Günther Prien | Attack on Scapa Flow (1939) Animation

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In the year 1939 the German submarine U 47 under command of Günther Prien entered Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship HMS Royal Oak.

[Alan]

Enjoyable vid and Prien did a magnificent job though I seem to recal reading some years ago that Prien's notebook did not quite fit the layout of Scarpa, not sure what all that was about.

[timok]

Bei der Geschwindigkeit schläft man ja ein...

[shadymike]

Nice work. I see good potential in this channel. Keep it up. Keep improving.

[weilandiv]

Great production, I'm loving this channel!

[iamgoinon]

I read a book written by a royal navy guy he said the gap was known about and 2 ships were being purchased to sink in the gap but the asking price was considered to high so negotiations had stalled .

[clendenenjames]

Simply Amazing that the u boat was able to work, but with Great sadness of lost of life, so sad

[casperwallace]

This is what happens when the mindset is secure in the belief - they were in safe waters.

[steveransley]

My great uncle was killed, he was a young man.

[scottgun]

Nice! I read about Prien, Scapa Flow, and the Royal Oak, but visualizing it, especially the approach, really helps.

[willlauzon]

You sound like the guy from star trek 4 "our chief engineer has deployed a solar sail, which, we hope, will generate power, to keep us alive"

[annedejong]

Your accent is outstanding/supertoll for this kind of interest

[tomservo]

Thanks! Now I know how to attack the harbor in the fantastic game 'U-boat'.

[Schultz-kove]

Great stories but I feel like I’m watching the 1980’s video game Silent Service...

[johnwick-iiil]

Somebody has to ask. How could 800 men die on a sinking ship in a protected anchorage. With several other ships around that could have rescued them ? Nobody taught them to abandon ship ?

[hybridwolf]

Totally wrong. According to survivors, the only ship hit was the HMS Royal Oak. The only other ship there was the battleships tender, Daisy II. The ship was struck by 4 torpedoes. 1 hit the chain, and 3 hit amid ship. She immediately rolled and in 36 minutes was at the bottom. Instead of reading Prenn's account, which wasn't even really his (written by a ghost author) read the truth.

[marvinkitfox]

Such utter stupidity.
Germany had a chance to strike their enemy in the heart of their operations.
This is a vital base to disrupt, and there are *many* targets within the harbor.
so they send
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ONE sub.

A coordinated, decisive strike would have put Scapa Flow out of commission for many months, possibly for years. It would have setback the Royal Navy's ability to service and deploy in the north for the foreseeable future.

Instead, all they managed was to sink one obsolete ship, and stir the hornet's nest.

[cesarferreirasantana]

Um ataque kamikase que deu certo numa chance de 10x1 valeu pela humilhaçao aos ingleses e aperda de 800 vidas infelismente mas guerra e assim.

[LYNX_FRoSTY]

submarines were such a cowards way of fighting a battle