I got to go on the Vampire in 1986 when it was being decommissioned. It came through Newcastle and stopped so people could go on board and have a look. I learnt a lot about it that day it was awesome!!
I always thought that the Darings were one of the best looking destroyers built. I was on her sister ship the Vendetta and jeez this brings back some memories.
I’ve got one of the original vendetta tally bands, I was in vendetta class during recruit school and the museum staff gave them to our class cos they were clearing out some old stuff
I did the trip "Up Top" on the VAMPIRE in 1969. I didn't appreciate what a good wicket I was on when in the Navy. Thinking back now it was the best time of my life and I have a soft spot in my heart for the Old Girl.
I used to work with a guy that served on H.M.A.S. Vampire till the day she was decommissioned. He told me he thought she was scraped till the day he was walking around Darling harbor with he's wife. and spotted he's old ship sitting at the museum. lucky H.M.A.S. Vampire didn't end up in the beakers yard.
The Greatest & Best time of my life from 1975 to 1981 I was a ABWM (Weapons Mechanic) my battle station was N°2 on the left gun & watching him hands locked together slamming the rammer certainly brings back some fast paced fond memories.
I wonder if you were that WM bloke having a snooze on the deck next to the gun bay,when a group of us, phase 1 under training greenies walked pass, after we came onboard,for a bit of a look/see jolly from Cerberus.
Dad used to take us to Station Pier to tour the Navy ships. It was so exciting as a little boy. Great memories. Maybe I got my love of ships from these visits.
Are the good old days , " 6 degrees to port , it leans if I remember correctly, and the song "6 months in a leaky boat" comes to mind as well from the early 80's.
On the bridge - "Sonar equipment - used to identify submarines...." No; it isn't. THAT is a JUA radar display, nothing to do with sonar. Being on the bridge, it is primarily used for navigation. There is NO sonar gear on the bridge, (apart from a few repeaters); all that gear is in the Sonar Control Room, next to the Ops room.
@@NoName-ds5uq Ops room is full of gear, and he leaves most of it out. I know this is for the "average person", so he keeps it general; but showing one display (the SPA 50 air display) and saying "that's the radar" (multiple radar displays in ops and all can show all 3 search radars) is pretty misleading. And he doesn't mention the Fwd gun system console (other one is aft); which controls main armament and therefore a primary piece of gear. Once he gets to the gunbay, bit more informative and correct; the Chief gunbuster knows his gear. Shame they didn't have an ex S rate to do the same for ops. Good to see Vampire again though. Been to sea in Vampire and Vendetta.
Thanks for the walk through - Ops annexes, (1 and 2) Ops room, and the Fwd and aft M22 radar room - worked on most of the gear in those spaces at some time or other during 3 postings (Vendetta twice, Vampire once). Also looked after the radar in the two round domes Fwd and Aft. They are the search/track for the Gun Fire Control System. Thanks for the memories.
I saw the Vampire in person at the museum in Sydney awhile back, she was quite impressive to look at. Mainly because i had never been so close to a warship before.
I know for a fact you can also say that about tank crews and aircrew, such as my grandfather who was a waist gunner on a B-17. He would fill my young head with his war stories, and those of his friends. Hell because he was a trained mechanic for the bird he explained to me in great detail about how she flew, before I entered grade school I knew the deference between a radial engine and an in-line and there strengths and weaknesses! (Also OMG nerdgasm moment, I got a reply from The Challenger! :D)
+Andrew Schembri cool my grand dad didnt talk much about war ( he joint the viet minh since he was 15 and fight the france(whom try to recolonized us after ww2 and america support them ) then he fought agiant the american during vietnam war ( but at that time he had been train from military school and become a officer and work in some map room in hanoi ( lucky if he go to the south agiant he might die many vietnamese people die during vietnam war) he never talk about his fighting memory during the time he fight the france in area near by saigon he only talk about what they eat during that time and how bad the condition to live in jungle and about time he work in the general staff ( something about map ) and that all and he never talk much about war time ( later i find out many people dont wan to talk much or remember much about fighting time cause they might had lose friend and bad memories ) most of war stor i hear is from my grandmother/mother about the american bombing on hanoi during vietnam war and how they hide under bungker with other people and not sure if they gona wake up after go to sleep in the bungker + talk about some unlucky guy that didnt get in the bungker intime and get hit by a bomb and his head flew over 100 meter and land next to the bungker door
Re: No proximity fuse on display in the Gun Room, "We don't have any on display because the Navy wouldn't give us any." Navy's attitude was probably, " We've given you two of the three types of fuses. Isn't that enough? You do realise this all comes out of our budget???" Very informative video. One suggestion I would like to make, is to have a schematic of the length of the ship and highlight on it the area you are now going to talk about. Thank you 👍🏻
She was still cruising at 30 knots she would do 37 knots and that's from a very reliable source and was achieved on its way back from the far East on the west coast of Australia.
