US Marine reacts to Royal Navy Clearance Divers

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[SikkestJumpshotzz]

My Grandad was a Clearance Diver in the Royal Navy for 9 years. Took him all around the world and he has endless stories that never fail to amaze me. Sounded like one hell of a life back in the day! He mentioned them removing a mine from the Grand Harbour in Malta

[QToPBuZz]

My Dad was a Royal Navy clearance diver in the 50s, brass helmets and lead boots. I wish he was still around, he would have loved this.

[busterruff]

You seem like a nice gentleman, I love watching your channel,
Love from the UK,

[squaddie]

I spent a few years on the RAF Bomb Disposal Squadron and did some cross-training with these guys and they are all incredibly professional. They take measurements of all their appendages so they can get a pretty accurate measurement of the target by feel, eg they know their forearm is x mm long so they use that as a gauge.
Just don't go drinking with them, it will not end well.

[johnkiddier]

Excellent video, as always! The one call they hope never to get is to the SS Richard Montgomery a US cargo ship, sank in 1944 off Sheerness in the Thames Estuary, there's still over 1500 tonnes (3+million pounds) of munitions still on board.

[Jon]

The Med Fleet Clearance Diving team base on Manoel Island in the 1950s were the stuff of legend. The amount of munitions to be found on Malta and in the surrounding seas was beyond belief.

[BrixtonTone]

Wow ! Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I'm an old British guy living in the UK and until your video was completely unaware/uninformed of the work these guys are doing.
They deserve more recognition.

Shaking my head just trying to imagine the size of the "stones" it takes to do their job.

[DK-cymt]

Enjoying your videos mate, unfortunately problems with anxiety finished my army career, but it's good to watch stuff like this. Take care and stay safe.

[Jazz-iolm]

Brilliant video again, thanks for the content you provide. Really appreciate you looking at the UK services. Was going to ask, it would be cool if you did a video on the history of your own unit, or units you have been apart of and the notable actions that have taken place. Thanks again mate. Stay safe sir.

[jillsaddington]

Very little is known about the RNCD Branch, but I live with one! My partner was a RN Clearance Diver for 22 years, joining up in 1983. It's a very hard training course to pass, so the fail rate is high - but once a diver, always a diver! Thank you for doing this video - there isn't enough recognition for the RNCD's.

[phil]

The SS Richard Montgomery, a Liberty Ship which grounded itself on the Thames Estuary in 1944. A 1, 640 foot (500 meter) exclusion zone is active around the wreck, due to 1, 400 tons of unexploded munitions in her cargo holds, Royal Navy Clearance Divers still check 2020

[grahamewilliams]

Really enjoy your channel, you're a credit to your country. Keep safe young man.

[thehoodedman]

I recall my farther was a RN diver in WW2. I don't remember him calling it Clearance Diving, but I remember he told me when clearing docks of mines you could not see your hands and it was done by touch. He did say it could be scary at times when a body would just give you a nudge while searching the harbour. I think he served as a Royal Navy Commando under Combined Operations and spent most if not all his time shore based after D Day till Germany's surrender. Enjoying your videos.

[streaky]

The Thames is much cleaner than it used to be - the main problem these days tends to be the rain water system being connected to the main sewage system so when it rains very heavy it can't deal with that and it overflows into the Thames - they're digging massive tunnels to take the excess when that happens for processing later so eventually it won't happen. I live near the airport and they found a 1000lb bomb when working there a while back and got to watch these guys float it past my apartment building in the middle of the night for exploding down the river which was cool to see - the guys who do it are obviously incredibly skilled at it.

[tedrelton]

The river Thames is the biggest armoury in the UK

[RyanForrest]

Really enjoyed this one mate. Diving and the sea wasn't really my strong point. Although being a marine, they tell you it should be! I could do what was required but the diving stuff is next level bro. Good video man. May have to start doing some of these soon. These guys were down Plymouth quite a lot training.

[scadian]

Love your work mate, I'm glad I subscribed.


And a happy ANZAC Day from Down Under. (Vietnam Vet. 68/69)

[somthingbrutal]

farmers in France and Belgium are still digging up explosives from WW1

[charlestaylor]

The UK deals with about 60 items of ww2 ordnance a year, anything from a grenade to a 2000 lb bomb/

[stevegray]

The Thames is not as bad as you make out and is improving constantly. Normally no raw sewage gets in but when there is heavy rain there is overflow and it can get dodgy.