One of the best WW1 lectures I have watched. More new information on the U-boot technology and practice than any other presentation. The anecdotes were very powerful.
A hydrophone was the name for the undersea microphone used for vessel location, a hydraplane controls trim angle along with ballast tanks, just a verbal typo I'm sure😎 Interestingly, hydraphones were about in WW1.
I looked up the information of the U-118 at 58:04 on wikipedia. Nothing about the crew dying in their sleep. The uboat surrendered in February 1919. While it was being towed in April 1919, the cable snapped and it washed on shore.
Apparently it was not the crew who died but members of the British pubic who boarded the boat whilst she was aground at Hasting, overcome by battery fumes.
Wonderful. Except, What you described with the bearing replacement, is a Babbitt bearing, as opposed to a ball bearing . Crank, or cam bearing, which is a shell type bearing made similar to your description .Thank you, extremely informative .
Blake Class Cruisers in service during WW1, these preceded the Edgar Class. Edgar Class had 10k endurance and were well noted for their rough sea worthiness...they were withdrawn from the role outlined in this video as there were better uses for them elsewhere....not because of of short endurance and poor sea keeping.
1916 Armistice on any terms...? Wow, that really undersells just how inadequate the German peace proposal were to the international community by focusing on how it denied French and British war aims rather than how it legitimized Imperial German ones....it was never workable. It was only one of many such preemptive Armistice seeked by the Axis.
Even much more! Translate £1,000 in gold then, to the price of the same amount of gold today. Or consider the cost as share of GDP then and now. Adjusting for book keeping inflation of a currency doesn't work very well when translating historical costs and prices.
I don't think the little U-boats of the German Flanders flotilla did operate from Antwerp, as is said here. Because then they had to pass the Dutch sovereign waters of the Western Scheldt, and I don't think the allies would have the neutral Dutch allow that. But that's just a sidenote to this superb presentation.
Ottoman empire saw regular food crisis pre WW1, very well documented. .... it could be said WW1 saw one of the biggest uses of starvation as a weapon, both sides realising off the bat, it could win the war, rather like US Civil War. I gota say this video paints a rather one sided picture.
HMS Dreadnought did not sink U-9, she sank U-29, and not by accident but design, as her commander, Otto Weddingen - the former commander of U-9 - was in process of attacking the Grand Fleet at the time in 1915.
Exactly, it often gets confused, cause Weddingen commanded U-9 when he sank Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy and took over U-29 when he attacked the Grand Fleet but was spotted and rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought
The story at the end about the engineer making a new 'tin ball bearing'? .... A white metal bearing repair was attempted, completely different scenario.....
33 mins in, hang on a tad.....the Leyland Line passenger ship Nicosian was being shelled by U27 when the Barralong arrived, in the area responding to a distress signal from the White Star Liner Arabic (no forewarning, 44 lives lost) torpedoed by U24. Barralong placed itself between U27 and Nicosian and, U27 continued shelling both ships😎
Chris, thanks for your comment. I am very dyslexic and prone to 'misspeak'. I do hope that you enjoyed the talk and my misspeaking didn't distract you too much. Best wishes Graham Kemp
Bill, I take no joy from the deaths of friend or foe. War is an abomination, and if lessons are to be learned we must understand the mindset of both sides. Best wishes Graham Kemp
Baralong a war crime?.... Possibly and by modern revisionist parlance probably, but, back then, afterall there was no Geneva Convention as we know, only for impartial treatment of wounded on a battlefield for both military and civilians. It should be remembered that as late as 1913, there was a gentlemans agreement that merchant shipping and, civilians would not be targeted by undersea boats "amoung civilised powers"....broken immediately by the German fleet. So, seemingly ever changing rules to suit U Boat warfare which was cruiser rules, (prize rules?) and, when U Boats are shelling, torpedoing and sinking unarmed passenger liners, without notice and, with zero regard for thousands of lives onboard tbese ships, blown up, drowned by water or fuel oil in lungs, exposure, burnt to death and a myriad of other agonising ways to die....tempers understandably run high. I think it's amazing that this event was wasn't the norm such as the little respect given to say captured Q ship personnel or on land, snipers for instance. You can nail as many notices of fairplay in war but, at the end of the day it's all generally about killing, wounding, starving one side more than the other, there's no pleasant way to do it. Regarding Churchills pirate déclaration this was in response to the German declaration that British Mystery (Q) ships were to be treated ss pirate ships and, all onboard as pirates....which was odd as there was no motivation of profit but, understandable when their success rate was so good against the U Boats.....and it should be remembered many British in the Q ship 'panic boat' were machine gunned out of hand....The Mystery ships are a particularly, interesting but, rarely known of part of the great war. A relative of mine sailed on one and, I do mean sailed, over 60 were rigged😎
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Thank you, just kept me glued to it. A Great speaker and an interesting subject
One of the best WW1 lectures I have watched. More new information on the U-boot technology and practice than any other presentation. The anecdotes were very powerful.
