The Desperate Hunt To Locate A Missing Russian Submarine | Warship | Spark
2024 ж. 24 Ақп.
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This exclusive behind the scenes documentary captures the everyday life of the 200+ crew of the HMS Northumberland. No two days are the same on board this vessel, with unprecedented tension with Russian ships, the outbreak of COVID, floods and fires.
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I really loved the promotion of the sonar lady. It was done with such respect and personal thanks from her boss. That’s a real tribute to the Brits. That’s the way it should always work.
How pathetically immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing search depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
Well she worked for it. So good for her.
Because there’s cameras
Wow that was moving, especially when Phoebe got her promotion. I admire the strength, resilience and common sense/wisdom displayed .
I was quite proud of her but she should have answered "yes sir" instead of "yeah" when the captain asked her is she was proud of herself.
They’re right, as a sonar supervisor on submarines, surface warships were not really a threat or concern by themselves. It is their helicopters that are dangerous. A submarine can’t outrun a helicopter or airplane, if they find you. The best way to find a submarine is with another submarine, then airborne sub hunters.
Or a LRMPA giving you a datum to put your Hunter Killer into?
So much better than the other warship docs on this channel that all have muted death metal guitar strumming over the entire thing, all cheesed up. This one feels personal and down to earth rather than a marketing piece.
How pathetically immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing search depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
You sound like a grandmother.
@@Klaus1386 He is correct.
I'm Still getting carpet bombed with retarded disturbing background (music) noise.
*********** As a Veteran of US Navy Destroyers, I truly enjoyed your Video, Thank you Crew of the HMS Northumberland !! ************
Pearl Harbor appreciates the U.K. and our friendship. Thank you for being a loyal friend we can count on.
As a former US naval officer, these videos are such a delight. I love seeing the dedication and professionalism of our wonderful ally. Best wishes from across the pond!
I was a sonar tech in the US Navy on a destroyer (USS Deyo, DD-989). The sonar system I manned was the same series as the one in The Hunt for Red October and Tom Clancy portrayed it quite accurately! I was in the Navy pre-internet so all personnel comms w/family were snail mail. And I was "lucky" in that I only had a girlfriend so I didn't miss births, first words & steps, graduations, like some of the married men did. My story (STGSN at the time): Off the coast of Africa we got notified of a Russian sub exiting the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic and I was on-duty. I picked it up passively and tracked it for about 150 miles as it headed north. It stayed above the thermocline, which made tracking somewhat easier, and one of my shipmates was able to identify it using another piece of sonar gear based on the noises it made (e.g. number of props, blades on each prop, engine harmonics, etc.). Since our mission was the Persian Gulf we didn't follow it but passed on our data to the fleet up north once I started losing her. Then it was about 5 boring months in the middle east and nearby waters. I wonder why the captain didn't go active on her, being that the sub clearly knew their location so going active wouldn't have given their position away. The ping would have been extremely loud inside the sub and likely would've made everyone inside pucker a bit ! Hmmm, since you typically don't go active unless you want a firing solution maybe it was good he didn't order it...
Going active poses several tactics problems, including counter-response scenarios HMS Northumberland would have to prepare for. That the submarine turned into the array was no doubt, either pure dumb luck by the Russian Skipper as suggested or genius. One could suggest Tom Clancy's fictional Crazy Ivan tactic was in play, given the parallel course Northumberland (ahead / abeam) relative to the Russian sub. The other problem going active is it gives the Sub an instant firing solution and additional frequency data. This is particularly important if the decision to go active is made after the Subs impact with the towed array. Thus, I suspect the Captain would not go active with a fully functional array, then compound his defensive posture limitations once the array was determined to be permanently damaged. Good hunting.
I think they act brave but actually the sub deliberately hit the sonar- that says to the Russians- we can hit them and they run home to mama pathetic imo
@@DenyseLRoss , Уважаемий, а я на мнении що русские ловили удочками рибу що бь подсилить свой вечер, как тут появились какие-то Томми с целью отнять улов и оставить русских без жаренной рибки ... И тут русские дали им по морде, по сонару, ушли по себе оставив англичан умивать свое лицо...
Disappointingly good job done by the Russian sub commander. He probably wanted to sever the towline and get the towed array wrapped around his conning tower so he could take the prize back to Russia for analysis.
Is it actually a towed array because as far as I'm aware from previous documentaries I have seen about warships it's usually an attached piece of equipment at the bottom of the ship towards the front but low enough that it has a clear 360 around the ship
This was 100% a simulation mission. Theres no film crews running around interviewing people as they do secret missions like these smh.
