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The Submarine That Almost Sparked WW3
The Barents Sea was peaceful and quiet. The midnight waters appeared undisturbed. Under the cloak of darkness, HMS Conqueror, one of the Royal Navy's Churchill-class nuclear submarines featuring unlimited range and a devastating arsenal of state-of-the-art torpedoes, slowly glided through the icy depths in search of her objective.
The sophisticated sensors, sonar, and radar systems gave the crew the latest information about their surroundings. Everyone was quiet in the dimly lit control room until the submarine made contact with two Soviet ships.
It was time to execute Operation Barmaid, an operation the Royal Navy and the US Navy had been planning since the summer of 1982-the target: a top-secret Soviet sonar array.
The crew knew that success could give NATO a critical advantage in submarine warfare, but failure could escalate tensions to the brink of conflict, a risk they were willing to take for the greater good.
As HMS Conqueror positioned herself beneath the unsuspecting Soviet vessel, the commander gave the order. With precision and stealth, Conqueror’s pair of remote-controlled heavy steel cutting-edge blades began cutting the Soviet sonar array.
The crew was committed but nervous. A single wrong moment could prove fatal. If the Soviets detected them, Conqueror was doomed, and Britain and NATO would face war against the might of the USSR.
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @richardbailey3343
    @richardbailey3343 42 хвилини тому

    Almost started ww3 can I stand the strain😮😊

  • @joelmacdonald6994
    @joelmacdonald6994 47 хвилин тому

    Man, this channel is full of poor matching footage and misinformation. It does, however, give people a nudge to dig into a story more. It feels like the entire channel is AI generated though. Good enough to say “hey, check out this story”, and not much more. Honestly, only reason I still follow is to hear the basic outline and then look into it further.

  • @leonasmith6180
    @leonasmith6180 48 хвилин тому

    The fist problem with any thing you have done, the Falklands still has to many things unexplined, you missed the fact that Maggie withdrew half the 20 UK marines, then the only UK warship, a survey class, and declared via the press she was willing to let the Falklands go, The unexplained loss of a write once log, that could not be stolen, yet she claimed was Makes the whole thing very shaky, not to mention Maggie had the lowest aproval rating of any prime minister every up till then. I still cant see why you deviated from the subject matter to include the falklands. Leona.

  • @gameprogrammer535
    @gameprogrammer535 52 хвилини тому

    I don't think anyone at the time who served on Conks would say the torpedoes were state of the art, it's the crew and boat that are legendary.

  • @n6408s
    @n6408s 58 хвилин тому

    Skip to 10:22 to watch the part about taking the towed array.

  • @alphalunamare
    @alphalunamare 4 години тому

    What a cracking story! :-)

  • @girlinthemirrorproductions8731
    @girlinthemirrorproductions8731 4 години тому

    A good video but the video footage of submarine type does not sync with the dialog and voice over. In one cut you see a resolution class SSBN whilst the dialog continues to talk about conqueror. At 1 min.24 you see a resolution class SSBN, the hull profile and fin (conning tower) is a different shape. At 4 min 16 you see a polaris missile fired with the caption underneath of a harpoon missile. Again your footage show a SSBN, HMS Resolution Class at 4 min 50, there is a rating holding the plaque of Resolution while your voice over is talking about when conqueror or the first churchill class was launched. You need to re-edit your video. I don't doubt that this story is probably true, but please make sure all of your video clips match the dialog and get rid of the music it doesn't work, sorry. My late father was a submariner and commanding officer during the cold war, so I know a thing or two about class types!

  • @davidstrother496
    @davidstrother496 6 годин тому

    She was sunk by a mine, not some mysterious threat.

  • @ArchieFatcackie
    @ArchieFatcackie 6 годин тому

    Surely the fact that the Conquerer was able to sneak up and steal this device without being noticed means it was useless?

  • @davidstrother496
    @davidstrother496 6 годин тому

    Soooo, how did it almost spark WWIII if the Soviets never knew about the mission?

  • @Telecasterland
    @Telecasterland 7 годин тому

    I would pick SD 10 our of 10 in WW2.

  • @cruisinguy6024
    @cruisinguy6024 8 годин тому

    This is some top notch Cold War shenanigans. It’s just fascinating how many insane stunts like this were attempted and is why I worry we’re headed that direction again. I think the saving grace is that economically Russia is so so small that they’re DECADES behind NATO tech.

