Interesting video. When I was 16 I read about the only German submarine captured on the open sea, the U505. I got to visit it when I was 40. It's a static display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. The comment about "only two toilets" reminded me part of the U505 story. When it was captured the vast majority of the 70 plus crewmen were rescued but of the two toilets in the U505 only one toilet was working. I also noticed that the Soviet Submarine relied on a lot of wood in the interior. The U505 had a lot of wood also. The USS Drum, a WWII sub on display in Mobile Alabama, has virtually no wood. The interior is all metal, primarily steel. Thanks for posting the video. This stuff always fascinates me. John
Thank you John, The German Submarine sounds cool to look around, There's a video on my channel of a sunken world war 1 German submarine which is the only sunken one in UK waters that can be seen. I'm guessing the wood was the cheaper and lighter option to use. wow must have been bad that many guys and only one toilet! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
I looked at the video this morning then decided I needed to get back to work :-) I have two UA-cam channels ua-cam.com/users/jhettish and ua-cam.com/users/jhettish1945 The second channel has me flying airplanes both simulated and real. I enjoyed your editing job on both videos. John
Haha! work always spoils fun! lol You have a new subscriber here! :) I can't fly airplanes only drones, much safer that way lol Thanks, i'm no pro, i'm learning as I go with the editing! lol
Fascinating - I've been through U-995 at Laboe near Kiel. She's a static exhibit and in quite good condition. What a cramped existence is a submariner's life! The Type VIIC U boat was lots smaller than this boat - about 45 crew. Hope this boat makes it to restored order.
Graeme Wallace ah that sounds cool 👍 they're working hard on restoring it, I'll go back and get some more drone footage of it restored and hopefully another tour of the inside
I worked with an ex submariner and one day we were talking about naval service and I told him he had a personality that would fit in on a submarine. I said that because he was a mellow and likable person and I heard that in order to serve you had to have your head screwed on straight, in other words, they had to pass psychological tests and when he said, "how did you know I served on subs?" That was kind of a mind blower because I had no idea before he was a submariner, I just took a guess just based on his personality.
My dad and grandad took me on this when it was mored in London as a kid in the late 90s, it was immaculate then. I see it looking down from my local park/going into town. Shame that Chatham Dockyard can’t take it on, it would make a fantastic exhibition alongside HMS Ocelot, getting to experience inside subs of both sides of the Cold War.
I first watched this video upload in the prone position following the X, Y, Z tilt dynamics of the drone after a rather sizeable bag of local grown spinach. At first I wasn't sure if the red paint on the casing was radioactive half life decay against the ferrous metal of the steel casing from a possible 'Plutonium' as opposed to the Wests 'Uranium 235' nuclear fission reactor, and so this helped me get better into a plank position for the trip inside to the radio communications compartment. Thanks to the beauty of cannabis, the extra dimensional feeling from all of those lovely Gamma rays, atomic physics which is the basis for all matter in our crazy universe, and my poignant 'nailed to a cross' prone positioning, I was able to phase the electrons in my mind and take 3D photo's of the communications radio, including any encryption and "enigma" circuits, instantly uploading the live 3D circuitry footage to 'God knows where' - Something perhaps resembling 'Thunderbird 5' orbiting the earth in a geo synchronous orbit around Gia (Our mother planet). Afterwards I celebrated with bountiful French Cafetiere coffee and ring "donuts', then went about my subtle business learning to further my ability at bending spoons. Spoons which don't exist and never will mo fo's! It's another true story! I will carry on on my state deniable benefits of ESA and DLA and might even take up a spot of roach fishing, merged into the background of the Nile river bank with my crafty use of DPM, spinach and a universally accepted look of gormlessness. Adieu! (Or am I?) JC - D241777B - Ex Royal Navy Submarine Weapons Engineer. (Retired to enjoy cheap watches, Swiss tobacco, Sailor Jerry's Spiced Rum, and lose scallywag woman) Bye!
Visited the U-434 Soviet Sub in Hamburg Germany. Interesting tour. The shot in this video of the Mess reminded me of what our guide told us, that the officers mess table doubled as an operating table. The music in this video makes me feel like I'm playing the Return to Castle Wolfenstein game. LOL
No about the same as far as space inside. The U-434 was commissioned in 1976 and supposedly made it inside the New York harbor on a spy mission. it is a Tango class submarine.
In her day the B-49 was a state-of-the-art fleet boat, with all the then-latest innovations in diesel-electric submarine design incorporated into her, and a serious threat to NATO surface ships. She'll be quite a museum piece when the restoration work is finished.
I sat in a 30 ton excavator on the port side bank for a year looking at her always wondering what she looked like inside , a real surprise to see it looking so good , often watched the guys welding on deck or in scuba gear working underneath .
You wouldn't think those diesel engines would be quiet but If running on battery then yeah virtually silent! Unfortunately Chatham dockyard wouldn't take it in, I guess because it's not got any history in relation to Chatham dockyard
I attended a James Bond Theme party on this Sub when it was based at Folkestone Harbour. The main dance floor and area where you set up for the party was in the massive battery room ( they were removed ). Only problem was as the tide went in and out the Sub would list to the left or the right. Well worth a visit if given the chance.
Thank you, I'm glad you like the video and it gives you a good insight of what its like inside and out, it's surprisingly in really good condition inside when you think how corroded the outside is, The owners are doing an amazing job of restoring it tho
Wow that's good to hear, I'm no professional, Just a newbie trying to get my videos out there at the mo. all my pictures are phone pictures. I've just had a look at your work, your a very talented photographer!
@@Medwaydroneexploration Technically, they are never off during a patrol. There will be three shifts usually. The lights will follow a day/night cycle with different colours.
There were not any psychologists in the Soviet Union, and submarines were manned without any psychological tests, but any guy should have two recommendation letters, one from the school or the last workplace, and one from the youth organization. And the officers examined recommendation letters of the newcomers before taking them on board. And there were not any psychologists on the sub too. Boys left school at 17 y.o., and joined the army at 18 y.o., most of them were good in mathematics, because all of them had a profound course of integral calculus at school, including derivation algebra, sine law, etc. So they were capable for nautical charts navigation without any additional training. Nowadays nothing changed. Schoolboys take the same course in maths. With such knowledge, all that they need to do in order to make excellent soldiers is the two-year service in army, and it doesn't matter where they serve. I think that making the boys study algebra is the first step of making excellent reservists. Because sines and cosines may come in handy only somewhere in army, there is not any way of using it in ordinary life, if you are not a mathematician
Awesome. Its amazing how well preserved it is inside. Many thanks for taking the time to make this video and for sharing it. I can not see what there is not to like about it. Keepup the good work!
At age 19 myself and my younger brother went on board an in-service submarine which was visiting the area and was located in Torbay. It didn't happen often so we took the opportunity to visit it, like hundreds of others. The little boat which delivered us, couldn't pull up alongside because of the cabin housing so we had to transfer to the sub by (this wouldn't happen now), standing on the bow rail and getting hauled up by two beefy submariners. They saw me, a tubby 29 year old, said to each other, "we got a big one here" (cheek) and put a bit more effort into lifting me up. Too much, as it happened, and I fly up and over the top of the sub, narrowly skidding to a halt, arms whirling, trying not to go into the sea. Phew! almost did though. Anyway, it was a very good visit, no privacy for the sailors though, and no doors on the "head" toilets, just open into the narrow corridor, We saw almost everything, except the comms room which was off limits. My brother, who was training to be a marine radio officer, was a bit pissed off about that. This was the bit he really wanted to see.
was that the owner in some of those pics???... If so I don't think I would want to cross him.. Beside you wouldn't want to walk in on something you shouldn't have seen ;-D
Having been in the US sub service in the 60's I enjoyed your video. I was interested in howIt very, very similar the Russian sub is to the SS-481, USS Requin which is one of the subs I was on. It is currently a museum in Pittsburg, Pennsysvania, USA., part of the Carnegie Museum. If you ever come to the USA you should visit it.
Ah cool, I can only imagine how hard life must have been living and working on a sub. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'd love a trip to the US, it's gonna be a while until I can get out there though. There is an identical one to this in San Diego which is open to the public, I think it's B48
Excellent video, thanks. I went on board this sub when it first appeared in the Thames and had a nice black painted hull. Things I remember were. It was very roomy inside, for a sub. The galley was tiny in comparison. There was a British torpedo on board. Other than that, memory is blurred, but this vid brought it back..
