Did the Shipwreck of the U-864 Submarine Reveal a Stunning Discovery?

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  • čas přidán 15. 02. 2023
  • The shipwreck of the WW2 German submarine U-864 is more deadly today than when first launched during WWII.
    This U-boat was on a secret mission to Japan carrying over 1,800 cylinders containing 67 tons of liquid mercury, a key ingredient in the manufacture of high explosives.
    On February 9th, 1945, U-864 was detected and sunk in battle by the British submarine HMS Venturer, making the U-boat the only submarine in history to be sunk by an enemy sub while both were submerged.
    The wreck of U-864 was discovered twenty years ago in 2003 lying precariously on a steep slope. In addition to the danger of live torpedoes onboard, her toxic mercury cargo is now leaking from badly corroded steel containers, contaminating sea life within the surrounding region.
    #shorts #ww2 #shipwreck
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  • @BananaTruth
    @BananaTruth Před rokem +13897

    This is literally like 30 minutes away from me with a boat, alot of the fish is unsafe to eat because of all the toxic shit coming from the submarine.

    • @garyschultz883
      @garyschultz883 Před rokem +343

      can't the site be cleaned
      up ?

    • @BananaTruth
      @BananaTruth Před rokem +863

      @@garyschultz883 I remember there were talks about it years ago, i need to do some research but i belive it is not a simple task due to shells and torpedoes still in the sub, the other issue is also the mercury might even spill more into the ocean.

    • @garyschultz883
      @garyschultz883 Před rokem +206

      @@BananaTruth one other poster claimed Mercury should sink bc it's heavier than water...but other posters say the sea life is not fit now for human consumption....
      hope it can be cleaned up....

    • @achillebelanger9546
      @achillebelanger9546 Před rokem +165

      @@BananaTruth No Missiles back then. Just Torpedoes and Shells( Unless She was carrying V-1 and V-2 Rockets)

    • @mdtransmissionspecialties
      @mdtransmissionspecialties Před rokem

      @@BananaTruth it’s definitely not carrying a v1 or v2 you dumb cuck.

  • @nelsonlanglois9104
    @nelsonlanglois9104 Před rokem +8119

    H.M.S. Venturer sinking this U864 is the First documented case of 1 Submarine sinking another , While Both were Submerged !!

    • @Adamu98
      @Adamu98 Před rokem +287

      So far the only case.

    • @jonathonhass4178
      @jonathonhass4178 Před rokem +694

      @@Adamu98 Wrong. USS Batfish sank 3 IJN submarines. All confirmed sinkings

    • @nelsonlanglois9104
      @nelsonlanglois9104 Před rokem +1031

      @@jonathonhass4178
      Ok...I should've qualified my statement...
      First documented case of 1 submarine sinking another " Submerged " submarine...

    • @jonathonhass4178
      @jonathonhass4178 Před rokem +353

      @@nelsonlanglois9104 Yes…that indeed changes things lol.

    • @HistoryX
      @HistoryX  Před rokem +332

      Great comment, Jonathon. Thanks

  • @when-do-we-get-a-block-button

    "the wreck was found twenty years ago in 2003"
    "20 years ago"
    "2003"
    that threw me for a loop and ive never felt older

    • @matthewmosier8439
      @matthewmosier8439 Před rokem +65

      Been watching a documentary made in something like 2010.
      I realized that some of the older people in it might be reaching old age/ death. That was mind boggling to me.. 2010 seems like yesterday

    • @moteroargentino7944
      @moteroargentino7944 Před 11 měsíci +42

      The older we grow, the faster we see time pass.

    • @bittercad1137
      @bittercad1137 Před 11 měsíci +36

      I’m fucking 20 I hate this. Why can’t I just be 10 again with no other worries than beating the elite four

    • @madeljacky
      @madeljacky Před 11 měsíci +16

      2003 seems like a couple of weeks ago to me yet its 20 years gone somewhere

    • @jackduane5555
      @jackduane5555 Před 11 měsíci

      Is that the first time you've ever done simple arithmetic?

  • @farooqahmed5575
    @farooqahmed5575 Před 11 měsíci +574

    Submarine battles must be the most terrifying shit ever

    • @bluewizzard8843
      @bluewizzard8843 Před 8 měsíci +43

      Yeah I hate u-boots. I nearly drowned as a todler and the depths of the ocean is really not a place a man should be in his last moments in life.

    • @nospoon4799
      @nospoon4799 Před 6 měsíci +24

      And one toilet for 30 guys. And no shower in most of them.

    • @cameronansley7950
      @cameronansley7950 Před 5 měsíci +3

      agreed

    • @Drewtinski64
      @Drewtinski64 Před 5 měsíci +7

      You can't even imagine...

    • @shanejones578
      @shanejones578 Před 4 měsíci

      If you’re under water death is instant. Your bones even become liquidated at the pressure change if you’re deep enough. 150M probably not but the pressure change killed them all instantly regardless of wether they were liquidated internally. Now the mini sub shot down at the surface near Pearl Harbor… they died from drowning…

  • @wyleekan5407
    @wyleekan5407 Před rokem +2232

    There was some talk about encapsulating the entire wreck. Like most issues that cost money it mostly becomes just talk.

    • @tombayless9759
      @tombayless9759 Před rokem +146

      What about the money going to the Ukraine money laundering operations

    • @herrakaarme
      @herrakaarme Před rokem +58

      Norway is so rich they could encapsulate a hundred shipwrecks and nobody would even notice some money was spent. But maybe they don't want to do it because it's German cargo that the British sunk. Too bad it's near Norway, so those two other nations wouldn't care.

    • @NhatHuyNg
      @NhatHuyNg Před rokem +1

      @@tombayless9759 what about it? still mad that your dad corpse is rotting at the bottom of black sea inside the moskva battlecruiser?

