Explained: The Dreadnought Hoax
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Sources: Primarily 'The Dreadnought Hoax' by Adrian Stephen, but also miscellaneous others, in no particular order:
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But when the world needed him most... he vanished
This, still checking after 3 years
@@Viking88Power Yeah, maybe someday.
Have an idea of an video? Leave it down below!
Also him: * vanishes *
And just like that... he's back
@@mikemac803 yeah
I always wondered, "Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Now I know -- The Royal Navy is afraid of Virginia Woolf.
this dude straight up made vsauce quality videos and then just left wtf
:(
Just like vsauce!
You can't make a Vsauce quality videos without leaving your fans after a few years
Probably in hiding for stabbing someone for mentioning Wilhelm Gustoff again ;)
Thankfully he has changed the channel banner which means a new video is coming
Miss this channel... :(
Rip
Its been a year now
F
I discovered it today due to the Amber room popping up in my recommends, subbed, turned on notifications, only to then discover this was his last video. Goddamnit!
just discovered it today.. where he gone?!
"See you in 6 months then"
*3 and a half years later finally pops back up*
I can say, having worked with VIP visits in the military, that the short notice of their visit 100% is what allowed this to work. It prevented any amount of foreign customs and courtesies research and forced the navy to fall back on generic best practices and hope for the best. They were less likely to notice minor inconsistencies because they were so focused on themselves and making sure they were being proper. Late notice visits aren't terribly uncommon (at least in the current era) and while they are annoying, everyone is used to just making it work. Even 24 hours notice would probably have been game over for the whole hoax.
Thanks for your perspective on this.
45 minutes before the internet- good luck even reading the encyclopedia entry for the country in that amount of time!
Quick fun facts about HMS Dreadnought (and possibly the essay-long comment that Zepherus was dreading):
1. It couldn't go backwards. As revolutionary as the steam turbine engines used in HMS Dreadnought were, this first generation of turbines had a few problems. One was that although they worked brilliantly* when going forwards, they didn't work at all when you tried to put them into reverse. This was due to how the steam turbine works: basically, just blowing high pressure steam over a series of fan blades attached to the drive shaft. Works great one way, doesn't work at all the other way. The Cunard Line had the same problem with their own turbine-driven ocean liners Mauritania and Lusitania; they were the fastest passenger ships in the world at the time, but once they got to port they were awkward to try and dock because their engines couldn't reverse. This is also why their rival, the White Star Line, stuck with older reciprocating engines in their new Olympic class liners, which included the Titanic, only using one low-pressure turbine to drive the center propeller using steam exhausted from the piston engines. This turbine also couldn't reverse and may have been one of the reasons the Titanic couldn't avoid its date with an iceberg.
*. Although steam turbines could be much more efficient and powerful than reciprocating engines at high speeds (plus the part where there wasn't tons of steel jerking up and down slowly shaking itself apart as with piston engines), at low speeds steam turbines were generally found to be horribly inefficient, gobbling up tons of fuel (first coal, later fuel oil), often even more than their piston equivalents. In some cases the problem was even worse, with the turbines needing to be run at a certain speed for them to work at all. As one example of the extent of the problem, designers of HMS Swift, Admiral "Jackie" Fisher's bizarre destroyer-cruiser hybrid (that really deserves an episode of its own someday for what a colossal failure it was) initially planned to fit it with both turbines and piston engines, with the pistons being used for any movement below 15 knots and the turbines being engaged only for higher speeds. In the end, the Swift only had turbines, which could push it to a top speed of around 26 knots (well below the 38 knots often falsely claimed, thanks to Fisher's whitewashing), which it could hold for about an hour before running out of fuel (or before the engines broke down or exploded, which was actually more common). When cruising at a more normal 15 knots, the Swift was good for only about 1500 nautical miles before again running out of gas.
Both the low speed inefficiency and the inability to reverse problems were later solved by attaching the steam turbines to effectively giant gearboxes, not unlike on a car, creating the geared turbine. With these, the ship's engineers could control which direction the propellers were spun and how fast while only needing to make minor adjustments to the turbines themselves. This has been superseded in more recent years by the turbo-electric drive, where the turbines turn an electric generator, which feeds power to electric motors that actually turn the props, although it should be noted that these engines have their own problems, mostly to do with overheating.
