The Battle of Hood and Bismarck

[TheAlexn2]

not funny that Hood sinks with out of her crew of 1418 were lost of her total crew of 1421 only 3 survive ted Briggs,1 commander,and a Gunner

[ECOWarrior100]

Its funny how the sinking of a British battleship would lead to the sinking of a German battleship.

[TheNovaAxon]

This man saw all his shipmates disappear in the waves.... and lived 60 years with that burden. Rest in peace...

[Obermaat43]

@dengarder Das hätte jeder Kommandant jeder anderen Nation auch getan wenn er nur den geringsten Verdacht hätte sein Schiff und seine Besatzung könnten in Gefahr sein! Anstatt die Britischen Seeleute zu beleidigen solltest du lieber dankbar sein das sie unter Lebensgefahr so viele Deutsche gerettet haben!!! Thanks to the Crews of the British Destroyers who ignored the threat of an Submarine Attack and rescued so many German Sailors as they could!!!

[SuperQuiller]

Idiot! Was ist mit eure U-Boots? Die haben auch einfach zugeschaut. Scharnhorst hat auch sowas gemacht . Hast du HMS Rawalpindi vergessen?

[G777GUN]

A ship that fought is a ship worthy of attention. Hood and its men fought with bravery and so did the Bismarck. Both ships were true battleships in my eyes.

[RevealTheMystery]

Bless his heart. Hood was a beautiful ship.

[fairman3456]

u say also how the british cherred while the men was dieing on the bizmark firstly how many did the british recure after wards i dont no the numbers but i no hms dorchester and other destoyers pick up saliors and 2NDLY , u think the germans wasent cheering when they sunk the hood and left them to die? u only say one side of the fact! Not to mention the U boats had orders not to recuse people on merchant ships they sink, so please so making out the british are bad men when german was the same

[PEDROCLASSIC]

what really happened to gunther lutjens before she sunk? people say he took his own life with his luger when the last shell was fired. others say he went down with her as he stood on the bridge.

very sad

[cruser501]

The Bismarck had put up a most

gallant fight against impossible

odds, worthy of the old days of

the Imperial German Navy,

and she went down with

her colours still flying."

Commander of the Home Fleet,

Admiral Sir John Tovey.

[swanningaround]

Tovey was a typical two faced Englishman. Secretly he cheered while watching films of the enemy sailors burning in oil in the water. He ordered the ship not to rescue anyone. They stood there and cheered while each German sailor died in agony. Nearly every English sailor hated all Germans. They all fed of Churchill's pure hatred.

[BigMac014]

can you truly blame the english? Germany had taken much of their former Empire and wat they hadn't Britain was forced to give up to get soldiers to help defend their homeland.

[iroscoe]

You really ought to keep your sick fantasys to yourself,or provide some shred of evidence for what you've said,you really are a disgusting liar .

[swanningaround]

No. Not lies. Based on plenty of evidence. Many men of Bismarck burned alive in oil. The English ships did not attempt to save many of them. They just sailed off on direct orders from Churchill. This is fact. You English people are disgusting and cruel. Others should see you for what you are.

[iroscoe]

If theres "plenty" of it please provide evidence or quote a source that Tovey cheered while watching films of German sailors burning that way you won't look like such a pathetic liar .

[swanningaround]

Did I mention Tovey?

[iroscoe]

Yes i will quote it for you "Tovey was a typical two faced Englishman.Secretly he cheered while watching films of enemy sailors burning in the water"cite a source or admit its another of your disturbing fantasys .

[swanningaround]

Right. I did say that in response to the quote he made regarding the Bismarck's bravery. You did not mention that I said "He ordered the ship not to rescue anyone". You always tell half truths. Typical English. Everyone knows your style.

[iroscoe]

Im not disputing that order,im merely asking you to back up another of you strange and twisted claims of which once again youve singularly failed to do . I dont know if its typcal of the people of your country but its certainly typical of you and your style .

[swanningaround]

iroscoe. I just get so irritated with English people. They never admit they did anything wrong and always want to show they are superior to everyone else. The English are also very brutal, amongst the most brutal in the world. They like to win, and then rub it in by mass slaughter. People should be made aware of this.

[iroscoe]

So you know every English person and their attitude's,and your going to make people aware of our deficiencies in character by telling lies.....physician heal thyself .