    • @stonecode8491
      @stonecode8491 Před rokem

      Think its decided to be encapsulated. But enviromentalists wants it to be lifted out of the water as the other solution isnt viable

    • @theEWDSDS
      @theEWDSDS Před rokem +74

      ​@Tom Bayless ok dude, sit there on your iphone in comfort while they are going through harsh winters with no heat and fighting for their lives.

  • @gandhithegreat328
    @gandhithegreat328 Před rokem +3566

    I love this just glosses over the fact this is the only submarine in history to be sunk by another submarine while submerged

    • @wertbe1718
      @wertbe1718 Před rokem +55

      Is that right

    • @wrecker8236
      @wrecker8236 Před rokem +145

      I don’t think ever in history. Im pretty sure it was the first time it happened. It’s happened several times afterwards.

    • @evangalinsky2499
      @evangalinsky2499 Před rokem +52

      ​@Syntex366 while submerged as well, there were already sub vs sub kills where both were not submerged but breaching the surface.

    • @informationoverload2487
      @informationoverload2487 Před rokem +18

      Probably because it’s neither true nor important. Like other posters said other subs have done so after.

    • @JMorris297
      @JMorris297 Před rokem +22

      Some real Fallout side quest tier shit right there.

  • @MrGrumbles69
    @MrGrumbles69 Před rokem +111

    In reality, no one wins in war, it's tragic for all sides. RIP servicemen.

    • @ThorSuzuki1
      @ThorSuzuki1 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Well, WW2 was kinda the most important war to "win".

    • @leight420
      @leight420 Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@ThorSuzuki1who knows what the world would look like if germany didnt invade russia

    • @Beuwen_The_Dragon
      @Beuwen_The_Dragon Před 5 měsíci +14

      Who knows if WWII would have even happened if the Allied Powers hadn’t saddled Germany with all the fault for The Great War, when (like all the other countries) they had only just joined in to Defend *their* Allies…
      WWI (and as a result, II) would likely have only been a small footnote conflict between two minor belligerent nations, but it was escalated into a global, multinational conflict because of ‘Mutual Defence Pacts” between numerous nations…
      And rather than simply admitting that all those tens of millions of innocent lives across the globe were thrown away so uselessly, the Allied powers dumped all the guilt and shame onto the shoulders of Germany… Which created a ripe environment for a new Socialist Upstart Party to emerge from the Ashes….

    • @ThorSuzuki1
      @ThorSuzuki1 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Beuwen_The_Dragon So you are all for the "asslicking"? I mean, Hitler could simply have stoppen with the Rhineland and the Sudetenland which was in "right" German territory. But no, he wanted to kill some jews aswell. So that's that.

    • @nonbigbrain9662
      @nonbigbrain9662 Před 4 měsíci

      @@leight420well there would’ve been less of a Berlin

  • @archbishopTL1
    @archbishopTL1 Před rokem +150

    Something about hearing "20 years ago in 2003" was more toxic and damaging than the materials on the submarine

    • @WilliamBruhhh
      @WilliamBruhhh Před 6 měsíci +7

      I was at the eye doctor. I have a lazy eye that they couldn’t quite fix when I was little. Went in a few weeks ago and the doc said, “We could definitely do another surgery that would most likely be successful. We’ve learned a lot about lazy eyes in the last 20 years.” And I just sat there like “Damn”. 20 years.

    • @PhilipDavid-jn3zg
      @PhilipDavid-jn3zg Před 5 měsíci +3

      I was 18 back then haha😂

    • @QueerOkie
      @QueerOkie Před 5 měsíci +2

      *insert 'emotional damage' meme here*

    • @shanejones578
      @shanejones578 Před 4 měsíci +1

      20 years ago I’d be an amputee from a car wreck. Today I just have an iron man body instead. Id have lost my entire left side of my body minus my torso.

    • @philippennington358
      @philippennington358 Před 5 dny

      Lol Ikr

  • @lickylick6483
    @lickylick6483 Před rokem +584

    “From the grave achievement unlocked”

  • @thegermansoftie.2260
    @thegermansoftie.2260 Před rokem +139

    Seeing a sunken submarine while scuba diving is the scariest thing ngl. It's creepy as all hell.

    • @Doksamauru
      @Doksamauru Před měsícem +4

      Oh so youve been?

    • @briansidney3403
      @briansidney3403 Před měsícem +7

      It’s literally a huge coffin for 73 souls. I’d be creeped out too. It’s cool how small that vessel looks compared to the surrounding terrain. Like a toy Laing in the bottom of a mine shaft summered..

  • @xXMapleVodkaXx
    @xXMapleVodkaXx Před rokem +20

    "In reality she is more deadly today than when she was first launched in WW2" damn you didn't need to kill the crew a second time man

    • @MrViki60
      @MrViki60 Před 5 dny

      Their female descendants are boucing on black and brown phalli.

  • @fiskeflax4894
    @fiskeflax4894 Před rokem +15

    The only sub in recorded history that was ever sunk by another submerged sub.
    But it's a scandal that super-rich country Norway doesnt do anything to prevent contamination.

  • @stevetomblin9007
    @stevetomblin9007 Před rokem +3614

    Where are all the environmentalists demanding a clean up effort??

    • @Adamu98
      @Adamu98 Před rokem +367

      They just buried it eventually if I recall.

    • @nelsonlanglois9104
      @nelsonlanglois9104 Před rokem +304

      I'm sure it's considered a WWII grave site = exempt from such

    • @rci30
      @rci30 Před rokem +913

      Its not at their local Starbucks so they don't usually care about the environment unless it affects them personally

    • @Urbicide
      @Urbicide Před rokem +463

      Unlike "climate change", there is no money to be easily made here.