2. As built, HMS Dreadnought had no smaller secondary guns. "Wait, why would that be a problem?" you're surely wondering, "It's got all those really flippin' big guns. Isn't that enough?" That's what Admiral Fisher thought too, ergo why none were initially installed. However, at the time of Dreadnought's construction a new type of ship was emerging as a major threat: the torpedo boat. These small and relatively cheap boats could dash in close, often too fast for the big battleship guns to hit them, and fire off underwater torpedoes that could damage the enemy ship below the waterline, forcing it to leave the battle or outright sinking it. Fisher was vaguely aware of the potential of the torpedo boat, but he thought that the cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers (later just destroyers) that would follow Dreadnought around would be protection enough. His successors in the British Admiralty disagreed and following Dreadnought's completion hastily had smaller 3in quick-firing guns essentially bolted on the decks where ever they would fit, with only basic gunshields for protection. Later models of dreadnought-type battleships, such as HMS Bellerophon, kind of the production model to Dreadnought's prototype, would include improved secondary gun armaments from the start.
3. Last one, I swear. The first dreadnought-type battleship in the world almost wasn't HMS Dreadnought. The Japanese Imperial Navy had been working on a very similar sort of battleship at the same time, the IJN Satsuma, which were to be the first in the world to be armed entirely with 12 inch guns as their primary armament (and incidentally were the first class of battleship the IJN ordered exclusively from native Japanese shipyards). Originally, the Satsuma and her classmates were designed to carry 12 12in guns spread across 8 double turrets, 1 on the front and back and 3 on each side. However, Japanese industry couldn't produce the 12in guns that the navy wanted, so they had to be imported from Japan's then-ally, Great Britain. Only, the British were already working on HMS Dreadnought at the time and would much rather those 12in guns go to their own new ship. The part where they would be the ones to turn battleship design on its ear and not the Japanese was just a nice bonus. Frustrated by the delay, the Japanese instead used the few 12in guns they had on the fore and aft turrets and substituted smaller 10in guns for the side/wing turrets, making the Satsuma a sort of semi-dreadnought. The IJN Satsuma would go on to have a largely uneventful but fairly active career, assisting in the capture of German colonies in the Caroline and Palau Islands during World War I before being disarmed in 1922 in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty and sunk as a target ship. HMS Dreadnought meanwhile never fired a shot in anger, her only significant naval action being the ramming and sinking of the German submarine U-29, which did make her the only battleship to sink a submarine.
You sir are, just a legend.
Thanks, but I'm just a bloke that's picked up a lot of random history. Heh, guess that BA in the history of technology & industry, with some dabbling in military, might have been useful for something after all.
"Quick" fun facts
The bit about Dreadnought being the only battleship to sink an enemy submarine is actually probably not true. USS New York in WWI also probably sank a German U-boat through a collision, although accidentally, and with the collision most likely being the fault of the German submarine. The New York hadn't noticed anything before the collision, and only had the damage to the ship to go off of in determining what happened. Which they concluded was likely a German submarine colliding with them (and then sinking).
Satsuma was laid down first but she didn't launch until November 1906, 9months after Dreadnought and actually less than a month before the latter was commissioned into active service.
The delayed launch wasn't due to the with-held guns either so you could say Satsuma was the first built and Dreadnought first launched and put into service. Satsuma didn't enter service till 1910 at which point she was already outdated rather severely, which -was- the fault of the with-held guns.
Dreadnought also had a sort-of gearbox similar to described but they actually connected to a second set of turbines. The Navy wanted her to be able to cruise long ranges at medium speeds, so they gave her smaller turbines for use out of combat that... turned out to be pretty useless.
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Fun fact: The Chinese restaurant (Wong Kei) that replaced Clarkson's had the notorious reputation of being "the rudest restaurant in London". The staff would shout at customers, waiters would chase people who didn't leave a sufficient tip and insulted customers who asked for a knife and fork. The restaurant became popular because of the unique attitude of the waiting staff. Things have changed since after they were renovated.