[swanningaround]

iroscoe. I can see you are quite a smart guy. Suffice to say that the English people have a vicious nature. There was widespread rejoicing in England at the time of the Bismarck's destruction, and joy at her seamen perishing. You have to understand the hatred of the English towards the Germans, which I am sure yoiu are well aware of. This is certainly well documented. As far as citing references, it is hardly worth it, as it is stating the obvious. :)

[iroscoe]

No im extremely stupid which is why i would appreciate you indulging me with a source for your bizarre sounding claims about Admiral Tovey . The most intresting thing about your posts is not the criticism's themselves but rather the staggering hypocriscy you display while making them .

[swanningaround]

iroscoe. I don't think you are stupid. As far as I am concerned, none of us is perfect. However, it doesn't change the unlying sneakiness and deceitfulness of many English people. I just thought I would share that with you. :)

[iroscoe]

So thats a no then you don't have anything to back your claim up other than a bigotry you are now trying to portray as somehow whimsical,perhaps if you put little smiles at the end of all your posts we could automatically discount anything you ever say .

[swanningaround]

OK :-}

[fairman3456]

people should be made to awaure ur a nob

[swanningaround]

fairman. Please should know that you are English, and would always try to dismiss your enemies as "nobs". All you English know how to do is insult others. You are a destructive people, not a constructive people. You English are only positive with your own kind. You hate eveyone else.

[fairman3456]

well ur the one saying all the english people are brutal, so i think it was u insulting everyone, thats right we hate every one else yerr we really do so u spoke to teh 64 million people in thE UK have u grow up

[fairman3456]

also i havent any enemies for your information i was calling U a nob, seeing as u tell one side of the fact and try and make out the british was worse than the nazis from ur information u wrote

[swanningaround]

fairman. Yes, I think the English probably were more ruthless than the Germans. That was a reason why they won. The basic difference was that the Germans were prepared to take prisoners, whereas the English prefered not to. The Germans talked about total war. The English did total war. Things haven't changed. When you fight the English, you expect no quarter if you are defeated. You face execution for sure.

[fairman3456]

so what do u call, the uboats given orders if they sink a mercahnt ship not to pick up survivors? , or what do u call british war ships picking up men from bizmark , the germans navy ddint stop and help the hood when she went down , again one sidededand clearly its only ur view! clearly u dont no what the germans done, and dont forget who started the war , the germans! , who was bombing citys in London to get at the people there , OO yer the germans , who killed thousand of jews Get real

[fairman3456]

and there is no such thing as an english race u bloody fool, its british not english , ur as thick as hell, u dont no anything lol, fool

[swanningaround]

fairman. I am only talking about you English. You are the ruthless ones. The "British" include all sorts of others including the English. There is the British Commonwealth and also people like the Scots and the Welsh. None of these folk are English.

[fairman3456]

lol u sound more perfectic every min , so u was just say the english was, not scots or welsh lol , they were part of the empier to lol god ur sad by

[fairman3456]

so killing thousands of jews is taking prisoners? or leavig hoods men to die in the water is taking prsioneors , or the U BOATS that sink merchant shipping to take prisones no they wernt they were ORDERED NOT TO by hitler i think u need to read ur history more closely cus its clear u dont no very much

[swanningaround]

fairman. I think it is reasonable to say that we will not ever have a meeting of minds over this. You English have always been more ruthless than the Germans. Everyone knows you people starved out 30 millions Indians. The difference is that you people won and made sure that these things were covered up. The other difference is that the Germans do not continue killing and killing. The English do. Look at the way they wiped out the Iraqis. The English do not take prisoners. They are there to win.

[fairman3456]

god ur so far up ur own ass did u bother read what i wrote , so ur from india then? might as well guess ,, the germans did not contiue killing , naa thast WHY WW1 AND 2 STARTED , what about the jews!!! u think they went to have a cup of tea, and for ur infromation the irag is much better up than sadam was in power, the dont take prisioners naa thast why britian empier had almost 1 million germany and itatly prisonaers , i think u need to learn ur fact as u dont no very much , Night

[aaKonda]

It was a common conduct for the German u-boots to take prisoners out of the water. Until the western allies decided to bomb the U-boats while they were rescuing the prisoners. One U-boat was sunk ,and the other one damaged. Admiral Dönitz was outraged of this incident, and ordered that no crews are to be rescued, as the U-boats would be put to vulnerable situation.