Thank you I'm glad you liked it, it is very roomy inside with a tiny galley I don't know how they cooked for 70+ men in there! Glad this brought back some memories for you 👍😊
There was a shower in this submarine, but there was not enough water to wash. Each cruise took 60 days (max. endurance was 90 days). So they tried to make better use of the water they had (diesel subs have not any fresh water generators). And to keep themselves tidy they used pure alcohol or 99% spirit. The Chief medical officer could give them some rags soaked in alcohol, and they used them for wiping. And the officer observed the process. Rags were burned up finally. In toilets they blew the shit out from the lavatory with compressed air after each use. A freshman may accidentally blow the shit into his face by mistake. The central office was between 2 toilets. And they closed the toilets after surfacing to avoid the smell. After that they used the conning tower for toilet. Another problem was oil from the engines, it was everywhere, and the smell of diesel oil and grease is constant. They had to wear gloves the whole day. When submerged, temperature in the sub could nearly be 50 degrees Centigrade. And while charging up, the batteries emitted hydrogen, so they had to surface and turn on the fans, and it got as cold as it was outside
Yes, the interior of the sub is in amazingly great condition. Much more wood than I expected. And although cramped, less than US diesel "boats." And German U'Boats? No comparison.
Yes I've only seen the remains of a 100 year old German U-boat laying in the mud (see my other videos) it does look a lot smaller than this one, I was very surprised at the amount of space on this
The later type IX fleet uboats were significantly larger. However all the captain gets is a tiny curtained bunk with some drawers by the hydro phone and radio shacks. The US Balao class actually had a proper stateroom for the captain with: A bunk, small desk and chair and a washbasin. Utter luxury by ww2 sub standards. maritime.org/tour/fbc-captain.php
I worked as an RAF Telegraphist at HQ Coastal Command, Northwood in 1964-65. Interesting to see what we were up against. Interior looks pretty grim for the crew. Plenty of floatable wood about in case they took a hit from us.
Good to see someone fixing her up, sad to see the state it was in a few years ago (seen a video of it on UA-cam that was posted a few years ago). What got me interested was a video of a few kids sneaking on it and getting busted by the police, and it was listing and the outside looked absolutely horrible condition.
+madmax2069 yes I saw that video of them sneaking on too! The listing to one side was a leak in one of the ballast tanks that has now been sorted. It is good to see history being saved, so much work has already gone into her 😊
As a US submariner qualified on a Guppy II class boat (Tench class, USS Runner, SS-476) I see the similarities between our WWII sub and the Foxtrot. It is no surprise that the Soviets provided minimal human comforts and I think ours were much better (but not always comfortable). One thing does surprise me though, viewed fully restored she will be the most beautiful combustion powered submarine ever built. To me, well, gorgeous. The nukes came along and when Seawolf cleft the waves it was a different competition, but the Black Widow puts all other diesels to shame. The Guppy and the Foxtrot were the best of that era and the if Guppy was Lauren Bacall then the Foxtrot was Monroe.
They may be old boats but in a hypothetical conflict back in the 80's: One boat gets close enough to a surface convoy and fires a brace of wake homing torpedoes: Half of the merchants are going to be sunk even if the escorts take it out with counter fire. Those 53-65's the Soviets had were essentially giant gas tanks with a warhead on the end. Acoustic countermeasures were useless against them and no merchant could outrun them. Nasty stuff!
There's an O Class Sub at Chatham dockyard called Ocelot, I've toured it a few times, never gets old, nowhere near as much space on it as the Soviet sub tho, must have been hard working in such cramped conditions, some parts you can barely stand up straight
@@Medwaydroneexploration No, I'm just an interested semi enthusiast. Some people have a quite astonishing knowledge of the facts and figures of these boats. I'm more of a generalist into the general submarine concept and what conditions aboard were like. Perhaps it was playing too much Silent Hunter that got me hooked? You might like to check out the Cold Waters playthrough of "Jive Turkey" who is a retired US Navy submariner who worked sonar on the infamous Los Angeles class boats during the 90's. He applies as much of his real-life training as much as possible in the game and explains the concepts as much as he can within public domain limits on submarines and submarine warfare. Well worth a watch and yes; plenty of foxtrots to deal with!
Went on this when it was in Folkestone harbour ,the ladder/stairs at the rear torpedo hatch was the way in and out . It was listing to one side a couple of years ago until she was bought ,good to see someone is looking after her 👍
that entrance is partially blocked off at the mo, pretty sure it had a few spiders guarding that entrance too lol it was listing to one side for quite a while after it was moved to its current location but they have fixed that problem now, she's definitely getting some much needed TLC now
I found it interesting, to note how much wood, was used in the fitting out of interior spaces, such as office cabinets, and in banks of drawers in the officer's wardroom. Desks, and the like. I figured that all of those applications would be either aluminum or steel.
American Ships of a military nature usually are (or at least were: Not been on one for many a year) all metal constructions. Very cold "feeling". This was carried over into their Merchant Marine for those that were on a "Standby For Military Duty" list. The reason, so I was told, is to reduce fire spread. Personally, I would have hated to serve on such a ship....give me wooden fixtures & fittings anyday.
Oliver Perry and Spruance ships were decommissioned due to the highly flammable aluminum alloys. But I visited a WWII submarine. There are a lot of wooden decorative material too, and no one objected to using it during the war
If a door does not need to be watertight; steel is a bad choice. An accidental slam could be heard outside the sub. That's why doors on subs often get swapped out for curtains wherever necessary. The Russians will tend to use wooden sliding doors on their subs to this day for the same reason.
Soviet submarines aren’t designated “U” followed by the hull number. The “U” designation is an acronym for the German designation “unterseeboot” which, in English, means “underseaboat” or “submarine”. 🤙🏼
Yes that's right this is B49 she got the U number once she was bought privately, I'm not exactly sure why they went with a German number on a Soviet sub tho lol
Very interesting. I saw her on Yesterday Channel in a programme called Abandone Egineering. Do we know how she got to the UK? I often see her from the railway bridge when on my way to Rochester. Fascinating piece of word history.
Ah I missed that program. I'm not sure how it ended up in the UK other than it was bought privately to be used as a tourist attraction. I'm glad you liked the video 👍😊
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Good old fashioned Radium paint! Quite safe as long as some idiot doesn't try to scrape it off the gauges. The biggest danger was to the factory workers painting it on. Though safety even in the USSR was better than the "Radium girls" had it in 1920's clock factories.
Bob Dole yep, and not to mention countless other examples of careless governments (Including the United States) exposing its citizens to radiation knowing full well it would affect them horribly in the future.
Thanks for the video. It's interesting to compare the inside of a Soviet sub to their US counterparts. by the way, shouldn't the background music have been the Soviet/Russian national anthem played on a loop? Just wondering about that...
B-49 actually. B-65 was one of the earlier 611 (Zulu) class. (Note Soviet subs do not have B numbers assigned in numerical sequence, for security reasons.)
S=Coastal boats (can't remember the Russian), B="Bolshaya" Large (attack) boats (such as the B-49 depicted here), K="Kreyser" Cruiser (attack) boats, TK=Not entirely sure, but I believe these were the Diesel powered Ballistic Missile/Cruise Missile boats.
glad to see this vessel getting saved. I went onboard in Folkestone Harbour when the heads (toilet) were blocked so you can imagine how ripe it was inside? Always thought the owner could have done a deal with Chatham Dockyard and parked it in dry dock next to the 'oberon' class sub they have there?
I like your thinking but unfortunately Chatham Dockyard probably wouldn't allow it as it wasn't built there, it would be an ideal place for it though as they could open it up to the public for tours which would generate income to help pay for the restoration work. Have you been on a tour of Ocelot at the dockyard? I'd definitely recommend it if you haven't! although Ocelot is much smaller inside compared to this one. I can imagine how ripe it was with a blocked toilet, can you imagine around 90 men sharing just 2 toilets when it was active... That must have been bad! lol
Try getting on board the Japanese midget subs which entered Sydney harbour during WWII. The cut one in half and one part was set in concrete at HMAS Cerberus. I literally could get from one end to the other and I was slim back then. The Japanese navy must have recruited very small men to serve on them. It was literally a mass of piping inside, being 6 foot one I couldn't stand up in it. I believe it's now in Canberra at the war museum.
In 1969 soviet Captain Murashov shot with faeces at USS Enterprise, he blew it out with compressed air. It sounds exactly like a torpedo salvo (for he shot with air from the torpedo tubes at the same time). Americans detected the torpedo shot near the carrier and made an abrupt move to avoid the fake torpedo. Enterprise brushed USS Belknap, and a plane run into the carrier's island, for a carrier is not supposed to move when planes are landing. It was the most prominent catastrophe with 27 dead, 343 wounded, 15 planes were destroyed by fire.
And Capt Murashov was never seen again, because that epic toilet flush caused the catastrophic failure of the pressure hull and the sub sank like the turd it was.
Amazing info. The engenders lots of questions: What the hell was going on with the Enterprise? Was it near a USSR border? How could such a monster ship move fast enough to avoid a torpedo it couldn't spot, anyway? Especially for a joke air blast like that- was sonar or even a WW II tech hydrophone not able to hear a real torpedo travelling underwater? Vladimir- Спасибо за информацию .
