Prinz Eugen Uncut

[jefffrench1]

Fucking krauts

[Lee78072]

@jefffrench1 The War is over!!! Damn it!

[ollenhauer1]

adolf hitler skull into this cihp?

[himmler251]

can anyone help me? what was the name of the Deutschland class pocket battleship that was scuttled off the coast of Argentina?

[Lee78072]

@himmler251 Thats the Graf Spee! I hope i could help you! Greetings from Germany!^^

[steveleadbeater]

@himmler251 The Ship was called DKW Admiral Graf Spee

[steve8844]

krasse geschichte...ich wusste das sie im bikini atoll bei den atom bomben tests dabei war, aber das sie überlebte und dann dort kenterte war mir neu! jetzt liegt sie da und jeder kann sie besichtigen! geile Aufnahmen! Nice documentation and video!!!

[ollenhauer1]

DAMIT KÖNNTE HITLER GEFLÜCHTET SEIN:DAS SCHIFF LAG BIS ZU LETZTEN TAG UND GLEICH DANACH IST ES ABGEFAHREN;VON JAPAN WAR OFT DIE REDE.

[honda900000]

@ollenhauer1 Aha. Das, was du da geschrieben hast, ist völliger Schwachsinn, denn das Schiff verließ am 29.03.45 Gotenhafen, kam am 20.04.45 in Kopenhagen an und blieb dort liegen, weil es keinen Brennstoff mehr gab. Die nächste Fahrt machte es im Ende Mai 1945 bereits unter britischer Flagge... Wie hätte darauf einer der schlimmen Schergen bei der Lufthoheit der Allierten denn jemals entkommen sollen?

[nerblebun]

Dove on the Prinz several times in the early 90's. Great dive.

[Kampfdaemon]

PRINZ EUGEN und Kwajalein-- klar.. totlach

[phanaticusfreestylus]

Who knows, probably later this ship is going to be a museum ship somehow. She would really deserve it.

[mellilore]

Deserved far better end

[ivangrozny27]

i know it survived the war but it's still haunting to think of the men who served aboard.

[diver4818]

I was lucky enough to dive on her in 1979. She still had all 3 propellors and hull was completely intact. She was not scuttled. She capsized while under tow. A magnificent ship. Kwajelein is beautiful area. Not far from the base there is a Japanese midget submarine on the reef and there are Japanese ships on the bottom of the lagoon.

[tully5111helmets]

some off her canon are positioned at langleland fort here in denmark,she was ancored in copenhagen harbour at wars end.

[HubertWolfen]

isn't it a little radioactif?

[lordeisschrank]

it has been over 64 years now...and noone noticed that this would make a great museum ship? at least its the last german heavy cruiser in existence. after visiting the hms belfast in lodon, the uss salem in quincy and the mikasa in yokosuka i´d love to see this ship restored.

[Squarerig]

Kwajalein appears to be a south sea island shithouse.Is this the US care of the environment?

[anneloev]

Great vid, thanks!

Great ship that deserved a better fate, but still she´s still hanging around for us to see and to reflect on those large dinosaurs that roamed the Atlantic in a conflict that costed so many lives, leaving many sailors suffering otherwise untold .

[Suckkors]

"Stupid americans were too dumb to operate the hightech stolen ship,

so they bombed it. "

A statement from Opa Riedel, a Prinz Eugen Machinist, who lived nearby.

I guess he was right. After all, americans still are too dumb, rather dumber

than ever, to realize the are being duped into a bolshevik "Brave New World 1984 Fahrenheit 451 Soylent Green" of sorts. And virtually everything they had in technology and economy after the war, was from stolen german patents and scientists.

[anneloev]

@Suckkors The americans were wise enough to win the war, started by the "brilliant" germans. Sure enough that german technology was very innovative, but came as a result of the war-economy based on slave labor and using the resources of occupied territory, both human and nature resources. Its not that impressive to accomplish that. But there were brilliant german innovatives nevertheless, but Hitler never used them to their fully potential, only for war purposes. And Germany also stole patents..

[flaskandsarnies]

@anneloev "The Americans were wise enough to win the war"? I think you might find there were one or two other countries involved; Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia, India, Greece etc and the resistance fighters in the occupied countries, France, Poland, Norway etc. The British also captured the Enigma code machine the German navy used (Not the US as portrayed by Hollywood), supplied vital decoded info to the States. The USA wasn't wise, see Pearl Harbour or Britain, see Scapa Flow.

[anneloev]

@flaskandsarnies If you follow the thread you´ll see that my comment was a reply to suckkors regarding technology and innovations, not warfare. You´re quite right - US didn´t win the war by themselves, but thats not the issue in my comment. Regarding the whole issue of wiseness - war isn´t wise at all, is it? Read the context - thats wise.

