's primary weakness was her thin deck armour, especially on the rear section of her deck. Holland was exactly right to try and close the range down, thereby ruling out a hit from plunging fire-which was the greatest threat to Hood & her thin deck armour. Hood's rudders are jammed to port- Hollands tactics were near perfect, he was extremely unlucky. Another second or two in the turn and Hood would have taken the hit on her main belt & survived.
@deepcosmiclove The fact that HMS Hood blew up following a direct hit from plunging fire, in no way reflects on her own fire power, her broadside was actually heavier than that of Bismarck. Ergo, your assertion that she was, 'outgunned,' is completely inaccurate- as I pointed out. Have a nice day.
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH The Hood was outgunned because she only engaged with her forward batteries, as I already said. If the captain of the ship put her in a position like that, then something is clearly wrong with the maneuver.
@deepcosmiclove Evidently you have no appreciation, or understanding of the tactics adopted by Holland in the engagement with Bismarck. Holland was absolutely correct in attempting to close the range, thereby avoiding potential plunging fire. If you knew ANYTHING about Hood v Bismarck, you would appreciate that Holland had just issued the order to turn to port, thereby bringing the FULL broadside of Hood to bear on Bismarck. Seconds into the manoueuvre, Hood took a direct hit. The End.
why do americans think they won the war single handidly? pepole like that easycompanyairbourne really piss me off ... I worked with yanks in Iraq and they were cool as hell, but dicks like that really make me dispise their arogance..... try telling a American It was the Russians who took Berlin and they wont believe ya they'll genral custed's horse's ghost did it. on it's own with a tommy gun
Hood was never a match for the Bismark and was outgunned. Hood and Bismark sit silently now on the ocean floor with their crews and are testiment to their bravery and the futility of all wars.
The story of that battle and the huge loss of life on both sides is a very sad one and I did not intend to mouth off an opinion about something I know not too much about. I have read all your comments and learned something from them. Do you not think that Bismark had the advantage of up to date ranging and gunnery control equipment over the hood?
I am assuming Bismark was right up to date with the technology and could put her guns to better use.
The fact my great-grand uncle served on Hood for a year in the 1920s fills me with pride knowing that I am in one tiny way related to this mighty ship. RIP Ted Briggs.
@thekrazeone Yes Ted was the last of the 3 survivors from Hoods last battle,but there are a few alive who served on Her before the last battle.Hood now has all her crew from the battle of Denmark strait.
@thekrazeone 1000 x Thanks for mentioning Hood now with her full compliment of crew, thank you for the respect. My Grandfathers brother (A.R. Pearce) was on Hood and is still patrolling with her.
Ted Briggs passed away on October 4 2008. I had never had the honor to meet the man, but if a passed fate is in some way entangled with the future, we couldn't have asked for a better ambassador for Hood and his shipmates.
I admire every single brave hard fighting British soldier dying for freedom against our to this time fascist state and giving ous the opportunity to re-settle a world class industry and beating you guys in penalties.
The penalty's you refer to came after 2 of the best football games I have had the pleasure to witness(1990world cup,1996 European)but the best ever game was on Christmas day 1914,no one remembers the score!
Oh yes! The famous Christmas Truce of 1914--that is a wonderful story--all the more wonderful because it really happened! That was in no-man's land in Flanders, wasn't it?
@elswick1542 The Germans won 3-2, according to some soldiers, and the truce gradually came to an end in the same way it had begun - by mutual consent.
At least it was a QUICK hell, although the last three minutes of their lives must have been the longest. I always thought one of the truest quotations ever was Stalins "One death is a tragedy, one million is a stastistic". I think he meant it in a very cold blooded way to justify his killings, but it's still true. How can you comprehend 1,400 lives ended, really, let alone 11M in the Holocaust. They are just numbers; it doesn't have the effect that it should. I think it's a "defense mechanism".
What a lucky man he was. That was a terrible tragedy for the Royal Navy; much like the sinking of the Bismarck and our loss of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
Well, to be fair to all, you should include Japan and the "Yamato", which exploded and sank with 2,500 out of 2,700 hands on board. Just 'cause they're "Japs" doesn't make it any less of a tragedy, even if they WERE on a suicide mission to begin with.
It has happened a lot in the past. During WWI, just in Jutland alone the following ships were sunk with almost total loss of their crews: -BC HMS Indefatigueable: 1,019 men-2 suriviors. -BC HMS Queen Mary; 1,275-9 -BC HMS Invincible; 1,032-6 - AC HMS Defense; 903-0 - AC HMS Black Prince, 857-0 - D HMS Tipperary; 197-12 - D HMS Fortune; 75-1 - LC SMS Frauenlob, 329-5 - LC SMS Wiesbaden, 590-1 - Pre-Dr SMS Pommern,
Damnit, I didn't mean to push "comment" yet! Arrgh.
- Pre-Dr SMS Pommern, 844 men, 0 suriviors
Total crew: 7,121
Total survivors: 36
Total killed: 7,085
And these are just the ships that lost most of their crew. There were plenty of others. Interesting that the way the Hood blew up was so similar to the way the British Battlecruisers exploded in Jutland. I guess the Hood was desgined as a BC originally, so it makes sense, I guess. Cheers to all the poor guys who died with their ships.