I think the name is hilariously apt as well in that case.
Your name is amazing
Edit: so is your channel holyshit
So was it a rudeness-themed restaurant or really just staffed by rude people? I remember a restaurant in Dallas where the (intentionally) rude staff was the whole shtick, and the rude behavior was way over the top. Like calling you a dumb bitch and throwing food at you and making you wear big paper hats with insults on them. But then again, a skim through Yelp will turn up stories worse than that. Saying it’s on purpose would be a bold and clever excuse!
I was told the reason the Wong Kei's staff are so rude is due to it's popularity with students from University College London in the 1960's. At that time those students were notorious for sex, drugs and alcohol .. Wong Kei's just gave back as good as they got given and they became so famous for it that it became their modus operandi
I've been waiting for a new video from you for over a year now, this makes me sad... :( I loved your vids, pls come back
He's back baby!
To Zeph
Please come back, I just subscribed to you and realised you haven't uploaded for about a year, hope everything is all good dude.
he's alright. Just really hasn't been in a good state for video making recently.
You are hereby banned from banning yourself from going on tangents. The Bunga-bunga revelation is fantastic. Great video.
HE IS NOT DEAD GOOD NEWS HE JUST TWEETED HE MIGHT RETURN TO TH-cam SOON YAYYYYY
Noice
So he is finally becoming poor so he can return to make content for money
YAY!!!!!!!!!
Thats epic
Are you sure?
At some point someone will make a video "Explained: The disappearance of
Zepherus"
He has returned
Where'd you go m8?
he will probably make a comeback
@@toiky9476 doubt it my mans had a fast growing channel that was popping off with ad revenu and he dipped
@@mexcentral8969 he said he's having fun writing a script recently on twitter but it isn't confirmed that anything would come out of it
@@fireship3007 what’s his Twitter?
@@kolinmartz check the about section
Maybe the reason the navy didn't care that they were supposedly from a landlocked country is precisely because of that. Why would they let a foreign dignitary from a potential rival country inspect their shiny new dreadnought? Maybe they were more willing to let a dignitary inspect the ship if they knew he didn't have a navy anyways.
It's a stretch, sure. But just a thought...
Anthony McDevitt that and they probably didn’t care more because they had no idea who they were and little about Ethiopia. And of course, turn of the century era racism. They would assume that a bunch of dark people from Africa wouldn’t have any ability to steal ideas to build their own fleet.
@@Tsumami__ You sound racist af, that's fucked up to assume british people would be so racially bigoted as someone like yourself. You literally just admitted you think "a bunch of dark people from africa wouldn't have any ability to steal ideas to build their own fleet." YOU assumed and put that out there.... And of course you would tho right? Do you realize you people who "call out" "racism" are basically massively perpetuating it labeling classes of people and belittling them by ultimately declaring those "racist" stereotypes to be true. These new "Social Justice Warriors" are the most fucking backwards ass twisted immoral insane racist lost fucking people to ever exist. Ya'll motherfuckers need Jesus.
@@RandySavag I think you definitely overreacted to his comment
Jesus, people nowadays. . .
@@RandySavag So apparently acknowledging racism means that you are a racist? So instead of doing anything about racism or even acknowledging it, the best course is to pretend that racism doesn't exist and never did and hope that by doing that it seizes to be a thing.
Acknowledging the racist beliefs of the past and noting that those beliefs were wrong and racist is not racist. It's a part of going through history. Discussing racist stereotypes isn't the same thing as saying that those stereotypes are true. I feel you like your comment kinda turned incomprehensible by the end so I'm not really sure what you were on about so please do feel free to tell my why discussing racism makes you a racist.
This mini-series was lovely, and oddly bitter sweet
oh hello there
Wtf I just came from watching your videos
Creepsmcpasta?! What are you doing here? 😮
Me: -casually scrolling through comments and their reactions
-sees this and looks at reactions
?what are these people talking about?
Clicks on profile
1.5M subs O.o
I was stuck between his or one of your videos, two of my favorite TH-camrs
Keep it up Zeph, your vids are fucking great!
Agreed
And funny dont forget funny.