[Suckkors]

@anneloev

Mr. "i am more brillaint than the stupid germans", you really really

need to restudy history for a while longer, lets say, five years at least.

Start at Babylon, then go Rome, then Oliver Cromwell, continue up to

1890 and have a look at the brits, and finally arrive at the diplomatic

efforts of germany trying to get the stupid deceived arrogant polish

government into some most generous agreement, while not overlooking

poland mobilized its army first in 1939. Greenhorn.

[jers59]

@Suckkors Hi Tech LOL US had 14 Modern Baltimore class heavy cruisers that were hi tech prinz eugen was obsolete crap as was bismarck and tirpitz. 1 US Baltimore class cruiser would have made short work of obsolete prinz eugen kriegsmarine was worse surface navy in WW2 hitler wanted to scrap it as national embarassement. germany was incapable of putting 1 aircraft carrier in service US built over 140 built 10 fast modern battleships all better then commerce raider bismarck and tirpitz

[pramboy09]

@jers59 everybody knows the kreigsmarine wasn't ready in 1939 because it just didn't have enough numbers, it needed heavy cruisers,battleships,destroyer­s,cruisers and of course aircraft carriers,I would hardly call the eugen crap, you are comparing the baltimore class which is generation ahead of the eugen,she didn't have the same numbers of the allies which she needed to be effective.Also later in the war she didn't have the luxury of been able to have refits and upgrades.

[jers59]

@pramboy09 PE engineering plant was complete nightmare as were all kriegsmarine engineering plants They did not need obsolete BB,s in 1939 they neeeded carriers that were the new queen of the seas instead they built 2 obsolereBB,s bismarck and tirpitz that were not needed

[pramboy09]

@jers59 no doubt they didn't realise the true potential of the aircraft carrier, but i guess they thought they would be fighting a european war with the only sea battles in the atlantic and saw the use of battleships, battlecruisers and cruisers more effective way of commerse raiding and attacking the RN. It wasn't until1941 when navies realised just how effective carriers could be with Taranto and pearl harbour. By then the kreigsmarine had given up on carriers for subs.

[ANZUS777]

@Suckkors you sad man?

[mynameistoolonglol]

@Suckkors Well, your (and Opa's) first and most damning loss of credibility came with thinking the Prinz Eugen was anywhere close to "high tech" compared to USN ships of the era when USN technology blew anything the Kriegsmarine had out of the water.

But you Pro-Nazi pseudo-"historians" will never cease to amaze me with how out of touch you are with the actual history of the war.

[urantay]

how did the ship get like that?? any tell me plzz

[dragonfly1376]

This ship is so big , you can spot her on google earth,

[kwonjouj]

Hi....yall if u really want to go visit Prince Eugen...ok Im very happy to take you there....Im a local boy knws my ways round...write lrlarry2@gmail.com

[chrischan9100]

das isd das wrack von der prinz eugen???? man das das teil nochnicht abgesoffen ist

[itsmepaul57]

@chrischan9100 Sie haben recht! Alte slachtshiff

[CCfiftyeight]

@chrischan9100

Das Schiff ist "abgesoffen", nur ist es dort so flach :o)

btw, die fehlende 3. Schraube hab ich schon gesehen, die liegt in Laboe.

[tincoffin]

Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were the best looking ships ever built I think

[canopus101]

Prinz Eugen is not, and never was, a battleship. It is a heavy cruiser.

[GrandeurFrancaise]

Principe Eugenio di Savoia

[xjr1300paul]

"It would be the only WW2 German battleship in the world"

only german one ???? plenty of american ones still around

[LordDerethor]

*Continue from previous*

It was renamed as "USS Prince Eugen", and was part over an atomic bomb experiment ("Operation Crossroads")by the Americans in Marchall Islands. She survived both the tests but towed after being too radioactive in Kwajalein atoll.

[LordDerethor]

"DKM Prinz Eugen" was a WW2 German warship that was participated in the "Operation Rhine" alongside "DKM Bismarck", when they sunk "HMS Hood" of the royal navy. Upon the finishing of the war on 1945 she was surrendered to the English, thus one year later the Royal Navy gave the ship to USA. It was renamed as "USS Prince Eugen".

[SuperTelecom]

I recently heard that they discovered that the wreck isn't radioactive anymore even though it should be. All the scientists could come up with is that the tides had washed it all away.