Just to remember HMAS VOYAGER, lost with the loss of 82 of her crew in 1964. HMAS VAMPIRE, is in some respects, a memorial to that sister ship. I have toured this ship and recommend a tour to anyone interested. Our last Gunship.
Seeing that gun bay was really nice. I went around to look for a video of a gun bay and the crew within it in operation, but I couldn't find one. If anyone finds a video of the inside of the gun bay in operation, could you send it my way, please? I really love to see complex systems work their magic- and even more so love to see people working with the system, so fluidly that they essentially become part of the machine, moving like clockwork, never missing their timing, it's so great!
Hi DormantGames, Am a volunteer guide at the Maritime Museum and doing internet digging on the vessels. I found this clip from HMAS Parramatta which is not the Vampire but looks like the same gun type? I learnt a lot from this homespun look at the firing ua-cam.com/video/WUO5EB_8FZY/v-deo.htmlsi=pmgVT-dCShw2_fux
I served on HMAS VAmpire right up until her decom cruise I was a comms tech, lived in 3DZ mess right under Junior sailors galley, Almost got washed off the iron deck in great Australian bight 1 night.
At 4:15 diagram shows her fitted with twin 40mm Bofors on her forward superstructure. THIS IS INCORRECT, she, like her sister ship HMAS VENDETTA, was only ever fitted with SINGLE mounts in these locations. However, the earlier HMAS VOYAGER was fitted with twin STAG. Mountings. How do I know, I served in Vendetta in 1967 then again 1970-1971 In fact the diagram appears to be that of the British “As Designed” Darings and NOT the modified Australian Darings of the Vampire/Vendetta types.
nice Video but this video make me remember the only Destroyer Tunisia ever had ( yes it was old WW2 Destroyer ) she was named President Bourgiba and she was Edsall-class destroyer escort ( the orginal name was USS Thomas J. Gary ) but sadly she suffered a major fire on 16 April 1992 and is no longer operational
Same I love the maritime museum. Whenever I traveled for work to Sydney I stayed just up the road in Pyrmont so would make a point to visit every time. I learned I could never be a submariner!
It should be pointed out that the Maritime Museum is only about a mile from where the Vampire was built at Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard, for while it was based on a British design, it was built in Sydney and had a number of local modifications not present on the British built ships, including air conditioning and improved crew facilities. The ship earned battle honours Malaysia 1964-1966 and while decommisioned, it retains the right to fly the white ensign, possibly because the navy still uses the ship as a training vessel for mine-clearance divers. Every 5 years the navy takes the ship into dry dock at Garden Island naval base (HMAS Kutabul) for maintenance and this has sometimes caused incorrect rumours that the ship is being refitted to be returned to active service. As a result of the best of care, visiting the ship reveals that the ship is in excellent condition, and is no rust bucket as might be expected of a decommisioned ship. The ticket to go aboard allows the visitor to explore places such as the gun room where part of this video was filmed. It is a highlight of visiting the museum and highly recommendable to anyone visiting Sydney.
+Wargaming Europe whats the chances of us getting a inside the tank : centurion video richard? seems like such an important tsnk to be left out , also thanks for all the great videos really is awesome to watch.
