Amazing how peaceful this battlecruiser looks now considering at the time of her going down it would have been the chaotic scenario of a living hell. Such a waste of human lives. Nature taking back the raw materials it supplied in the first place.
a relative of mine was a signalman on board who was killed in action on the 31st of April 1916 so it was nice to be able to see the wreckage and what he and his crew were struggling to protect
It's amazing how much of the ship is actually left considering the explosion when she broke in half. Only six men of the entire crew survived the explosion and sinking.
When was this filmed? Interesting to compare it with my footage which was shot 25 years ago this week, in 1991. I was part of the first team to ever dive Invincible....
Don't forget the ships that sank in the South China sea to as far as Sunda Strait. Those wrecks are like half to completly gone such as HMS Exeter (almost fully gone),USS Houston (still here but damaged),HMAS Perth (damaged badly but watched), HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repluse (both still here but lightly damaged). Scrappers that hunt and scrapped sunken wrecks almost sounds like greed which sickens me. I can't even dare watch a blow torch cutting a piece of HMS Vanguard off nor watching greedy scrappers destroying old girls that fought like heroes such as Exeter at second battle of Java sea and Houston and Perth at Sunda Strait. These wrecks desevere to fall apart on their own,not scrapped. The Lusitania is slowly collapsing on her own,same for the Titanic and the ships at Bikni Atoll. If they collapse we let them collaspe. A bell or a propeller can ethier be brought up or left but we can remember them for their actions.
@@carol7311 If any of these greedy fuckers are caught in the act they and their ship should be seized and be treated as pirates to be jailed for a long time.
All the Jutland wrecks have had their bronze propellers stolen, those that are accessible. The Lutzow was actually sold for scrap and part salvaged, I guess the dead of a defeated nation count for little.
Read "North Sea Diary 1914-1918" by Commander Stephen King-Hall. He was a young officer on HMS Southampton, a light cruiser that took part in the Battle of Jutland. HMS Southampton was only one of two ships in the Royal Navy that fired its guns in each of the four major battles during the war.
My great uncle, William Huggett Rance, died on Invincible at the Battle of Jutland - his name is on the naval war memorial at Southsea. Last year I paid homage to him, reached up and touched his name. Seems strangely voyeuristic watching this video, knowing it represents the last moments of his life.....
She was the first of a new breed of warship- the battlecruiser. It was she and her sister ship- HMS Inflexible- that destroyed Graf Spee's squadron at the Battle of the Falklands. None realized then the fatal weaknesses of her design and ammunition handling methods. One heavy shell to the right spot was all it took to detonate her main magazine and tear her to pieces. The same happened to HMS Indefatigable and Queen Mary in that same Battle of Jutland. The Germans built more survivable battlecruisers and used them more effectively in both World Wars. Both sides had sailors and officers with a lot of guts. We need their kind again today.
It was sloppy ammunition handling that caused the ships to explode. In an effort to speed up the supply of cordite to the guns, they over stacked it in the turret and Left vital flash doors OPEN. When the turret took a hit it was almost like having a powder trail back down into the Mag. The Germans learned this lesson at Dogger Bank when SMS Seydlitz was almost lost.
The lesson was wasted on the Hood as she suffered the same fate in WWII. It appears that the British Admiralty really had a mental problem back then in passing on lessons that should have been learned.
Yeah, never name any ship with that spectacular name. Well hms invincible (light carrier) almost lost in battle of Falkland so maybe her name is fitting lol
Was not sunk by the battleship SMS Konig Was sunk by Battle cruisers SMS Derrflinger & Seydlitz . Konig would have been too far back in the line to fire on this ship .... Comments?
when she blew up, her bows and stern were standing above the water. The picture of HMS Badger searching for survivors makes them look about 75-100 feet high, difficult to get a perspective. Invincible was 567 feet long, she would have been at 20,000 tons deep load i.e. ready for battle with full complement and admirals staff, and so drew 28 feet. if we assume a hundred feet of her around Q turret was destroyed in the explosion the water there is around 125-150 feet
It’s not the very shallow that if you just take a dive in the water you see it instantly, but it’s the shallowest, but it’s still quite deep, just not that deep.
Well, no matter how well they may be built if men start cutting corners you're going to get a reef ship. The three British cruisers that sank in that battle all were destroyed basically by their own crews.
Her guns forever pointing into the darkness. Just so creepy. Rest in peace, all who sailed and died aboard her.
Amazing how peaceful this battlecruiser looks now considering at the time of her going down it would have been the chaotic scenario of a living hell. Such a waste of human lives.
Nature taking back the raw materials it supplied in the first place.
Incredible. In another 100 years there will be little left. This vid is so important.
Not sunk by gunfire from SMS Konig. Sunk by SMS Lutzow or Derflinger.
I like to think it was Lutzow. Since the bow hits that doomed Lutzow were from Invincible, they basically sank each other.
Thanks for posting this, nice to see the final resting place of my Great Uncle who went down with the ship.
My grand uncle died on this to 😨
a relative of mine was a signalman on board who was killed in action on the 31st of April 1916 so it was nice to be able to see the wreckage and what he and his crew were struggling to protect
It's amazing how much of the ship is actually left considering the explosion when she broke in half. Only six men of the entire crew survived the explosion and sinking.
When was this filmed? Interesting to compare it with my footage which was shot 25 years ago this week, in 1991. I was part of the first team to ever dive Invincible....
The footage is from May 2001 and May 2002.