[ckn117]

radiation from the types of a bombs used on the Bikini Atoll tests the radiation will dissipate totally after around 50 years

[JeffClancy1966]

cool vid

[primonemo]

but it was a warship? i supposed it was a german WW2 warship that had been auto sunk near africa coast...what ship is it? someone have wrote about atomic target about it..really?? i m a little confused

[itsmepaul57]

@primonemo I dont know why you are confused - its a matter of history thats all. Juts use the net and look for info (its what its for)

[5seba56]

after 50/60 years most of it is away, there are still people living in nagasaki and hiroshima, although they thrown a atomic bomb on it

[AmentiProductions]

Yes, BUT the compartments in the Prinz Eugen still have levels of contamination.

[ichmalealsobinich]

I wonder myself that you can dive to this ship as private diver. The Prinz Eugen survived two atomic blasts as test dummy in Bikini and still must be full of radioactive contamination with long half time having isotopes.

[EvilFingers]

Besides the Prinz Eugen, what other warships were there in area?

[johndeq]

May be they should rise her?

[EvilFingers]

Totally Impossible.

[johndeq]

Y is that?

[EvilFingers]

The ship has been sitting at the boottom of the ocean for how many decades and what Company or Group is willing to dish the Billions of Dollars for such a venture?

[SuperTelecom]

@EvilFingers Well, they were raising the Graf Spee. It was funded about 50/50 Privately and by the government of Uruguay. James Cameron was filming it and they managed to raise a gunnery rangefinder, anchor and a secondary gun turret before their president ceased all salvage operations in their waters in 2009. As it isn't a war grave and its a pain in the arse to local shipping its not a bad idea to salvage it. It would be the only WW2 German battleship in the world. Id pay to see it.

[xjr1300paul]

"It would be the only WW2 German battleship in the world"

ooops no its not

[SuperTelecom]

@xjr1300paul What else survives?

[itsmepaul57]

Its rotted and rusted away and there would be little to see.

[nerblebun]

@itsmepaul57 The Prinz Eugen still lies intact in the Kwajalein Lagoon. I've dove it many times. It's still in remarkably good shape.

[glynamus]

blucher(prinz eugens sister) is upside down in norway. her main guns carrages fell out like prinz eugens did. or should i say some of them. blucher is full of fuel oil and loaded to hilt with ammunition. i dont know what they will do about it. i wish the u.s. would have saved the eugen and nagato and saratoga. what a waste of history. looks like a fun dive

[Yoonyah]

The Prince was the lucky ship of the Kriegsmarine. The US testet it and were impressed by its capabilites !!!

[Vsshooter]

The Blucher is off limits to diving per the Norwegian Government. Besides she lies in very deep water. The fjord is very deep there.

[matapan50]

Is the ship leaking oil?

[Morrica]

Things like this should be left alone

[stojangajic]

Can u please tell me what is the price for diving there if it is still posiible?

[turbotrav]

The only the Des Moines class heavy cruisers where bigger....in length and tonnage. The Des Moines class was completed after WW2 ended. On a where note the USS Des Moines just was scrapped in 2007....

I personally really liked the Admiral Hipper Class. I suppose one could also dive the Blucher. Very cold water!!!

[jers59]

The Baltimore class heavy cruiser was the best in WW2 9/8 inch guns and unlikethe prinz eugen good 8 inch shells to go with it and the best secondary guns of WW2 5/38 and great AA protection

[warbike]

While working in Kwajalein atoll from July to Nov.2002 at the base there(USAKA),I went on a dive to that ship.When I first got there I did not believe it was the Prinz Eugen.I know its history and it is sad to see it where it is now.I only been to the ship on one dive, and made it half way along the ship. The bow is around 104 feet. Also you are not allowed to make entry into the ship anymore.I tried to sit in one of the AAA mounts on the side.I saw shells,and other spent ammo laying around.

[Kharkovkid]

This is the ship my dad was tied up closest to at the test. He was on the U.S.S. Rockingham. I`m not sure but unlike what another poster said, I think remember him talking about scrub down parties going aboard her. Maybe it was them going aboard BEFORE and setting the test equipment on her. Lots of the guys who later got radiation sickness and burns got it from swiping new but "dirty" dungaress and shoes etc. from the contaminated clothing piles no one was supposed to touch.

[ripoffthemonkey]

I think i will make that my next big dive adventure! what a georgous ship!

[onegoodgibson]

Ships have a dignity of their own..they are not political. Better to have  taken her out to the North Sea and scuttle her than for this end to occur.

[Playayuhatin4]

Sad to see this ship like it is..it played a pivitol role in guiding the Bismarck thru the denmark straight..sad ending

[buxi444]

@Playayuhatin4

Dont be sad, because all of this devices are just made to kill other people. It would be best to dump all weapon to the ground of the oceans.