Me thinks some confusion. Jan-69, USS Enterprise off Hawaii did not collide with the USS Belknap but did experience a serious fire. Per info from Wikipedia: "At approximately 8:18 a.m., Enterprise was turning to port to conduct flight operations when a Zuni rocket exploded, equipped with a 15-pound (6.8 kg) warhead of Composition B explosive and mounted on a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II that was parked on the stern. The rocket had been heated by the exhaust from an MD-3A "Huffer", a tractor-mounted unit used to start aircraft.[1][7] The explosion perforated the aircraft's fuel cells and ignited the leaking JP-5 jet fuel. Three additional Zuni rockets exploded about a minute later, and these blasts blew holes into the flight deck, allowing the burning jet fuel to pour into the level below.[1] Captain Kent Lee, commanding officer of Enterprise, directed the port turn to continue after the first explosion, steering the ship into the wind to blow smoke away from the ship.[8]" Nov-75, 70 miles off the Sicilian coast the USS Belknap turned into the USS Kennedy and collided, setting off a fire on both the Kennedy and the Belknap with a total loss of life of 7 or 8 sailors. No planes were lost.
@@somaday2595Ya... your not gonna her we hit another ship avoiding a shit torpedo from a Russian sub from our Navy they lie just as well as everyone else... :D
Never realised that they had this there. I am former Royal Navy. But not sumariner but was a diver and engineer we used to go looking for this sort of vessel back in the day.
I actually went inside the sub in 2001 when it was moored in Folkestone harbour - if they are restoring it its in worse condition now than it was then !
I do believe thatat one point she was moored in Folkstone harbour, where my wife and I visited her. Being ex RN, it was quite interesting for me personally. Andy
Hi Andrew, that's correct, its the same one. from the video has it changed much from when you visited it? Respect to you for serving in the Royal Navy :)
The inside looks just about the same as I remember, and somewhere I have a few Photos I made of the inside. If I come across them, shall I send you copies? They are digital, so very easy to do!! Andy
Thank you very much for posting this. I have seen this submarine at a distance on several occasions when visiting Rochester and wondered what the interior was like and if it was just a shell; well clearly not.Those heads are really grim. How many submariners developed haemmorrhoids?
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, yes the heads are not good, not sure if they were that bad when it was in use tho, I'm sure given the ratio of heads to men they probably caught alot more than that 😂🤣😂
4:53 The presence of that little radio receiver is quite strange. Even if not submerged, the hull is still a sealed metal box... it's not possible to receive anything inside...
It is said, that the interior of the submarine looks like as if it is designed by an amateur. Of course, it is designed and made by amateurs. Because the seamen often make modifications and do patchwork. But some very simple equipment can't be easily repaired by seamen. For example all the Soviet ships had not any hot water supply. They had cold water and high pressure pipes for steam. And high pressure pipes cold leak, fittings for mixing cold water with hot steam can wear out. And someone has to find contractors to repair the showers, it costs money and it is often neglected
Good vid indeed. Amazing to see the inside of that sub, especially seeing things like newspapers, fans, radios and the original kitchen. As much as I hate communism I can't help but be fascinated by some of the technology produced under those brutal regimes. One of my favourite radios that I've just had reconditioned (working perfectly) is a Selena-branded wooden framed one out of the USSR circa 1985. What setup were you using to capture the footage? Drones are the next thing I want to get into in a big way, focusing on abandoned things and local / forgotten history.
Thank you I'm glad you liked the video, I was using a DJI Mavic pro back then and just my phone for the pictures. The radio sounds like a cool thing to collect 👍😊
Takes seven people minimum to operate just on the surface. Officer and two lookouts on the bridge, a guy on the helm, a guy at the navigation table, a guy in engineering, and a roving watch stander in case an extra body is needed. Seven isn't safest, but I'm writing seven minimum.
@@Medwaydroneexploration just in case you want to know. 1) place shafts to motor generators in neutral 2) open all hatches or set Diesel ventilation lineup 3) start at least one diesel 4) transfer selector switch from shore to ship's power (that's a real switch it's really that simple). The submarine will now be operating under it's own power. The diesels and the motor generators do not automatically charge the batteries while running, the switch lineup should be in a single place on Russian control panels for inclusion of battery charging. I wrote this because I can't stop thinking 😂
Soviet equipment was very good both in quality and efficiency. But it was operated by former schoolboys who did not care a bit about the equipment, and could break down everything. It was a real disaster. As a result there was a high breakdown rate due to poor maintenance. But generally speaking, the Soviet equipment was very good, as it was specially designed to endure poor maintenance. As for its efficiency, having served for two years, soldiers often have only one chance to use the weapon, nonetheless, they hit various targets and shot them down effectively
The 53-65m Soviet wake homing torpedo was a simple design but absolutely deadly to surface ships. It has a huge fuel supply and warhead and completely ignores acoustic countermeasures. Even modern fast frigates would find it challenging to outrun.
Stanislav Drozdov she was built in 1966, but was used as a tourist attraction after service so the paper is more likely a prop for the visitors benefit
Bullet proof, if I fired at the radios it would bounce back and kill me, no plastic there. If my car was built like that I would not bother about the warranty.
What an opportunity to get a tour! This was really cool. Its looks ready to go for a spin. There's a lot more woodwork inside than I'd expect. Kinda warm & homey. I saw an old rubber bladed table fan that is identical to one my grandmother gave me as a kid. I never slept without a fan again. It was fun to throw penny's & stuff into the blades. You could aim at a certain place on the blades and the penny would knock a select object off the shelf. Or your friends face. 😂Or a whole hand full if everyone is looking sleepy 😂😹 You'd be finding pennys everywhere for ever. This sub launched in 67? . same year I was born. I think I look the worse for ware. Sub needs good paint.
Yes it was very good, the owner is quite happy to let groups onboard for a look around. The penny thing sounds like good fun, I'd like to give that a try 👍🤣 She's getting a full paint job slowly but surely, I may see if I can do a part 2 to this video and film the interior too to show more detail and the progress so far
@@Medwaydroneexploration that would be great! I'd love to see the inside & outside pass a white glove inspection. Then go for a dive. I hope they don't put it in dry dock. They could tour, give tours & rides. I'd like to take it a few hundred feet down.
@@bradbrown8759 I don't think it'll ever dive again, well actually it could dive but I doubt it would come back up again haha it will eventually be open to the public so I'm not sure where it will be but it will need to be easily accessible
@@Medwaydroneexploration setting it up as a display with a Soviet sub museum would do. My old rubber bladed fan (long gone) was a 1947 Dominion. With a logo of an Indian head. Odd thing was, the open blades made everyone want to push there fingers in them. It didn't hurt unless you put your finger in the back. They don't make em like they used to.
@@bradbrown8759 Yeah there is a room on board full of information about it which makes for some interesting reading. have you ever seen the film black sea starring jude law? that film was filmed on this very sub, i'm pretty sure the trailer is on youtube. Ah they don't make fans like that now, it's all health and safety and guards on them these days! haha
Yes that's right, It was in London for a short while before Folkstone. I believe It had to move from Folkstone harbour due to the harbour being redesigned
Medway drone exploration was told it was because it hadn't paid it's mooring charges for a year or two, but who knows. Looking forward to further stuff on it.
Yes I visited it when it was at Folkestone harbour I wondered where it had got to if I remember rightly they said it carried nuclear warhead torps I was always curious how it got to the UK but I have seen that Russia has a lot of old subs waiting to be scrapped and perhaps the most difficult to deal with are the decommissioned nuclear ones.
Yes, it was only the torpedoes that were nuclear i believe. Russia actually sold of a few of these instead of leaving them to rot like they normally do
When I went on her in about 1992 everything was still operational. I couldn't raise or lower the scope but I did look through it, rotate it and change the magnification. Sad to see it so neglected.
German U-boats were funny things too, the whole crew members used to run from stern to bow to make them submerge as quick as possible ("Das Boot" movie). Japanese subs had no kitchen at all, each crew member were given some rice in a pocket. And somehow they managed to cook it
Conventianal sunbmarines are all like that. There is a Royal Navy O boat at Chatham dockyard. I was talking to one man who ha ben crw. He told me the same sort of thing, especially in shallow water if you wanted to move you had to ask permison so as not to upset the trim.
For a 53 year old Soviet made submarine, it's in fantastic condition. Most of the old subs of that vintage that are still in Russia and former Soviet block countries have rusted away, and sunk at their docks! (FYI, I'd be careful around any of the dials that glow in the dark. They glow because they were painted with radioactive radium paint, NASTY stuff!)
