The Submarine That Almost Sparked WW3

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The Submarine That Almost Sparked WW3

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Күн бұрын

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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@gameprogrammer535 2 ай бұрын

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.

@matthewshannon6946 2 ай бұрын

Just flat out stole the shit!! What balls!!! Well done!!

@user-og1ux8nr3i 2 ай бұрын

Happens all the time by all countries

@mktm1290 2 ай бұрын

@@user-og1ux8nr3idon’t see any other videos about other courting this? So are Jamaica doing ops like this?

@user-og1ux8nr3i 2 ай бұрын

@@mktm1290 -- USA does it all the time. Even Canada has stolen Russian weapons.

@Thisisasmokescreen Ай бұрын

@@mktm1290 the lack of a submarine is hampering the Jamaican navy

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

@@mktm1290 it's not public information and let me tell you less than 10% is true

@tetttettamilli6761 2 ай бұрын

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

@mikeycraig8970 2 ай бұрын

😂

@graham6496 2 ай бұрын

😂

@amandarhodes4072 Ай бұрын

A bit ironic that the Belgrano formerly USS Phoenix survived Pearl harbour during ww2 without taking any damage. Gained a reputation as the luckiest ship in the US navy. Got sold after the war to Argentina and got sunk then they pissed off the UK. Rule of thumb... If you want to eat snails, visit France. If you want to make Pizza, visit Italy. If you want good quality technology, visit Germany. If you want good long life aircraft, visit US. If you want something sunk that once was afloat. Visit the UK.

@NZWolf 2 ай бұрын

RIP Darryl Cope. HMS Sheffield

@peterjeffery8495 2 ай бұрын

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.

@daystatesniper01 2 ай бұрын

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

@colintook3357 Ай бұрын

Someone has been quoted during the build up to the Falklands war that, 'The British are lovely people until you start trying to kick them around' How true 😊

@st1nk1n 28 күн бұрын

The headline Gotcha was changed in later editions of the newspaper that day when major loss of life was reported

@danielgemmell3340 2 ай бұрын

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

@trevorhart545 2 ай бұрын

Skull and Crossbones is hoisted ONLY when you have a successful "KILL" such as the legal sinking of the Argentinian Cruiser, General Belgrano in 1982.

@glennvogt1194 2 ай бұрын

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

@glenwoofit 2 ай бұрын

She was a good boat with skilful crews.

@Buck1954 2 ай бұрын

Like stealing a fishing lure without the fisherman knowing.

@cateclism316 Ай бұрын

Ttom Clancy wrote that the Navy the Soviets feared almost as much as the U.S. was the Royal Navy.

@user-fz7de4cz4w Ай бұрын

Only feared one navy the Royal Navy. No one fears the US Navy. Stop kidding yourself. Britain far outweighs the US Military and always will. US Military all the gear no fucking idea

@dkelly6492 2 ай бұрын

Brtiain is a warrior nation. Full stop.

@iamoneofmany7618 Ай бұрын

Was

@Jack-bs6zb Ай бұрын

@iamoneofmany7618. … was? Like the US dollar?

@dennisfalzon8946 12 күн бұрын

Let down by its politicians and policy makers

@iamoneofmany7618 12 күн бұрын

@dennisfalzon8946 you mean let down by its people.. be honest. You all elected those people. They didn't let you down. You let yourselves down. You failed yourselves and blame others. No. You take that pain just like we are lol

@ArchieFatcackie 2 ай бұрын

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

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

@@ArchieFatcackie this is a fantasy

@amandarhodes4072 Ай бұрын

Conqueror was specifically chosen for this mission as it was one of, if not the most stealthy nuclear sub in service at the time among NATO members. Other subs may have been detected by the tower sonar array spoiling the mission. There is also the case that if they did not steal the sonar cable the NATO forces could not know for certain if their subs were capable of being detected by similar systems and develop countermeasures to defeat them.