@ 00:53 on just a technical point the Latin word has been misspelled. It should be 'Audeamus' which has the meaning the narrator quoted. Audamus has no Latin meaning
In Malaysia have 2 old ship built by British KD Hang Tuah and KD Rahmat . Already in service for 40 to 50 year's ..this 2 class frigate for royal Malaysian navy..I hope wwship can see this 2 ship..
What was the purpose of a Destroyer class ship back in the day, in the WWI-WWII era? What was their roles? Were they basically Cruiser hunters? Were they designed to hunt other Destroyers? Did they act as Air Craft Carrier protection, because it wasn't worth having a Battleship protect it? They certainly didn't have the guns to go toe-to-toe with Battleships - the Destroyers guns would merely tickle a Battleship. So, what the _hell_ did Destroyers do?
Everything, really. They were the navy's work horse, generally speaking. Originally the idea was derived from torpedo boats which were designed as fast vessels used to counter enemy battleships... E.g. in the battle of Jutland, destroyer torpedo attacks were successfully deployed by the German fleet to keep the British battleships at bay. During WW2 destroyers (and lighter corvettes) were used as convoy escorts, to hunt down submarines and provide AA fire support. Destroyers also might be used as mine laying vessels. Or simply as part of a battleship centered task force, doing reconnaissance work and covering their supporting cruisers. By all means, rather ask, what didn't destroyers do, because those ships were versatile and all over the theatre of naval war
NovaMan 350 Destroyers and frigates are both support vessels for a battle group that carry out many jobs, however destroyers were historically larger, faster, and more heavily armed. These days the biggest difference is that frigates have mostly an anti-submarine role, but are more general purpose ships. Destroyers have an anti-aircraft role that includes radar and missiles aimed at longer distance aerial attack. In older times destroyers tended to be very fast compared to frigates but current destroyers and frigates have similar speeds. In summary: in older times destroyers were very fast assets, generally protecting larger, more powerful ships. Today that has evolved into air warfare ships with very sophisticated radar and missiles. They still protect bigger ships. It is their role that separates them from frigates. Destroyers tend to be more expensive than frigates so navies have more frigates, and only the navies of wealthier nations have modern destroyers.
Our next Aircraft Carrier should be named HMAS Vampire III. HMAS Vampire I was lost with the Carrier HMS Hermes in WW2. It would be a tribute to both ships which were lost together.
Can you guys make the HMAS vampire a premium ship? I think it would be pretty cool! You could have a good reload time fore the guns and powerful AA as well as a creeping smoke screen like the Perth. It would be Great if you could!
“Ship’s Compass”? More correctly “The bridge’s Gyro Compass repeater” The Ship’s compass is the magnetic compass with the two telltale iron balls on port and stbd side of the compass.
I was a Radio Operator on Hmas Derwent. There were never any telegrams being recieved for sailors. All communications came from Canberra or Darwin Navcommstas, and it was strictly military related. No time to recieve personal messages, unnless there was a serious family incident for a sailor, and the message would come through military channels for his HOD. No telegrams, no pizza delivery and no flowers. BTW That is JUA Radar on the bridge, not Sonar. I think the presenter must have been setup.
This might a be a biased question: but any chance the Chieftain or the Challenger will make a inside the tanks video of the Panzer 58 which happens to be in Thun.
u said in a previous video that your games are historically acurate. but in wows the germans only have cruisers. but in actuka fact there are many more ships e.g. there is this one war ship that all of the countrys feared, so if thay saw it or know were it is gona be, then that turned around and left. plz ad more german warships
About the size of a ANZAC Frigate tonnage wise and only 5 meters longer. New destroyers and future frigates are double that tonnage.twin turrets are far too slow to target a missile.
