The Wreck of SMS Hindenburg – Germany's Last Battlecruiser
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Published 2024-08-04
The salvage of those ships is, also, a famous operation. From the British government pulling things up, to Ernest Cox and his mission to salvage the ships left over. In today's video, we'll be looking at the most notable of those operations.
SMS Hindenburg. Germany's last battlecruiser, and far and away the most stubborn of the lot. A ship that sank upright. A ship that required four different attempts to raise. And several years, for that matter.
This won't be a traditional shipwreck video, but hopefully still an interesting one.
Videos on the Salvage:
www.britishpathe.com/asset/135592/
• Sunken WWI German Battleship Raised: ...
• The "Hindenburg's" Last Voyage (1930)
• Salving The "Hindenburg" Aka Salving ...
Further Reading:
www.amazon.com/Coxs-Navy-Salvaging-German-1924-193…
All Comments (21)
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I am in awe with Mr. Cox patience and determination.
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She was not as heavily battered as her elder sister (SMS Derfflinger), but as a wreck, Hindenburg was really stubborn.
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I imagine Hindenburg missed her chance to slug it out with the Royal Navy, so she decided to "fight" the Englishman Cox's attempts to salvage her, and the various ships around them caught strays.
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An incredible salvage saga! I would have given up on it! OMG😮
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Wow what a stubborn ass ship
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I have an original photo of her being towed to the scrap yard shame YouTube doesn’t allow photo sharing in the comments
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I bet the surviving crew members were cheering her on to continue causing trouble for the Englanders.
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Hindeburg was a beast of a ship.
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I read a book about this operation way back when I was a kid. Mid 60s or so. Damned if I can remember the name of it, It wasn't Cox's Navy, that came out in 2011. If anyone knows the title please let me know.
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It was as if SMS Hindenburg was getting revenge for having to be scuttled.
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Monty piston holy grail. And the castle
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Did the project actually realise a profit? The costs of raising her must have been considerable.
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That was a stubborn ship to say the least.
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‘If at first you don’t succeed……..’. 👍🏻🏴
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Pretty good video story. Too bad you didn't have any photos of the ship being broken up.
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Big fan of yours. This was great vid that in books was a paragraph or two . You did a fantastic job on expanding the story. Keep it up . If I can, what is your day job?
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How much was the ship was worth in scrap? Do you think some of the metal ended up in WW2 ships and planes?
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The lesson here being, "never name your vehicle\craft HINDENBURG".
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I know of submarines that went down and came back up fewer times than this ship!
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gonna research pre-atomic steel rarity
