HMS Caroline - The Last Survivor of Jutland 

I volunteer onboard Caroline and she is a very beautiful ship and considered lucky. She only ever lost 3 crew members; one who fell overboard in 1914 and two killed at the Battle of Jutland who were onboard another ship during the battle. After her 1919 tour in India she had issues raising steam and returned to the uk at low speeds. So she was to be scrapped, however the first prime minister of Northern Ireland asked for her to be used in the RNVR so her boilers, screws, and rudder were removed and she was towed to Belfast where she has been ever since. She was deemed too impractical to be restored to seaworthiness during WW2. Apart from going into drydock at least 2 times prior to becoming a station in Belfast she remained at dock (although she was moved from one part of the harbour to Alexandria dock where she remains today.) Restored to a museum ship in June 2016 (100th anniversary of Jutland) and closed that Autumn to be drydocked. After the hull was restored from that she was returned to Alexandria dock but turned 180* from how she previously sat, and had two clamps attached to prevent her breaking loose. I highly recommend everyone go visit this ship. She is located behind Titanic Studios (where GOT was filmed) and within close walking distance of the Titanic Experience and SS Nomadic.

She isn't a HMS Warspite or a HMS Iron Duke. But HMS Caroline outlasted every other ship that fought at Jutland and continues to exist today. That's an impressive achievement itself.

My Great Father, Arthur Edward Holmes was killed at the battle of Jutland. He was a Stoker, 2nd class aboard HMS Defence which sunk by German fire and internal explosions. RIP. Never Forgotten.

With the string of videos on ships that ultimately got scrapped, I got worries when he got to the section of "how her career ended". Glad to see such an important ship surviving for over a century.

Its quite contrasting when the last surviving warship of the Battle of Jutland which was fought with big dreadnought battleships is a small cruiser!

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I'm going to be honest. I was really excited when I saw that you had uploaded this video. I had uploaded a video 10 months ago on the HMS Caroline. That video at the time of uploading, and until you uploaded this video today. It remained the only history video to be made on this ship. I'm so glad that I can no longer say that I have the only history video on her. This video is absolutely amazing, and very well done. Please keep it up, and I can't wait for more.

Very interesting topic keep it up the great work

Excellent video. I didn't realise she existed !

You forgot to mention Carolines most famous action at Jutland which involved her dueling with the Dreadnought SMS Nassau, and then firing two torpedos at the ship which passed in front and underneath.

I always wondered HOW Caroline survived. Another quality Video, looking to 500k? Patience, your content Deserves more attention.

i am 73 years old ,as a youth my best friend was danish, his dad lived in denmark and saw several drowned sailors washed up on shore during that great naval sea battle

We saw her in 2022 and I couldn't get over how sleek she was.

The anti-aircraft conversions are an interesting story

I’ve been looking for WW1 era surviving ships around the world ‘Aurora, USS Texas, Georgios Averoff, IJN Mikasa’ but somehow missed the existence of this one. The fact it’s turbines survived is a bonus. It’s within the realm of possibility for me to visit this one so I’ll add it to my list. In general the Royal Navy hasn’t saved much from this time period.

I saw Caroline on the North side of Belfast harbour, close in, in the late 70s. It is quite small, it really looked like a large destroyer. Cruiser Belfast in London was vastly bigger, verging on battleship length, about 14,000 tons. The plain observation platform on Caroline’s foremast looked like it belonged on a sailing ship. USS Intrepid in NewYork also looks ruined with a recent hideous ugly giant shed on its stern.

Caroline survived in the same way as Unicorn, the admiralty essentially forgot she was there acting as a "reserve training establishment" for 50 years. I was her in Belfast in the 1990's but as she was still an active training facility, but you could not visit her as a civilian without an appointment. She looked a bit sad from the Stranraer ferry i was on at the time, she certainly needed a repaint.......but she still exists.

HMS Caroline was my dad's pay ship in WW2.

I love your videos and so I hope this is a small ask, but when you're talking it sounds like you microphone is picking up thumps when you're banging your desk or microphone, which is pretty distracting. Is there something you can do to address it please? Thank you!

There's a 6" gun off of a 'C' class cruiser at the Sidney BC Legion. The ship was at Jutland. I bet the gun was too. Kinda cool

Please do a full insight into C/D/E Cruisers Come on sweet Caroline, a Valuable memory of past events.

that's a Beautiful Ship,

Immagine if she could speak. What great stories she may tell

Was the bow remodelled ? The early images appear to show a straight bow. The later images appear to show a curved bulbous bow typical of those better suited to ramming.

Main armament at the back? A Yenlen or a Nosdor?

Sweet Caroline

Other than a side view directed at that weird deck house, she is a beautiful ship. I wonder if anyone makes a 1/350 scale model of her class. Something to look into...

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Put her next to Texas

Rather than having a Warspite cope, I'd rather sing SWEET CAROLINE BAH BAH BAH

Caroline’s present predicament is disappointing , she is at the end of a cul de sac , which is at the end of another cul de sac where few people go , she cannot be seen from any roads, and visitors have to seek her out , which means they are few. The ship is showing signs of neglect , and the onshore visitor centre is closed , this contains mainly photos , with very few artefacts from her long and varied history. access to Caroline has been severely curtailed , and one now has to book a guided tour , and these only operate on certain days , it seems purchases in the small shop are card payment only , so it looks to some ,almost as if they don’t want visitors , it seems clear that she present management , as well as the isolated location ensures that the ship will never be a successful museum , which is a shame.

wish they’d got rid of the deck house such a hunchback on her appearance and otherwise rakish lines… will be sure to visit her regardless!

4 shafts, not 2.