Martin Milton-White there is an Oberon class sub just up the river from this one in Chatham dockyard, it seems a lot smaller inside, hardly any room to move. I'm sure it's shorter in length too
Medway drone exploration Oh that's great news, I've always been fascinated by submarines, Last Summer, I happened to be in San Diego, and visited their waterfront maritime museum, and it so happen they have in their collection the Russian B39, I went aboard that it was amazing, it was also involved in the Cuban missile crisis, if your ever over there I highly recommend a visit, they've got and old iron clad barque, that was built on the Isle of man in the mid 1800s, fully restored, the last time it put to sea and made sail, was 2013 ! Its called The Star of India, And also the ship HMS Suprise used in the Film, Master and Commander, is berthed there and open to the public
Concerning acommodation: it is submarine , not yacht ! And it is soviet technology - functionality first . So , who cares about comfort , about design , outside paintwork !! As long as it is lethal !
I didn't actually notice that 👍 A man called John owns it with the intention of restoring it to open up to visitors, it actually used to host birthday parties too, surprising amount of space inside
U-475 was a German submarine...NOT this craft. And B-39 is located in San Diego, CA...this is B-49 see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtrot-class_submarine . I think the original wrong identification was done in UK, perhaps by group hoping to make a museum of it and the error has been repeated over and over...I have notified wiki of the mistake on their pages also.
Thanks for the vid. I really like subs. Never been in a soviet boat though. I've been on two, a Balao class in Charleston harbor, and a Ohio class in Kings Bay. I guess I got to see both ends of the spectrum 😁
Any ship is occupied by rats, so the chief medical officer can grant a seaman with an additional leave for fighting the rats. Seamen can catch rats, and cut the tails off them, so they can sell the tails to others, who wants to get an extra leave
Interesting video. When I was 16 I read about the only German submarine captured on the open sea, the U505. I got to visit it when I was 40. It's a static display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. The comment about "only two toilets" reminded me part of the U505 story. When it was captured the vast majority of the 70 plus crewmen were rescued but of the two toilets in the U505 only one toilet was working. I also noticed that the Soviet Submarine relied on a lot of wood in the interior. The U505 had a lot of wood also. The USS Drum, a WWII sub on display in Mobile Alabama, has virtually no wood. The interior is all metal, primarily steel. Thanks for posting the video. This stuff always fascinates me. John
Thank you John, The German Submarine sounds cool to look around, There's a video on my channel of a sunken world war 1 German submarine which is the only sunken one in UK waters that can be seen. I'm guessing the wood was the cheaper and lighter option to use. wow must have been bad that many guys and only one toilet! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)
I looked at the video this morning then decided I needed to get back to work :-) I have two UA-cam channels ua-cam.com/users/jhettish and ua-cam.com/users/jhettish1945 The second channel has me flying airplanes both simulated and real. I enjoyed your editing job on both videos. John
Haha! work always spoils fun! lol
You have a new subscriber here! :) I can't fly airplanes only drones, much safer that way lol
Thanks, i'm no pro, i'm learning as I go with the editing! lol
Timothy Whalen haha that's a good point! 👍
Fascinating - I've been through U-995 at Laboe near Kiel. She's a static exhibit and in quite good condition. What a cramped existence is a submariner's life! The Type VIIC U boat was lots smaller than this boat - about 45 crew. Hope this boat makes it to restored order.
Graeme Wallace ah that sounds cool 👍 they're working hard on restoring it, I'll go back and get some more drone footage of it restored and hopefully another tour of the inside
I feel proud to say that i served in this Foxtrot submarine for 08 years, in India, INS Vagli and INS Vela.
vimoj2004 wow you must have some great stories to tell of your time onboard?
Medway drone exploration .... Yea... great stories and still I am proud to say that I am a submariner.
That's Good, Anyone that serves their country should be proud :)
I worked with an ex submariner and one day we were talking about naval service and I told him he had a personality that would fit in on a submarine. I said that because he was a mellow and likable person and I heard that in order to serve you had to have your head screwed on straight, in other words, they had to pass psychological tests and when he said, "how did you know I served on subs?" That was kind of a mind blower because I had no idea before he was a submariner, I just took a guess just based on his personality.
Yeah it must have been mentally draining, especially if your under water for days on end, I don't think I'd be able to handle it
My dad and grandad took me on this when it was mored in London as a kid in the late 90s, it was immaculate then. I see it looking down from my local park/going into town. Shame that Chatham Dockyard can’t take it on, it would make a fantastic exhibition alongside HMS Ocelot, getting to experience inside subs of both sides of the Cold War.
I first watched this video upload in the prone position following the X, Y, Z tilt dynamics of the drone after a rather sizeable bag of local grown spinach. At first I wasn't sure if the red paint on the casing was radioactive half life decay against the ferrous metal of the steel casing from a possible 'Plutonium' as opposed to the Wests 'Uranium 235' nuclear fission reactor, and so this helped me get better into a plank position for the trip inside to the radio communications compartment. Thanks to the beauty of cannabis, the extra dimensional feeling from all of those lovely Gamma rays, atomic physics which is the basis for all matter in our crazy universe, and my poignant 'nailed to a cross' prone positioning, I was able to phase the electrons in my mind and take 3D photo's of the communications radio, including any encryption and "enigma" circuits, instantly uploading the live 3D circuitry footage to 'God knows where' - Something perhaps resembling 'Thunderbird 5' orbiting the earth in a geo synchronous orbit around Gia (Our mother planet). Afterwards I celebrated with bountiful French Cafetiere coffee and ring "donuts', then went about my subtle business learning to further my ability at bending spoons. Spoons which don't exist and never will mo fo's! It's another true story! I will carry on on my state deniable benefits of ESA and DLA and might even take up a spot of roach fishing, merged into the background of the Nile river bank with my crafty use of DPM, spinach and a universally accepted look of gormlessness. Adieu! (Or am I?) JC - D241777B - Ex Royal Navy Submarine Weapons Engineer. (Retired to enjoy cheap watches, Swiss tobacco, Sailor Jerry's Spiced Rum, and lose scallywag woman) Bye!
Even though I have no idea what your saying this was still an amusing read haha 👍😂
I really appreciate the clarity of the video and the stills.
w banks thank you 😊👍
Visited the U-434 Soviet Sub in Hamburg Germany. Interesting tour. The shot in this video of the Mess reminded me of what our guide told us, that the officers mess table doubled as an operating table. The music in this video makes me feel like I'm playing the Return to Castle Wolfenstein game. LOL
Ah cool is there much difference in space inside?
No about the same as far as space inside. The U-434 was commissioned in 1976 and supposedly made it inside the New York harbor on a spy mission. it is a Tango class submarine.
In her day the B-49 was a state-of-the-art fleet boat, with all the then-latest innovations in diesel-electric submarine design incorporated into her, and a serious threat to NATO surface ships. She'll be quite a museum piece when the restoration work is finished.
Yes definitely, the restoration work is coming on well
@@Medwaydroneexploration this is good to hear.
I sat in a 30 ton excavator on the port side bank for a year looking at her always wondering what she looked like inside , a real surprise to see it looking so good , often watched the guys welding on deck or in scuba gear working underneath .
Now you know 😊
yeah when you look at what a wreck the outside looked you'd imagine the inside to be the same, I was really surprised when I went in!
Followed and tracked many of these, very quiet boats !! This should be in CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD !!
You wouldn't think those diesel engines would be quiet but If running on battery then yeah virtually silent!
Unfortunately Chatham dockyard wouldn't take it in, I guess because it's not got any history in relation to Chatham dockyard
I attended a James Bond Theme party on this Sub when it was based at Folkestone Harbour. The main dance floor and area where you set up for the party was in the massive battery room ( they were removed ). Only problem was as the tide went in and out the Sub would list to the left or the right. Well worth a visit if given the chance.
shane thompson that sounds like a cool party 👍 yeah the listing was a leak in the ballast tanks which have now been repaired
Hope she will be restored again. I took a visit on her back in 1997 when moored up by the barrier.
Aldouk it's a working progress, so much has already been done, I'm not sure on the timescale they're working towards though
Thanks lads, i love seeing history like that. so glad it wasn't gutted. I wish him all the best in his restoration.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the video :) i'm glad it wasn't gutted too, its a rare sight getting to look around these :)
Beyond awesome..that thing has fascinated me ever since I moved down here. Great job guys, and thanks.
Thank you, I'm glad you like the video and it gives you a good insight of what its like inside and out, it's surprisingly in really good condition inside when you think how corroded the outside is, The owners are doing an amazing job of restoring it tho
In fact have been a fan of your vids for a while but this one finally kicked my arse into saying so ;)
Wow that's good to hear, I'm no professional, Just a newbie trying to get my videos out there at the mo. all my pictures are phone pictures. I've just had a look at your work, your a very talented photographer!
Dave Milnes ij
Thanks for the interesting tour, it is amazing how many switches, valves, etc there are on a submarine. How they figured all that out is amazing.