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

@@amandarhodes4072 you are talking absolute nonsense. You know zero about anything and yet you make up statements you don't even know what happened, and there was not Towed Array. Please stay within your knowledge because it is certainly not here

@amandarhodes4072 Ай бұрын

@@Highendaudio1 Oh I'm the one who knows nothing about this topic am I ???. I talked to a member of the original Conqueror crew who works at Devonport navel base UK as part of the museum staff for HMS Courageous. Courageous being the sister sub to Conqueror who is preserved as a museum and open only to exclusive tours. A significant proportion of the interior of Conqueror was swapped taken from the sub to replace the parts of Courageous that had already been scrapped before the decision was made to preserve Courageous as a museum ship. I have been aboard the sub in question (Courageous) So I can all but guarantee I know more about this than you do. The system being used that conqueror captured was a modified towed sonar array. A system that is literally towed under and behind the surface ship and listens for the unnatural sounds of submarines to detect them. Conqueror was chosen for this mission as she had proved her stealth capabilities previously. There were other factors that went into the decision but this was the overriding reason. The crew member I met said as much while onboard for the tour. Courageous is inside Devonport navel base. An active Military base where all of the UK retired subs are kept from the Churchill class to the Trafalgar class. Just to go on the tour I had to book a month in advance for background checks and ID confirmation. I had to bring a passport with me on the day. So I can't imagine your knowledge on this topic could be any more credible than direct sources that I know.

@jreg2007 28 күн бұрын

the array wa stolen so it could be examined to confirm if we had a mole inside the MOD. turns out we did. it was our technology stolen design

@carltontweedle5724 2 ай бұрын

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

@babalonkie Ай бұрын

Belgrano's CPT confirmed that he had been given orders to enter the exclusion zone and target British vessels, the Argentine admiralty of course denied it. The UK sub shadowed her until she was in view of the zone before engaging... she was also on a direct course to enter the zone. The captain also stated... "They were right and I would of engaged if i was in their position". He showed more moral and leadership than his leadership who foolishly also thought the UK would abandon it's own civilians to a invasion.

@longhunter1951 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@longhunter1951 2 ай бұрын

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

@10021walshke 2 ай бұрын

Is this the same boat that sank the General Belgrano?

@johnbradshaw7525 2 ай бұрын

Yes it was.

@TheRobbex 2 ай бұрын

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.

@cooperised 2 ай бұрын

That's literally half the video.

@lyndonhenderson816 2 ай бұрын

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

@2atalkandpolitics422 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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.

@rondarporpoise3271 23 күн бұрын

America required RN to do the mission. If they got caught, America was in the clear.

@2atalkandpolitics422 23 күн бұрын

@@rondarporpoise3271 so red flag operation?

@richpontone1 2 ай бұрын

Do you know what submarine prevented WW3? During the US Naval blockade of Cuban waters during “The Cuban Missile Crisis”, US destroyers depth charged a Soviet submarine to force it to surface. Unbeknownst to US Intelligence, Soviet submarines were equipped with Nuclear tipped torpedoes. The Soviet submarine refused to fire those torpedoes. When he and his crew returned to his Russian base, the other submarine crews refused to applaud them as was the custom to applaud them upon their return. They were considered as Cowards. Also at that time, unknown to the Kremlin, Soviet commanders had the power to fire nuclear missiles into Florida, New York and Washington, DC. With that, WW3 could have easily been started.

@usernameisusername 2 ай бұрын

It's really only a matter of time. Always have been wars. Always will be wars.

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

Anticipation of death is worse than death.

@cruisinguy6024 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Idahoguy10157 2 ай бұрын

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 (?)

@zavenshamlian2126 2 ай бұрын

Courageous

@Idahoguy10157 2 ай бұрын

@@zavenshamlian2126 ,,,, thank you

@Barnagh1 Ай бұрын

Tell the full story about the sabotage of the submarine’s gearbox? How did that happen? Who did it, and why?

@sydmichel 26 күн бұрын

Nice to se the Reso looking shiny and new at 4:50

@ces4399 2 ай бұрын

So very British!

@jasonhesson1030 2 ай бұрын

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

@johnny71c 2 ай бұрын

My mates oldest brother served on HMS conqueror though a boat has two crews so was not on the boat when it went down to the Falkland however he was presented with a Zippo lighter with the Falkland Islands engraved upon it with a mark showing the area the belgrano was sunk

@alphalunamare 2 ай бұрын

What a cracking story! :-)

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

Ps she is a Valiant Class. There was no Churchill Class where do you get this BS from

@MiloMALONE3435 2 ай бұрын

Never knew about the sub design. Advanced for the time..

@davidstrother496 2 ай бұрын

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

@girlinthemirrorproductions8731 2 ай бұрын

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!

@TheRobbex 2 ай бұрын

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.

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

@@TheRobbex utter nonsense. There was no operation barmaid get over it

@NightHeronProduction 2 ай бұрын

Where did you get the footage?