It can be presumed that there were no survivors of the sinking of HIJMS Fuso - those who got off the ship refused rescue, and most probably drowned. 1400 men lost.
Easycompany who dishonours the brave men of the US army airborne with your pig ignorant comments ,"F troop motor pool" a more appropriate name comments removed and blocked.
Haha brilliant. I bet you think all the people on hood were scottish. And Britian actualy means England. Oh and America won world war 2. Thanks for saving us. Tosser.
Actually, I prefer them in general. How could I not? My dad's name was Leonard Spencer (as in "Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill", although he was named for a family member, not Churchill). Apparently there's a connection way back, and so I'm still mostly English by blood. Plus like a quarter French-Canadian.) So what was this fool "Easycompany" all about, anyway? Sounds like an ignorant asshole to me.
NO YOU PENIS I'm talking about the fact that according to Americans, The Japanese are war criminals for there part in pearl harbor and the americans Heroes.... I know the British weren't involved.!! JESUS CHRIST!!! you are clearly simple
Who has ever claimed that the crew of Bismarck were war criminals? Baron Von Mullenheim Reichburg is a hero of mine but I doubt you have ever heard of him.
EasyCompanyAirborne: Every video I go to about the British in WWII, I find you on it with your xenophobic agenda and frankly laughable lies and fairytales.
Listen prick, you're obviously just a pathetic troll with a massive inferiority complex - why don't you just go and jerk off to that Butcher's Apron the stars and stripes, and leave the comments to people who actually have something worthwhile to contribute.
Oh ok you can fucking talk. Two words for you mate. (PEARL HARBOR). Typical American... Also the English don't think that the Germans in battles like this were criminals. Most people know that the majority were just people doing what they thought was right. Obviously massivly mis-guided meaning unfortunately a lot of people died on both sides. Dont comment if your just gonna try and put prople down.
very nice tribute regarding one man of only three of over 1400 brave people who perished protecting their homeland against an evil regime. God bless you sailor!
No doubt, Hood and POW were defeated after a most gallant fight and the retreat of POW was absolutely necessary and honorable.
But some questions were never answered sufficiently:
1. What role played HMS Norfolk? She was engaged for a while and left the battlefield. From whom was given the order?
2. What role played Pound? He was a sick man at that time. Was he able to resist Churchill or did he accommodate to him too much? Why did he message some stupid orders from Churchill to Torvey?
I have some of the answers to the above,point 3 Churchill was livid that Leach disengaged and almost blew a gasket when Wake Walker ordered POW to disengage for a second time when POW opened up at +30000yds,Walker did not want Bismarck and PE to change course at the time so ordered Leach to cease fire,so to 3/4 Churchill wanted a trial and influence(possibly ordered) pound.
Churchill was not the Naval expert he thought he was,best leave this sort of thing to those on the spot.
You obviously read the same books I read. It was a blessing for Leach and the Navy that there were men like Torvey.
Nevertheless I believe that there could/should have been a deep mistrust and dislike between Leach and Phillips influencing the actions of POW and Repulse off Malaya. Phillips was the locum of Pound and well informed about Churchills intrigue.
Could be very wrong on this one but IIR Pound wanted to send the 4 R class BB,S to Ceylon but was over ruled by Churchill who wanted to deter the Japanese,strange that he thought a 1 new BB and an old BC long past its best could of been a deterrent as the IJN had I think 10 BB,S at the time,maybe he wanted to show the US that he was committed to fighting Japan.
This was an endless story beginning in the 20ties with the purpose to deploy 10 (!) BB in far east to deter the Japanese but with the beginning of the war in Europe things changed nearly weekly.
Middlebrook gives an excellent overview in his book "Battleship" describing the fatal mission of POW and Repulse.
At the end of the day, a navyman is a navyman. No matter what side that we are on, we will fight our ship to the best of our ability. Sadly there are always winner & losers. We dont invent the situations, we just do what we are told and trained to.
Hood unfortunately was an old ship by 1941 could have claimed to be the most powerful ship in the world in 1920,Bismarck was the most powerfull BB in the world in 1941,but was no match for an aircraft carrier.
It is awesome the improvement ratio during war times: technology, tactics and the overall way the countries face the problem changes so quick. One only year of war must be equivalent to five or ten years of invention during peace times.
Bismarck's AA hadn't a "happy" planification, of course.
I think those years none Battleship could face air strikes (according to Bill Mitchel, the AAs must haved been placed literaly as "a toothbrush" for inmunity).
@matamuelas I suspect battleships would cope well with modern airborne threats, given the effectiveness of modern anti-aircraft missiles, air defence destroyers and CIWS. Their real weakness is defence against submarines. A couple of 1000lb torpedo warheads exploding under your keel and it's game over.
With current technology, it's likely. But remember the Sheffield issue during the Falkland/Malvinas war: in the wrong moment, one single damn airplane can put an end to a steel beast trip.
Sad, anyway, the operational costs make the lighter vessels and submarines more practical (and less romantic) than those old ladies.