@@Mattgaines1 The RN says otherwise. Who am I going to believe, the RN or a random internet commenter?
@@Mattgaines1were you born yesterday?
@@stevemumbling7720if you couldn’t see how fake this is, like, hello ?!?
We all should try to appreciate more how the dedication of hard working sailors is fighting for our freedom in the oceans around the world .
Freedom from what exactly?
Freedom from tyranny obviously@@kennedymmari
Ofcourse the move by the submarine was deliberate
I would have assumed that as well. However, looking at what a sh*tshow the Russian military is in the war against Ukraine I think they may just have been incompetent....
For sure, but then how do you acknowledge that without concluding that it's an act of war? Same as the Russian pilot who flew into a US reconnaissance aircraft a year or so ago, damaging it. They called it poor airmanship but it was clearly intentional, and it was even celebrated as an act of bravery in Russia.
@@Weaseltube Yeah, the Russians are quite well known for stunts like this. Even if it was probably intentional though mil/gov leadership will decide to call it an accident. If you start throwing around blame and saying it was defiantly intentional then suddenly everything is really serious and its an international incident.
With such a crucial mission - why was only one ship there, she should have had help.
Also why so few sonar bouys for the helo,
Reality of limited defence budget
And give away the fact they know the Russian submarine is there? These are highly classified operations during the course of the machine. If the Russians see multiple allied sub hunting ships (they know what they are) then they know the jig is up. We want to catch them, not scare them away.
Because this was a simulation. A training exercise
Because there are no more sailors and ships. RN is a shame right now.
I was right there with you Sauhil every moment of the clock winding down. YOU da' Man!
As always, WELL DONE! I love watching your content. Great job everyone👏🏼
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To stupid to realize that the Russian disabled their sonar, while the sat waiting to see if the Russians noticed their presence😂😂 this is so funny , what do you Liberal News Stations, now have to say ,how are you going to LIE to the world????😂😂😂😂😂
Andrei, you've lost another submarine?
this time it's James you failed your mission, again...
"cutting edge warschip" that cant withstand waves into the foredeck, has the main sonar die in the middle of a mission, fires breaking out villynilly... All while a cameracrew team is on board and i havent even watched more than 1/3 of this episode. As an ex german navy person i feel cured of my perception only we could fail.
Agree. Leaving a so-called “Russian” submarine undetected for 48 hrs is okay! They would have already completed their attempt to hack the cables in that time and only surfaced to say “Hi”.
You forgot the burnt transformer...resultant power loss to navigation equipment (disaster!)
The whole episode has the feel of a series of training exercises. In such cases, you throw several "emergencies" at the crew.
@ussell7760 yeah, i have been in such exercises - they come announced (i.e. "this is a drill - fire fire fire") and not during a serious mission. And you would use a smoke generator, damage contol teams at the ready - because its manuver time - You would not trigger a real life transformer to fail... to simulate how to deal with smoke and fire. The sailors all did an amendable job i am not critizisin the crew at all here - but the ship needs some serious yard time looks like... with the now physically broken sonar, they maybe get it. It was astounding to notice the absence of damage control teams at the ready - those would have been visible if it was just an excercise. They only starting to suit up when they localized the closer area... another thing they did not show is the stopping of all ships ventilation. When you have smoke on board - the first thing that has to happen is shutting down aircon and ventilation. It will get stuffy in there, but that is better than carbon-monoxide poisoning. ---- I also noticed they fry with fat in the kitchen like a traditional burger shop on land. The german navy does not do that anymore since an even where a fat-fryer caused a massive fire on board... (that was 1990, not sure what regs came out after that)
@@zoolkhan When everything was over, they did say "turn ventilation back on in 3 & 4", so I guess they just didn't show that moment.
Cutting edge he says in the opening...😂😂😂 must be joking!
as french workers who was jobing sometimes in russia, i confirm this clip is not bias or propaganda, simply it is true, and if i must say, some other jobs like public road maintenance works are far worst...
“Andrei! Don’t tell me you’ve lost another submarine?”
I love your series regarding adventures of NorthHumberlans. First they discovered a Russian boat trying to listen team converstations with their family, so they conviscated all team mobile phones; on second serie that boat find a Russian submarine, but their sonar equipment went down, so they had to get back to port; and in this series, they finally found a Russian ship trying to enter "secret port"? How it can be secret, when Russians know it and you are publishing that port location to KZhead? Anyway, they had more problems within a crew, so they just left and finally reached back to UK port and their crew was threated against stuffy nose and Covid. Glad, that UK war against Russia went well this time.