+tommy Spee Yes she did. From wikipedia: ''On completion of the work on 28 March, Campbeltown was transferred on loan to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she joined the 7th Escort Group and deployed with them in April-May. The Dutch proposed to rename her Middelburg, but this was not agreed as it would have been contrary to the naming agreed with the U.S. Navy. She underwent further repairs throughout June, and resumed convoy defence with the group in July-August. She was then nominated to be returned to the Royal Navy in September, but remained with the 7th Escort Group. She spent September working up with her Royal Navy crew and rejoined the group in October, where she covered convoys between Britain and West Africa. On 15 September she picked up the survivors of the Norwegian motor tanker Vinga, which had been damaged in an enemy air attack. She carried out escort duties in November-December, before taking passage to Devonport to undergo repairs.''
I was on the sister ship Vendetta and did the Vietnam deployment. We had the open bridge and it was not enclosed till the ‘73 refit. They were the best sea keeping ships at that time. Best looking as well.
I got to go on the Vampire in 1986 when it was being decommissioned. It came through Newcastle and stopped so people could go on board and have a look. I learnt a lot about it that day it was awesome!!
I always thought that the Darings were one of the best looking destroyers built. I was on her sister ship the Vendetta and jeez this brings back some memories.
I served on Vendetta too, late '70s. I reckon the Darings handled a rough sea better than the DDGs I served on later. Great ships!
sam phillips You were on Vendetta? So was my uncle.
I too served on Vendetta. Absolutely my favourite of the 6 ships I was on. Last of the great ‘gunnery’ vessels.
I’ve got one of the original vendetta tally bands, I was in vendetta class during recruit school and the museum staff gave them to our class cos they were clearing out some old stuff
I did the trip "Up Top" on the VAMPIRE in 1969. I didn't appreciate what a good wicket I was on when in the Navy. Thinking back now it was the best time of my life and I have a soft spot in my heart for the Old Girl.
Did 2 up top trips & RIMPAC in Hawaii as well. It was absolute gold back in the day. Served on Stuart & Swan great times & no regrets, i was a Stoker.
I used to work with a guy that served on H.M.A.S. Vampire till the day she was decommissioned. He told me he thought she was scraped till the day he was walking around Darling harbor with he's wife. and spotted he's old ship sitting at the museum.
lucky H.M.A.S. Vampire didn't end up in the beakers yard.
the story reminds me of the HMS Belfast.
You may met my pop who did he service on hmas vampire.
Sir, that is a superbly done video. Very smoothly done, and very engaging. Thank you for sharing the story of the HMAS Vampire with us. Fascinating
Last of the all gun Daring class of British destroyers built shortly after WW2. Thankfully Australia saw fit to preserve the ship, she's a Beauty!
Aaaand we're live!
We hope you'll enjoy this series, and don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions.
Next video in the battleship 😜
+Wargaming Europe Could you tell us the name of the music tracks? They are really good :)
Do the USS Texas it is my favorite battleship such an amazing back story to it
+Andrew Bosses they did
+Wargaming Europe Love it. I hope someday that wargaming makes a premium tier ship for the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier
The Greatest & Best time of my life from 1975 to 1981 I was a ABWM (Weapons Mechanic) my battle station was N°2 on the left gun & watching him hands locked together
slamming the rammer certainly brings back some fast paced fond memories.
I wonder if you were that WM bloke having a snooze on the deck next to the gun bay,when a group of us, phase 1 under training greenies walked pass, after we came onboard,for a bit of a look/see jolly from Cerberus.
Had a tour on HMAS Vampire back in 02, such a cool ship.
Dad used to take us to Station Pier to tour the Navy ships. It was so exciting as a little boy. Great memories. Maybe I got my love of ships from these visits.
Great video, Looking forward to seeing her in game.
Are the good old days , " 6 degrees to port , it leans if I remember correctly, and the song "6 months in a leaky boat" comes to mind as well from the early 80's.
On the bridge - "Sonar equipment - used to identify submarines...." No; it isn't. THAT is a JUA radar display, nothing to do with sonar. Being on the bridge, it is primarily used for navigation.
There is NO sonar gear on the bridge, (apart from a few repeaters); all that gear is in the Sonar Control Room, next to the Ops room.
Indeed! I learned how to use those displays at HMAS Watson in 88...
@@NoName-ds5uq Ops room is full of gear, and he leaves most of it out.