@matamuelas I suspect though that an Exocet or a 500lb bomb would bounce off Hood's hull. I do think it's largely down to cost also. The price of kit these days is phenomenal. 2 x QE Class carriers = £4bn; equipping them with an air wing each = £15bn. There is something more impressive about a battleship though; the ultimate word in gunboat diplomacy.
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i simply do nt like Ted. Rest in peace Ted u deserved that, u saw many hard things.. But wat i don t like is his offencive ways against Bismarck during the interview. The Bismarck survivor didn t say any word against Hood.
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have you watched the history channel 9 part video in which there s a battle between Bismarck and Hood shown by using pc animations? When Ted speaks he keeps telling that Hood was the best ship in the planet and tiny Bismarck couldn t have sunk it. it s like Bismarck was a cheater full of losers. And Germans are animals.
If you are referring to dogfights then I have watched it a number of times the things said about Hood by T Briggs are true,before WW2 Hood was probably the most famous ship in the world due to the many good will tours,it was also the largest at 860ft for most of the inter war period,at no point in his long life did T B refer to Germans as animals or losers,Hood was designed in 1916 its therefore no match for Bismarck in 1941 as it was undoubtedly the best BB afloat at the time.
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if it was no match to face Bismarck then why do that? It s a retorical question. Hood got simply owned. You have to pay for the mistakes and not to call noobs, opponents which won against you. And that s what he did. And finally, it s my personal opinion. And you cannot change it. Cause for me, Bismarck is the best ship of all times and Hood experienced that in a hard way.
In war you use the equipment you have at the time Hood was at Scapa Flow so goes up against Bismarck,look at the time line its like Dreadnought against Nelson,Midway class against Nimitz class or do you seriously think that there was no progress in ship design between 1916 and 1938,you are of course entitled to your opinion.
Yes, the plunging fire seems to had been a problem for Battlecruisers. But the original idea of BCs was to destroy armored cruisers/heavy cruisers, no to send them to engage Battleships.
I think at WWI Germany tended to built more heavy-better protected BCs, a sort of lighter/faster Battleship with light guns, more than a cruiser with big guns.
Finaly, I can understand the british misunderstood (Prinz Eugen was indeed a target similar to Bismarck), but I dislike that Hood missed every shot.
@matamuelas The RN were well aware of Hood's shortcomings. She had been due a refit in 1939, which would have given her strengthened deck armour. This was cancelled for obvious reasons. The Bismarck though was a different class of ship; with her watertight compartments and sealed bulkheads, she was virtually unsinkable.
@DaMuttzNutz unsinkable?? no way, her deck armour was weak, making her very vunerable to plunging gunfire. the problem was the british couldn't get far enough away to do this due to weather conditions, hence why they just make swiss cheese of he superstructure.
only 4 survived from a crew of over1300 snaped intwo went down in under a minit
walkskyluca 1 week ago
I remember seeing this documentary on the telly, and don't mind admitting I had a lump in my throat when Ted Briggs laid that plaque. That's a real man, right there.
rambot11 1 month ago
Seeing that boot in all that wreckage says it all.
Sad.
mbabist01 2 months ago
Love theHOOD, Love being BRITISH.
claysonsdad 3 months ago
Nice Vidéo! I have a great oil painting of the hood for sales! 4 feet long , more infos or pictures , contact me , the painting are localised in Belgium , Liège.
AndyChrisT1000 3 months ago
hello hood fans! i'm a former association member and would like to bring
to your attention a book called the past times book of naval blunders by geoffrey regan. on page 172(battle of the denmark strait). the tragedy was the fact that
they sent a ww1 vunerable battlecruiser and a battleship with less than
half the guns operational (civilian crews still on board) to confront the most
powerful and technically advanced warship in the world (at that time). have a read if you can find it.
creativeguitarist58 3 months ago
Long live HMS hood
1907DALE 4 months ago
Long live the legendary HMS Hood..... It was only a lucky shot, damn germans got what they deserved anyway.... Whose with me
1907DALE 4 months ago
hood was struck by a lucky shot. although PoW took more hits her main guns failed. Hood would have faired better if she could of compleated her turn to engage bismark side on. All I know is somewhere under that cold water my uncles remains are, he died on Hood.
arohk1579 6 months ago
@arohk1579
It always makes me stop and think when I see a posting like yours ... someone who has close family connections with such an event. The ultimate futility of it all is that had he survived he would probably honour the brave young men who are still on the Bismark as well as his own shipmates with whome he now lies.
It was a battle that had to be fought and he and his shipmates did not die in vain.
TheSpiritof1969 5 months ago
@TheSpiritof1969 Thank you :) I like to think they are all at peace now both sides.
arohk1579 5 months ago
There's a good article on the decision to use HMS Hood as flag (although I don't agree with it) at the Denmark Strait Battle on the "H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood" web page. The sinking of Hood was so devastating to England that even today, some 60 years later, Hood Association members gather each year sometimes with the remaining Bismarck survivors, to remember the fallen sailors on BOTH sides.