Yeah no idea what any of them do tho, must be a nightmare to turn the lights off at night haha
@@Medwaydroneexploration Technically, they are never off during a patrol. There will be three shifts usually. The lights will follow a day/night cycle with different colours.
There were not any psychologists in the Soviet Union, and submarines were manned without any psychological tests, but any guy should have two recommendation letters, one from the school or the last workplace, and one from the youth organization. And the officers examined recommendation letters of the newcomers before taking them on board. And there were not any psychologists on the sub too. Boys left school at 17 y.o., and joined the army at 18 y.o., most of them were good in mathematics, because all of them had a profound course of integral calculus at school, including derivation algebra, sine law, etc. So they were capable for nautical charts navigation without any additional training. Nowadays nothing changed. Schoolboys take the same course in maths. With such knowledge, all that they need to do in order to make excellent soldiers is the two-year service in army, and it doesn't matter where they serve. I think that making the boys study algebra is the first step of making excellent reservists. Because sines and cosines may come in handy only somewhere in army, there is not any way of using it in ordinary life, if you are not a mathematician
I didn't know that, thank you :)
Awesome. Its amazing how well preserved it is inside. Many thanks for taking the time to make this video and for sharing it. I can not see what there is not to like about it. Keepup the good work!
Thank you 😊
‘‘Tis is the same sub they filmed the Black Sea with Jude law in. Awesome vid really appreciate it.
It certainly is 😊 thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍😊
Yes seemed very familiar.
At age 19 myself and my younger brother went on board an in-service submarine which was visiting the area and was located in Torbay. It didn't happen often so we took the opportunity to visit it, like hundreds of others. The little boat which delivered us, couldn't pull up alongside because of the cabin housing so we had to transfer to the sub by (this wouldn't happen now), standing on the bow rail and getting hauled up by two beefy submariners. They saw me, a tubby 29 year old, said to each other, "we got a big one here" (cheek) and put a bit more effort into lifting me up. Too much, as it happened, and I fly up and over the top of the sub, narrowly skidding to a halt, arms whirling, trying not to go into the sea. Phew! almost did though. Anyway, it was a very good visit, no privacy for the sailors though, and no doors on the "head" toilets, just open into the narrow corridor, We saw almost everything, except the comms room which was off limits. My brother, who was training to be a marine radio officer, was a bit pissed off about that. This was the bit he really wanted to see.
Janis Dolan cool story, must have been really good visiting a fully operational sub, glad to hear you didn't end up in the water tho 😊
Massive shoutout to you for asking permission first, instead of just sneaking onto private property like so many do these days.
Yeah it was an arranged visit with the owner 👍😊
@@Medwaydroneexploration And, with the owner's permission, you were granted permission. So you had no shortage of permission.
@@voxer99 he let us have free run of it inside and out 😊
was that the owner in some of those pics???... If so I don't think I would want to cross him.. Beside you wouldn't want to walk in on something you shouldn't have seen ;-D
@@ikghostlombard3429 I don't know, there was so many of us on board in our group, which picture did you mean?
there is a lot of restoration work involved. Nice to see the exterior repair. It will be good to see it when it is completed.
granskare yeah a lot of time and effort has gone into it so far. They'll get there in the end
Having been in the US sub service in the 60's I enjoyed your video. I was interested in howIt very, very similar the Russian sub is to the SS-481, USS Requin which is one of the subs I was on. It is currently a museum in Pittsburg, Pennsysvania, USA., part of the Carnegie Museum. If you ever come to the USA you should visit it.
Ah cool, I can only imagine how hard life must have been living and working on a sub.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I'd love a trip to the US, it's gonna be a while until I can get out there though.
There is an identical one to this in San Diego which is open to the public, I think it's B48
did you know a guy by the name of George Bryant? He served on subs in the 60s. I know it's a long shot, but you never know.
Excellent video, thanks. I went on board this sub when it first appeared in the Thames and had a nice black painted hull. Things I remember were. It was very roomy inside, for a sub. The galley was tiny in comparison. There was a British torpedo on board. Other than that, memory is blurred, but this vid brought it back..
Thank you I'm glad you liked it, it is very roomy inside with a tiny galley I don't know how they cooked for 70+ men in there!
Glad this brought back some memories for you 👍😊
There was a shower in this submarine, but there was not enough water to wash. Each cruise took 60 days (max. endurance was 90 days). So they tried to make better use of the water they had (diesel subs have not any fresh water generators). And to keep themselves tidy they used pure alcohol or 99% spirit. The Chief medical officer could give them some rags soaked in alcohol, and they used them for wiping. And the officer observed the process. Rags were burned up finally. In toilets they blew the shit out from the lavatory with compressed air after each use. A freshman may accidentally blow the shit into his face by mistake.
The central office was between 2 toilets. And they closed the toilets after surfacing to avoid the smell. After that they used the conning tower for toilet. Another problem was oil from the engines, it was everywhere, and the smell of diesel oil and grease is constant. They had to wear gloves the whole day. When submerged, temperature in the sub could nearly be 50 degrees Centigrade. And while charging up, the batteries emitted hydrogen, so they had to surface and turn on the fans, and it got as cold as it was outside
Thank you for this great information :)
What a wonderful surprise to watch your video of this sub... Thanks!
Robert Deloyd your welcome 👍😊 glad you enjoyed it 👍😊
Awesome! Does Bald and Bankrupt know about this soviet relic?
Haha I'm sure they do! 🤣😂🤣
Max T Ha! Ya! We need him in there to translate the equipment.... everything of course would start with..... 'look at this old soviet__________!!'
@@charliebuckley6572 Yes he would go crazy for sure 😂
Very remarkable. Love this sub
Thank you :)
Yes, the interior of the sub is in amazingly great condition. Much more wood than I expected. And although cramped, less than US diesel "boats." And German U'Boats? No comparison.
Yes I've only seen the remains of a 100 year old German U-boat laying in the mud (see my other videos) it does look a lot smaller than this one, I was very surprised at the amount of space on this
U-505 is skinnier than a public bus. A control room and two diesels capped off by torpedo rooms - the rest is just saddle tanks and superstructure.
The later type IX fleet uboats were significantly larger. However all the captain gets is a tiny curtained bunk with some drawers by the hydro phone and radio shacks. The US Balao class actually had a proper stateroom for the captain with: A bunk, small desk and chair and a washbasin. Utter luxury by ww2 sub standards. maritime.org/tour/fbc-captain.php
Its a good looking boat, for sure
I worked as an RAF Telegraphist at HQ Coastal Command, Northwood in 1964-65. Interesting to see what we were up against. Interior looks pretty grim for the crew. Plenty of floatable wood about in case they took a hit from us.
Glad you liked the vid 👍😊
Good to see someone fixing her up, sad to see the state it was in a few years ago (seen a video of it on UA-cam that was posted a few years ago).
What got me interested was a video of a few kids sneaking on it and getting busted by the police, and it was listing and the outside looked absolutely horrible condition.
+madmax2069 yes I saw that video of them sneaking on too!
The listing to one side was a leak in one of the ballast tanks that has now been sorted.
It is good to see history being saved, so much work has already gone into her 😊
As a US submariner qualified on a Guppy II class boat (Tench class, USS Runner, SS-476) I see the similarities between our WWII sub and the Foxtrot. It is no surprise that the Soviets provided minimal human comforts and I think ours were much better (but not always comfortable). One thing does surprise me though, viewed fully restored she will be the most beautiful combustion powered submarine ever built. To me, well, gorgeous. The nukes came along and when Seawolf cleft the waves it was a different competition, but the Black Widow puts all other diesels to shame. The Guppy and the Foxtrot were the best of that era and the if Guppy was Lauren Bacall then the Foxtrot was Monroe.
They may be old boats but in a hypothetical conflict back in the 80's: One boat gets close enough to a surface convoy and fires a brace of wake homing torpedoes:
Half of the merchants are going to be sunk even if the escorts take it out with counter fire. Those 53-65's the Soviets had were essentially giant gas tanks with a warhead on the end. Acoustic countermeasures were useless against them and no merchant could outrun them. Nasty stuff!
I've toured Tench and Balao class boats and was surpised at the level of human comfort.I Qualified on Oberon class boats in the '70's. DBF.
There's an O Class Sub at Chatham dockyard called Ocelot, I've toured it a few times, never gets old, nowhere near as much space on it as the Soviet sub tho, must have been hard working in such cramped conditions, some parts you can barely stand up straight
Bob I love your replies to people, you have so much knowledge, are you an ex Naval man?
@@Medwaydroneexploration No, I'm just an interested semi enthusiast. Some people have a quite astonishing knowledge of the facts and figures of these boats. I'm more of a generalist into the general submarine concept and what conditions aboard were like.