I know this is for the "average person", so he keeps it general; but showing one display (the SPA 50 air display) and saying "that's the radar" (multiple radar displays in ops and all can show all 3 search radars) is pretty misleading.
And he doesn't mention the Fwd gun system console (other one is aft); which controls main armament and therefore a primary piece of gear.
Once he gets to the gunbay, bit more informative and correct; the Chief gunbuster knows his gear. Shame they didn't have an ex S rate to do the same for ops.
Good to see Vampire again though. Been to sea in Vampire and Vendetta.
Thanks for the walk through - Ops annexes, (1 and 2) Ops room, and the Fwd and aft M22 radar room - worked on most of the gear in those spaces at some time or other during 3 postings (Vendetta twice, Vampire once). Also looked after the radar in the two round domes Fwd and Aft. They are the search/track for the Gun Fire Control System. Thanks for the memories.
I've been on that ship many times, my dad was in the navy and he use to take my brother and myself to the maritime museum all the time : )
I saw the Vampire in person at the museum in Sydney awhile back, she was quite impressive to look at. Mainly because i had never been so close to a warship before.
I love hearing old sailors talk about the ships they where on!
+Andrew Schembri Me to, such incredible stories and such passion. Challenger
I know for a fact you can also say that about tank crews and aircrew, such as my grandfather who was a waist gunner on a B-17. He would fill my young head with his war stories, and those of his friends. Hell because he was a trained mechanic for the bird he explained to me in great detail about how she flew, before I entered grade school I knew the deference between a radial engine and an in-line and there strengths and weaknesses! (Also OMG nerdgasm moment, I got a reply from The Challenger! :D)
+Andrew Schembri cool my grand dad didnt talk much about war ( he joint the viet minh since he was 15 and fight the france(whom try to recolonized us after ww2 and america support them ) then he fought agiant the american during vietnam war ( but at that time he had been train from military school and become a officer and work in some map room in hanoi ( lucky if he go to the south agiant he might die many vietnamese people die during vietnam war) he never talk about his fighting memory during the time he fight the france in area near by saigon he only talk about what they eat during that time and how bad the condition to live in jungle and about time he work in the general staff ( something about map ) and that all and he never talk much about war time ( later i find out many people dont wan to talk much or remember much about fighting time cause they might had lose friend and bad memories ) most of war stor i hear is from my grandmother/mother about the american bombing on hanoi during vietnam war and how they hide under bungker with other people and not sure if they gona wake up after go to sleep in the bungker + talk about some unlucky guy that didnt get in the bungker intime and get hit by a bomb and his head flew over 100 meter and land next to the bungker door
Hey! don't call my dad old! xD
Re: No proximity fuse on display in the Gun Room, "We don't have any on display because the Navy wouldn't give us any." Navy's attitude was probably, " We've given you two of the three types of fuses. Isn't that enough? You do realise this all comes out of our budget???" Very informative video. One suggestion I would like to make, is to have a schematic of the length of the ship and highlight on it the area you are now going to talk about. Thank you 👍🏻
Daring class. Did my MEM training on the Diamond. My chief stokers first ship was the Delight. Fine ships.
I’ve been on this ship and I’ve always thought it was one of the best looking destroyers
She was still cruising at 30 knots she would do 37 knots and that's from a very reliable source and was achieved on its way back from the far East on the west coast of Australia.
Just to remember HMAS VOYAGER, lost with the loss of 82 of her crew in 1964. HMAS VAMPIRE, is in some respects, a memorial to that sister ship. I have toured this ship and recommend a tour to anyone interested. Our last Gunship.
Great ship and went aboard her at Darling Harbour some years back and also been aboard the Vendetta in Brisbane as well.
Cool music buzzin' in the background.
D68 Or the Original Vampire was the ship my Pops (mum's dad) Dad's (so my moms dad's dad.) was on that ship. He went down. He survived.
Love DDs with double mt.5 in. guns....but the Fletcher class is CLASSIC!!!
what a awesome name of a ship. Australia need a new HMAS Vampire back in the fleet.
Finally we get her in game!