Indeed! And I've seen hundreds of online lectures about the Great War, as they were mass produced 2014-2018. This one fills in many blancs for me.
Great presentation, absolutely fascinating insight into teh U-boat war. Thanks Graham.
A hydrophone was the name for the undersea microphone used for vessel location, a hydraplane controls trim angle along with ballast tanks, just a verbal typo I'm sure😎
Interestingly, hydraphones were about in WW1.
If you were so sure why did you have to bring it up. Sometimes it’s better to say nothing.
3:15, i think he meant to say Hydroplanes, Hydrophones are something totoally different :)
As a night security guard im feeling blessed i can watch content like this. Brilliant lecture, thoroughly enjoyed it. Many thanks.
What a phenomenally good lecture, explaining the Great War uboat concept!
Excellent presentation.
Excellent presentation!
Thank you for this talk. It has been very interesting and added depth and context to my reading Dead Wake. Thank you Mr Kemp
Thanks for the presentation! Wonderful
A fascinating lecture on WW1 submarine warfare. Thanks.
Great stuff I'll buy the book when he finishes it
Great upload. Keep them coming!
love this man great speech
grtz from Holland
Excellent thank you
I looked up the information of the U-118 at 58:04 on wikipedia. Nothing about the crew dying in their sleep. The uboat surrendered in February 1919. While it was being towed in April 1919, the cable snapped and it washed on shore.
Apparently it was not the crew who died but members of the British pubic who boarded the boat whilst she was aground at Hasting, overcome by battery fumes.
Great upload, thanks for sharing :)
Easily the best video I've seen on U-boats in either war.
Fascinating lecture.
Love all your content
Absorbing! Thank to all concerned.
Wonderful. Except, What you described with the bearing replacement, is a Babbitt bearing, as opposed to a ball bearing . Crank, or cam bearing, which is a shell type bearing made similar to your description .Thank you, extremely informative .
Blake Class Cruisers in service during WW1, these preceded the Edgar Class.
Edgar Class had 10k endurance and were well noted for their rough sea worthiness...they were withdrawn from the role outlined in this video as there were better uses for them elsewhere....not because of of short endurance and poor sea keeping.
1916 Armistice on any terms...?
Wow, that really undersells just how inadequate the German peace proposal were to the international community by focusing on how it denied French and British war aims rather than how it legitimized Imperial German ones....it was never workable.
It was only one of many such preemptive Armistice seeked by the Axis.
Brilliant sò informative
Any idea when the book will be out?
A £1000 torpedo in 1914 would be £120,000 in 2021😎
Even much more! Translate £1,000 in gold then, to the price of the same amount of gold today. Or consider the cost as share of GDP then and now. Adjusting for book keeping inflation of a currency doesn't work very well when translating historical costs and prices.
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9:30 one toilet for hundred people? No, the German ww1 Uboats never had that many crew, most had not even 50. Ww2 had around 50 in type VII.
Blimps were used around Britain to spot submerged U boats from air.