GGBundy 6 months ago
@eatthisvr6 it's true the R.N. was stretched very thin and yes the only damage to Bismarck, during this particular battle, was done by the very young PoW. BUT if Hood had to be there, and not using hindsight, she should have atleast taken up the rear because of her well known design flaws. PoW took 7 large caliber hits and survived. Hood took one large caliber hit and was gone.
GGBundy 6 months ago
Reading Ludovic Kennedy's Pursuit and his words about the Hood always get to me - "Admiral Holland, Captain Kerr, ninety other officers, more than fourteen hundred men lay a thousand fathoms down, their ship. their tomb, there they will lie forever." They were all brave men, Hood, Bismarck, Prince Of Wales, Prinz Eugen.
Respect to the memory of Ted Briggs, Esmond Knight, Mullenheim-Rechburg, Ernst Lindemann and all the others that fought and died with courage and without hate.
Squallfie66 6 months ago
70 years ago today you was taken from us..RIP Mighty Hood and your courageous crew.XX
Marlever357 9 months ago
Ein Held! Wie konnte ein Österreicher aus deutschen solche Schweine machen? und diese tapferen jungen Männer töten. Hoffentlich passiert das nie wieder. für alle Völker der Erde. Es grüßt Euch Franky
zanderszorn 10 months ago
There was a reason it was called a World War, I am an American and WW2 is one of the historical wars i pay alot of attention too on detail. It was the Allies versus the Axis plain and simple. Some people thin that the US citizens are all egotistical maniacs based on a few that are stupid enough to open their mouths here and say something they have no clue about. Sorry guys, but HOOD was a beautiful ship and Britain dug their feet in the sand and weathered the storm with both American and French.
shaman48 11 months ago
Td Briggs passed away in October 2008.
clama79 1 year ago
@chrysanthos66 Yes,none taken.
elswick1542 1 year ago
Con't. But the Admiralty should have left that job to the heavier available ships. POW, KG V, Rodney or Nelson. (I think Nelson was either in drydock at the time or at Scapa Flow). Either way the Admiralty took a gamble with the lives 1,418 sailors, and lost them all!! All but 3. War surely is hell!!
GGBundy 1 year ago
@GGBundy the navy was streched very thin and pow was with hood at the time. (pow actually hurt bismark in the battle)
eatthisvr6 6 months ago
Good video. For it's time and for now even, HMS Hood was a beautiful ship. But she had no business being flag ship for that operation. She wasn't designed for front of the line battle against battleships. I find it hard to understand the whole "war was declared and she couldn't be spared" solution as to why she wasn't given the time for a much needed upgrade. I know Hood was flag because VADM Holland was a gunnery expert and he was familiar with the guns on Hood and POW was still teething. Bu
GGBundy 1 year ago
If the Hood's commander had simply squared off and engaged Bismark at long range with all eight 15'' guns Hood might have gotten in some hits and even won the battle. At 42,000 tons Hood was a battleship. As it were, Hood engaged with only her forward batteries and was immediately outgunned and sunk.
deepcosmiclove 1 year ago
@deepcosmiclove Hood wasn't a battleship, but a battlecruiser. Those 42000 tons went towards larger machinery, not armour protection. Whats pusseling is that Holland didn't chose to engage with PoW in the lead.
higfny 1 year ago
@deepcosmiclove Holland didnt have much to go on about Bismarcks guns he probably thought closing the range the best tactic in light of Hoods armour with 20/20 hind sight he was far better off outside 22000yards where Hoods heavy 1936lb shells have a big advantage over Bismarcks 1764lb faster shell.
elswick1542 1 year ago
@deepcosmiclove hood was actually in the turn to do just that. the hood trailed the bismark forcing her to go full pelt to catch bismark.
another 10 seconds and hood wouldve been side on presenting more of the belt amour and reducing the danger from plunging fire (the shell that tore her apart went through the deck armour into a magazine)
eatthisvr6 6 months ago
@deepcosmiclove The Hood had battleship's guns, but a cruiser's armor, sad to say.
I believe it could properly be called a battlecruiser.
RIP to her gallant crew.
kentamitchell 6 months ago
@deepcosmiclove Wrong-completely wrong. Hood's primary weakness was her thin deck armour, especially on the rear section of her deck. Holland was exactly right to try and close the range down, thereby ruling out a hit from plunging fire-which was the greatest threat to Hood & her thin deck armour. Hood's rudders are jammed to port- Hollands tactics were near perfect, he was extremely unlucky. Another second or two in the turn and Hood would have taken the hit on her main belt & survived.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 6 months ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Might be wrong, but completely wrong? How can that be? The Hood is at the bottom of the sea.
deepcosmiclove 5 months ago
@deepcosmiclove The fact that HMS Hood blew up following a direct hit from plunging fire, in no way reflects on her own fire power, her broadside was actually heavier than that of Bismarck. Ergo, your assertion that she was, 'outgunned,' is completely inaccurate- as I pointed out. Have a nice day.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 5 months ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH The Hood was outgunned because she only engaged with her forward batteries, as I already said. If the captain of the ship put her in a position like that, then something is clearly wrong with the maneuver.
