Where these the two submarines that were parked up next to the Motorway into Portsmouth from the West? As i rembered seeing them and i think there might of been a third one though havent been there in years sad really they never looked that bad. Great videos and some good memories
I actually, and by chance, went onboard one of these boats in harrys, as it was being scrapped, looking for fuse boards for a ship I was refitting at VT, and it was in fact HMS Opossum. I know this for a fact as I served on the Opossum as Outside Wrecker, (Ex and Serving submariners will know what I am talking about) for 9 Years, so new her pretty well.
The United States Navy's O class submarines were created out of the lessons learned from the United States L class submarine. The O class were more robust with greater power and endurance for ocean patrols. The O class were built much faster than previous classes and were commissioned in 1918. The group 2 boats entered service just before the end of World War I. Eight of the group 1 boats survived to serve in World War II as training boats when they were recommissioned in 1941. wikipedia
Why do all Americans assume they are American subs, these are in fact British thro and thro, even the engines were designed and built in Uk, Admiralty Standard Range Diesels 16 Cylinder V mechanical supercharged monsters!
I am in possesion of the depth gauge shown in this video, it is in pride of place on my wall here in France.
@FrenchClarkes the Americans did have O class submarines. the owner of this video station they are O class he could be wrong ,ok so you have a depth gauge what class of British sub is the post war ?
It's not that these proud vessels were unseaworthy it was that they're un-war-worthy.
Diesel boats are loud. They have no stealth and as such, are no good at their mission. In the even of a war, they'd be the first to go. The men in them would be sacrificed for no good reason.
@44971719785648751978 To quote Hvygunner "These weren't American boats; We haven't had diesel subs for decades, and nuke boats aren't disposed of like this...... They're old UK subs. but thanks for blaming the US for something we didn't do... Again..."
The view of the diesels at 1.00 reminds me of the time 30 years ago I went around the submarine at Gosport submarine museum. Parties were shown around by volunteer retired submariners. In the engine room I asked him "What was the noise like when these were running?" With good humour he answered "Bloody awful how do you thing I got these?" Pointing to the large hearing aids he had in each ear. The navy would not be able to get away without providing ear protection now without being sued.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I had a look round this scrapyard. There was a load of stuff there. I was thinking of acquiring a life raft but the dogs turned up and chased us out.
There are still some of these diesel-electric Oberon Class subs left with museums and good on them. I hear conflicting reports about the Falklands Veteran HMS Onyx and the Submarine Heritage site in Barrow , Cumbria. Will she be the premier boat or not?
@clydeferries yea here in canada our subs are e'ffn museum pieces just like these in about the same shape so dont worry they will be around for a long time!
There is an old Australian O class ( HMAS Otama ) still afloat and moored of the coast near Stony Point {Western Port Bay Victoria near Melbourne}. It must have been there at least 10 years now. Is was supposed to go on display as a tourist attraction in the small nearby port of Hastings but nobody could decide exactly where to locate it or raise the money required. It can be seen if you go to the end of Hastings pier but the closest land view is from Jacks Beach Reserve
One of the sadest vidio's on hear, a rotten way for such a pair of lovely boats to be seen. It's good that at least one has found a home, I used to work on them as part of fleet maintenance back in the early 80's and they were really good boats. No they are not yank, they are british and one of the best diesel boats of there time and funnily enough kicked butt at rimpak exercises compared alongside the yank noisy we are greater than thee boats. thats a fact.
One of the sadest vidio's on hear, a rotten way for such a pair of lovely boats to be seen. It's good that at least one has found a home, I used to work on them as part of fleet maintenance back in the early 80's and they were really good boats. No they are not yank, they are british and one of the best diesel boats of there time and funnily enough kicked butt at rimpak exercises compared alongside the yank noisy we are greatter than thee boats. thats a fact.
Very beautiful ships, I would say. HMAS Otway (S 59), HMAS Ovens (S 70), HMCS Onondaga (S73), are three surviving ships known to me, that are used as maritime history museums. There is one more ship, HMAS Otama (SS 72/SSG 72), that is currently private sub of a kind of tourism company, that wanted to sell it, but buyer is presumed to convert it to the first in the world drug-smuggling sub and as i know deal was cancelled.