  • @jeffhelton2735
    @jeffhelton2735 8 годин тому

    You completely screw up a good video by adding ridiculous music makes no sense sometimes can't understand you due to stupid music whatever you call it

  • @glennvogt1194
    @glennvogt1194 8 годин тому

    That has to be the undersea equivalent of picking somebody's picket. Nicely done.

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 8 годин тому

    At least one of the was fitted for Harpoon antiship cruise missiles. It was docked at the sub base in San Diego. Across the pier from the sub I was in. Circa 1979 (?)

  • @ces4399
    @ces4399 9 годин тому

    So very British!

  • @ronaldtreitner1460
    @ronaldtreitner1460 10 годин тому

    well if the average round from a battleship is like firing a Volkswagen at you i guess a 160 in gun fires what tanks at you.

  • @NZWolf
    @NZWolf 10 годин тому

    RIP Darryl Cope. HMS Sheffield

  • @jameswoodbury2806
    @jameswoodbury2806 10 годин тому

    The USN Massachusetts did fight the Vichy French Battleship. It was an unequal fight since the Jean Paul wasn't completed.

  • @CreepyUncleStupid
    @CreepyUncleStupid 10 годин тому

    no way the commies didn't know

  • @glenwoofit
    @glenwoofit 11 годин тому

    She was a good boat with skilful crews.

  • @Buck1954
    @Buck1954 11 годин тому

    Like stealing a fishing lure without the fisherman knowing.

  • @raylp4751
    @raylp4751 12 годин тому

    Loads of incorrect information here. But the general story is fine. Of course Cant say what bits. Submariners should never speak of such things.

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 7 годин тому

      "trust me bro" .. nah, I don't think I will.

  • @froginasock8782
    @froginasock8782 12 годин тому

    1:30, Winston Churchill was NOT a WW1 hero, not by any definition of the word.

    • @stevebarlow3154
      @stevebarlow3154 9 годин тому

      @froginasock8782 On the contrary Churchill was a brave man, who after a setback in his political career went and served in the trenches on the Western Front.

  • @2atalkandpolitics422
    @2atalkandpolitics422 12 годин тому

    When I saw this title, I thought it would be of Soviet naval officer Vasili Arkhipov, the Brigade Chief of Staff on submarine B-59, who refused to fire a nuclear missile and saved the world from World War III and nuclear disaster. not at this story B5 nine is more of a true almost started World War III story

    • @joelmacdonald6994
      @joelmacdonald6994 52 хвилини тому

      Same. I’d say that one was a closer call. The world was never closer to ww3 than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and had Arkhipov been on a different boat B-59 would have launched that torpedo iirc.

  • @jacktattis
    @jacktattis 12 годин тому

    The fastest destroyers of WW2 were the French Le Fantasque class Le Terrible 45.03 knots and 42.93 knots for 8 hours Source David Miller Warships

  • @carltontweedle5724
    @carltontweedle5724 13 годин тому

    I was on RFA OLNA a tanker, HMS Conqueror helped save may life by sending there fleet away.

  • @nickcharles1284
    @nickcharles1284 13 годин тому

    No.

  • @thegeneral123
    @thegeneral123 13 годин тому

    Type XXI absolutely couldn't stay underwater "indefinitely" what a load of crap. At most they could stay underwater for slightly over 3 days in terms of battery capacity if fully charged travelling at a very slow 5kts. The conditions wouldn't be great after that period underwater, the air quality would be a real issue. Also the claim that they could dive deeper is also untrue. They had worse diving depth than previous U Boats.

  • @dangleecock6704
    @dangleecock6704 13 годин тому

    A good book is 'Secrets of the Conquerer'...its goes into its Falklands role and then straight on to operation barmaid...thats why the log book went missing when the belgrano enquiry occured

  • @jordangouveia1863
    @jordangouveia1863 14 годин тому

    It was fitted with a 24 bit main frame computer! Cutting edge for the time. LOL!

  • @longhunter1951
    @longhunter1951 14 годин тому

    A high percentage of your video shows RN Resolution class submarines which were designed to carry ballistic missiles, even so, it was quite enjoyable.

    • @raylp4751
      @raylp4751 12 годин тому

      Plus a few discrepancies re Tiger fish. If you know you know. Ex forendy Reso P 73 to 78 period

    • @longhunter1951
      @longhunter1951 11 годин тому

      @@raylp4751,yes, served on/in the Conks first commission out of Cammell Laird's, then the Churchill.👍

  • @TheRobbex
    @TheRobbex 15 годин тому

    Operation Barmaid because when the sailors saw the device mounted in place they thought of a nice British girl in a pub handing over pints with both of her arms.