deepcosmiclove 5 months ago
@deepcosmiclove Evidently you have no appreciation, or understanding of the tactics adopted by Holland in the engagement with Bismarck. Holland was absolutely correct in attempting to close the range, thereby avoiding potential plunging fire. If you knew ANYTHING about Hood v Bismarck, you would appreciate that Holland had just issued the order to turn to port, thereby bringing the FULL broadside of Hood to bear on Bismarck. Seconds into the manoueuvre, Hood took a direct hit. The End.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 5 months ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Correct: I have no appreciation for the British tactics.
deepcosmiclove 5 months ago
that had to be fucking scary being on the hood
Mr12roundstofred 1 year ago
why do americans think they won the war single handidly? pepole like that easycompanyairbourne really piss me off ... I worked with yanks in Iraq and they were cool as hell, but dicks like that really make me dispise their arogance..... try telling a American It was the Russians who took Berlin and they wont believe ya they'll genral custed's horse's ghost did it. on it's own with a tommy gun
jjbernz87 1 year ago
Respect from a German...R.I.P. to all Battleships and their Crewman.
Helios2312 1 year ago
The picture starting at 0.34 makes me feel sad. It shows the Hood sailing to her final battle in defence of Britain.
RIP the heroes of the Hood.
summerlight67 1 year ago
am germany,ted ich werde dich nie vergessen und hood mit dir an der neästen generation weitergeben.
ollenhauer1 1 year ago
@Toria8796 Grow up..
ped11351 1 year ago
where would the heros come from from ethnic, multi-cultural Britain if it were required tomoro..
mmmbeachlover 1 year ago
@mmmbeachlover You must mean men like L/Cpl Johnson Beharry VC
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
Hood was never a match for the Bismark and was outgunned. Hood and Bismark sit silently now on the ocean floor with their crews and are testiment to their bravery and the futility of all wars.
tpsossff 1 year ago
@tpsossff Hood was NOT outgunned. Like Bismarck, she had 15 inch guns & Hood's shells were actually heavier than those of Bismarck.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 6 months ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH
The story of that battle and the huge loss of life on both sides is a very sad one and I did not intend to mouth off an opinion about something I know not too much about. I have read all your comments and learned something from them. Do you not think that Bismark had the advantage of up to date ranging and gunnery control equipment over the hood?
I am assuming Bismark was right up to date with the technology and could put her guns to better use.
(formerly TPSOSSFF)
TheSpiritof1969 5 months ago
God rest Ted, a hero and a gentleman.
paddychef1 1 year ago 2
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artemisentrei 1 year ago
another hero another era lost to history rest in peace
artemisentrei 1 year ago 2
The fact my great-grand uncle served on Hood for a year in the 1920s fills me with pride knowing that I am in one tiny way related to this mighty ship. RIP Ted Briggs.
HelmutVillam 1 year ago 2
i know he died was he the last surviver??? So now the hood has all her crew
???
thekrazeone 1 year ago 7
@thekrazeone Yes Ted was the last of the 3 survivors from Hoods last battle,but there are a few alive who served on Her before the last battle.Hood now has all her crew from the battle of Denmark strait.
elswick1542 1 year ago 3
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ped11351 1 year ago
@thekrazeone 1000 x Thanks for mentioning Hood now with her full compliment of crew, thank you for the respect. My Grandfathers brother (A.R. Pearce) was on Hood and is still patrolling with her.
Ted Briggs passed away on October 4 2008. I had never had the honor to meet the man, but if a passed fate is in some way entangled with the future, we couldn't have asked for a better ambassador for Hood and his shipmates.
Speeddemon3 1 year ago 3
@thekrazeone I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS WELL, VERY GOOD POINT.
michaelwright999 5 months ago
please whats name this song????
brunko123456789 1 year ago
Its called Brave Foot soldiers its by a Scottish group called Wolfstone.
elswick1542 1 year ago
This comes from Germany:
I admire every single brave hard fighting British soldier dying for freedom against our to this time fascist state and giving ous the opportunity to re-settle a world class industry and beating you guys in penalties.
You Rock!
DerAusroter 2 years ago 10
@DerAusroter
The penalty's you refer to came after 2 of the best football games I have had the pleasure to witness(1990world cup,1996 European)but the best ever game was on Christmas day 1914,no one remembers the score!
elswick1542 2 years ago 7
Oh yes! The famous Christmas Truce of 1914--that is a wonderful story--all the more wonderful because it really happened! That was in no-man's land in Flanders, wasn't it?
galoon 2 years ago 4
@galoon Yes, and I think France as well. Bruce Bairnsfather (Old Bill) was a referee at a soccer match.
mbabist01 2 years ago
Yeah that's right. Maybe we should have done more Football matches and less wars
DerAusroter 2 years ago 7
@elswick1542 The Germans won 3-2, according to some soldiers, and the truce gradually came to an end in the same way it had begun - by mutual consent.
ShadowGuardian3337 1 year ago
@DerAusroter Well said, we are all one....
ped11351 1 year ago
Wow a wonderfull video for the tribute of a brave man, the music goes so well witht he video, what is the name of it out of curiosity
Russellhart2006 2 years ago 2
Thanks the music is by Wolfstone its called Brave foot soldiers.
elswick1542 2 years ago
Must been a hell on that ship when it was going down.