Seeing that gun bay was really nice. I went around to look for a video of a gun bay and the crew within it in operation, but I couldn't find one.
If anyone finds a video of the inside of the gun bay in operation, could you send it my way, please?
I really love to see complex systems work their magic- and even more so love to see people working with the system, so fluidly that they essentially become part of the machine, moving like clockwork, never missing their timing, it's so great!
Hi DormantGames,
Am a volunteer guide at the Maritime Museum and doing internet digging on the vessels. I found this clip from HMAS Parramatta which is not the Vampire but looks like the same gun type?
I learnt a lot from this homespun look at the firing
ua-cam.com/video/WUO5EB_8FZY/v-deo.htmlsi=pmgVT-dCShw2_fux
nice video series! :-) pls make a video about an Iowa-Class BB. I strongly suggest the USS Missouri due to her historical significance
Very good attraction to visit in Sydney, you can see three more old ships too but 1 day isn't enough.
Fantastic video WG
Another great vid Richard.
Cheers!
"A beam of 30 meters?" (4:12) I don't think so Tim!!
Max. 15m!
Fascinating as always!
wow ! HMAS Vampire !
I've been inside the Vampire when I visited Sydney.
I hope that these serie goes on !!!!!!!
Is it possible that a ship of the Iowa class will be seen in an other episode ????
I served on HMAS VAmpire right up until her decom cruise I was a comms tech, lived in 3DZ mess right under Junior sailors galley, Almost got washed off the iron deck in great Australian bight 1 night.
At 4:15 diagram shows her fitted with twin 40mm Bofors on her forward superstructure. THIS IS INCORRECT, she, like her sister ship HMAS VENDETTA, was only ever fitted with SINGLE mounts in these locations. However, the earlier HMAS VOYAGER was fitted with twin STAG. Mountings. How do I know, I served in Vendetta in 1967 then again 1970-1971
In fact the diagram appears to be that of the British “As Designed” Darings and NOT the modified Australian Darings of the Vampire/Vendetta types.
Wot about the boiler rooms and engine rooms where stokers toiled?? The ship would go nowhere without that
what a beauty!
They should add this in World of Warships.
+HansArthur Robert I think that's the plan when they get around to doing the British ships.
They have its a T 10 British Destroyer, The Daring'
4 years later... it's coming, finally.
Just aboard this battleship today, wonderful intro
Brilliant new series, love seeing something new. Keep it up! :D
nice Video but this video make me remember the only Destroyer Tunisia ever had ( yes it was old WW2 Destroyer ) she was named President Bourgiba and she was Edsall-class destroyer escort ( the orginal name was USS Thomas J. Gary ) but sadly she suffered a major fire on 16 April 1992 and is no longer operational
My dad served on this ship until paid off in 1986 he was the one who designed the bats bugged shirt for all the stokers
wow,this is way more detailed than the tank series
Such a great ship to go have a look at the meseum
Great video
I have been to see this ship sooooooooooooo many times (I live in Sydney)
So what do you consider to be the most interesting part of this ship?
Same I love the maritime museum. Whenever I traveled for work to Sydney I stayed just up the road in Pyrmont so would make a point to visit every time. I learned I could never be a submariner!
remember my brother worked on them ,spotted the voyager and vendetta from where I worked as an apprentice at the harbour trust ,lol long ago
Fascinating.
It should be pointed out that the Maritime Museum is only about a mile from where the Vampire was built at Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard, for while it was based on a British design, it was built in Sydney and had a number of local modifications not present on the British built ships, including air conditioning and improved crew facilities. The ship earned battle honours Malaysia 1964-1966 and while decommisioned, it retains the right to fly the white ensign, possibly because the navy still uses the ship as a training vessel for mine-clearance divers. Every 5 years the navy takes the ship into dry dock at Garden Island naval base (HMAS Kutabul) for maintenance and this has sometimes caused incorrect rumours that the ship is being refitted to be returned to active service. As a result of the best of care, visiting the ship reveals that the ship is in excellent condition, and is no rust bucket as might be expected of a decommisioned ship. The ticket to go aboard allows the visitor to explore places such as the gun room where part of this video was filmed. It is a highlight of visiting the museum and highly recommendable to anyone visiting Sydney.