Can you upload it please? Would love to see it 👍
It’s cool that you showed us items like the ships clock. I really hope that you placed it back where it originally lay though.
At least this wreck hasn't been illegally salvaged by unscrupulous salvagers as has happened with some of the other battle of Jutland wrecks.
Don't forget the ships that sank in the South China sea to as far as Sunda Strait. Those wrecks are like half to completly gone such as HMS Exeter (almost fully gone),USS Houston (still here but damaged),HMAS Perth (damaged badly but watched), HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repluse (both still here but lightly damaged). Scrappers that hunt and scrapped sunken wrecks almost sounds like greed which sickens me. I can't even dare watch a blow torch cutting a piece of HMS Vanguard off nor watching greedy scrappers destroying old girls that fought like heroes such as Exeter at second battle of Java sea and Houston and Perth at Sunda Strait. These wrecks desevere to fall apart on their own,not scrapped. The Lusitania is slowly collapsing on her own,same for the Titanic and the ships at Bikni Atoll. If they collapse we let them collaspe. A bell or a propeller can ethier be brought up or left but we can remember them for their actions.
@@carol7311 If any of these greedy fuckers are caught in the act they and their ship should be seized and be treated as pirates to be jailed for a long time.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/11309639/Scrap-merchants-held-for-plundering-Royal-Navy-warships.html
All the Jutland wrecks have had their bronze propellers stolen, those that are accessible. The Lutzow was actually sold for scrap and part salvaged, I guess the dead of a defeated nation count for little.
Read "North Sea Diary 1914-1918" by Commander Stephen King-Hall. He was a young officer on HMS Southampton, a light cruiser that took part in the Battle of Jutland. HMS Southampton was only one of two ships in the Royal Navy that fired its guns in each of the four major battles during the war.
Very nice video!
My great uncle, William Huggett Rance, died on Invincible at the Battle of Jutland - his name is on the naval war memorial at Southsea. Last year I paid homage to him, reached up and touched his name. Seems strangely voyeuristic watching this video, knowing it represents the last moments of his life.....
My great uncle died on this to they probaly passed eatchother once strange
Glad someone has filmed and documented this before the Chinese arrive to smash and dredge it all up . . . .
Let's hope a royal navy sub is waiting to add one more wreck on the bottom if they do.
Good Vid !!
Open fire sweat guts determined, RIP.
Strange seeing a capital ship with its main battery still in situ.
Spooky.
She was the first of a new breed of warship- the battlecruiser. It was she and her sister ship- HMS Inflexible- that destroyed Graf Spee's squadron at the Battle of the Falklands. None realized then the fatal weaknesses of her design and ammunition handling methods. One heavy shell to the right spot was all it took to detonate her main magazine and tear her to pieces. The same happened to HMS Indefatigable and Queen Mary in that same Battle of Jutland. The Germans built more survivable battlecruisers and used them more effectively in both World Wars. Both sides had sailors and officers with a lot of guts. We need their kind again today.
It was sloppy ammunition handling that caused the ships to explode. In an effort to speed up the supply of cordite to the guns, they over stacked it in the turret and Left vital flash doors OPEN. When the turret took a hit it was almost like having a powder trail back down into the Mag. The Germans learned this lesson at Dogger Bank when SMS Seydlitz was almost lost.
It wasn't a design flaw but the way they were told by Beaty
The lesson was wasted on the Hood as she suffered the same fate in WWII. It appears that the British Admiralty really had a mental problem back then in passing on lessons that should have been learned.
Music a bit 'upbeat' for looking at a War Grave, but excellent video otherwise.
Whats terrible is all those ships that day basically did it to themselves!
inappropriate music, the music for HMS Queen Mary was right .
I’m just discovered my great uncle was a stocker on her ALBERT CARRINGTON
Why is everyone's great uncule on this ship mine was to
Unbelieveable carnage. Jesus christ.
Yeah, never name any ship with that spectacular name. Well hms invincible (light carrier) almost lost in battle of Falkland so maybe her name is fitting lol
@@muhamadsayyidabidin3906 when was the light carrier invincible "almost lost in battle"? the Argentines never even touched her...
Isn't so invincible now innit?
Was not sunk by the battleship SMS Konig
Was sunk by Battle cruisers SMS Derrflinger & Seydlitz . Konig would have been too far back in the line to fire on this ship .... Comments?
U trying to tell me that invincible only lies about a foot under the waves
Not quite that shallow, but she is very shallow
She is deep under the water but in ocean terms it’s only like dipping into a swimming pool.
when she blew up, her bows and stern were standing above the water. The picture of HMS Badger searching for survivors makes them look about 75-100 feet high, difficult to get a perspective. Invincible was 567 feet long, she would have been at 20,000 tons deep load i.e. ready for battle with full complement and admirals staff, and so drew 28 feet. if we assume a hundred feet of her around Q turret was destroyed in the explosion the water there is around 125-150 feet
Skull at approx 5.15
Anyway the battle of Jutland proved that HMS Invincible was...vincible.
There is no such thing as “vincible”. Invincible basically means indestructible.
@@theheavytonk928 : whoosh!
Its only one Battleship from battle of Jutland which is not deep...
It’s not the very shallow that if you just take a dive in the water you see it instantly, but it’s the shallowest, but it’s still quite deep, just not that deep.
She didn't quite live up to her name did she?
Well, no matter how well they may be built if men start cutting corners you're going to get a reef ship. The three British cruisers that sank in that battle all were destroyed basically by their own crews.