PitbullNL 2 years ago 4
At least it was a QUICK hell, although the last three minutes of their lives must have been the longest. I always thought one of the truest quotations ever was Stalins "One death is a tragedy, one million is a stastistic". I think he meant it in a very cold blooded way to justify his killings, but it's still true. How can you comprehend 1,400 lives ended, really, let alone 11M in the Holocaust. They are just numbers; it doesn't have the effect that it should. I think it's a "defense mechanism".
justforever96 2 years ago
Beautiful ship... the quiet grave of the bravest man.
Adamodevadam 2 years ago 10
Thanks for the great comment.
elswick1542 2 years ago
What a lucky man he was. That was a terrible tragedy for the Royal Navy; much like the sinking of the Bismarck and our loss of USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
galoon 2 years ago 8
Well, to be fair to all, you should include Japan and the "Yamato", which exploded and sank with 2,500 out of 2,700 hands on board. Just 'cause they're "Japs" doesn't make it any less of a tragedy, even if they WERE on a suicide mission to begin with.
justforever96 2 years ago
Good point. In addition to the Yamato, the Japanese carriers Shokaku and Taiho were also lost along with most of their crews the year before that.
galoon 2 years ago
To all the lost warships of all WW2 combatant nations.
In particular the Battleships that exploded with huge loss of life.
Bretagne
Hood
Barham
Arizona
Mutzu
Scharnhorst
Yamato
Roma
elswick1542 2 years ago
justforever96 2 years ago
Damnit, I didn't mean to push "comment" yet! Arrgh.
- Pre-Dr SMS Pommern, 844 men, 0 suriviors
Total crew: 7,121
Total survivors: 36
Total killed: 7,085
And these are just the ships that lost most of their crew. There were plenty of others. Interesting that the way the Hood blew up was so similar to the way the British Battlecruisers exploded in Jutland. I guess the Hood was desgined as a BC originally, so it makes sense, I guess. Cheers to all the poor guys who died with their ships.
justforever96 2 years ago
It can be presumed that there were no survivors of the sinking of HIJMS Fuso - those who got off the ship refused rescue, and most probably drowned. 1400 men lost.
HelmutVillam 2 years ago
So much knowledge gone i would of like to meet him.
G777GUN 2 years ago 7
the guy was a hero, before he died for 2 years i served him his daily shopping in M&S in fareham cracking bloke
whiteleystriker 2 years ago 22
I never met Ted,such a privilege.
elswick1542 2 years ago
I bet he was a sad sack his whole life after HOOD
TheZuikaku 2 years ago
@ijnsupercarrier,Ted lost all his mates,what else could he be
bv141a 2 years ago
@whiteleystriker You were indeed blessed..
Factnotfictionpeople 1 year ago
God have mercy on that gentle soul.
Gutsy9 2 years ago 3
I don't understsand why he kept living so long.
RoyalWarspite 2 years ago 4
Easycompany who dishonours the brave men of the US army airborne with your pig ignorant comments ,"F troop motor pool" a more appropriate name comments removed and blocked.
elswick1542 2 years ago
Haha brilliant. I bet you think all the people on hood were scottish. And Britian actualy means England. Oh and America won world war 2. Thanks for saving us. Tosser.
winchuni22 2 years ago
Ignorant twat.
winchuni22 2 years ago
Well the Scots dont like you so fuck off.
christian2oo2 2 years ago 2
So do I,I even like Americans.
elswick1542 2 years ago
And I even like the British! ;)
Actually, I prefer them in general. How could I not? My dad's name was Leonard Spencer (as in "Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill", although he was named for a family member, not Churchill). Apparently there's a connection way back, and so I'm still mostly English by blood. Plus like a quarter French-Canadian.) So what was this fool "Easycompany" all about, anyway? Sounds like an ignorant asshole to me.
justforever96 2 years ago
NO YOU PENIS I'm talking about the fact that according to Americans, The Japanese are war criminals for there part in pearl harbor and the americans Heroes.... I know the British weren't involved.!! JESUS CHRIST!!! you are clearly simple
christian2oo2 2 years ago 2
Who has ever claimed that the crew of Bismarck were war criminals? Baron Von Mullenheim Reichburg is a hero of mine but I doubt you have ever heard of him.
elswick1542 2 years ago
No one.... EasyCompanyAirborne just hates the British like quite a lot of americans for some reason and has decided to put words in our mouth
christian2oo2 2 years ago 3
Reichburg wrote a wonderful book about the Bismarck.
OkwahoMinistries 2 years ago
Reichburgs book Survivors story is one of the best Naval books of WW2 very possibly the best,check out my channel for a tribute video.
elswick1542 2 years ago
Yeah thats it, wonderful book bro. Thanks
OkwahoMinistries 2 years ago
EasyCompanyAirborne: Every video I go to about the British in WWII, I find you on it with your xenophobic agenda and frankly laughable lies and fairytales.
Listen prick, you're obviously just a pathetic troll with a massive inferiority complex - why don't you just go and jerk off to that Butcher's Apron the stars and stripes, and leave the comments to people who actually have something worthwhile to contribute.
You are a joke, and you know it!