@marcr9541 Ай бұрын

Winston Churchill, a WW1 hero? Which history books are you reading? 😂😂

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars Ай бұрын

Well he did go to the Western front into the trenches. He also served as 1st Lord of the Admiralty.

@546268 2 ай бұрын

A busy year for conqueror!

@cherylbooth5937 Ай бұрын

State of the art Torpedoes MK 8s first put into service during the First World War!! Used by an Elite crew!!!

@kelvinfoote9897 Ай бұрын

Don't know why you showed images of Polaris missiles being launched from a submarine? The Churchills weren't equipped with this. And the Belgrano was a heavy cruiser.

@Jack0Young 2 ай бұрын

Fair play, no matter how much you cut the UK's military budget, they always come out punching above the rest of NATO countries in special operations

@brianhamilton1544 Ай бұрын

Not really cause they no even in top ten anymore and way uk going is just gonna get worse

@fredericksaxton3991 2 ай бұрын

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

@cathybrind2381 2 ай бұрын

Classic clickbait...

@fredericksaxton3991 2 ай бұрын

@@cathybrind2381 🙂 Oh Yes.

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

Not such a thing as Operation Barmaid. What a load of guff

@user-mb9zx9lg7p 10 күн бұрын

how could something 8,000 mi from her Shore be considered theirs

@richardbailey3343 2 ай бұрын

Almost started ww3 can I stand the strain😮😊

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars Ай бұрын

State of the art torpedoes?? HMS Conqueror sank the General Belgrano with a WW2 Mk 8 torpedo. Not exactly 1980 's tech! 😂

@tuffgonggbUNCTION 2 ай бұрын

Would ,Will.

@user-in9in8hf9w Ай бұрын

belgrano had wooden mock ups for exocet launchers built by the ships carpenter

@user-sj9zb7gd7x 2 ай бұрын

Read the book Blind Mans Bluff , about American submarine espionage . Absolutely amazing ! Makes you wonder what we're doing now !

@Peter-jv3vg 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha, got to love this.

@robertheywood2553 Ай бұрын

Had three trips up to the Barents Sea in the early to mid 80s. Playing silly buggers with the Ruskies. It was good fun but pretty hair raising a couple of times, the most dodgy being rammed by Soviet Cruiser Admiral Isakov. We where told not to mention the incident, only to find when we returned to Portsmouth a couple of months later the tourists boats going past us announcing that we had been rammed by the Soviet ship.

@TheGodofquad 2 ай бұрын

Churchill was PM in ww2...

@leighgamby2393 2 ай бұрын

And again in the 50's

@philipbuckley759 Ай бұрын

too much going on...focus on a topic, eh...

@optimus163 2 ай бұрын

Hopefully someday KZfaq narrators will learn how to properly voice over videos. This halting type of narration done here is very difficult to listen to

@flickingbollocks5542 2 ай бұрын

Could have flicked the whole planet.

@Fiasco3 Ай бұрын

Belgrano might have been hit by three torpedoes but they fired a spread of around seven, all old ww2 vintage. They had Tigerfish torpedoes on hand but were reluctant to fire them at over a million dollars each.

@tylercaswell3366 2 ай бұрын

Did Captain Kirk narrated this?

@lukehorning3404 Ай бұрын

I don’t think 🇦🇷 would really mess around with the 🇬🇧😂Or not for long but maybe back in the early 80s something was different

@lasse3412 Ай бұрын

Sorry..we are in WWIII right now !

@jeffhelton2735 2 ай бұрын

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

@n6408s 2 ай бұрын

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

@froginasock8782 2 ай бұрын

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

@stevebarlow3154 2 ай бұрын

@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.

@Highendaudio1 Ай бұрын

@@froginasock8782 there is no Churchill Class Submarines either

@paulbennett772 Ай бұрын

Overly jingoistic commentary

@raylp4751 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@TheBIGB420 2 ай бұрын

Yup keyboard warriors at their finest, for sure bud you know it all don't ya bud, u know all the secrets eh?🙄 yup, just like I haven't heard this comment from every fukin youtube kid that watches these channels right after they watch a movie and think they were there or know everything. You keep on typing and yup we'll keep on believing you suuuuuure

@TheBIGB420 2 ай бұрын

Knows all there is to know about it.... but Oh I CaNt SaY 😵‍💫 CaNt AcTuAlLy TeLl YoU bUt I kNoW iT aLl TrUsT mE cAnT tElL yOu ThO 🤪 you know what keep your fukin bullshjt to yourself then and don't bother commenting if you have fuk all to say.