[bighairybiker45]

if anyone can find this online for free then send me the link

[lonewulf44]

Great clip, where is the rest of it?

[Meerjungfrau19]

very interesting movie

[bighairybiker45]

it wasnt a movie it was a documentry that was made in two parts the first looking for hood and the second looking for bismark

[Meerjungfrau19]

Rest in peace TED

We will never forget you !!!

[mango7272]

Ted Briggs passed away? =(

He was 1 of 3 survivors of the sinking.

[Edward681]

Sadly yes. 10-04-08

[dafmamut]

dei bismakt ist deusch

[YamatoTitanic]

Ted Briggs was a man of great courage it take a lot of courage to retell the event of what happened on that day and for that i will forever admire him. God Bless you Ted Briggs and rest in peace in Heaven.

[gazzata]

Very sad to learn of Ted Brigg's death at the weekend. Ted carried an enormous burden of guilt and grief. I have so many fond memories of him. My condolences to Claire. I hope that our film in some small way helped Ted in his daily struggle with the memories of Hood's demise.

[o3941]

is there more to this film then? if so, i would like to see it

[RaintreeLDS]

I know that the matter of the Bismarck was a battle for every navy upon the waters of the earth.

[Mancastrian]

HMS Gloworm was actually sunk by trying to first torpedo, and then by heroically ramming the Hipper (not the Gneisenau).

[cdfe3388]

Ted Briggs may be one of the luckiest sonofbitches who ever lived. That sure as hell was not his day to die. I know I would be getting REAL close to God after something like that...

[elswick1542]

not to be to argumetative but the brit expadition had bill jurens a world renown battleship expert, and a naval architect on board i would take there opinion above james cameron,rest in peace the crew of hood and bismark.

[spukgeist]

i will say this right now and i dont care what any one else says. damn good. this video beats mean like a bitch. i wish i could have done somthing like this

[f16134]

This reminds me of our polish destroyer ORP Piorun, which fought this beast for 1 hour and survived to tell the story.

[metube1120]

according to wiki, your destroyer "fought" the bismarck for half an hour with other british destroyers, at night, after the Bismarck was already cripppled doing about 10knots and unmanauverable, neither side scored any hits.

[f16134]

My point wasn't that my destroyer posed a threat to Bismarck, but that they have guts to exchange fire with no chance of success.

[metube1120]

very true, if my memory is correct, the lead destroyer commander was hoping to finish Bismarck off.

[f16134]

Yeah, maybe in his dreams, but what the hell, if you're fighting someone you have hope to win don't you? With all these rounds fired from Rodney and King George V (and rest of group) they weren't able to sink Bismarck but only to cripple her, so it would be almost impossible for destroyer to sink Bismarck.

[metube1120]

using torpedos, which do alot of damage below the waterline. it takes alot less torpedos to sink a ship than shells.

[f16134]

He was out of range and without possibility to close to Bismarck cause of heavy fire. Please if you want to reply do it on my account because we will trash whole comment site.

[cdfe3388]

f16134 is right. For a destroyer to strap on a battleship is a damn brave thing to attempt. They were very lucky not to get hit. The HMS Glowworm was sunk by the DKS Gneisenau in a fight like this, and 4 US destroyers took on half the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Each battle was a fine example of the courage (shit, balls of steel!) of the "tin can sailors" of the US and British Navies.

[f16134]

Thanks man! Big beer for ya!

[metube1120]

according to wiki, your destroyer "fought" the bismarck for half an hour with other british destroyers, at night, after the Bismarck was already cripppled doing about 10knots and unmanauverable, neither side scored any hits.

[Sturmwelle]

Very touching video. There were all sailors.

[Ironsiderodger]

As to the allegedly impenetrable hull, the armor belt was quite penetrable- not to contradict such nautical geniuses as James Cameron, Blue Water Recovery launched a survey with actaul warship experts. While certainly the sloped deck preformed admirably, the belt was indeed holed and photographed as such. Wotan steel aside, a 12.6" vertical belt is simply not that hard to penetrate- especially not at such ranges. The conning tower- even beefier than the belt, was riddled with holes.

