Texel, 1914: HMS Undaunted Ambushes 4 German Torpedo Boats 

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I don't believe I ever heard of that battle before. Thanks for sharing. I love naval history!

Never heard of this naval battle. Glad to know about it now. Nice job with the video.

Never heard of this battle, thanks for sharing the details…these are awesome stories

Wow - hadn't know of this naval engagement before. Another superb production from House of History! Quite a credit to the Royal Navy. Interesting to note the differences with how the German kriegsmarine employed E-boats during the Second World War.

Excellent video, well described and laid out, thanks. This situation often happened to Allied escorts, that is, happen upon a far more powerful enemy that is also faster. While cruisers and destroyers have the speed to run if surprised (and heavier capital units can fight their way out), many escorts found themselves faced with adversaries that far outgunned them and higher (sometimes double) their speed. While these German torpedo boats were only slightly slower, their fate was sealed the moment they were spotted. Nowhere to run, and just have to do what they can, knowing the end is near. There are countless examples, but one is HMAS Yarra, Lcdr Rankin. A sloop escorting a convoy was intercepted by 3 heavy cruisers and 4 destroyers. They could do 32/34 knots, Yarra 16. What can you do????? Except make as much resistance as you can. Every sailors worst nightmare, as on the ocean, there is nowhere to hide.

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It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about naval engagement between the British task force and the German empire task force during WW1 in the North Sea .thank you( 🙏house of history) channel for sharing this remarkable video....what was notable British firepower ranges, accuracies, and maneuverability successfully was remarkable

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent insights as always from you.

On the map you've put Harwich on the River Blackwater. It's about 20 miles North on the Orwell Stour estuary.

A very well presented piece of WW1 naval history previously unknown to me ! Thanks a lot.

Most German torpedoes were bow mounted requiring them to turn into an enemy.. they were also very vulnerable to damage.

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Great video as always!

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I’ve studied this battle a lot thanks for doing a video on it. But really it’s hard to call it a battle and more of a spanking the poor torpedo boats never stood a chance

Superb work Sir ... Interesting and educational

German destroyers were called torpedo boats during WW1 and were pretty much all numbered with a letter preceding the numbers. I think they were painted black too for night actions.

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Very well made video as always!

Fantastic video, so I have subscribed. Thank you

very nice video also ty never heard of it

Nicely told tale of a little known battle.

Love your work, but I hope for years now to see you make a video about the Battle of the Three Kings !

I thought the title suggested HMS Undaunted was alone. In fact it was a cruiser and 4 destroyers against 4 small torpedo boats.

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Dear Sir, I would like, if possible please to share the story and galentry of the Australian AE2 submarine during the gallipoli and Dardanelles campaign

2:27 - nice animations and maps of the progress in Belgium in the minute before but what about the Dollart bay and the green parts on the west shore of the dollart / ems and the island? Were those really german islands back then cause they are green ?

Can you make a video about the Battle of Cárdenas during the Spanish-American War? And the real version of it not the american subreality

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Interesting

Make a video on the sinking of Ashigara by HMS Trenchant ww2

Sailing or steaming?

Texel is known locally as "Tessel" or even "Tezzel". I sailed in the area in the early '90s, in remembrance of Childers "Riddle of the Sands". I suggest you do more research. Slante! ☘👿 Tasmania.

at the end an obvious outcome based on the size of the ships where torpedo boats never had a chance. Would have been nice to see pictures of these ships or similiar boats to get them right - I mean a sizewise comparison.

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1 CL and 4 DD vs 4 Torpedo boats lmao

how did the torpedo boats fail to outrun the destroyers....

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Knew about the later land battle during the dying stages of WWII, but not this one. Ta

Would you consider doing a video on the 1st bombing raid on Bailikpan? Conducted by the B-24s of the 5AAF 380BG ? My grandfather was in the lead squadron 531st . It was considered the Polesti of the east.

Small comment. You say the Germans are heading southwards; you have them north-bound. Then, they altered to the north-east, At east one altering north-west; the others more or less northwards. You then say attempting evasive manoeuvres. I'll accept the visuals there. A small point. Larger hull numbers are normally read as individual numbers, e.g. One One Nine, vice one hundred and nineteen. Two-numbers as the latter (PT Seventy Three)

The name of this Dutch island is pronounced as tessel, not as teksel.

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Great animation and all. Sadly this battle is so minor in every aspect. The british force was so much bigger than the germans and as expected the british destroyed torped boats. Come on this is a really minor battle in all the battles that happened.

To be fair, the battle was only a resounding British victory because of failures with German torpedoes. To British destroyers were quite lucky

Not much of a battle. More like a one sided massacre.

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Classical fans getting the least love lately

I thought this was great but it's a strange narration. you don't seem to know many military terms and mis-pronounce English

Not worth looking

“60 Miles south west of Texel “… yeah, so , that is 30 miles west of Haarlem… 😂

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