@joelmacdonald6994 2 ай бұрын

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.

@anthony3603 2 ай бұрын

How about a video on the pipeline we blew up??

@scottallpress3818 Ай бұрын

Wait 40 years …..

@conormcmaster1113 2 ай бұрын

Faselane not Fazlin

@trevorhart545 2 ай бұрын

FASLANE, Loch Gare part of HMNB Clyde.

@christianalvarez7799 2 ай бұрын

How about a video on how the Democrats and the Europeans nearly start WW3 every day.

@paulzammataro7185 2 ай бұрын

📽

@drpepperr 2 ай бұрын

Head of bone

@user-og1ux8nr3i 2 ай бұрын

Do you have any proof of that or are you blowing smoke like most republicans.

@davidcrews4893 2 ай бұрын

You either start a war or you don't.

@richardbradley1532 2 ай бұрын

Russian bot or MAGA? 😂

@nahornig 2 ай бұрын

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

@DifferentM14 2 ай бұрын

😆👍

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

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

@leonasmith6180 2 ай бұрын

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.

@trevorhart545 2 ай бұрын

Ex US General Haig, then US Secretary of State, had been told by Thatcher in late 1981 that she would not be seen negotiating with Argentina in 1982 but was happy to give the Falklands away later. Haig told the Argentinians to be patient, just wait and you can have them. The Junta were impatient and thought IF she is happy to hand them over later "lets take them now and show how strong we are". That is why Haig reacted to the Invasion with dread. Haig offered the RN a USN Aircraft Carrier and any other ships that the UK wanted. The US provided access to their satellite system via HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 Destroyer. The vessel you refer to announced to be withdrawn was A171 HMS Endurance which was an Antarctic Research Vessel. According to the Captain of the Belgrano, the sinking was 100% legitimate. The ONLY LINK between the Falklands, NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS, and this FASCINATING STORY is that it was the same Submarine. However you seem to know very little about the Falklands War at all.

@leonasmith6180 2 ай бұрын

If your willing, track down what was printed and said this side of the pond, I got in a hell of a lot of trouble doing that for my yearly project, to many unanswered questions and out right lies. Thaher was hated before she reinvented her self as the Ion Lady.

@leonasmith6180 2 ай бұрын

and the follow up to the Arhentinas invasion was coupled with her withdrwing the troops all 24 of them and the only navy presence a survey ship, she and the gover,ent said they had no warning about what was happening, the UK had a diplomatic presence and so did the US, yet they never read the local newspapers ? nor did theywarn Thatcher ? the sub that sank the Belgrano, had what is like a black box, A write once system, yet thet got lost as did the log book. As I said a lot of unanswered question, she was ratterling saBERS, TO TRY AND REGAIN POPUALRITY, THE SAME AS THE jUNTA WAS. THANKS FOR REPLEYING. lEONA

@leonasmith6180 2 ай бұрын

@@trevorhart545 sORRY FOR THAT, i SEAM TO HAVE OVERRUN yOU tUBES LIMIT, i KNOW JUST LIKE A GIRL TO TALK TO MUCH.

@trevorhart545 2 ай бұрын

@@leonasmith6180 THANK YOU for providing the, I assume, the US "education" point of view. You are 100% correct Thatcher was on her way OUT and the Falklands Conflict, that she caused, was her saviour. Kasper Weinberg was the US Secretary of Defence at the time and NOT a fan of UK and he "chose" to leave after the Conflict. Australia and New Zealand both OFFERED both ships and troops. The RN took over some of the RN NATO duties and Far East Duties while RNZN also took over Far East duties from the RN releasing RN Ships for the liberation. Spain, on the other hand, helped to protect Argentinian "SPIES" that had tried to place LIMPET MINES on RN Vessels in Gibraltar, providing them with SAFE PASSAGE and denying the UK International Right of HOT PURSUIT.

@blackhawkorg 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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.

@lyndonhenderson816 2 ай бұрын

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

@paulzammataro7185 2 ай бұрын

💩

@user-og1ux8nr3i 2 ай бұрын

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

@BrandonHarvey-kf2no 2 ай бұрын

@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 2 ай бұрын

Dain bramaged comment.

@chrisbabbage4004 2 ай бұрын

Tell another joke and keep the laughs coming 🤣