@EagleOwlHayakawa - HMS Ocelot is currently preserved in Chatham Dockyard. UK. It is in a dry dock next to HMS Cavalier and is open to visitors all year round
It is indeed sad to see these once proud boats lying like this for salvage/ scrap. OPPOSUM visited Swansea two weeks before I joined the Navy in the early 80s, the crew were great and very proud of their boat. Typical though of the UK MOD(N) to scrap good ships and boats years before it was necessary. Pity they did'nt get rid of the horrible old Type 42 destroyers, those heaps outlived many better ships.
At least one of this class of sub survived. It's a permanent exhibit at the Fremantle Maritime Museum in Perth, Western Australia. The Royal Australian Navy donated it to the museum. It seems that of late, whenever the Royal Australian Navy decommissions a ship, they turn it into a dive wreck. Submarines would of course be an unsafe option as a dive wreck, shich is why this one was spared. There are two tours a day on board
thanks for that. I saw this sub in Freemantle but lost the photo's. I didn't know that the Oz navy routinely scuttled their ships. I wish ours would do the same.
@barthoedemaker These weren't American boats; We haven't had diesel subs for decades, and nuke boats aren't disposed of like this...... They're old UK subs. but thanks for blaming the US for something we didn't do... Again...
@BlueonGoldZ wow you can spell! im vary prode of ya to bad we cant all be like you and be a good boy get are grade 12s so what have do with lately ? beside pick in people who cant be like you ,,or should i say no assholes
Sumarine Oberon class! Classe inglesa de submarinos, o Brasil possuiu três desse tipo: o Riachuelo, Tonelero e o Humaitá. O Riachuelo foi transformado em museu!
this yard was next to the greyhound track, but can be seen from the road bridge as you go into portsmouth, it was just below the bridge to the right. i spent some time at this yard in the 1990s salvaging equipment out of OTTER which was put aside for me as it was being scrapped...started off as a few souveniers then got out of hand, ended up as a shed display in norfolk 10ft wide x 56ft long, now moved to orkney and at my house ( see " visit eday" then go to "attractions," north school. .mike.
further to below..for those interested the OTUS seen in the video clip DID NOT get scrapped and is now a floating museum in germany ( see youtube HMS OTUS) the other s/m in the clip was the ORACLE
the submarines scrapped at pounds were -- P556 ( old american NOT u boat), STATESMAN, TIPTOE, ARTEMIS, OTTER, OPPOSSUM, ORACLE, ORPHEUS, OPPORTUNE. (OTUS..not scrapped)....i tried to save ORPHEUS (at scrap value) but harry got her instead, saved bits off artemis,otter, etc, now in my display. mike.
The "O" class diesel-electric submarines were the finest boats ever built. Don't let anyone else kid you that they weren't. These and the "Leander" class Frigates were the best in the business.
The old diesel subs went to the staye naval militias as training ships.
rigamarrow 1 week ago
Where these the two submarines that were parked up next to the Motorway into Portsmouth from the West? As i rembered seeing them and i think there might of been a third one though havent been there in years sad really they never looked that bad. Great videos and some good memories
Forevagrey 2 months ago
I remember when myself and Uncle Sean Connery and cousin Alec Baldwin used to go cruising in this when they where in town.
olechevy 3 months ago 2
Amazing ! ! !
CanalLeoneKGB 3 months ago
I was in a car passing these Subs with a French naval officer, he suggested we look after our equipment better. He did not realise they were scrap.
dustyRN 3 months ago
know how many drug cartels would kill for one of these? hell give it to em' i say we could use the practice..
LYinKansas 3 months ago
title wrong spelling - it says "scapyard submarine"
layerzone11 3 months ago
Very sad to see such boats in this condition. But a very cool video.