    • @marksallows113
      @marksallows113 Před rokem

      @@rci30 idiotic statement

  • @itmakesyouthink
    @itmakesyouthink Před rokem +881

    Who knew you could tell the temperature with a fish...

    • @abeperera5618
      @abeperera5618 Před rokem +8

      😂😂😂

    • @imhere653
      @imhere653 Před rokem +6

      Those are called Freddie fish.

    • @admiralpavelnakhimov8755
      @admiralpavelnakhimov8755 Před rokem +23

      Two Danes on a boat:
      "Hey what's the water temp today?"
      *His friend grabs a fish from the water*
      "Hmmm, I say it's about 2°C"

    • @libenstein
      @libenstein Před 9 měsíci

      Interesting
      I thought fish were only used to tell time

  • @Internetspaceships
    @Internetspaceships Před rokem +31

    Sinking another submarine that could have been at any depth under water with unguided torpedoes that follow a single depth setting is quite impressive. One in a million shot.

    • @hmshood319
      @hmshood319 Před rokem +13

      From what I've read, the Leuitenant in command of HMS Venturer was a bit of a genius and designed the fiering solution such that the first 3 torpedoes in the salvo would corral the German U Boat in such a way that the 4th and final torpedo would be in the exact point in three dimensional space to make contact. Truly an epic display of maritime genius

    • @Rasscasse
      @Rasscasse Před 5 měsíci +1

      Wow. That’s impressive!!

  • @sauceboss9443
    @sauceboss9443 Před rokem +135

    RIP to the men of 864.

    • @StatesideHeathen
      @StatesideHeathen Před rokem +27

      They were Nazi's...

    • @sauceboss9443
      @sauceboss9443 Před rokem +45

      @@StatesideHeathen 🤓🤓🤓

    • @brocclee4476
      @brocclee4476 Před rokem

      @@StatesideHeathen not all Germans where aware of the ss plans and exterminations . Not all German soldiers wanted to even be in that war to begin with just like the United States Britain and Russia Ethiopia etc etc granted the majority where fucked but there was even a point where the whermatch tried to assassinate hitler for what they did to the country Oscar Schindler was a Nazi and he helped free a massive population of Jewish people and not only that a whermatch detachment helped the us siege a castle from the ss

    • @visidron8563
      @visidron8563 Před rokem

      ​@Christopher Cole, they were still humans. They were just unfortunately brainwashed. Or they were just fighting for their country. Take, for example, the American Civil War. The majority of the Confederate soldiers did not own slaves or necessarily supported slavery. They were just fighting for their country.

    • @charlesrupp3976
      @charlesrupp3976 Před rokem

      @@StatesideHeathen you, my friend, are embarrassingly stupid.

  • @stinkyfinger420lol
    @stinkyfinger420lol Před rokem +607

    The first three torpedoes were avoided,but U-864 unknowingly steered into the path of the fourth. U-864 exploded, split in two and sank with all hands, coming to rest on the sea floor at a depth of approximately 490 ft (150 m) below the surface
    *Source Google*

    • @mikeyengland6363
      @mikeyengland6363 Před rokem +18

      Thanks for that mate, it’s fascinating how we as humans fight each other but have so much in common.
      May all those boys rest in peace, what a horrible way to go.

    • @NimbusDE
      @NimbusDE Před rokem +3

      What are the chances - would have been better for the Norwegians if the U-Boot has not been hit in front of their coast

    • @matthewmosier8439
      @matthewmosier8439 Před rokem +9

      ​@@mikeyengland6363 Other than the stress, it might have been one of the fastest ways to go.
      They were submerged, so a hull breach would likely kill most people instantly

    • @shanemills5017
      @shanemills5017 Před 11 měsíci

      Ummm why not use TNT to blow up the wreck

    • @jstravelers4094
      @jstravelers4094 Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@shanemills5017Do you really need it explained to you what a horrible idea that is?

  • @Rafficarian
    @Rafficarian Před rokem +300

    Mercury fulminate was normally used in blasting caps and primers many years ago

    • @Urbicide
      @Urbicide Před rokem +22

      Mercuric primers are what made certain ammunition considered corrosive. That is partially the reason why many military rifles have chrome plated bores & chambers. These primers do have a very long shelf life, if stored under decent conditions.

    • @rorythurman7843
      @rorythurman7843 Před rokem +6

      still is. surprisingly, nobody will spend the money to get the merc. most notable is its depth

    • @NarasimhaDiyasena
      @NarasimhaDiyasena Před rokem

      Germans had a use for liquid Mercury as it powered the Do-Stra in the Huanebu Program. German SS investigated the Vimana’s in Hindu texts, acquired the Schematics, and re-engineered it under the Huanebu. Then Operation Paperclip happened and a part of the group transferred to the US while the other part relocated to Antartica. The ‘UFO’ are variants of the Huanebu build by a network of Black Project Defense contractors which included Lockheed Skukworks, Boeing Phantom Works, and Northrop Black Widow Group. These crafts are now mass produced at a manufacturing plant in the ‘Alaskan Triangle’.

    • @John-nz6jb
      @John-nz6jb Před rokem

      Admitted JFK assassin James Files says he used mercury in the bullet he fired from his Remington Fireball pistol, i.e., exploding on contact with Kennedy's skull.😢

    • @Logarius-
      @Logarius- Před 11 měsíci

      This mercury was going to be used for rocket propellant on Nazi designed rocket planes that were being given to japan

  • @honorableundead2273
    @honorableundead2273 Před rokem +16

    And this is how Godzilla starts

    • @TheJMBon
      @TheJMBon Před 5 měsíci

      Godzilla was from radiation...not heavy metal poisoning. Ffs.

