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On the night of March 28th 1941, a force of Italian cruisers was ambushed at point blank range by a group of British battleships. In just four devastating minutes, the Italian squadron was almost totally destroyed, as a day of cat and mouse fleet manuvering came to an explosive end.
0:00 – Thank You to My Patrons
0:33 – Introduction
0:57 – Opening Salvoes
4:00 – The Chase is on!
6:32 – Pola’s Fatal Air Attack
9:51 – 4 Minutes of Devastation
Sources:
The Battle of Matapan, SWC Pack
Engage the Enemy More Closely, Corelli Barnett,
Dark Waters, JE Harrold
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Is this a reupload? I feel like I've seen a Cape Matepan video from this channel before
Meanwhile, in World of Warships this same engagement woulda resulted in a crushing Italian victory as all the Ita ships launch torps at like 3km and the British get wiped out in a matter of seconds.
Fear Warspite.
Because if she can't bring you down, she will outlast everything you throw at her.
I think the battle of Cape passero would make an interesting video, the Italian conduct a successful ambush and still loose the battle.
Cunningham must have forgotten that Formidable was in the battleline until she started firing.
Cunningham : All ships open fire!
Formidable : Ummm… ok.
Cunningham : Opps! You should leave now. 😬
Cunningham could have used lessons from Ching Lee.
I can only imagine the terror, confusion and shock on board the Italian vessels as their cruiser force was effectively wiped out within four minutes of being spotted. Truly unreal when you consider how short four minutes actually is.
HMS Havoc determined to live up to her name just like her big sister Warspite. You can argue all day long if the Royal Navy built the best ships or had the beat crews but thier ability to name ships was without contest. When HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu sister ships built within weeks of each other were heavily damaged almost on the same day the Navy chopped both ships in half and welded the good bits together making HMS Zubian which went on to serve well for the rest of the war. Because we can and because FU Germany.
And the award for most British sounding name of the day goes to: Henry Pridham-Wippell!
I like the idea of the ship's decks being coloured based on their faction colour whilst other parts of the ships stay gray. Looks really good for some reason.
Formidable looked at the very fast (35kt) 8 inch heavy cruisers off the port quarter (2kms away!) and said "Yeah…nah…and correctly turned away.
It had no business being in a gunnery duel.
Loved the video. Small request for next videos: the font/spacing for AM and PM were so smushed together, I was confused why they were concerned about daylight and discussing dinner at 7 AM for the second part of the video. Perhaps changing fonts, adding space, or adding 24hr time would be nice.
The Midway in the Med.
I've wondered if battleships value in ww2 is underrated, if committed more forcefully, more often thier endurance and power would not be discounted by so many people.
Having said that thier actually use and value as 'fleet in being' by actual commanders makes perfect sence to me…except of Layte Gulf, yes nothing could have saved japan at that point, but if your going all in at least commit.
Ah, Italy. Crap on land, crap at sea. Consistent, if nothing else.
Radars and carriers are a HUGE advantage.
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 used to pay people like yourself to produce this level of history documentary for TV broadcast. It's amazing you get a platform to put this stuff on, but people like yourself should have carried on the World at War TV stuff we used to get.
Your progress over the years has been such a pleasure to follow. The details in the ships are great, its always easy to follow where we are in the battle, the narration is top notch, the bits of sarcasm and humor are great too, and all of this while always staying respectful of history but not whitewashing atrocities either. Love your contents and hyped to see where you will bring us next!
This podcast was 3 times longer than the battle
The most OG battleship, HMS WARSPITE
Dont really like the big arrows for the formations
Dont really like the big arrows for the formations
the not-to-be german carrier Graf Zeppelin would have remained in line as it had an armada of secondary guns
Is it maybe possible for future naval videos to have a little scale of the distance in the corner of the video just like the clock? It would help with keeping track of how much distance is between everything in the video. There were a couple of times in the video where you mentioned a distance and I had no idea how much that was compared to what I was seeing on the screen.
Was this video reuploaded? I'm pretty sure I watched this years ago.
“MAMA MIA!!” – Italian fleet, probably 😄
The Royal Navy had another more significant advantage, which is not made clear in this video – the overwhelming experience and training of the captains, officers and sailors.
These skills meant the captains could focus on the battle knowing the engines were well-maintained; the guns would be loaded quicker than the enemy, function and hit their targets with more accuracy; and orders would be obeyed under fire.
In land battles, a veteran is worth 2x to 4x his number against an inexperienced enemy.
Warspite and Cunnigham 😀 My World of Warships combo
With respect, Alfieri's placement is incorrect. Zara lead Cattaneo's line, with no ships head of her.
Vittorio Alfieri was trailing behind Fiume, leading the destroyer flotilla. Vincenzo Gioberti was second in line, Giosuè Carducci third, and finally Alfredo Oriani brought up the rear.