[metube1120]

not to be overly argumentative, but the British documentary was proven to be flawed, a second team went and found that the armoured belt was only fully penetrated by 2 shells (by rodney, which has determenied by the side the hits occured). the belt had numerous dents, and patial penetrations. in regards to the Bridge it got the crap kicked out of it but i dont think they would have been able to determine whether the 14inch guns did the damage or whether it was mostly 16inch damage.

[zepsterboy]

metube1120, by the time the royal navy had finished with the Bismarck it was destroyed beyond recognition. Who cares how it bloody sunk. Churchill wanted it sunk and it was. End of. Lots of lives were lost on hood and bismarck and more time and effort should be spent on reflecting on that rather than mr cameron and his bullshit documetaries. I would rather listen to sailors like brigs and other british or german sailors who were there when it happened.

[togphags]

Gutless poms couldn't sink the bismarck one vs one, what a mighty ship she was.

[CaptainSirLord]

gutless poms??? tell me how does it feel when you wake up in the morning a look in the mirror and you realise your a F**KING twat

[ThrottleStuckOpen]

Brilliant reply my good man.

[Ironsiderodger]

The scholarly work of James Cameron aside; Bismarck was certainly gallant- and certainly flawed. As to sinking the Bismarck one on one; just because the German Battleships came out politely one by one for destruction doesn't mean the RN should have politely sent out one Battleship to intercept. Yes, Bismarck was mighty- yes her sloped main armor deck kept catastrophic hits away from the engines, sure she was resistant to sinking- but she was quickly mission killed, an unsinkable blazing reck.

[REDRONAN65]

ausies navy must have been mighty....Australia no history just full of all the thieving sheilas scum we got shut of so button it sheila.

[beastatlay]

I hope the facts compel you to clam the fuck up, TazzMania, you vinegar-sucking Kraut...Jesus wept, you'd think you people would have learned some humility after the shit-eating madness you put the world through *TWICE*. At least this confirms the mentality James Cameron hoped to appeal to. Anyway, I suppose all this typing will be keeping you from making lampshades from Jewish skin, eh?

[beastatlay]

PoW shipped exactly 400 short tons of water - almost unnoticable on a 42,000 ton full displacement. "Half full whit (sic) water" my arse. Prince of Wales actually shadowed Bismarck after disengaging and the two traded salvoes at ranges upward of 30,000 later in the day. Holland asked for a courts martial to dispel any talk of "running away".

[beastatlay]

Excuse me, that should be *Capt. John Leach*, not Holland, who asked for the courts martial.

[dougstiro]

What I am saying is POW was 2 weeks old and her crew not fully worked up.

7 hits, 4 15in + 3 8in. Rear Admiral Walker on Norfolk ordered POW to break off to protect the ship from any further damage. Had she or Hood scored a early damaging hit would Lutjens have used the superior speed of his ships to disapear into the Atlantic like in most other engagements with RN Heavy units present?

[dougstiro]

Post war tests on Tirpitz`s armor plates showd that British 14in and 16in shells would penatrate at the battle ranges without diffulculty. (reworded due to copyright)

Battleships, Antony Preston, page 150.

maybe they got the plates from a Scandanavian metal scrap metal dealer?

[dougstiro]

The Royal Navy tested there 14/16in shells against Tirpitz armour after the war and they penetrated easy enough. Why would Bismarks be any different?

[dougstiro]

Prince of Wales was a match for Bismark, just her crew wernt fully trained like the Germans. Plus she still had workmen onboard. As soon as Bismarks fuel tanks were holed she had to go home anyway.

[BigUnitBeef]

I wonder how many more times people will badger Ted Briggs for his story? I think I've heard the same thing ten different ways. The man has been through enough hell. He doesn't need to relive it. I hope he is doing tis because he wants to and not because he's asked to...

[mufazie]

Silly comments are peurile. Read some real stuff.

At least we were all white, not like the modern enemy!

[bmrrman]

We Gotta sink the Bismark to the bottom of the sea.

[deee1979]

i agree, sink the fucker and shoot the survivors

[lape2002]

lets just hope you never make it to the military

[deee1979]

i am already. british infantry.

[Wootly]

oh dear. u gonna give them a bad name

[deee1979]

not at all, we,re professional. at work.

[HagbardCeline232323]

Wunderbar!

Deutschland!!!