Pheonixfromtheshale 2 years ago 18
Oh ok you can fucking talk. Two words for you mate. (PEARL HARBOR). Typical American... Also the English don't think that the Germans in battles like this were criminals. Most people know that the majority were just people doing what they thought was right. Obviously massivly mis-guided meaning unfortunately a lot of people died on both sides. Dont comment if your just gonna try and put prople down.
christian2oo2 2 years ago 5
very nice tribute regarding one man of only three of over 1400 brave people who perished protecting their homeland against an evil regime. God bless you sailor!
jfkreincarnated 2 years ago 4
What is the song
Superdeath25 2 years ago
elswick1542 this is an very nice video im glad u posted this at youtube.
HMS Hood u will be forever in my heart !
R.I.P. to the crew of HMS Hood R.I.P. tedd briggs
it where just 2 great nations that where at war
0123010 2 years ago 3
No doubt, Hood and POW were defeated after a most gallant fight and the retreat of POW was absolutely necessary and honorable.
But some questions were never answered sufficiently:
1. What role played HMS Norfolk? She was engaged for a while and left the battlefield. From whom was given the order?
2. What role played Pound? He was a sick man at that time. Was he able to resist Churchill or did he accommodate to him too much? Why did he message some stupid orders from Churchill to Torvey?
robinhood48 2 years ago
@cont
3. Who initiated the allegations against Leach? Why had Torvey to announce to retire and to defend Leach at War trial?
4. What were the consequences of these allegations concerning the cooperation of POW and Repulse off Malaya?
5. Why did Pound intend to court- martial Wake Walker? This man followed orders from Pound and Pound knew that.
6. What role played Vice Admiral Tom Phillips, why was he scathing about Dalrymple Hamilton (Rodney)?
robinhood48 2 years ago
@robinhood48
I have some of the answers to the above,point 3 Churchill was livid that Leach disengaged and almost blew a gasket when Wake Walker ordered POW to disengage for a second time when POW opened up at +30000yds,Walker did not want Bismarck and PE to change course at the time so ordered Leach to cease fire,so to 3/4 Churchill wanted a trial and influence(possibly ordered) pound.
Churchill was not the Naval expert he thought he was,best leave this sort of thing to those on the spot.
elswick1542 2 years ago
@elswick1542
You obviously read the same books I read. It was a blessing for Leach and the Navy that there were men like Torvey.
Nevertheless I believe that there could/should have been a deep mistrust and dislike between Leach and Phillips influencing the actions of POW and Repulse off Malaya. Phillips was the locum of Pound and well informed about Churchills intrigue.
robinhood48 2 years ago
@robinhood48
Could be very wrong on this one but IIR Pound wanted to send the 4 R class BB,S to Ceylon but was over ruled by Churchill who wanted to deter the Japanese,strange that he thought a 1 new BB and an old BC long past its best could of been a deterrent as the IJN had I think 10 BB,S at the time,maybe he wanted to show the US that he was committed to fighting Japan.
elswick1542 2 years ago
@elswick1542
This was an endless story beginning in the 20ties with the purpose to deploy 10 (!) BB in far east to deter the Japanese but with the beginning of the war in Europe things changed nearly weekly.
Middlebrook gives an excellent overview in his book "Battleship" describing the fatal mission of POW and Repulse.
robinhood48 2 years ago
At the end of the day, a navyman is a navyman. No matter what side that we are on, we will fight our ship to the best of our ability. Sadly there are always winner & losers. We dont invent the situations, we just do what we are told and trained to.
paddychef1 2 years ago 3
Anyway, men like Ted Briggs and so many others sacrificed everything they had on the altar of War when following their dutys.
matamuelas 2 years ago 2
yes the hood is very bad Bismarck sunk the hood on 1 fire in the armour shell slap!the batle haven 20 min max!!!
DeluXenSS 2 years ago
Hood unfortunately was an old ship by 1941 could have claimed to be the most powerful ship in the world in 1920,Bismarck was the most powerfull BB in the world in 1941,but was no match for an aircraft carrier.
elswick1542 2 years ago
It is awesome the improvement ratio during war times: technology, tactics and the overall way the countries face the problem changes so quick. One only year of war must be equivalent to five or ten years of invention during peace times.
Bismarck's AA hadn't a "happy" planification, of course.
I think those years none Battleship could face air strikes (according to Bill Mitchel, the AAs must haved been placed literaly as "a toothbrush" for inmunity).
Sad that this beasts are gone, forever.
matamuelas 2 years ago 2
@matamuelas I suspect battleships would cope well with modern airborne threats, given the effectiveness of modern anti-aircraft missiles, air defence destroyers and CIWS. Their real weakness is defence against submarines. A couple of 1000lb torpedo warheads exploding under your keel and it's game over.
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
@DaMuttzNutz
With current technology, it's likely. But remember the Sheffield issue during the Falkland/Malvinas war: in the wrong moment, one single damn airplane can put an end to a steel beast trip.
Sad, anyway, the operational costs make the lighter vessels and submarines more practical (and less romantic) than those old ladies.