[TINS24651]

Thats really cool does anyone have any pictures of the Pennsylvania wreck in Kwajalein

[itsmepaul57]

@TINS24651 Juts do an internet search - its what the net is for!

[Luminahawke]

Prinz Eugen is perhaps one of hte most famous ships during the second world war, not because of it's war record but because it was the largest German warship to survive the war, it was considered the Lucky ship, time and time again it survived attacks on it, only to be scuttled after the war by the US Navy after hitting it and many other ships with 2 Nuclear bombs in two different test.

[Speeddemon3]

Actually she wasn't scuttled. Somehow surviving the Baker and Able blasts she was towed into this area but was taking on water from leaks sustained in the blasts. She was to radio-active to be boarded and started to list heavily to port,it was decided to tow her into deeper water to sink and the ship pretty much said I'm staying here and capsized. Lucky indeed, I think she once had here entire stern and rudder blown off and still made it to dry dock. Hell of a ship, and deserved a better end.

[jumperwtc]

I have a large feeling (to say it this way but) for war ships such as the Arizona and the Utah and go this way but by.

for this reason this video is one of my favourites, I love those wrecks.

thanks for the video, I hope ever a time in my life this visit wreck and ever also a time the USS Arizona and the USS Utah, actual are I frightened for wrecks find it always terrifying but hope ever of getting a time the chance to will dive at these!

[jumperwtc]

Does the ship lie still there?

[russellpierpoint]

Yes it does.But its not a popular place to go. I went 10years ago. You land on a US military base. THey do a lot of testing there. It may now be part of the star wars testing and might be restricted as there is not much mention of people going there these days.

[alxcsb]

@russellpierpoint Isn't it a bit radioactive as well? From what I know it was towed there after some nuclear bomb tests.

[michaelwright999]

@russellpierpoint  WHERE IS SHE ??

[vv55sst]

@jumperwtc - Check out Google Earth. You can see the view of her from there. She's still intact based on those images.

[jumperwtc]

@vv55sst - Wow thanks for the information, i saw it on google earth you see the shape!

[vv55sst]

@jumperwtc - Yes you can. Also, you use that program to rumage around the North coast of Guadualcanal and see some of the wrecks still along the beachs.

[russellpierpoint]

Well they had so many surplus ships around at that time they didn't care. Was a great dive though

[pete1munchen]

What an absaloute waste of a possible Kiresmarine and ww2 museum. put it near atmo bomb tests. That is actualy just stupid. What a waste

[FrightfulAccountant]

American Goverment...

I guess it would had been naief to expect them to have respect to European War history...

The Prinz Eugen is one of the best warships the Nazis ever build. It should had been better if it had become a museum about WWII seabattles. Unfortunatley...

[benash04a]

survived the war, both bikini atomic tests (2 atomic bombs set off above it), and ended up being scuttled by the american navy as it was heavily contaminated. amazing ship!

[russellpierpoint]

Actually my understanding was that it wasn't scuttled. It was being towed somewhere and stopped at Kwajalein, where it sunk because the pumps could no longer handle the water coming in from the damage to the plates from the bombs. Incedentally its a very good dive.

[benash04a]

may have mis interpreted the wikipedia entry about her, cheers though

[notsureyou]

@benash04a

ummm no, while her location for the first test (which was dropped from a plane and detonated at about 187feet) is not indicated, they do say how far she was, but the plane missed the target....., her location for the second test is shown which is about 1900 yards from the UNDERWATER BLAST. She then was towed to her final resting place, with the records saying she sank (a few months later) from leaks that couldnt be repaired due to the high radioactivity of her

[Grabbabba]

The Prinz Eugen was a "suped up" admiral hipper class. Some more armour and better artillary. A worthy ship to sail along the legendairy Bismark.

Fun fact. Almost all of all the in battle pics of the bismarck came from Prinz eugen! And assisted in sinking the hood. At least one solvo hit hood!

[blormp1]

the admiral hipper was heavy cruiser

the prinz eugen as well

battle cruisers were sharnhorst(sp?) and geinesau(sp)

not bismarks or tirpiz but bigger than admiral and prinz

[IceHockeyGoalie34]

Gneisenau, Scharnhorst

[Eternity999]

The KMS Prinz Eugen was the largest German Warship to survive World War II.

Funny fact attached to her; The UK Army ordered her to surrender to them and the Captain of the Prinz refused saying he would only surrender his ship to the Royal Navy ~ The army retreated very quickly after that and called up the Royal Navy to take her surrender.

[muddyjean]

my favorite battle cruiser...

[metube1120]

Its a heavy cruiser, not battle cruiser.