I don't think the little U-boats of the German Flanders flotilla did operate from Antwerp, as is said here. Because then they had to pass the Dutch sovereign waters of the Western Scheldt, and I don't think the allies would have the neutral Dutch allow that. But that's just a sidenote to this superb presentation.
You are right a geographical slip of the tongue, I meant Ostend
So why did chlorine gas escape from the batteries when they were diving out of control?
The Turnip winter. The power of Mahan.
Ottoman empire saw regular food crisis pre WW1, very well documented.
.... it could be said WW1 saw one of the biggest uses of starvation as a weapon, both sides realising off the bat, it could win the war, rather like US Civil War.
I gota say this video paints a rather one sided picture.
Excellent talk
Ironically, the top WW1 U boat ace sounds like a Frenchman!
HMS Dreadnought did not sink U-9, she sank U-29, and not by accident but design, as her commander, Otto Weddingen - the former commander of U-9 - was in process of attacking the Grand Fleet at the time in 1915.
Exactly, it often gets confused, cause Weddingen commanded U-9 when he sank Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy and took over U-29 when he attacked the Grand Fleet but was spotted and rammed and sunk by HMS Dreadnought
The story at the end about the engineer making a new 'tin ball bearing'? ....
A white metal bearing repair was attempted, completely different scenario.....
Should this have been introduced with the Tipperary song rather than Mademoiselle from Armentieres?
33 mins in, hang on a tad.....the Leyland Line passenger ship Nicosian was being shelled by U27 when the Barralong arrived, in the area responding to a distress signal from the White Star Liner Arabic (no forewarning, 44 lives lost) torpedoed by U24.
Barralong placed itself between U27 and Nicosian and, U27 continued
shelling both ships😎
First Rate. 😍
Interesting presentation but so many strange misspeaks
Chris, thanks for your comment. I am very dyslexic and prone to 'misspeak'. I do hope that you enjoyed the talk and my misspeaking didn't distract you too much.
Best wishes Graham Kemp
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Walter Schwieger so gutted and disappointed at sinking the Lusitania, that he proudly wore his Iron Cross awarded for it...
Hydroplanes.
Graham Kemp’s evident joy and sympathy for U-Boat successes and the crews is more than a little disturbing.1:03:25
OFFS
Bill, I take no joy from the deaths of friend or foe. War is an abomination, and if lessons are to be learned we must understand the mindset of both sides.
Best wishes Graham Kemp
Excellent insight/analysis of WWI submarine warfare. But he kept saying "sunk" instead of "sank." Augh!
Baralong a war crime?.... Possibly and by modern revisionist parlance probably, but, back then, afterall there was no Geneva Convention as we know, only for impartial treatment of wounded on a battlefield for both military and civilians. It should be remembered that as late as 1913, there was a gentlemans agreement that merchant shipping and, civilians would not be targeted by undersea boats "amoung civilised powers"....broken immediately by the German fleet.
So, seemingly ever changing rules to suit U Boat warfare which was cruiser rules, (prize rules?) and, when U Boats are shelling, torpedoing and sinking unarmed passenger liners, without notice and, with zero regard for thousands of lives onboard tbese ships, blown up, drowned by water or fuel oil in lungs, exposure, burnt to death and a myriad of other agonising ways to die....tempers understandably run high.
I think it's amazing that this event was wasn't the norm such as the little respect given to say captured Q ship personnel or on land, snipers for instance. You can nail as many notices of fairplay in war but, at the end of the day it's all generally about killing, wounding, starving one side more than the other, there's no pleasant way to do it.
Regarding Churchills pirate déclaration this was in response to the German declaration that British Mystery (Q) ships were to be treated ss pirate ships and, all onboard as pirates....which was odd as there was no motivation of profit but, understandable when their success rate was so good against the U Boats.....and it should be remembered many British in the Q ship 'panic boat' were machine gunned out of hand....The Mystery ships are a particularly, interesting but, rarely known of part of the great war. A relative of mine sailed on one and, I do mean sailed, over 60 were rigged😎
In other words: a submersible and it's hydroplane not hydrophone.
Not misnomer. Oxymoron. But I get you.
Great presentation .