The Buried Battleship! 

Begs the question whether any Nazi relics might remain within what is left of the ship carcass.

You are going to need one hell of a shovel to dig that one up. 😊

@@bigblue6917 LOL

@@bigblue6917 You probably won't even get there in the first place. As it was said in the video, it is in an area of the Kiel Naval Arsenal - meaning an active military facility. Getting in there is pretty much out of the question.

Yeah actually as German it happens once at my hometown. They actually found SC250 bomb at suburb near few block near my home with metal detector. The house owner immediately call a police to disarmed those bomb.

Eh.. no thanks. trespassing upon an active military facility is not exactly on my to-do list.

I VOLUNTEER

I am.

@Herbert Norkus hmmmm... kannst du Deutsch sprechen :D?

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 perhaps if we ask nicely and bring beer to the guardhouse they will let us in

Jervis Bay's heroic defense of HX84 was in the finest traditions of the RN. But in what context do we then evaluate the actions of the SS Beaverford? Not a warship, just a lowly merchant ship manned only by average Joe merchant seamen, she fought the Scheer for four hours to cover the retreating convoy. She was armed with a one 4" and one 3" guns, and she she fought gamely, popping in and out of a smoke screen to engage it's 11" armed opponent and taking 16 5.9" and 3 11" hits before finally succumbing to a torpedo hit. She was lost with all hands. her last signal was " “It is our turn now. So long. The captain and crew of SS Beaverford”.

Tom Semmens It appears that Jervis Bay has actually taken a lot of the credit that should have gone to Beaverford, given how much longer the latter lasted in that fight.

@@bkjeong4302 I think there is enough glory for all, Beaverford ,though not forgotten, is overlooked by Naval historians because they are naval historians & she was a civilian ship. I have never heard Naval personal disparage the Red Ensign.

There is an Australian connection to HMS Jervis Bay, something the Royal Australian Navy has honoured by naming ships after it. First, Jervis Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales, is the official ;'home anchorage' of the RAN. Second - Fogarty Fegan, the captain of HMS Jervis Bay in her final battle, had been an instructor at the Royal Australian Naval College at, you guessed it, Jervis Bay. Not of huge significance in the great scheme of things, but interesting to know..

Without further delay.

Long Caster : Yes ! Imagine digging down and finding a way into the ship ...

Ok I'm already in germany so I want to volunteer. xD

Im ready with my metal detector, soooooo... XD

So if i finally end my studies in German, can i volunteer too?

Was about to say something similar. So yea, Go Mark!

Yep same. Every single video uploaded.

Mark all the way!

Me: on pornhub when a mark Felton notif pops up Me: The hardest choices require the strongest wills

I remember when TLC had legitimate content worthy of being on a channel called "The Learning Channel."

Couldn't do that today, just think of all risk assessment forms that would have to be filled out.

Lol when you dont have a ladder your friend works fine

Actually he’s taking the plug off the gun but it’s still hilarious.

then you are gay..

I could imagine this actually being a standard wartime procedure, maybe even one they trained (which is probably what's going on in the video clip). Removing the plug could be a very time-critical step for preparing for battle, and the time to find and set up a latter could cost precious time. Another man is a much quicker and easier way of getting up to that height. All the concerns about risk assessment and it not being allowed now - it's all a bit different in wartime. What would make that tricky though is if they needed to do that while at sea, on a rolling and pitching deck. I've played "chicken" (the version with people on one another's shoulders trying to knock one another off, typically in a pool or other water) enough to see how unstable a man with a person of equal weight on his shoulders is. A more logical solution would probably to attach ropes to the plugs so they can be pulled out from the deck, but there must be a reason for not doing so, as if anyone would think to do something like that it would be the Germans.

they should have concentrated on subs as recommended by Karl Donitz

Are you also the same simple man that post this comment everytime?

Agreed.

Ah but surely the role would have to goto Toni Robinsohn instead.

'And we only have three days to dig it...."

Eh.. considering the relative proximity to Chernobyl (compared to Scapaflow) it would be up for debate how low the amount of radiation really is. Plus, the area is not exactly readily accessible with it being an active naval facility.

It would be prohibitively expensive - plus there isn't enough left to warrant restoration. It really is but the bulk of the hull itself. As such I think it is more worthwhile to preserve it as a memorial.

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 I wonder if anyone like a historical society has put a marker up at the site, or if the military base has prohibited that.

You lucky bastard

Think my brother is off to that

Enjoy Metallica, but looking out my window, your gonna get wet

they literally did the same thing to even their own glorious armada completely.

Why the hell would New Zealand need a Navy? Located nowhere near any water.

This video repeatedly shows images and film of ships that are either Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. Ships that are not at all related to the Admiral Sheer or its sister ships. So the accuracy of the video relative to the narration isn't particularly good imo.

well.. at least around 60% still exist... that is the chunk that is buried there.

Phil, yes! HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles! Good call!

Good call but if we are really going to get picky at the time of the battle she was only on loan to NZ, so in some sense she was still kind of British.

of what if I may ask?

It's now part of a possible underground resistance..

@@Phineas_Freak It's humor, think about it.

Great idea, but you'll need a BIG trailer to tow it home.

Diving on that otehr wreck is also not advised due to unexploded ordnance. Plus it being a war-grave and all..

Same here. but that is why I like these videos. You learn tidbits of history you would otherwise not have known about.