Glad to hear they are looking after the old girl.
please do a inside the tanks: tiger 2 or king tiger
+David Van Der Gouw It's in the plans :)
+Wargaming Europe thanks, btw you guys are amazing
+Wargaming Europe whats the chances of us getting a inside the tank : centurion video richard? seems like such an important tsnk to be left out , also thanks for all the great videos really is awesome to watch.
+Jason Muir Cent soon my friend
Wargaming Europe I'll look forward to it , thanks
More Australian ships?
cant wait to see this in Warthunder
love the name they should re use it like the HMAS ATTACK
I'm a part of the Australian Navy cadet program My navy Unit is TS Vampire. This is the ship we are named after.
I went on the Vampire when i went to Sydney, neat.
@ 00:53 on just a technical point the Latin word has been misspelled. It should be 'Audeamus' which has the meaning the narrator quoted. Audamus has no Latin meaning
In Malaysia have 2 old ship built by British KD Hang Tuah and KD Rahmat . Already in service for 40 to 50 year's ..this 2 class frigate for royal Malaysian navy..I hope wwship can see this 2 ship..
HMAS Vampire is still maintained as an operational Naval vessel.
No it isn't.
Inside the Ships I cannot wait when will be ORP Błyskawica
What was the purpose of a Destroyer class ship back in the day, in the WWI-WWII era? What was their roles? Were they basically Cruiser hunters? Were they designed to hunt other Destroyers? Did they act as Air Craft Carrier protection, because it wasn't worth having a Battleship protect it? They certainly didn't have the guns to go toe-to-toe with Battleships - the Destroyers guns would merely tickle a Battleship.
So, what the _hell_ did Destroyers do?
Everything, really. They were the navy's work horse, generally speaking. Originally the idea was derived from torpedo boats which were designed as fast vessels used to counter enemy battleships...
E.g. in the battle of Jutland, destroyer torpedo attacks were successfully deployed by the German fleet to keep the British battleships at bay. During WW2 destroyers (and lighter corvettes) were used as convoy escorts, to hunt down submarines and provide AA fire support. Destroyers also might be used as mine laying vessels. Or simply as part of a battleship centered task force, doing reconnaissance work and covering their supporting cruisers. By all means, rather ask, what didn't destroyers do, because those ships were versatile and all over the theatre of naval war
NovaMan 350 Destroyers and frigates are both support vessels for a battle group that carry out many jobs, however destroyers were historically larger, faster, and more heavily armed. These days the biggest difference is that frigates have mostly an anti-submarine role, but are more general purpose ships. Destroyers have an anti-aircraft role that includes radar and missiles aimed at longer distance aerial attack. In older times destroyers tended to be very fast compared to frigates but current destroyers and frigates have similar speeds.
In summary: in older times destroyers were very fast assets, generally protecting larger, more powerful ships. Today that has evolved into air warfare ships with very sophisticated radar and missiles. They still protect bigger ships. It is their role that separates them from frigates. Destroyers tend to be more expensive than frigates so navies have more frigates, and only the navies of wealthier nations have modern destroyers.
Our next Aircraft Carrier should be named HMAS Vampire III.
HMAS Vampire I was lost with the Carrier HMS Hermes in WW2. It would be a tribute to both ships which were lost together.
Kudos, great work :)
Please do the Project 7 destroyer in China, and the HMS Belfast in London
I HAVE BEEN IN THIS SHIP
Same
+Mitchell Liu As have I.
I think we know what the tier ten for the upcoming british DD line is going to be
Can you guys make the HMAS vampire a premium ship? I think it would be pretty cool! You could have a good reload time fore the guns and powerful AA as well as a creeping smoke screen like the Perth. It would be Great if you could!