    • @honorableundead2273
      @honorableundead2273 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@TheJMBonlet me dream of giant fire breathing lizards man 😂

  • @okay8165
    @okay8165 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Imagine a submarine battle that’s gotta be the most terrifying thing I’ve heard

  • @mrEC
    @mrEC Před rokem +332

    Mercury is heavier than water or salt water and once the cylinders decompose, the mercury should sink to the bottom and eventually sink into the sand. There should be some program to retrieve those cylinders to prevent contamination.

    • @sirjaustin9140
      @sirjaustin9140 Před rokem +5

      not how it works

    • @danielbriones2938
      @danielbriones2938 Před rokem

      One; how the heck is a metallic container gonna decompose. Two; biomagnification will ensure that the surrounding sea life will accumulate Mercury in their bodies and be unsafe for consumption.

    • @PeliSotilas
      @PeliSotilas Před rokem

      If Mercury spills into the ocean, some of it will be turned into organic mercury by anaerobic bacteria, which introduces it into the sea ecosystem and by extension the fish. Organic mercury is about as toxic to humans as regular mercury is.

    • @patricklenigan4309
      @patricklenigan4309 Před rokem +11

      I would agree that something should be done to solve the problem at first opportunity (namely, technology becomes good enough that the cylinders could be recovered to limit contamination, and clean up the area) when that would become possible, however, would be difficult to say.

    • @Dumbrarere
      @Dumbrarere Před rokem +3

      Not going to happen. The submarine is considered a war grave, which makes recovery of the toxic cargo in violation of international and maritime laws. What they can and are doing is entombimg the wreck as an intermediate-term solution until a long term cleanup plan can be greenlit. It's not unlike what was done to Chernobyl Reactor 4 by the Soviets (and again by the IAEA and cleanup crews).

  • @charliecurfman8859
    @charliecurfman8859 Před rokem +5

    The way you speak, conduct, and give me examples is why I subscribed. Finally a good well spoke channel.

  • @TsubasaOkoshi
    @TsubasaOkoshi Před rokem +16

    In this boat two Japanese were on board: Tadao Yamato and Shigeo Nakai. Shigeo was my mother's cousin.

    • @davyw.2571
      @davyw.2571 Před rokem +1

      Sorry for your loss.

    • @WarPigstheHun
      @WarPigstheHun Před 9 měsíci

      Wow. That's crazy. What were Japanese people doing on a German sub?

    • @mcpr5971
      @mcpr5971 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Smells like bs

    • @bluewizzard8843
      @bluewizzard8843 Před 8 měsíci +2

      ​@@WarPigstheHunWell they mentioned the u-boat was on a secret cargo mission to japan.

    • @FancyNaeser53
      @FancyNaeser53 Před měsícem

      ​@@mcpr5971rude

  • @waynemgtregear7228
    @waynemgtregear7228 Před rokem +395

    There are thousands of sunken war ships all leaking their diesel fuel into the sands below , Approx half a million litres of diesel.

    • @emilgil1490
      @emilgil1490 Před rokem

      But diesel is carbon and hydrogen: elements building life.
      Mercury is toxic, cumulates in living organism and 60microgrammes per kilo is death.

    • @AtomicExtremophile
      @AtomicExtremophile Před rokem +31

      diesel floats, doesn't it?

    • @waynemgtregear7228
      @waynemgtregear7228 Před rokem +27

      @@AtomicExtremophile true 100% but it seeping through the sunken ships into the sandy ocean bottom. Sand absorb the diesel fuel. ... Eventually making it way through ecology.

    • @julianbaquera9511
      @julianbaquera9511 Před rokem +26

      Wrong, diesel (which is oil based) is lighter than water even salt water which is denser than regular water…..

    • @CrusherBKC1
      @CrusherBKC1 Před rokem +9

      They rarely used diesel

  • @Dudemon-1
    @Dudemon-1 Před rokem +70

    I've been at scientific conferences discussing how to handle it. Originally, Norway wanted to recover the mercury, but, after more study, it was decided to bury it in place, entombing it with a cap.

    • @Nidvard
      @Nidvard Před rokem +3

      ...until one of the experts have uncovered a fault in the plan to bury it, so now they are just waiting for the experts to agree on the best course of action

    • @Dudemon-1
      @Dudemon-1 Před rokem +4

      @@Nidvard Nah. It's still the leadt-risky solution. But non-experts are complaining.

    • @Nidvard
      @Nidvard Před rokem +1

      @@Dudemon-1 are you saying Rambøll is a non-expert?

    • @Dudemon-1
      @Dudemon-1 Před rokem +1

      @@Nidvard No. I've worked with them on similar projects (sediment contamination), and I'm not sighting them. But they have an interest in the project. Some of their concerns are valid as improvements, but they also minimize the threat that disturbance could cause.

    • @richardseys8014
      @richardseys8014 Před 7 měsíci +1

      and when the cap deteriorates after time same problem just bought some time with a cap

  • @Doncorleone47
    @Doncorleone47 Před rokem +4

    Submarine or any boats lying at the bottom of the ocean are always creepy and mysterious wrecks like the titanic for example but also extremely interesting

  • @bluewizzard8843
    @bluewizzard8843 Před 8 měsíci +31

    R.I.P to those souls that never left that u-boat.

    • @Tpecroe
      @Tpecroe Před 6 měsíci

      You mean the souls of the people that wanted to destroy America?

    • @AmedoAvogadro
      @AmedoAvogadro Před 6 měsíci

      They were soldiers of the Nazi regime trying to enslave the world. Be careful when you blindly follow a piped piper, charlatan populist! The little guy with the weird mustache reminds me of Dumpster Fire Don.

  • @Zolo._.
    @Zolo._. Před rokem +33

    Imagine being in the crew just randomly see a enemy and get attacked and flood and drown to death with little to no hope of escape

    • @rocc6102
      @rocc6102 Před rokem +6

      Due to decompresion it was most likely a quick death. After it split apart the atmosphere inside of the submarine violent collapsed. As you can imagine humans dont handle that very well.

