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Thanks for watching everyone! Due note the thumbnail and several of the photos used in the video are after her repairs and upgrades as I could find a total of five photos in 1939, just so you know!

It should be noted that the Heavy cruiser class of ship, regardless of nation, were nearly useless in WWII in the age of radio communications and aircraft.

It must have been dreadful for the crew of th ship, who e¿went out looking foir battle and had their ship ripped up and sunk. The name did not fit, as it was defeated and destroyed, and it is worth noting the rew of other British ships thought she was a German ship, that had been hit, and did not realizae it was a British one.

France and Italy facing off post ww1, both decided to concentrate on rebuilding their cruiser and destroyer flotillas, and only when a degree of comfort was achieved in these types did they turn their attention to capital ships. The French and Italian battleships were therefore, the most modern element within their respective fleets. The US navy, also surviving on half rations in those '20s and '30s austere conditions took the opposite position - to spend their pennies on battleships and leave the other types to more generous times.

2nd time watching, but still enjoying it.

Illegal ships, aggressive warfare, capital punishment, end of.

I made the Airfix model of HMS Cossack. To this day my favourite, love her lines and design.

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For transparency, this is a reupload due to some issues with the intro.

grand old lady

So little of the RN of this period remains, a pity. Post war Britain had rationing and bombed out areas, that remain a childhood memory. No money or thoughts for posterity.

Simon Lake had built submarines for Russia, but the war ended before the submarines were able to be deployed.

Please get a trained actor to do your narration. Is Ken Burns ever foolish enough to do his own narrations. No. He gets trained actors. You could probably find excellent actors at your local college willing to work for free in exchange of the experience and ability to put it on their resume.

fascinating, almost incomprehensible survival

Fritz X was more dangerous than we thought.

The UK bankrupted its dollar reserves buying US aircraft prior to the start of lend-lease. However it's spun the war bankrupted the UK and set the stage for the dissolution of the Empire.

The UK government had loads of money and misspent most of it.

I'm surprised that scraps aren't recovered and sold off

Seeing that thumbnail hurts my soul and I'm American.

И, ради, чего все эти сражения и войны..Это же тупость никчемная и бесполезная.

Excellent..

My grandfatther,Walter Fairbairn,was at the battle of Jutland and remembered the bodies of the destroyed ships crews in the water.He detested any form of war afterwards and left the navy as soon as he could.

Built at Devonport Royal Dockyard in 1912. The year is now 2024 & I’m proud to say that I’ve been working there since 2002 maintaining the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the Vanguard Class submarines. 🇬🇧

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My dad was a radio op on HMS Gazelle, a minesweeper which escorted HMS Warspite while she bombarded Le Havre. Several shell passed over Gazelle trying to get at the grand old lady, but no hits were scored!