Having seen the full documentary I have to conclude the Cumberland is an old ship. Depending on simple electronics that fails randomly. Could not be true that a mission is hanging on a towed array sonar. It need more modern sonar next to the tow.
Fantastic job staying on top of those grubs! And congrats to Phoebe! That was well deserved. Passion land focus is a good combination. Well done. From a brother in Denmark
😂😂😂😂😂😂 ontopbof thrmnyouvsay😂😂😂😂😂
@18:15 Sonobuoys typically don't transmit, they listen for under water acoustic signals (submarine noise). They then report by radio.
Fantastic ..! Well done; thank you so very much ..!
How pathetically immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing search depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
Looks like a training exercise with their own HMS sub.
Was it? Wargames
The sonar clash was confirmed by the MoD, didn’t look like a training exercise.
Shhh don't tell the world we cant even protect our own shores anymore.
Does not make me sleep well at night or day, for that matter. Britts need to step up their game!
God bless these fine lads!
Impressive crew and very professional. The United States Navy is very fortunate to have the British as partners in protecting the oceans.
This is true. And the U.S. can’t be the world police for everyone to relax their national defense & just figure the U.S. has our back. Well yeah we do but like in the Ukraine quagmire, we love Ukraine but do we want a hot,possibly nuclear war with Russia/Putin over Ukraine? World in a nuclear winter and everything is radioactive and the CCP just mops up whatever is left. With a big smile. Cause they are OUR Friends! Yeah right.
you mean invading other countries for oil. spreading death hate torture and misery and killing innocents throughout the oceans. there. corrected that for ya
Yea. 30 sonobuoys... LOL
No, how pathetically unprofessional, immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing such depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
Their tow boat fleet is the strong branch of the Navy.
I enjoyed this very much Annie from Australia
Submarines do not intentionally hit ships.
Great doco!
This awesome 🎉
I'm hooked on this like crack!! Its like Drive to survive but with big guns and Russian bad guys
Well done video. Good job by all hands and a special congratulations to Phoebe. James USA
Good documentary
I was on he USS Curts FFG 38 in the late 80's we were doing the same thing looking for Soviet Ballistic Missie submarines in the Northern Pacific
Excellent video .
Thank you Crew of the HMS Northumberland 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙
Thank you for this wonderful glimpse into the Royal Navy. Very well done, great photography too. I was hoping to see the hull in dry dock to see the extent of damage to the sonar array, but I can understand why that might be top secret. Was there any protest made to the Russians?
Thanks
Congratulations phoebe
Pretty impressive for a skimmer crew. But at the end of the day, there are only two kinds of warships: Submarines, and targets.
Yet 750 U boats on the bottom of the ocean tells a different story.
@@ricbarker4829 those were submersibles, not submarines😉
James looking like a slave
I've only been watching for 9 minutes and already they have had a broken sonar and mysterious poisonous fumes from something burning that they cannot identify. It makes me worry that perhaps British warships lack proper maintenance or funding and are not up to the task assigned to them.
British warships apparently have the same reliability as British automobiles.
(7:20) Shout out to culinary specialists in the Navy. I was an enlisted Airman in the U.S. Navy in the early 2000s. The culinary staff are the real heroes who keep people and the ships moving.
Thank you for an interesting story. It was so nerve racking to know the russian submarine could torpedo that English Ship at any time after establishing visuals and audios on them.
Could yes, but the probability was very, very low. A Russian Captain isn't going to start WWIII, just because somebody is tracking him. The Northumberland also has 4 torpedotubes of her own, + torpedoes on its helicopter, so it's not like they were defenceless.
when the sonar was down they were completely defenseless. plus russian subs are armed with supersonic shkval torpedo. no chance. they didn't even knew where the sub was for 24 hours. while the sub had eye on the ship all the time.
It's a 1992 commissioned ship - at eol. But can work for education and basic training.
I have to ask a question. Does the towed sonar array have a redundant system such as the old style sonar head or perhaps a spare towed array on board ship that can be deployed to replace the damaged array?
Arrays take up a lot of space on board. They might be able to replace some of the microphones and other sensitive equipment attached to the array but if the cable itself is damaged then it's GG.
@jastinguy more of a surprise they didn't send one of their own subs. As versatile some surface ships are, a sub is the best sub hunter.