    • @ricardoarrieta5762
      @ricardoarrieta5762 Před 5 měsíci +1

      That particular boat was made to sink ships from resupling the alliance from America France and Britain. So that boat had no chance.

    • @CL-vz6ch
      @CL-vz6ch Před 2 měsíci +1

      That would have been a split second.

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Před měsícem

      ​@@rocc6102They sure don't. That pressure will get you everytime.

  • @aztex6981
    @aztex6981 Před rokem +83

    The wreck is outside of fedje Norway's west coast. Norwegian kystverket finished in 2016 filling up the wreck with support soil for further work as the wreck is on a slope. 30.000 Square meter is contaminated. Further work is in progres.

    • @hotdog9262
      @hotdog9262 Před 6 měsíci

      should have been removed many decades ago

  • @momoniji6439
    @momoniji6439 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Legend says people are still waiting for the stunning discovery.

  • @josephpeluchette191
    @josephpeluchette191 Před rokem +188

    I realize it's a grave and will be difficult, but this is a fixable problem

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 Před rokem +28

      It comes down to a lot of $$$$ or €€€€, and who will foot the bill.

    • @josephpeluchette191
      @josephpeluchette191 Před rokem +4

      @@markfryer9880 right

    • @pootthatbak2578
      @pootthatbak2578 Před rokem

      The wtc was a grave too. Didnt stop the elite from rebuilding over the ashes of the dead

    • @Cr4igpeterson
      @Cr4igpeterson Před rokem +24

      Germany should it’s their wreck 😂😂

    • @HelloIamJonas
      @HelloIamJonas Před rokem +55

      ​@@Cr4igpeterson Britain should they sunk it

  • @simonhansen1942
    @simonhansen1942 Před rokem +199

    Tweakers already ripped the wires out and recycled all the metals.

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 Před rokem +6

      In 500 feet of cold North Sea water? Funny comment but factually way off!

    • @uzyvan2.0
      @uzyvan2.0 Před rokem +13

      @@markfryer9880 actually you should see what they have done to other places like famous deep water battle areas where Loya of big ships sank a lot of them were looted

    • @OOO34540
      @OOO34540 Před rokem

      😂

    • @_just_another_filthy_redcoat
      @_just_another_filthy_redcoat Před rokem +14

      @@markfryer9880 bet you check the door after a knock knock joke and get angry there wasn’t any one really knocking…..

    • @kirkkirkland7244
      @kirkkirkland7244 Před rokem +1

      They have stolen entire battleships full of bombs and these ships were war graves!!! They know who did it also and their not doing anything against them even though they are grave robbers!!!

  • @joejoemyo
    @joejoemyo Před rokem +1

    Knew exactly the cargo when I saw the thumbnail. Mercury used to be considered a highly valuable precious material - nowadays it's about as expensive to get rid of

  • @honestreviewer3283
    @honestreviewer3283 Před měsícem

    This is the only submarine that's ever been sunk by another submarine. Ever.

  • @johnthomas6174
    @johnthomas6174 Před rokem +78

    They used to carry Mercury to the gold fields in California. It's used to refine gold. Tons of it off the coast of Florida and S America due to storms.

    • @cgyygc5433
      @cgyygc5433 Před rokem +5

      they still do this in the amazon.

    • @eduardoalbornoz2718
      @eduardoalbornoz2718 Před rokem +7

      they still used this in illegal gold mining in brazil for the last 4 years, and still are using in other places as well, old government would just look away, even the vice president approved what they were doing, i dont simpatise with the new people in charge, but removing gold miners from amazon was a great thing

    • @nospoon4799
      @nospoon4799 Před 6 měsíci

      Lol in Britain they put it in kids teeth..!!

  • @Pursuit918
    @Pursuit918 Před rokem +242

    Gotta love how they will spend billions to kill but not a few million to clean up their mess.

    • @falchions_n_foccacia
      @falchions_n_foccacia Před rokem

      all the people who did this are long dead, and if they try to clean it up there's like an 85% chance it's going to leak and kill a ton of people and fish

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před rokem +44

      War is great for the economy. Cleaning up environmental disasters? Not so much

    • @qwertykeyboard5901
      @qwertykeyboard5901 Před rokem +18

      @@JM64 Yep. Can't exactly sack cities when your cleaning mercury up!

    • @johnleonard9102
      @johnleonard9102 Před rokem

      Nothing stokes human creativity like the desire to kill someone you don't like.

    • @yammmit
      @yammmit Před rokem

      @@qwertykeyboard5901you’re

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 Před rokem +2

    Germans really said: “We ain’t losing alone!”
    **contaminates the surrounding wildlife**

  • @AWF1000
    @AWF1000 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Its crazy that we are still discovering historic things on earth

  • @jeremygirtz3254
    @jeremygirtz3254 Před rokem +19

    That bad shit that comes with war

  • @SconiHunter84
    @SconiHunter84 Před rokem +23

    It's incredible how a victory can result in catastrophic results

    • @luggy9256
      @luggy9256 Před rokem +4

      Most victories have catastrophic results for one side or the other.

    • @bluewizzard8843
      @bluewizzard8843 Před 8 měsíci

      Well that's war for you. There is nothing good coming from it.

  • @Louzahsol
    @Louzahsol Před 6 měsíci

    For those wondering about the mercury, it was used in ammunition primers. Today a different material is used but back then they used it to make fulminated mercury.

  • @albertbryan7132
    @albertbryan7132 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Solutions? If the CIA can retrieve a Soviet sub from 5000 meters they can do something about this at 150 meters.