Thanks for uploading! :)
megatwingo 3 months ago
ima bought to cry.... ):
dragonluv4life 3 months ago
beautifully done video thanks :)
beefstroganof 4 months ago
I actually, and by chance, went onboard one of these boats in harrys, as it was being scrapped, looking for fuse boards for a ship I was refitting at VT, and it was in fact HMS Opossum. I know this for a fact as I served on the Opossum as Outside Wrecker, (Ex and Serving submariners will know what I am talking about) for 9 Years, so new her pretty well.
FrenchClarkes 4 months ago
The United States Navy's O class submarines were created out of the lessons learned from the United States L class submarine. The O class were more robust with greater power and endurance for ocean patrols. The O class were built much faster than previous classes and were commissioned in 1918. The group 2 boats entered service just before the end of World War I. Eight of the group 1 boats survived to serve in World War II as training boats when they were recommissioned in 1941. wikipedia
uhfnutbar1 4 months ago
Why do all Americans assume they are American subs, these are in fact British thro and thro, even the engines were designed and built in Uk, Admiralty Standard Range Diesels 16 Cylinder V mechanical supercharged monsters!
I am in possesion of the depth gauge shown in this video, it is in pride of place on my wall here in France.
Ex Outside Wrecker.
FrenchClarkes 4 months ago
@FrenchClarkes the Americans did have O class submarines. the owner of this video station they are O class he could be wrong ,ok so you have a depth gauge what class of British sub is the post war ?
uhfnutbar1 4 months ago
@FrenchClarkes
love to see a photo of that for the site
peter@submerged.co.uk
scapa6 4 months ago
@FrenchClarkes How many times was it dropped? <:
RexReam 3 months ago
this subs should be in museums or turned into museums like the "hornet" carrier, not left out there to rust to nothing.
ricardoeldelmustang 4 months ago
It's not that these proud vessels were unseaworthy it was that they're un-war-worthy.
Diesel boats are loud. They have no stealth and as such, are no good at their mission. In the even of a war, they'd be the first to go. The men in them would be sacrificed for no good reason.
Mrcodewarrior77006 4 months ago
I am wondering...how much would it take to restore one of these ships to seaworthiness?
WA5CVI 4 months ago
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@44971719785648751978 To quote Hvygunner "These weren't American boats; We haven't had diesel subs for decades, and nuke boats aren't disposed of like this...... They're old UK subs. but thanks for blaming the US for something we didn't do... Again..."
chcardinal 4 months ago
At some point.. they all made someone proud.
MadHawk8 5 months ago
You tax money hard at work, Spending thousands of dollars building it and ditching it somewhere else. Got to love the USA.
44971719785648751978 5 months ago
@44971719785648751978 , Sorta like when you buy a car spending a butt load of money and then it falls apart in like ten years.
houseandthensome 4 months ago
@44971719785648751978 funny , those are not american submarines..... so hows my tax dollars being misused in this case?
wwclay86 4 months ago
The view of the diesels at 1.00 reminds me of the time 30 years ago I went around the submarine at Gosport submarine museum. Parties were shown around by volunteer retired submariners. In the engine room I asked him "What was the noise like when these were running?" With good humour he answered "Bloody awful how do you thing I got these?" Pointing to the large hearing aids he had in each ear. The navy would not be able to get away without providing ear protection now without being sued.
freebeerfordworkers 5 months ago
When I was a teenager in the 70's I had a look round this scrapyard. There was a load of stuff there. I was thinking of acquiring a life raft but the dogs turned up and chased us out.
tridbant 5 months ago
More, more !
JetMechMA 5 months ago
To me a submarine is not more than a floating cigar shaped pressure cooker, to others a part of their life.
sonnylatchstring 5 months ago
The submarines the Oberon class!
generaldandan 5 months ago
I remember seeing these once when i was little on our way back from the Isle Of Wight
class47peter 5 months ago
Is it me or i just saw an engine still in good shape, not to mention the interiors and the systems.