Well the ship itself does have sonar elements on its hull but the towed array vastly increases their capabilities since it can sink down deeper and when it comes to a sonar array there is no real substitute for physical size, the longer or larger the array is the better it can perform. But I'm not sure toomany ships have a full spare on board, a few km long cable spooled up is not a small or light thing.
@@billmoretz8718 Given that they are a strategic asset for nuclear deterence i don't think British has many that take on the hunter/killer role.
@connorjohnson4402 there are 2 types of subs. Boomers and fast attacks. Boomers carry nuclear missles and can devastate 100s of cities. Fast attacks hunt down the Boomers and any other ocean craft. They also may carry small amounts of nuclear weapons.
Last time I saw it , it was in Miami Beach
GREAT.
It was nice to see the CS(US navy term for cooks/chefs) get his quals in and not be a NUB anymore and how happy he was about it. Getting out of NUB status on a ship makes life so much better. Watch bill is better than “NUB, wake up! Shitter is clogged, so and so got sick, inspection at turnover so housekeeping and sweepers.
i think the sub knew they were there the whole time, the heli and the loud ship
If the Russians "knew they were the whole time", why would they go shallow and stick out their periscope & Radar mast ?
My son served in the Australian Navy for 11 yrs supporting in the Persian Gulf
This was a great documentary. Thanks
No, how pathetically immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing such depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
Another great one, the sub was not damaged ?
Sub can break through thick ice
When was this filmed?
It was only a training exercise. In real life, the Russian sub would have immediately known if sonar buoys were in the water.
the buoys are passive, aren't they?
@@Redfvvgthey can be both. But the splash of landing in the water is detectable.
Knowing about them and being able to do something about it are two very different things.
Very good video from the USA
Download now this
Very good show. the intro was a bit long, but otherwise excellent job !
If this was war that ship would be in the company of the long departed Atlantis..
Tip for the Royal Navy' build modern, quality ships or go home and stay out of the way.
Fortunately they forgot how to build it. The youth of today have not known a bad life.
Sorry but our government and councils have squandered to much money supporting our nonworking class to keep our fleet running. We've set aside a few hundred thousand pounds to start a kayak and canoe navy to protect our swan ponds though.
@@Redfvvg Okay Boomer ...
To stupid to realize that the Russian disabled their sonar, while the sat waiting to see if the Russians noticed their presence😂😂 this is so funny , what do you Liberal News Stations, now have to say ,how are you going to LIE to the world????😂😂😂😂😂
Hey, the Ruskis have a bunch of new submarines, no big deal! Thank you Ukraine for your contribution to the Russian submarine fleet in the Black Sea
Russia has lost its entire navy, 500,000 human beings, and 1.2 million Russian human beings injured for what? To invade your brothers? The people the have the same culture and history as you?
@@evangaudet Source : Trust me bro 😂😂😂😂
Dude, well, you're like a blotter, you've already absorbed everything that your first three TV buttons gave out, you're not able to absorb any more. So there's no point in explaining it to you.
@@evangaudet I'm no fan, but to say "Russia lost its entire Navy" is just silly. They haven't even lost the entire Black Sea Fleet and that's their smallest one.
That sub LET itself be found!
it was a training exercise. it wasn't even real.
Now I know why they never paint submarines yellow. Paul got it all wrong!
I unfortunately think there are now way too many people who don't know who paul McCartney is. Referring to the yellow submarine. Lol no worries "I see you"
No, how pathetically immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing such depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
@@PABASSland Mr. Parker says ahoy mate 💛
Yeah you should try spot the Swedish Gotland submarine class. You wouldn't spot it at all with their sophisticated stirling engine air indipendent propulsion.
Respect to the crew and the Captain. But that ship need an overhaul maintenance so the Captain can do his job well.
Playing with their toys in the sea:)
A very well done and interesting video spoiled by overloud intrusive music that detracted from the enjoyment.
More than it's minutes in, the episode has not yet started. But already one Comercial break.
At least u can talk to your family,we in Vietnam most had no way to talk to family
On American Submarines during the Cold War we called our STS's (Sonar Technician Submarines) Sonar Girls. Not for the same reason used for Sonar Lady because they were all men.
THE SUB SHWON IN THE VIDEO ARE 2 DIFFERENT TYPES, anyone can notice, one has 3 antennas/masts and the other had 2. with the incapability shown of the crew in this, i'm sure they just patched an older video of a russian sub or maybe even used their sub to foreshadow their incompetitiveness. MAN THE ROYAL NAVY IS A LAUGHING STOCK
not to mentioon a russian sub on a mission will never surface
Yeah, It's obviously IMPOSIBLE that the sub retracted one mast between shots. If anyone is a laughing stock, it's you and your "facts".