  • @Opno
    @Opno Před rokem +110

    People saying "just clean it up" don't realize how much water 500 ft is. And how difficult it is to work with these crumbling wrecks and not end up making things worse or getting people killed

    • @fraziercrawford
      @fraziercrawford Před rokem

      Nah, we launched humans out of orbit with binary computers woven by underpaid sweatshop seamstresses. Nothing is actually that difficult, the people with the ability to make it happen just don't give a fuck. Mythologizing the act of taking care of out planet is a psyop

    • @kikoredog
      @kikoredog Před rokem +7

      Robots my dude

    • @Opno
      @Opno Před rokem +19

      @@kikoredog the issue isn't the direct diver exposure. The issue is that if you modify or even touch the sub or the casings, you risk the metal completely failing and dumping the contents into the ocean. Manipulating even simple metal or canisters at that depth is extremely risky in terms of releasing them completely into the ocean and making a worse situation than before

    • @Amoogus
      @Amoogus Před rokem +7

      I really would say clean it up but that would require people to actually care about the environment.

    • @Opno
      @Opno Před rokem

      @@Amoogus I would say you're retarded but that would be giving you too much credit

  • @williamfoote2888
    @williamfoote2888 Před rokem +26

    Metallic mercury isn’t a very dangerous material. Once it’s covered up, it can lay undisturbed for
    Centuries.

    • @jasonswanson9805
      @jasonswanson9805 Před rokem

      Well what about the non - metallic variety ❓much scarier, right ❓😂😂😂😂

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 Před rokem +3

      @@jasonswanson9805 organic mercury is very toxic, but metallic mercury, by itself is pretty inert.
      The mercury that was used to mine the rivers around SanFrancisco, for gold, is still there 160 years later. That’s why it’s illegal to disturb those river bottoms…

    • @jeanbaptistevallee4500
      @jeanbaptistevallee4500 Před rokem +1

      @@williamfoote2888 Recreational dredgers used to remove the mercury they found.

    • @williamfoote2888
      @williamfoote2888 Před rokem +1

      @@jeanbaptistevallee4500 Probably still do. Whatever they don’t move isn’t going anywhere.

    • @danielbriones2938
      @danielbriones2938 Před rokem +3

      Uh... Ever heard of biomagnification?

  • @achillebelanger9546
    @achillebelanger9546 Před rokem +4

    We have a Freighter full of Mercury bound for England for use in detonators sunk off the Coast of Maine, close to the Territorial Shelf.

  • @Swimming.in.Lead543
    @Swimming.in.Lead543 Před rokem +1

    All I’m sayin is Revy Two-Hands added a few more than just 72 to that count

  • @JonnyFiveAlive144
    @JonnyFiveAlive144 Před rokem +1

    Props to the Venturer crew. I'm pretty sure submarines were designed for anti-ship combat, I wouldn't think destroying a sub with a sub is very easy.

  • @johnnyk.2911
    @johnnyk.2911 Před rokem +26

    War is toxic.

  • @NedwardFlanders
    @NedwardFlanders Před rokem +4

    Wasn't this the only confirmed submarine to submarine kill while submerged?

    • @NedwardFlanders
      @NedwardFlanders Před rokem

      @@wayne6777 I wasn't sure at first although I thought it would have been included if it was. As it's such an interesting fact.

  • @thatranger8095
    @thatranger8095 Před 11 měsíci +1

    it's the only sub to be killed by another sub underneath the water

  • @derrickstorm6976
    @derrickstorm6976 Před rokem +1

    "Stunning discovery" contains exactly what is known there should be

  • @jamesfuria3939
    @jamesfuria3939 Před rokem +12

    wont the heavy metals go right to the seabottom. it's heavier than water so it should go lower and not mix with seawater. I'm not positive though.

    • @mamavswild
      @mamavswild Před rokem

      That’s what I would have thought? Very different specific gravity but I’m no chemist.

    • @magapickle01
      @magapickle01 Před rokem +2

      So just to explain it to you . Mercury is a solid at temperatures that cold . Once Mercury become s room temperature it becomes the liquid . At a high temperature it becomes a vapor . Mercury vapor light work that way . I know Mercury very well

    • @sgriffiths1448
      @sgriffiths1448 Před rokem +6

      @@magapickle01 mercury doesn't become solid until -38.83°C/-37.89°F. Much much colder then the ocen gets at 150m

    • @magapickle01
      @magapickle01 Před rokem +1

      @@sgriffiths1448 interesting that I pull solid Mercury chunks out of flowing rivers that are maybe 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit

    • @sgriffiths1448
      @sgriffiths1448 Před rokem +1

      @@magapickle01 the temp I mentioned is the melting point for Mercury.

  • @richardzilz6852
    @richardzilz6852 Před rokem +16

    Soooo that's why the fish I eat has mercury in it!

    • @HistoryX
      @HistoryX  Před rokem +4

      We never know what's down there, dow we?

    • @Shootttr
      @Shootttr Před rokem

      @@HistoryX damn for a history channel I thought you’d know how to spell do

  • @SL4US
    @SL4US Před 11 měsíci

    Fish: "Why my home spicy"

  • @Fang-sigma2mz
    @Fang-sigma2mz Před měsícem +1

    U-569 makes a contact to lead them U-94 scores a kill in the dark!

  • @theonlyonestanding8079
    @theonlyonestanding8079 Před rokem +9

    I hope someone clean this up

    • @YourDadsBoyfriend
      @YourDadsBoyfriend Před rokem +1

      Lmao. Accountability. That's rich.

    • @Cr4igpeterson
      @Cr4igpeterson Před rokem +4

      All eyes on Germany

    • @wolfiewolfdog9771
      @wolfiewolfdog9771 Před rokem +2

      Britain actually babygirl @craig

    • @Cr4igpeterson
      @Cr4igpeterson Před rokem

      @@wolfiewolfdog9771 yea cos I’m clearly a girl… 🤣🤣 try again ugly

    • @bluewizzard8843
      @bluewizzard8843 Před 8 měsíci

      Better not. Let it be where it is. That ensures it contaminates the areas only slowly.