pogpog28 6 months ago 2
@pogpog28
no, you are right. virtually intact, compasses, periscope ect. long gone unfortunately
peter
scapa6 5 months ago 7
The interior looks to be in great condition. Pitty they have been taken away
barry8472 6 months ago
Hey i seen on Discovery channel Huge moves 1 Submarine gone to rimsoukie something like that
spongeex 6 months ago
There are still some of these diesel-electric Oberon Class subs left with museums and good on them. I hear conflicting reports about the Falklands Veteran HMS Onyx and the Submarine Heritage site in Barrow , Cumbria. Will she be the premier boat or not?
clydeferries 7 months ago
@clydeferries yea here in canada our subs are e'ffn museum pieces just like these in about the same shape so dont worry they will be around for a long time!
porpoisefathom 6 months ago
There is an old Australian O class ( HMAS Otama ) still afloat and moored of the coast near Stony Point {Western Port Bay Victoria near Melbourne}. It must have been there at least 10 years now. Is was supposed to go on display as a tourist attraction in the small nearby port of Hastings but nobody could decide exactly where to locate it or raise the money required. It can be seen if you go to the end of Hastings pier but the closest land view is from Jacks Beach Reserve
binaway 7 months ago
it saddens me to see those 2 great achievements just stand in there and eaten by the time...
jeffhardyhotmail 10 months ago
One of the sadest vidio's on hear, a rotten way for such a pair of lovely boats to be seen. It's good that at least one has found a home, I used to work on them as part of fleet maintenance back in the early 80's and they were really good boats. No they are not yank, they are british and one of the best diesel boats of there time and funnily enough kicked butt at rimpak exercises compared alongside the yank noisy we are greater than thee boats. thats a fact.
01ROBOTIC 11 months ago
One of the sadest vidio's on hear, a rotten way for such a pair of lovely boats to be seen. It's good that at least one has found a home, I used to work on them as part of fleet maintenance back in the early 80's and they were really good boats. No they are not yank, they are british and one of the best diesel boats of there time and funnily enough kicked butt at rimpak exercises compared alongside the yank noisy we are greatter than thee boats. thats a fact.
01ROBOTIC 11 months ago
These iron soldiers will be remembered for generations.
IncredableDrE 11 months ago
i would love to cash in all that scrap !
stevesai 1 year ago
Very beautiful ships, I would say. HMAS Otway (S 59), HMAS Ovens (S 70), HMCS Onondaga (S73), are three surviving ships known to me, that are used as maritime history museums. There is one more ship, HMAS Otama (SS 72/SSG 72), that is currently private sub of a kind of tourism company, that wanted to sell it, but buyer is presumed to convert it to the first in the world drug-smuggling sub and as i know deal was cancelled.
EagleOwlHayakawa 1 year ago
@EagleOwlHayakawa - HMS Ocelot is currently preserved in Chatham Dockyard. UK. It is in a dry dock next to HMS Cavalier and is open to visitors all year round
subradioman2093 9 months ago
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SuperKingofChina 1 year ago
Those were my dads or granddads, same name
SuperKingofChina 1 year ago
It is indeed sad to see these once proud boats lying like this for salvage/ scrap. OPPOSUM visited Swansea two weeks before I joined the Navy in the early 80s, the crew were great and very proud of their boat. Typical though of the UK MOD(N) to scrap good ships and boats years before it was necessary. Pity they did'nt get rid of the horrible old Type 42 destroyers, those heaps outlived many better ships.
jjaiy 1 year ago
I love submarines! Inside it's still great condition!
pnakas 1 year ago
At least one of this class of sub survived. It's a permanent exhibit at the Fremantle Maritime Museum in Perth, Western Australia. The Royal Australian Navy donated it to the museum. It seems that of late, whenever the Royal Australian Navy decommissions a ship, they turn it into a dive wreck. Submarines would of course be an unsafe option as a dive wreck, shich is why this one was spared. There are two tours a day on board
Mechknight73 1 year ago
@Mechknight73
thanks for that. I saw this sub in Freemantle but lost the photo's. I didn't know that the Oz navy routinely scuttled their ships. I wish ours would do the same.
peter
scapa6 1 year ago
Junk for the US Goverment, a treasure to some....
barthoedemaker 1 year ago
@barthoedemaker These weren't American boats; We haven't had diesel subs for decades, and nuke boats aren't disposed of like this...... They're old UK subs. but thanks for blaming the US for something we didn't do... Again...