Perhaps it was playing too much Silent Hunter that got me hooked?
You might like to check out the Cold Waters playthrough of "Jive Turkey" who is a retired US Navy submariner who worked sonar on the infamous Los Angeles class boats during the 90's.
He applies as much of his real-life training as much as possible in the game and explains the concepts as much as he can within public domain limits on submarines and submarine warfare.
Well worth a watch and yes; plenty of foxtrots to deal with!
Went on this when it was in Folkestone harbour ,the ladder/stairs at the rear torpedo hatch was the way in and out . It was listing to one side a couple of years ago until she was bought ,good to see someone is looking after her 👍
that entrance is partially blocked off at the mo, pretty sure it had a few spiders guarding that entrance too lol it was listing to one side for quite a while after it was moved to its current location but they have fixed that problem now, she's definitely getting some much needed TLC now
I found it interesting, to note how much wood, was used in the fitting out of interior spaces, such as office cabinets, and in banks of drawers in the officer's wardroom. Desks, and the like. I figured that all of those applications would be either aluminum or steel.
Curtis Boswell yeah I'm guessing wood was the cheaper option
American Ships of a military nature usually are (or at least were: Not been on one for many a year) all metal constructions. Very cold "feeling".
This was carried over into their Merchant Marine for those that were on a "Standby For Military Duty" list.
The reason, so I was told, is to reduce fire spread.
Personally, I would have hated to serve on such a ship....give me wooden fixtures & fittings anyday.
Patagualian Mostly good point, I didn't consider the fire risk!
Oliver Perry and Spruance ships were decommissioned due to the highly flammable aluminum alloys. But I visited a WWII submarine. There are a lot of wooden decorative material too, and no one objected to using it during the war
If a door does not need to be watertight; steel is a bad choice. An accidental slam could be heard outside the sub. That's why doors on subs often get swapped out for curtains wherever necessary. The Russians will tend to use wooden sliding doors on their subs to this day for the same reason.
Soviet submarines aren’t designated “U” followed by the hull number. The “U” designation is an acronym for the German designation “unterseeboot” which, in English, means “underseaboat” or “submarine”. 🤙🏼
Yes that's right this is B49 she got the U number once she was bought privately, I'm not exactly sure why they went with a German number on a Soviet sub tho lol
Medway drone exploration: Ehh, civilians, whatta they know, yeah? 😉😊🤙🏻
@@nuvostef exactly haha 😂🤣😂
Medway drone exploration 😜🤙🏼
Nice to see bright light in the darkness... how did you know??? historian... U.S. Navy personnel...
This boat will never be restored. It would take the resources of a nation state to pull it off. Nice video though.
Don't speak too soon! They're actually doing a really good job of it as we speak, it's taken some time but people keep volunteering to help out etc
Very interesting. I saw her on Yesterday Channel in a programme called Abandone Egineering. Do we know how she got to the UK? I often see her from the railway bridge when on my way to Rochester. Fascinating piece of word history.
Ah I missed that program. I'm not sure how it ended up in the UK other than it was bought privately to be used as a tourist attraction. I'm glad you liked the video 👍😊
Kasia Kat Parker most of my videos are in Medway area so feel free to subscribe I have a lot of videos planned for the when the weather is better for flying the drone 😊
" Most of the dials glow in the dark", and most of the old crew too.
It's a diesel but I'm afraid to touch Russian coins for the same reason you point too.
Good old fashioned Radium paint! Quite safe as long as some idiot doesn't try to scrape it off the gauges. The biggest danger was to the factory workers painting it on. Though safety even in the USSR was better than the "Radium girls" had it in 1920's clock factories.
Bob Dole yep, and not to mention countless other examples of careless governments (Including the United States) exposing its citizens to radiation knowing full well it would affect them horribly in the future.
thanks, i love looking at old subs and ships!!:-)
Caroline 2017 your welcome 😊 glad you enjoyed it 👍😊
Wow! Who knew a drone could fly in such small spaces?
La Barone haha I wish I was that skilled! 👍😂😂
La Barone lol
Thanks for the video. It's interesting to compare the inside of a Soviet sub to their US counterparts. by the way, shouldn't the background music have been the Soviet/Russian national anthem played on a loop? Just wondering about that...
Thank you ☺️
The choice of music wasn't the best, I was limited to UA-cam's free library
This is B64. The Soviets did not us the U prefix. Their boats were either S B K or TK.
Vespelian ah thank you for the information, I was going by the owners information. Any other information is always welcome 😊👍
B-49 actually. B-65 was one of the earlier 611 (Zulu) class. (Note Soviet subs do not have B numbers assigned in numerical sequence, for security reasons.)
S=Coastal boats (can't remember the Russian), B="Bolshaya" Large (attack) boats (such as the B-49 depicted here), K="Kreyser" Cruiser (attack) boats, TK=Not entirely sure, but I believe these were the Diesel powered Ballistic Missile/Cruise Missile boats.
Jay Kilbourne ah that all makes sense, thank you for the information 👍😊
S="Sredn'aya" (Средняя) Middle boat, TK="T'azhelyi Kreyser" (Тяжелый Крейсер) Heavy Cruiser, nuclear powered boat with ballistic missiles (SSBN «Typhoon» class, Akula (shark) in Russian, Project 941).
glad to see this vessel getting saved. I went onboard in Folkestone Harbour when the heads (toilet) were blocked so you can imagine how ripe it was inside?
Always thought the owner could have done a deal with Chatham Dockyard and parked it in dry dock next to the 'oberon' class sub they have there?
I like your thinking but unfortunately Chatham Dockyard probably wouldn't allow it as it wasn't built there, it would be an ideal place for it though as they could open it up to the public for tours which would generate income to help pay for the restoration work. Have you been on a tour of Ocelot at the dockyard? I'd definitely recommend it if you haven't! although Ocelot is much smaller inside compared to this one.
I can imagine how ripe it was with a blocked toilet, can you imagine around 90 men sharing just 2 toilets when it was active... That must have been bad! lol
Try getting on board the Japanese midget subs which entered Sydney harbour during WWII. The cut one in half and one part was set in concrete at HMAS Cerberus. I literally could get from one end to the other and I was slim back then. The Japanese navy must have recruited very small men to serve on them. It was literally a mass of piping inside, being 6 foot one I couldn't stand up in it. I believe it's now in Canberra at the war museum.
In 1969 soviet Captain Murashov shot with faeces at USS Enterprise, he blew it out with compressed air. It sounds exactly like a torpedo salvo (for he shot with air from the torpedo tubes at the same time). Americans detected the torpedo shot near the carrier and made an abrupt move to avoid the fake torpedo. Enterprise brushed USS Belknap, and a plane run into the carrier's island, for a carrier is not supposed to move when planes are landing. It was the most prominent catastrophe with 27 dead, 343 wounded, 15 planes were destroyed by fire.
And Capt Murashov was never seen again, because that epic toilet flush caused the catastrophic failure of the pressure hull and the sub sank like the turd it was.
Comie Bastard
Amazing info. The engenders lots of questions: What the hell was going on with the Enterprise? Was it near a USSR border? How could such a monster ship move fast enough to avoid a torpedo it couldn't spot, anyway? Especially for a joke air blast like that-
was sonar or even a WW II tech hydrophone not able to hear a real torpedo travelling underwater?
Vladimir- Спасибо за информацию .
Me thinks some confusion. Jan-69, USS Enterprise off Hawaii did not collide with the USS Belknap but did experience a serious fire. Per info from Wikipedia: "At approximately 8:18 a.m., Enterprise was turning to port to conduct flight operations when a Zuni rocket exploded, equipped with a 15-pound (6.8 kg) warhead of Composition B explosive and mounted on a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II that was parked on the stern. The rocket had been heated by the exhaust from an MD-3A "Huffer", a tractor-mounted unit used to start aircraft.[1][7] The explosion perforated the aircraft's fuel cells and ignited the leaking JP-5 jet fuel. Three additional Zuni rockets exploded about a minute later, and these blasts blew holes into the flight deck, allowing the burning jet fuel to pour into the level below.[1] Captain Kent Lee, commanding officer of Enterprise, directed the port turn to continue after the first explosion, steering the ship into the wind to blow smoke away from the ship.[8]"
Nov-75, 70 miles off the Sicilian coast the USS Belknap turned into the USS Kennedy and collided, setting off a fire on both the Kennedy and the Belknap with a total loss of life of 7 or 8 sailors. No planes were lost.
@@somaday2595Ya... your not gonna her we hit another ship avoiding a shit torpedo from a Russian sub from our Navy they lie just as well as everyone else... :D
Never realised that they had this there. I am former Royal Navy. But not sumariner but was a diver and engineer we used to go looking for this sort of vessel back in the day.
Well you've found one now 👍😊
I actually went inside the sub in 2001 when it was moored in Folkestone harbour - if they are restoring it its in worse condition now than it was then !