  • @edwinhernandez6627
    @edwinhernandez6627 Před rokem +9

    U-864 is forever on patrol . 🚢

  • @Assassinsam353
    @Assassinsam353 Před 6 měsíci

    Fun fact this is the only recorded sub to sub skirmish in history

  • @o_mag_pie_o666
    @o_mag_pie_o666 Před rokem +1

    The horrors of war never ends😢

  • @pemithmithsara7632
    @pemithmithsara7632 Před rokem +13

    Crimes happen during wars. But do not end with them.

  • @kingpest13
    @kingpest13 Před rokem +15

    The insanity of war is hard to grasp in it's entirety.

  • @spacer0247
    @spacer0247 Před 4 měsíci +1

    RIP to those 73 souls🕊

  • @Puppy_Puppington
    @Puppy_Puppington Před 11 měsíci

    Dying in a submarine is one of the worst ways you can go. Screw that

  • @danno8852
    @danno8852 Před rokem +13

    Wouldn’t the mercury just sit on the bottom because it’s 13 times more dense than water ? Just throw a tarp over it…done

    • @HistoryX
      @HistoryX  Před rokem +10

      Interesting comment. I did some more research and apparently that's kind of what they intend to do. Because they cannot safely raise the sub, it appears they intend to cover it with a layer of gravel and concrete.

  • @shahrookhshroff3018
    @shahrookhshroff3018 Před rokem +10

    We salute these heroes, who gave up their lives to serve their land.
    RIP!
    😇😇😇🙌🙌🙌👌👌👌

    • @GhostScout42
      @GhostScout42 Před rokem

      f nazis

    • @MJ-we9vu
      @MJ-we9vu Před rokem

      They were Nazis. Let them rot.

    • @Zlonk7
      @Zlonk7 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I wouldnt exactly say they were heroes but they did serve their land

  • @AinsleyHarriott1
    @AinsleyHarriott1 Před měsícem

    Underwater submarine dogfights is just peak humanity

  • @fredread9216
    @fredread9216 Před rokem +2

    We humans sure can screw things up cant we.

  • @hollybug-76542
    @hollybug-76542 Před 5 měsíci

    What a brilliant idea. Let's transport mercury on a submarine.

  • @brucetully
    @brucetully Před rokem +8

    They will have to bring it up

    • @kailanib185
      @kailanib185 Před rokem +1

      of course they do, they haven't figured out a way to do it safely

    • @HistoryX
      @HistoryX  Před rokem +5

      As I understand it, because the sub is broken in two and lying on a steep slope, it's too difficult to bring it up safely without disturbing the wreck further. Therefore they intend to cover it with a layer of gravel and concrete.

    • @davidmc62
      @davidmc62 Před rokem

      I don't believe anyone will risk moving it. As explosives age, they become less stable.
      I think they should either destroy it or leave it alone.

    • @kailanib185
      @kailanib185 Před rokem +1

      @@davidmc62they can't destroy it. That would release all the mercury into the ocean.

    • @kailanib185
      @kailanib185 Před rokem

      @@HistoryX last I heard that is not an option as it is illegal and still potentially leaves the mercury to pollute the ocean.

  • @paulatudor691
    @paulatudor691 Před rokem +6

    Can’t they recover the cylinders with a salvage sub??

    • @rommel7543
      @rommel7543 Před rokem +4

      Remember that part mentioning Mercury is a key ingredient in high explosives AND the sub is armed with live torpedoes? Mercury + torpedoes = 💥

    • @Kokopilau77
      @Kokopilau77 Před rokem +2

      @@rommel7543 so… don’t go outside for a smoke

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před rokem +1

      ​@@rommel7543 Mercury in and of itself isn't explosive silly goose. You have to do some chemistry to make it into an explosive compound.

    • @rommel7543
      @rommel7543 Před rokem

      @@JM64 Mercury(II) fulminate, or Hg(CNO)2, is a primary explosive. It is highly sensitive to friction, heat and shock and is mainly used as a trigger for other explosives in percussion caps and detonators.
      Mercury fulminate (or fulminate of mercury, as Walt rightly calls it) Hg(ONC)2 is a very unstable and explosive compound.

    • @JM64
      @JM64 Před rokem

      @@rommel7543 Yes, so as I said mercury in and of itself isn't explosive. And what did he say in the video? *LIQUID* (pure elemental) Mercury.
      Not explosive.

  • @Valkyriene
    @Valkyriene Před 11 měsíci

    Now waiting for a real Godzilla to come out

  • @robgee7788
    @robgee7788 Před 9 měsíci

    That mercury would go straight down. The narrator would lead you to believe it would dissolve in the water. That mercury won't hurt a thing.

  • @DavidRLentz
    @DavidRLentz Před rokem +3

    Can we cover the wreck in a large volume of sand? Would that secure the site? Or secure it till we can apply a more effective method?

    • @creator4413
      @creator4413 Před rokem +3

      I was thinking maybe lower a giant steel shell on cables and put it over the whole thing. We could use the hull of another ship that’s being decommissioned

    • @logansylvester8093
      @logansylvester8093 Před rokem +2

      I mean Mercury is heavier than water and most likely will just seep down into the sand below the wreck. It definitely isn't environmentally friendly but it isn't as dangerous as the video makes the wreck seem

    • @Zlonk7
      @Zlonk7 Před 11 měsíci

      They video didnt mention this but the Norwegian government did exactly that a few years ago

  • @64Ziesingracing
    @64Ziesingracing Před rokem +3

    The most shocking part of this video for me was that 2003 was 20 years ago

  • @mikep4566
    @mikep4566 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The only submarine destroyed by another submarine whilst both were submerged. Quite a feat, or a stroke of luck, I wouldn’t like to say.