  • @thelivingbranch
    @thelivingbranch 15 годин тому

    cover up maybe - navy never tells truth to protect the nation - tin foil hat time and tom clancey - book called red november gives clues to sub mishaps

  • @nahornig
    @nahornig 15 годин тому

    I just can't stomach this voice any more. I hope he doesn't talk to his family that way.

    • @DifferentM14
      @DifferentM14 11 годин тому

      😆👍

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 7 годин тому

      I said .. "pass me the salt please" .. knowing full well the darkness that would ensue ...

  • @fredericksaxton3991
    @fredericksaxton3991 15 годин тому

    Hmmm.... But, but it didn't almost spark WW3.

  • @10021walshke
    @10021walshke 15 годин тому

    Is this the same boat that sank the General Belgrano?

    • @johnbradshaw7525
      @johnbradshaw7525 15 годин тому

      Yes it was.

    • @TheRobbex
      @TheRobbex 14 годин тому

      Initially the crew were elated to have hit their target. But when the Exec came over the intercom he told them the crew were sailors like themselves, in the water and far from home. Then there was silence. We, U.K. and U.S., have professional soldiers, not a rabble.

  • @peterjeffery8495
    @peterjeffery8495 16 годин тому

    In the 80's I worked at the legendary Toronto Iron Works that made the plate steel shells of these towed array sonar buoys. Designed in 2 pieces they were shaped somewhat like a sardine about assembled into a 6 ft x 2.5ft x 1.5 ft high pod with finned edges designed to create minimal turbulence when towed. As "hightech" as the system sounds it was actually made in a blacksmith shop using an open coke forge, custom "hand made" jigs/forms and old fashioned C Presses.

  • @jasonhesson1030
    @jasonhesson1030 16 годин тому

    Conkers turned out to be a right bastard . . . to both the Argie's and the Reds!😂😂😂

  • @daystatesniper01
    @daystatesniper01 16 годин тому

    I still have the newspaper with the headline GOTCHA in a plastic sleeve , we may be a small country but don't mess

  • @falconinflight6235
    @falconinflight6235 17 годин тому

    The Deep State Military Complex for profits.

  • @blackhawkorg
    @blackhawkorg 17 годин тому

    The shear head left telltale marks. Maybe the Soviet pawned them with a dud to mess with the Allies. That was too easy especially since the Soviets could have gone to active sonar at will.

    • @mikeycraig8970
      @mikeycraig8970 15 годин тому

      I doubt it. The "allies" (pretty sure they were just called the 'west', or NATO at the time) were better at this stuff . The Soviets were better at infiltration and espionage . Everyone had their niche's in the Cold War.

    • @TheRobbex
      @TheRobbex 15 годин тому

      In one telling of tyhis story, the cutting device had been designed to leave a tearing break to look as though the devive had caught on an underwater obstacle and torn away ... accidentally.

  • @aaalanwp
    @aaalanwp 18 годин тому

    what in gods name is 362.75 feet ????? 362 feet 8 inches surely

  • @tetttettamilli6761
    @tetttettamilli6761 18 годин тому

    @Dark Seas - Damn Limeys picked Ivan's pockets clean.

  • @flickingbollocks5542
    @flickingbollocks5542 18 годин тому

    Could have flicked the whole planet.

  • @ljprep6250
    @ljprep6250 18 годин тому

    Nelson was a very busy and effective ship, able to withstand torps, mines, and aerial bombing and keep on shooting. Amazing.

  • @lyndonhenderson816
    @lyndonhenderson816 18 годин тому

    He can’t even control his poop time😂😂😂😂

  • @lyndonhenderson816
    @lyndonhenderson816 18 годин тому

    Alex Jones is right ❤❤❤INFOWARS❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 17 годин тому

      💩

    • @user-og1ux8nr3i
      @user-og1ux8nr3i 17 годин тому

      Good for you. Believe a proven lier and ignore the truth. Nice.

    • @BrandonHarvey-kf2no
      @BrandonHarvey-kf2no 9 годин тому

      ​@user-og1ux8nr3i give me some of what you been smoking bro or are you one of those leftover woke idiots that lives in 🤡 world Alex has been more right than he has ever been wrong

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 7 годин тому

      Dain bramaged comment.

    • @chrisbabbage4004
      @chrisbabbage4004 6 годин тому

      Tell another joke and keep the laughs coming 🤣

  • @danielgemmell3340
    @danielgemmell3340 19 годин тому

    Seen her scull and crossbones flag she flew on return home. At his Raleigh submarine school. Next to mountbatten first Sea lord uniform .