Yes it was in Folkstone and did deteriate alot since then, has the inside changed much since you saw it?
I was gonna point out that they used the interior for the interior shots of the movie Black Sea but you stated as much in the description :D
Beat you to it haha :)
What brave people the crewe must have been. Felt claustrerphobic just watching. It must of been a nightmare job being a mechanic or electrician.
Yeah totally agree, I couldn't do it myself!
We used to have parties on this when she was moored up near the Thames barrier.
It's a pretty cool place for a party 👍☺️
It’s time to give her back to MOTHER RUSSIA after she has been restored. Long live MOTHER RUSSIA, From your great friends in Australia.
lol
@pbr streetgang would cost a fortune to tow it back there!
Medway drone exploration without it being damaged that is
Every thing inside is moldy and a lot of rust there too, lots and lots of work all around......... Thumbs up for your video.........
Yes indeed, definitely a lot of work to be done, they have already done a lot but still a long way to go yet, thank you for the thumbs up 😊👍
Is an expensive rebuild, but I assume well worth it when finished.
Yes, the idea is to open it up to the public again when it's done 👍😊
Most of the dials glowed n the dark. Most of the sailors aboard glowed in the dark as well.
Haha yes they probably did after being on there for too long lol
It's a diesel, not a nuke :D
It's diesel powered but it had 22 nuclear tipped torpedoes on board enough nuclear power to match the Hiroshima nuclear bomb
not clever if its not clever
I do believe thatat one point she was moored in Folkstone harbour, where my wife and I visited her. Being ex RN, it was quite interesting for me personally. Andy
Hi Andrew, that's correct, its the same one. from the video has it changed much from when you visited it?
Respect to you for serving in the Royal Navy :)
The inside looks just about the same as I remember, and somewhere I have a few Photos I made of the inside. If I come across them, shall I send you copies? They are digital, so very easy to do!! Andy
The outside has deteriorated a lot!! Andy
Yeah i'd love to see them :)
Thank you very much for posting this. I have seen this submarine at a distance on several occasions when visiting Rochester and wondered what the interior was like and if it was just a shell; well clearly not.Those heads are really grim. How many submariners developed haemmorrhoids?
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, yes the heads are not good, not sure if they were that bad when it was in use tho, I'm sure given the ratio of heads to men they probably caught alot more than that 😂🤣😂
If it was anything like ww2 subs; only one head was usable at the start of patrols. The other packed with canned food!
@@Medwaydroneexploration I suppose at least the submariners never had to suffer a cold toilet seat.
@@bobdole4694 Were the rations so bad that they were cutting out the middle man to save time?
@@532bluepeter1 haha very true 😂🤣😂
4:53 The presence of that little radio receiver is quite strange. Even if not submerged, the hull is still a sealed metal box... it's not possible to receive anything inside...
That's a good point, there would be no signal under the sea
It is said, that the interior of the submarine looks like as if it is designed by an amateur. Of course, it is designed and made by amateurs. Because the seamen often make modifications and do patchwork. But some very simple equipment can't be easily repaired by seamen. For example all the Soviet ships had not any hot water supply. They had cold water and high pressure pipes for steam. And high pressure pipes cold leak, fittings for mixing cold water with hot steam can wear out. And someone has to find contractors to repair the showers, it costs money and it is often neglected
Some basic tools, add tin snips, empty Coke cans, duct tape, jute line. Good to go.
I like your information, did you serve on a sub?
Good vid indeed. Amazing to see the inside of that sub, especially seeing things like newspapers, fans, radios and the original kitchen. As much as I hate communism I can't help but be fascinated by some of the technology produced under those brutal regimes. One of my favourite radios that I've just had reconditioned (working perfectly) is a Selena-branded wooden framed one out of the USSR circa 1985.
What setup were you using to capture the footage? Drones are the next thing I want to get into in a big way, focusing on abandoned things and local / forgotten history.
Thank you I'm glad you liked the video, I was using a DJI Mavic pro back then and just my phone for the pictures.
The radio sounds like a cool thing to collect 👍😊
@@Medwaydroneexploration thanks bro, I'm gonna look into those drones and go from there. Subbed!
That sub will never see the high seas again
More than likely won't, it has to be moved by tug
Takes seven people minimum to operate just on the surface. Officer and two lookouts on the bridge, a guy on the helm, a guy at the navigation table, a guy in engineering, and a roving watch stander in case an extra body is needed. Seven isn't safest, but I'm writing seven minimum.
@@craftpaint1644 blimey I wouldn't even know how to start it up 🤣😂🤣
@@Medwaydroneexploration just in case you want to know. 1) place shafts to motor generators in neutral 2) open all hatches or set Diesel ventilation lineup 3) start at least one diesel 4) transfer selector switch from shore to ship's power (that's a real switch it's really that simple). The submarine will now be operating under it's own power. The diesels and the motor generators do not automatically charge the batteries while running, the switch lineup should be in a single place on Russian control panels for inclusion of battery charging. I wrote this because I can't stop thinking 😂
Haha that's all good but it's all in Russian, I'd just be randomly flicking switches till I got the right ones haha
What a great find! Cheers for sharing :)
Thank you 👍😊
Soviet equipment was very good both in quality and efficiency. But it was operated by former schoolboys who did not care a bit about the equipment, and could break down everything. It was a real disaster. As a result there was a high breakdown rate due to poor maintenance. But generally speaking, the Soviet equipment was very good, as it was specially designed to endure poor maintenance. As for its efficiency, having served for two years, soldiers often have only one chance to use the weapon, nonetheless, they hit various targets and shot them down effectively
The 53-65m Soviet wake homing torpedo was a simple design but absolutely deadly to surface ships. It has a huge fuel supply and warhead and completely ignores acoustic countermeasures. Even modern fast frigates would find it challenging to outrun.
All the equipment onboard looks bombproof, like it would never break down!
At 5:17 I can see a newspaper dated about 1999-2001 years. What is thе real date of submergence of she?
Stanislav Drozdov she was built in 1966, but was used as a tourist attraction after service so the paper is more likely a prop for the visitors benefit
I think Black Sea was set around the millenium so it's likely a prop from the movie.
Everyone can comment, but sailing in this type submarine in 250 m depth, please imagine.
I can imagine it must have been hard!
Was this submarine was on the movie black sea with Jude Law I like that movie I knew I saw it somewhere.
handheld gamer78 yes it was filmed on this sub 😊
I wonder if Mr Bald knows about this.....
Who's Mr bald? 😂
@@Medwaydroneexploration Bald and Bankrupt, he has a channel dedicated to looking for old Soviet things.
@@unusedsub3003 oh ok I'll look him up 🙂
Interesting insight to life on board for the mariners
Thank you 😊
Bullet proof, if I fired at the radios it would bounce back and kill me, no plastic there. If my car was built like that I would not bother about the warranty.
haha your probably right :)
So that's the surprise?? That stuff is still inside?? I'm flabbergasted!!!
The condition of the inside compared to the outside, I expected it the be virtually gutted out, and all the equipment still works!
What an opportunity to get a tour! This was really cool. Its looks ready to go for a spin. There's a lot more woodwork inside than I'd expect. Kinda warm & homey. I saw an old rubber bladed table fan that is identical to one my grandmother gave me as a kid. I never slept without a fan again. It was fun to throw penny's & stuff into the blades. You could aim at a certain place on the blades and the penny would knock a select object off the shelf. Or your friends face. 😂Or a whole hand full if everyone is looking sleepy 😂😹 You'd be finding pennys everywhere for ever. This sub launched in 67? . same year I was born. I think I look the worse for ware. Sub needs good paint.
Yes it was very good, the owner is quite happy to let groups onboard for a look around.
The penny thing sounds like good fun, I'd like to give that a try 👍🤣
She's getting a full paint job slowly but surely, I may see if I can do a part 2 to this video and film the interior too to show more detail and the progress so far
@@Medwaydroneexploration that would be great! I'd love to see the inside & outside pass a white glove inspection. Then go for a dive. I hope they don't put it in dry dock. They could tour, give tours & rides. I'd like to take it a few hundred feet down.
@@bradbrown8759 I don't think it'll ever dive again, well actually it could dive but I doubt it would come back up again haha it will eventually be open to the public so I'm not sure where it will be but it will need to be easily accessible
@@Medwaydroneexploration setting it up as a display with a Soviet sub museum would do. My old rubber bladed fan (long gone) was a 1947 Dominion. With a logo of an Indian head. Odd thing was, the open blades made everyone want to push there fingers in them. It didn't hurt unless you put your finger in the back. They don't make em like they used to.
@@bradbrown8759 Yeah there is a room on board full of information about it which makes for some interesting reading. have you ever seen the film black sea starring jude law? that film was filmed on this very sub, i'm pretty sure the trailer is on youtube.