Hvygunner 1 year ago 33
hehehe, you welcome!
kindly regards
enterBJ40 4 months ago
@Hvygunner decades there all most a Centry old 1918 fisrt built "United States O class submarine" look it up wikipedia mister know it all :)
uhfnutbar1 4 months ago
@uhfnutbar1 I sit corrected, I fixated on the WW2 fleet boats. You have the point sir.
Hvygunner 4 months ago
@Hvygunner no no you can have the point ill stay in the rear :)
uhfnutbar1 4 months ago
@barthoedemaker You're an idiot.
BlueonGoldZ 1 year ago
@BlueonGoldZ and your an ignorent unknowing cock
stevenlarge1 4 months ago
@stevenlarge1 No one is talking to you so shut it. Besides, you spelled 'ignorant' wrong, you moron.
BlueonGoldZ 4 months ago
@BlueonGoldZ wow you can spell! im vary prode of ya to bad we cant all be like you and be a good boy get are grade 12s so what have do with lately ? beside pick in people who cant be like you ,,or should i say no assholes
uhfnutbar1 4 months ago
i bet those gauges are worth sumn
bassaddict1231 1 year ago
I have ever been at railway engines scrapyard but this scrapyard is more interesting.
ScrapyardT 1 year ago
so sad
perroygatonegro 1 year ago
Sumarine Oberon class! Classe inglesa de submarinos, o Brasil possuiu três desse tipo: o Riachuelo, Tonelero e o Humaitá. O Riachuelo foi transformado em museu!
generaldandan 1 year ago
1:49 i want that engine in my backyard.
MyMIXmedia 1 year ago
the site of these proud ships sitting in the shallows rusting into nothing is such a sad sight.
Lojinn 1 year ago 12
that sad.
canadahistory 2 years ago
He had a German U-Boot in there, which had been beached on the flats north of Portsmouth Harbour and was finally cut up c.1990
locomotive1804 2 years ago
I want one in my backard too, what a collector's dream, lots of rust to clean off and lots of things to tinker with !
msylvain59 2 years ago
Hey I want one of those. I would change my name to Captain Nemo and rule the seas!
rudedogii 2 years ago
I remember them sitting there for ages. The scrap yard is still there (though with little in it) and the whole area is scheduled for redevelopment.
reynolds1701 2 years ago
@reynolds1701 where is this i want to go just to see the site its sad we could still be using those subs today but our dumb government
Irish8594 1 year ago
this yard was next to the greyhound track, but can be seen from the road bridge as you go into portsmouth, it was just below the bridge to the right. i spent some time at this yard in the 1990s salvaging equipment out of OTTER which was put aside for me as it was being scrapped...started off as a few souveniers then got out of hand, ended up as a shed display in norfolk 10ft wide x 56ft long, now moved to orkney and at my house ( see " visit eday" then go to "attractions," north school. .mike.
d165354 1 year ago
further to below..for those interested the OTUS seen in the video clip DID NOT get scrapped and is now a floating museum in germany ( see youtube HMS OTUS) the other s/m in the clip was the ORACLE
the submarines scrapped at pounds were -- P556 ( old american NOT u boat), STATESMAN, TIPTOE, ARTEMIS, OTTER, OPPOSSUM, ORACLE, ORPHEUS, OPPORTUNE. (OTUS..not scrapped)....i tried to save ORPHEUS (at scrap value) but harry got her instead, saved bits off artemis,otter, etc, now in my display. mike.
d165354 1 year ago
The "O" class diesel-electric submarines were the finest boats ever built. Don't let anyone else kid you that they weren't. These and the "Leander" class Frigates were the best in the business.
PenzancePete 2 years ago
@PenzancePete Too true..I served on "Dicky Dido" and Odin
JIMBO5444 1 year ago
That´s sad.
elcido172 2 years ago
cool video, and good qualy
kavdenmark 2 years ago