Taken to britain maybe or near by hidden heads of the rocks switching of the engine....
Is the Russian sub called “Red October?”
@troyjudge8466-No, this isn’t the Red October sub.
@@donnawentz2221 just a little levity here.
Exactly!
Blue june
According to the story, it was a Typhoon class sub.
Russian, Chinese, alien - we’re walking a spiritual life on a fleshy journeyman ship - called LIFE. All this video shows as bold as these service - people are - we are still flesh & blood are we not? I came from a Naval family, experienced father away for periods of time - this wasn’t designed or destiny was it? Yes , I looked up to ‘my Naval officer’! However this ‘tit’ for tat” is not harmonious in the least ! 👀 looking for submarines & polluting our mutual oceans! Crazy stuff!
Bet that was deliberate to eliminate the surface ship.
They had a bucket line bailing water; no high speed pumps they could use? Well the Type 26 will be brand spanking new and will be in service pretty soon.
The galley stove seems to work ok…
Is that ship made by Austin or Rover group? 😅
I think the Russians knew exactly what they were doing. The British got too close.
Why did they wait that long to send up the copter? And why is there no way of retrieving sonar buoys?
I love this channel ❤
Me too
No, how pathetically unprofessional, immature, uneducated, disgusting, and Godless for anyone to be spewing such depraved filth, much less a senior officer. What's an utter disgrace he is to his parents and country. He needs to act like a real man, a true gentleman of moral character, instead of a common BLM street thug who failed English vocabulary. "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language." Colossians 3:8
Cool story bro.
In wartime the thing would have been packed with sonobuoys I bet
the sub pull a crazzy iven they pull them all the time in the col;d war
Note to self - raise radar array when within 100m
Ohell we are going to miss our tea time
The Russian Sub aimed for the sonar, excellent and brilliant move by the Russians, politically correct log entry by the English Captain to keep everyone happy 😆
An excellent Captain! He kept calm even as the Russian submarine crashed into his ship. Also, the performance of a crew member was noticed and resulted in a promotion. The Royal Navy is a very valued member of our NATO forces. Everyone serving there can be proud.
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To stupid to realize that the Russian disabled their sonar, while the sat waiting to see if the Russians noticed their presence😂😂 this is so funny , what do you Liberal News Stations, now have to say ,how are you going to LIE to the world????😂😂😂😂😂
NATO is danger to world and brings in ww3
Honestly, there are some real problems presented in this couple of videos that are quite concerning, from constant equipment failures (including one that compromised the primary mission of the ship) to being unable to handle adverse sea states the ship is built to operate in.
Seems that ship had one problem after another.
Alot of broken things on those ships
All the submarine experts ' surface ' to comment.
You only see them if you take a deep dive.
fun facts Russia already knew 24 hours early they had been tracking.
23:42 the day night cycle
Wouldn't the sub periscope have detected the helo? In other words, don't they know they have been found?
This is Brit cutting edge?
Very similar problems to a classic car? Smoke where? I don’t see fire? 😂
It's a Cutting Edge warship that breaks all the time and floods😂😂😂
What happens when your government runs way to many social programs.
@@TheTamaleWhisperer the UK deserves better. Your government should buy the rights to produce Arleigh Burke destroyers at your shipyards there in the UK it's a proven platform and has room for up to two Blackhawks they might be able to squeeze your Wildcats into them.
28:54 ballast miss tableau public
This program would have been watchable is each shot hadn't lasted 1/1,000,000 of a second.
Aye...that's becoming a regular "feature" employed by too many video creators nowdays.👍
Annoying
True. The whole style of it is pretty terrible.
It's for preventing any information leak of their equipments 😉
Damn, what a story. That russian sub crazy ivan'd and clipped the array. Amazing seamanship. So aggressive. It shows how wide a latitude Russian submariners are given by Moscow. Something like that could lead to a wider conflict.
love those "crazy Ivans!"
Это блеф - проекция изображающая маленьким подводным аппаратом ложные галаграммы величиной с крупный подводный движущийся объект🤧этот подводный батискав базируется на мини базах в глубинах морей - и выдерживает давление под водой не хуже чем древний космический аппарат венера-13.
Grow up little boy and stop spewing profanity on a public forum like those pathetically do on the ship.