Ah they don't make fans like that now, it's all health and safety and guards on them these days! haha
Fascinating -thank you for a great video -loved it -
Thank you for the great feedback, it's very much appreciated, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍😊
Used to be moored at folkestone harbour late 90s as a tourist attraction, u could hire it as well for parties and corporate events.
Yes that's right, It was in London for a short while before Folkstone. I believe It had to move from Folkstone harbour due to the harbour being redesigned
Medway drone exploration was told it was because it hadn't paid it's mooring charges for a year or two, but who knows. Looking forward to further stuff on it.
Yes I visited it when it was at Folkestone harbour I wondered where it had got to if I remember rightly they said it carried nuclear warhead torps I was always curious how it got to the UK but I have seen that Russia has a lot of old subs waiting to be scrapped and perhaps the most difficult to deal with are the decommissioned nuclear ones.
Yes, it was only the torpedoes that were nuclear i believe.
Russia actually sold of a few of these instead of leaving them to rot like they normally do
Great film. But what are they planning to do with it, if it gets restored?
Thank you.
I believe the plan is to open it up to the public
looks like a plumber's nightmare
Leslie Misner haha I'm sure it probably is! Could you imagine the call out charges to the middle of the Atlantic ocean! 😂😂😂
When I went on her in about 1992 everything was still operational. I couldn't raise or lower the scope but I did look through it, rotate it and change the magnification. Sad to see it so neglected.
Ern Efesdegee alot of it is still operational now but I couldn't see anything through the scope, wasn't sure if it was covered or broke. Lol
A plumbers paradise!
Deal It haha yeah they'd love it 👍😂😂
German U-boats were funny things too, the whole crew members used to run from stern to bow to make them submerge as quick as possible ("Das Boot" movie). Japanese subs had no kitchen at all, each crew member were given some rice in a pocket. And somehow they managed to cook it
Conventianal sunbmarines are all like that. There is a Royal Navy O boat at Chatham dockyard. I was talking to one man who ha ben crw. He told me the same sort of thing, especially in shallow water if you wanted to move you had to ask permison so as not to upset the trim.
I have that movie in the metal collectors edition box... those guys could drink like pigs...
I've been on that sub in Chatham Dockyard, the Ocelot, very well kept sub :)
A little WD-40 and it will be ready to roll...
David Koran haha yeah WD-40 fixes everything! 👍😂😂
You forgot to Mention'Duct Tape.~..o
FiddleStick's bessette duct tape fixes everything! 👍😂😂😂
If it doesn't move and should - WD40. If it moves and shouldn't - Duct Tape, or baling wire if it's hot.
There is a fully restored Foxtrot Class example in Zeebrugge Maritime Museum, It was gifted to Belgium post the "cold war " era.
Oh wow i'd love to visit it and compare the 2 :)
Maybe the Russians can send over all of the old submarines and ships as a gesture of Goodwill we need these to help the housing problem in the UK
They would certainly come in handy lol
This sub happens to be the first submarine to be operated by the Indian navy as INS kalvari.
Ravi Singh oh cool I don't know that, thank you 👍😊
For a 53 year old Soviet made submarine, it's in fantastic condition. Most of the old subs of that vintage that are still in Russia and former Soviet block countries have rusted away, and sunk at their docks! (FYI, I'd be careful around any of the dials that glow in the dark. They glow because they were painted with radioactive radium paint, NASTY stuff!)
Yes it is in good condition for its age, slot of Russian subs have been left to rot
Phosphorous paint is NOT radioactive... many imbeciles here, difficult to reason.
I live 3 minutes away from this sub, it was a museum a few years ago
The Official Nerd Crew yes it was, in Folkstone, it will be again once restored 👍😊
Exploring with josh actually recently visited it! ( this vid was in suggested videos after i watched his video)
Light Work ah cool I went with IKS it's a cool sub 👍😊
Light Work I'll have a look for his video 👍😊
Medway drone exploration, there was a rumour that the dockyard where taking her in to a dry dock
i passed that and wondered what it was
And now you know 👍😊
It would be interesting to see a comparison with a Westen bloc sub of similar rating such as perhaps the Oberon class UK designed boat.
Martin Milton-White there is an Oberon class sub just up the river from this one in Chatham dockyard, it seems a lot smaller inside, hardly any room to move. I'm sure it's shorter in length too
Also there's no wood inside too, no cabins just open bunks
I’ve been on a u-475 like this
They're amazing to see 😊
wishing the best for the restoration work.....
I've not been back yet but it looks like its coming on well :)
4:52 Must have been a great experience to smoke cigarettes inside such a confined space
Yeah I wonder if they were allowed to, I can't see there was any kind of smoking ban back then as smoking was considered healthy lol
It used to be moored at Greenwich in the late 90s,you could go aboard for a fee, but alas I would have liked to but never got round to it
strake750 once it's been restored it'll be open to the public again so you might get chance to, I'd definitely recommend it!
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Oh that's great news, I've always been fascinated by submarines,
Last Summer, I happened to be in San Diego, and visited their waterfront maritime museum, and it so happen they have in their collection the Russian B39, I went aboard that it was amazing, it was also involved in the Cuban missile crisis, if your ever over there I highly recommend a visit, they've got and old iron clad barque, that was built on the Isle of man in the mid 1800s, fully restored, the last time it put to sea and made sail, was 2013 !
Its called The Star of India, And also the ship HMS Suprise used in the Film, Master and Commander, is berthed there and open to the public
Wow that sounds really good, i'd love to go see it all there :)
How do you sink the Russian Navy ?
Put it in water.
Haha 👍🤣
LOL LOL LOL EXACTLY
Aw F*ck, I laughed.
Beautifull! I really adore this sub. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊 greetings from England 😊👍
@@Medwaydroneexploration thank you friend
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@@dexterjackson9525 Greeting to the U.S Navy, Being british tho I'd have to argue ours is the worlds finest Navy haha :)
Concerning acommodation: it is submarine , not yacht ! And it is soviet technology - functionality first . So , who cares about comfort , about design , outside paintwork !!
As long as it is lethal !
Very true!
the problem is there's a long queue at the toilets and 2 wash basins then the action stations alarm goes off. Bet the whole crew stank.
@@emmasatherley896 yeah can imagine that actually happened, they all stank of Bo and diesel but because they all stank they got used to the smell
@@MedwaydroneexplorationThe doctor gave them an alcohol swab to clean with... all good...
@@ikghostlombard3429 Sounds about right that!
Splined nuts on the diesel internals, wow!!!
Who owns this and with what intentions.?
I didn't actually notice that 👍
A man called John owns it with the intention of restoring it to open up to visitors, it actually used to host birthday parties too, surprising amount of space inside
Wery nice doc ! kool musik ;-)
Thank you 👍😊
U-475 was a German submarine...NOT this craft. And B-39 is located in San Diego, CA...this is B-49 see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtrot-class_submarine . I think the original wrong identification was done in UK, perhaps by group hoping to make a museum of it and the error has been repeated over and over...I have notified wiki of the mistake on their pages also.
yeah I think you are right as others have said the same thing. Thank you for the info. 👍
suggest you edit your video title to be correct....thanks
J I've added it into the description. Thank you 👍
sorry...don't see any changes in the video or the description...both still have the errors...
J it's too late to change the video now but I have updated the description
Why does it require 94 men to operate this ship? Chuck Norris could single-hand it.. . . and ski behind it, using drone remote.
Yes but chuck Norris is legendary, the Russian's aren't haha 😊
20 men to stoke the boiler maybe? ;-)
@@loftsatsympaticodotc 👍😂🤣😂
Thanks for the vid. I really like subs. Never been in a soviet boat though. I've been on two, a Balao class in Charleston harbor, and a Ohio class in Kings Bay. I guess I got to see both ends of the spectrum 😁
Charlie S your welcome 😊 glad you enjoyed it 👍
Any ship is occupied by rats, so the chief medical officer can grant a seaman with an additional leave for fighting the rats. Seamen can catch rats, and cut the tails off them, so they can sell the tails to others, who wants to get an extra leave
.....Or make SOUP of the tails, to eke out the dry bread and salted cabbage.
rats tail soup doesn't sound too appealing to me haha
I guess I have to look up river Medway - see what country this is in.
Doug Plumb ah sorry it's in the UK, I'll update the description later
Updated, Thanks for pointing that out :)
brilliant, but what a lot of boring repetitive music
Janis Dolan thank you, I'll bear this in mind for my next video 😊
Anyone know the owner? I'd like to volunteer to help restore. I live 5 mins walk away.
Have you had any luck contacting him?
Was the stove heated with electricity?
no coal hahahaha
I'm not actually sure, I would have thought it would be electric
Sorry but wrong powered by Hillary's emails...
Haha 👍😂😂😂