Regards.
matamuelas 1 year ago
@matamuelas I suspect though that an Exocet or a 500lb bomb would bounce off Hood's hull. I do think it's largely down to cost also. The price of kit these days is phenomenal. 2 x QE Class carriers = £4bn; equipping them with an air wing each = £15bn. There is something more impressive about a battleship though; the ultimate word in gunboat diplomacy.
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
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but iw was sunk in 1 shot.. this video is a tribute to Bismarck.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
This video is a tribute to Ted Briggs.
elswick1542 2 years ago
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Nothing personal.. but Ted Briggs kept still offending Bismarck even after 70 years. I think that s not tactical.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
Ted Briggs was a hero,he died last year,how can you offend a piece of metal.
elswick1542 2 years ago
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and why Bismarck and the sailors that were on board are nt heroes? And why only Ted Briggs is a hero, and not the others?
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
Did I say they were not,check my channel,Battleship Bismarck a survivours story.
elswick1542 2 years ago
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i simply do nt like Ted. Rest in peace Ted u deserved that, u saw many hard things.. But wat i don t like is his offencive ways against Bismarck during the interview. The Bismarck survivor didn t say any word against Hood.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
OK then exactly what did he say?
elswick1542 2 years ago
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have you watched the history channel 9 part video in which there s a battle between Bismarck and Hood shown by using pc animations? When Ted speaks he keeps telling that Hood was the best ship in the planet and tiny Bismarck couldn t have sunk it. it s like Bismarck was a cheater full of losers. And Germans are animals.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
If you are referring to dogfights then I have watched it a number of times the things said about Hood by T Briggs are true,before WW2 Hood was probably the most famous ship in the world due to the many good will tours,it was also the largest at 860ft for most of the inter war period,at no point in his long life did T B refer to Germans as animals or losers,Hood was designed in 1916 its therefore no match for Bismarck in 1941 as it was undoubtedly the best BB afloat at the time.
elswick1542 2 years ago
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if it was no match to face Bismarck then why do that? It s a retorical question. Hood got simply owned. You have to pay for the mistakes and not to call noobs, opponents which won against you. And that s what he did. And finally, it s my personal opinion. And you cannot change it. Cause for me, Bismarck is the best ship of all times and Hood experienced that in a hard way.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
In war you use the equipment you have at the time Hood was at Scapa Flow so goes up against Bismarck,look at the time line its like Dreadnought against Nelson,Midway class against Nimitz class or do you seriously think that there was no progress in ship design between 1916 and 1938,you are of course entitled to your opinion.
elswick1542 2 years ago
Did your words change the fact that Bismarck sunk Hood in a few shots? Nope. Hood sunk like a warship. Bismarck like an outnumbered legend.
lighterinthestorm 2 years ago
My words were not intended to change a thing as that would be imposible,just a statment of fact.
elswick1542 2 years ago
It must have been shocking for him to remember what happened "that" day. It needs awesome guts.
I had the hope he was still alive. Sad.
RIP.
matamuelas 2 years ago 2
hood and prince of w ,...18 gun against 8..at the jutland in1916 english battlecruisers with the same problems :storage ammunitions
hollin61 2 years ago
Yes, the plunging fire seems to had been a problem for Battlecruisers. But the original idea of BCs was to destroy armored cruisers/heavy cruisers, no to send them to engage Battleships.
I think at WWI Germany tended to built more heavy-better protected BCs, a sort of lighter/faster Battleship with light guns, more than a cruiser with big guns.
Finaly, I can understand the british misunderstood (Prinz Eugen was indeed a target similar to Bismarck), but I dislike that Hood missed every shot.
matamuelas 2 years ago
@matamuelas The RN were well aware of Hood's shortcomings. She had been due a refit in 1939, which would have given her strengthened deck armour. This was cancelled for obvious reasons. The Bismarck though was a different class of ship; with her watertight compartments and sealed bulkheads, she was virtually unsinkable.
DaMuttzNutz 1 year ago
@DaMuttzNutz unsinkable?? no way, her deck armour was weak, making her very vunerable to plunging gunfire. the problem was the british couldn't get far enough away to do this due to weather conditions, hence why they just make swiss cheese of he superstructure.
pramboy09 1 year ago
RIP Briggs .... the Hood sank in just 3 minutes ...
lonewulf44 2 years ago 2
Too bad! I'm going to miss him.
Bendigo6000 3 years ago 3
HMS Hood was in a very bad way when she sank. She was classed as a u-ship because she was so low in the water. Shame Really RIP Ted
tails12993 3 years ago 2
Rest in Peace Ted
Meerjungfrau19 3 years ago 7
5 star very special old pale I have no doubt.
elswick1542 3 years ago
Before the VICTORY opened fire and with the enemy in sight Sir Nelson ordered to set signal:
"I expect that every man will do his duty." He did not say "I hope.." or "I ask very man.." or
"Would you please...".
He said: "I expect."
He had men like Ted Briggs.
robinhood48 3 years ago 10
RIP Ted Briggs, a true hero.
admiraldma 3 years ago 10
in peace drinking navy rum with his old ship mates
elswick1542 3 years ago
Meanwhile his mates have discovered Lütjens pantry drinking Hennessy Cognaq!
robinhood48 3 years ago 5