  • @teel6060
    @teel6060 Před 5 měsíci

    134,000lbs of liquid mercury? Unreal!

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Před 9 měsíci +3

    Liquid metallic mercury really isn't much of a threat, because it doesn't interact with much stuff. You could bathe in the stuff and be fine - for example.
    It is the salts of mercury which are so deadly. And so while it's not great to have that mercury down there, it most certainly is NOT an environmental disaster waiting to happen.
    It really helps if you know a little chemistry.

  • @thicccheese4007
    @thicccheese4007 Před rokem +5

    Ah good to know the Nazi’s are still being a pain in the ass to this day. I’ll hand it to them, they’re very dedicated

    • @Helena-me6mp
      @Helena-me6mp Před rokem

      I think the british are the ones who caused this disaster. Werent they the ones who shot a carrier of toxic chemicals?

    • @okage6219
      @okage6219 Před rokem

      Shit could've happened on an industrial transport just as well

    • @thicccheese4007
      @thicccheese4007 Před rokem +2

      @@okage6219 what, like a train? Trains never have accidents, especially in Ohio

  • @Darthdoodoo
    @Darthdoodoo Před 4 měsíci

    Our military successfully designed a giant oil rig looking ship to pull a giant soviet submarine from the bottom of the ocean to study it but they act like they are unable to clean this stuff up

  • @James_Original
    @James_Original Před rokem

    Bro take "you go with me to hell" too serious 💀

  • @jimkammerer5240
    @jimkammerer5240 Před rokem +5

    OMG THIS IS SO SAD INDEED 😞

    • @HistoryX
      @HistoryX  Před rokem

      Without a doubt. But thanks for watching, Jim.

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube3319 Před 2 měsíci

    Amazing that 67 tons of liquid metal could be transported in one submarine

  • @SurvivingTheApocalypse

    ‘All 73 men on board died’ proceeds to show the crew of the HMS Venturer 👏

  • @mckcpaul1
    @mckcpaul1 Před rokem +11

    Send the clean up bill to Germany!

    • @jaysleezy5464
      @jaysleezy5464 Před rokem +5

      Germany did nothing wrong except lose.

    • @sn1per.-992
      @sn1per.-992 Před rokem +6

      Send it to the british!

    • @Helena-me6mp
      @Helena-me6mp Před rokem

      Right, if you get shot, you pay the bill and not the one who shot you

    • @nicholasproductions237
      @nicholasproductions237 Před 11 měsíci

      @@Helena-me6mpif you lose the war you pay the bill

    • @nicholasproductions237
      @nicholasproductions237 Před 11 měsíci

      @@sn1per.-992the British paid it by stopping that sub from reinforcing the Japanese

  • @Bluebrothersag2
    @Bluebrothersag2 Před rokem +3

    It's just so eerie seeing a sunken ship. Like who made it sink or what???.....

  • @najyman
    @najyman Před rokem

    What kind of explosives can you make with mercury?

  • @onolicious9147
    @onolicious9147 Před 5 měsíci

    …And that’s…how we get a Godzilla! We’re done for!

  • @MrAM4D3U5
    @MrAM4D3U5 Před rokem +3

    It should be the responsibility of England to clean this mess us since they’re the ones who sunk the ship

  • @Niagaranobs
    @Niagaranobs Před rokem

    This sounds like an SCP.

  • @canadiannavy9229
    @canadiannavy9229 Před rokem

    The issue with moving those barrels is that they could open up at any moment including unjust being moved

  • @roberthegwood3528
    @roberthegwood3528 Před rokem +5

    Gretta thunberg has missed the mark on what's important..

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Před rokem +1

      It has been one of her points for years.

  • @joeottsoulbikes415
    @joeottsoulbikes415 Před rokem +8

    They need to build a shell to pu F over that until they figure out how to retrieve that mercury

    • @GhostScout42
      @GhostScout42 Před rokem

      u pay for it, ill let the heavier than water mecury sit on the ocean floor

    • @Zlonk7
      @Zlonk7 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@GhostScout42and let the fish eat it? The same fish people eat eveyday?

    • @Zlonk7
      @Zlonk7 Před 11 měsíci

      They covered it in sand a few years ago

  • @mateuszobszanski274
    @mateuszobszanski274 Před rokem

    Don't forget that there's tens of these in the Baltic Sea alone

  • @donaldlyons537
    @donaldlyons537 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Awesome Book about Submarines and Submariners..... BLIND MAN'S BLUFF.
    Well worth the Read....😊

  • @KnightFilms32
    @KnightFilms32 Před rokem +6

    Oh, i was expecting the Japanese tiger tank, lmao

  • @trout717oboeplayer9
    @trout717oboeplayer9 Před 7 měsíci

    This is so far the only case of submarine sinking another submarine while both were submerged

  • @peterpointon3774
    @peterpointon3774 Před rokem +6

    Hope they clean it up soon 🙏✝️

  • @toeknee4301
    @toeknee4301 Před rokem

    At first I thought with the sonar in the background he was gonna say the ships sonar was permanently going off which would also be devastating

  • @margretblair5389
    @margretblair5389 Před 5 měsíci

    That's horrible. There is no way to extract any of the toxic materials. Those used to be some of the cleanest best waters

  • @natebenetard5100
    @natebenetard5100 Před rokem +4

    Does anyone know if there are plans to deal with this issue?

    • @Nidvard
      @Nidvard Před rokem

      3 plans for how to deal with it, with the most feasible being to bury/seal it off. the best course of action is still undecided though, as the reason why it haven't been done yet