HMS Duke of Wellington - Guide 272

The Duke of Wellington class, the last sailing battleships of the Royal Navy, are today's subject.

Read more about the ship here:

[hallamhal]

"We'll call our ship Napoleon!"
"...Then we shall call ours Duke of Wellington!"

[janmortensen]

It amazes me how many RN ships that tries to escape while being towed to the breakers

[ravenknight]

Something of a sad fate for these ships. They're similar to Yamato im a sense: The Apex of what used to be the primary means of naval warfare, constructed on the brink of the whole type's obsolence.

[rickkephartactual]

Its too bad you can't go back in time to when you initiated this YouTube channel and be overwhelmed by the way it grew and manifest itself today. What a change in growth and following.

[AsbestosMuffins]

I can't imagine scrapping an 1850s ship of the line in the late 1920s, that's absolutely crazy

[barrydysert]

What luck!!!

i just love it when a ship escapes the breakers !:-)

[silenceoftheyams]

I can imagine the Duke of Wellington trolling the Napoleon, by sailing past it on the anniversary of Waterloo!

[harryrcarmichael]

A few of the gritty details from the switch from sail to Ironclad - very illuminating.

[phaasch]

Newly assigned rating arriving at the converted HMS Royal Sovereign "Funny, that- I used to serve on the old Royal Sovereign. Wonder what became of her?"

[mikeholton]

the conversion done to the last ship of the class from an aesthetic viewpoint was positively criminal,

[ecooper]

My Grandad's Grandad was on board HMS Duke of Wellington, along with a few other vessels. His trade on his paperwork was a tailor.

[randomobserver]

I'm always fascinated by these long lived ships, even if in tertiary roles. Amazing they got broken up in the 20th century. Also, at least one joined the ranks of ships sinking rather than being broken up. Kudos.

[ricardokowalski]

Saturday morning, coffee and warship guide.... wishing for some hard tack and butter.😁

[harrisonrawlinson]

Whilst I love the dreadnaught period, I find the developments and different attempts at Naval design in the 19th century fascinating. Imagine being a young sailor during the Nelsonian era, then during your career seeing people putting steam engines into wooden sailing ships, then seeing people start to use Iron beams for framing and bolting iron armour onto the sides of wooden hulled ships, then people sticking turrets onto mast-less ship.

[HumphreyHorsehead]

I'd love to see a video on all the little boats that have accompanied war ships over the years. The ones you see strapped to the decks or hanging off the lowering things.

[PelhamExpress]

It’s amazing that these relics lasted into the 20th century

[captaincharlemagne]

Looking forward to learning of the first rate ship of the line HMS Nelson and st.vincent in the future

[ryangale]

What is it with RN ships and running aground/otherwise sinking on the way to the breakers haha? They seem to have a particular aversion to being scrapped like normal ships.

[therealuncleowen]

It's nice to hear the story of HMS Marlborough continuing a long tradition of Royal Navy vessels resisting delivery to the breakers.
HMS Marlborough: "I have decided I absolutely am not going to the breakers."
Royal Navy: "You most absolutely am are going to the breakers."
HMS Marlborough: Sinks in defiance.

[czarfore]

HMS Calliope (a Calypso-class corvette). Laid down in 1881 and sent to the breakers in 1951. Famous (in the late 1800s at least) for an incredible feat of seamanship at Apia, Samoa on 14 March 1889. Here's a clue, the ship was called the "Hurricane Jumper."