I would have liked to see the engine room and boilers
No engine or boiler room? Would kinda expect it to be here, it is like the heart of the ship realy :/
Atllep you can't go into the boiler room on the vampire anymore. My grandfather was a stoker on the vampire so it would be good to check it out
Anyone at Wargaming ever consider doing a tour of HMCS Haida in Hamilton? Much less HMCS Sackville in Halifax?
Daring class could be the best destroyer the British designed
As soon as he said they called it a bat i thought
“Hehe old bat”
“Ship’s Compass”? More correctly “The bridge’s Gyro Compass repeater” The Ship’s compass is the magnetic compass with the two telltale iron balls on port and stbd side of the compass.
I was a Radio Operator on Hmas Derwent. There were never any telegrams being recieved for sailors. All communications came from Canberra or Darwin Navcommstas, and it was strictly military related. No time to recieve personal messages, unnless there was a serious family incident for a sailor, and the message would come through military channels for his HOD. No telegrams, no pizza delivery and no flowers. BTW That is JUA Radar on the bridge, not Sonar. I think the presenter must have been setup.
Blyskawica next?
+Sam Harradence Yes, fairly soon.
3.5 seconds??? WOW
This ship was my first sea posting
I. Served on the H MA S Vampire ss a lme in 1964 sfter the Voyager incident ex LME. SCARSI
next USS Iowa please?
+blaster1 112 You already have the New Jersey
I was just on the ship today and the H.M.A.S Advance and the submarine I forgot its name
i have been on her.. in sydney .. darling harbour
This might a be a biased question: but any chance the Chieftain or the Challenger will make a inside the tanks video of the Panzer 58 which happens to be in Thun.
+MizutayioGP Nothing is impossible!
Wargaming Europe sweet
Wargaming Europe also talking about "nothing is impossible" can you ask minsk on how high the possibility is to see a swiss tech tree in WoT?
i would love to see the ships from the inside Ingame
one of my family members was a sailor on this ship
u said in a previous video that your games are historically acurate. but in wows the germans only have cruisers. but in actuka fact there are many more ships e.g. there is this one war ship that all of the countrys feared, so if thay saw it or know were it is gona be, then that turned around and left. plz ad more german warships
My dad served on he when in the navy.
We ever going to get this ship as a premium?
My uncle worked on the ship as a steward to the captain
My first sea posting 1985
0:50 the bat has a koala head
About the size of a ANZAC Frigate tonnage wise and only 5 meters longer. New destroyers and future frigates are double that tonnage.twin turrets are far too slow to target a missile.
You dont use a 5inch as AA either thats what SAMs are for.
ive been on this ship in real life its cool af
Is the ship in Daring harbour sydney
Dutch ships coming too?
+tommy Spee I think I've found the vessels the in game ships will be based upon. There is even aerial reconnoitering! /watch?v=80AbkgE4D8A
+tommy Spee the HMS Campbeltown sailed under the Dutch flag in WW2
+victorbart really? The nazaire-raid campbeltown? Did it sail under the Dutch flag? I didn't know that
+tommy Spee Yes she did. From wikipedia:
''On completion of the work on 28 March, Campbeltown was transferred on loan to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she joined the 7th Escort Group and deployed with them in April-May. The Dutch proposed to rename her Middelburg, but this was not agreed as it would have been contrary to the naming agreed with the U.S. Navy. She underwent further repairs throughout June, and resumed convoy defence with the group in July-August. She was then nominated to be returned to the Royal Navy in September, but remained with the 7th Escort Group. She spent September working up with her Royal Navy crew and rejoined the group in October, where she covered convoys between Britain and West Africa. On 15 September she picked up the survivors of the Norwegian motor tanker Vinga, which had been damaged in an enemy air attack. She carried out escort duties in November-December, before taking passage to Devonport to undergo repairs.''
the world of warships bg music
An open bride till 1970, that is rather disturbing giving the status of the cold war.
For a ship that was almost exclusively deployed with the Australian or Royal Navy South East Asian operations it makes sense given the climate.
I was on the sister ship Vendetta and did the Vietnam deployment. We had the open bridge and it was not enclosed till the ‘73 refit. They were the best sea keeping ships at that time. Best looking as well.