15:16 Abyssinia had a great taste in national anthems
Darth_Eagle1776 No
The best meme lives
What is it?
Brazilian Boss
Oh no, you have to go and see it for yourself
were no strangers to love...
Okay it's been 6 months. We need a new video.
TheZebraBoy Gaming jep
8 months now! HE MUST BE DEAD D:
Yea please upload
He's dead, I know it.
11 months. Soon to be a year
"You must undergo bunga bunga"
"Not that! Never! I'd rather die!"
"Very well, then. Death by bunga bunga"
Please make this a regular occurrence. ya know.....uploading😉
I agree, I need more Zepherus! I especially like the ones that make me feel uneasy (for some reason) like the ghost ship one.
There's a reason high-quality content is rare on TH-cam:
It takes a lot of effort. Like, seriously, try it sometime.
True
god damn it you jinxed it!
This is ironic
Can't wait to see the next part of the Zepherus cinematic universe.
hoaxeverse
In about 8 months.
Chris Borg the ZCU
Zepherus Winter Hoax
Yea 8 months from now
"March miracle"
Hmmm...
Yeah, I was late on the joke about how I was late.
your videos are the best, keep it up.
I stop by every once in a while. Just want you to know whatever you're working on we are eager to learn about it.
I hope he can come back one day
seeing comments like these 2 years later makes it even worse...
man he must come back one day.
He came back !
@@unepintade HOLY SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT !!!!!
:O
GUYS HE MADE A TWEET SAYING THAT HE WOULD COME BACK IN 2021. HES BACK
He’s said that before
When?
@@joaquinqueijo6086 like last year, had some plans, then it fell through since we heard nothing after that
@@banditmc12 solid point, but in the tweet I think your talking about he said that he may start making videos again. But in his newest tweet up he said that he’s going to start making videos again
@@banditmc12 he also said he’s writing scripts
Bunga Bunga is just early 20th century shitposting
rams submarine
BUNGA BUNGA
It is but I hope they ban your filthy language.
@@TermiteUSA Are you literally calling for the ban of language you don't like? What the fuck is wrong with you?
Land locked country buying ships? Sounds like an Age of Empires cheat code.
bissch 6 B which?
vonn.
Flyingdutchman
TH-cam pranksters really need to step their game up. Haven't hearn of any youtubers causing international incidents or near war.
Don't just abandon a channel with 200k subs mate. I need your vids.
He's still not back it must be something crazy
love the channel description:
"I make videos every so often, usually about obscure historical/scientific things.
Logo and icon by myself. Channel banner changes each time a video is in production to reflect that upcoming video - it's like a 'teaser'."
>every so often
"Tapped each other with a cane six times, then shook hands and went their separate ways"
That is the most delightfully english thing I've heard today.
Great video man!!
have a good day :)
Plainly Difficult best cross episode TH-cam has ever known
Plainly Difficult please make a video on Metacom (king Philip) you might actually find it interesting. It involves murder, mystery, early America, and a character so dislikable that he was named after the pilgrims least favorite person.
Tea and Cake a
that's the most british story i've ever heard. how can people claim britons aren't unique
The cane tapping for sure.......how a group of people so bitterly opposed could in the heat of the moment come together....So many invasions makes for a people who have to be able to come together at the worst moments in order to survive. Also with such naval history the ability to cooperate with people you do not like is essential on board a ship, British humour is born from this requirement, we use humour to fight with people we don't like because we know that we might need them to help fight against a common enemy. That
s why Brits are good at diplomacy, 1000s of years bitching and fighting amongst ourselves we are masters at bringing together disparate groups for a common cause.
@@AirCrash1 This reply is frickin brilliant.
@@TermiteUSA Bunga Bunga
*says goodbye for 6 months*
*its almost 2019*
Has anyone heard from him?
He didn’t make parole.
@@dodecahedron1 aha! I hope he returns soon, he made good content!
Almost 2020 😔
It's nearly half way through 2020
Where'd you go fam.
But the train! This time it'll take us home! It's perfect!!! mwhaham I love how little effort they put into their exit plan. It only worked out better this time due to direction. lol.
Fun fact, I used the same flag clip from 17:34 during the news reels of Bomber Crew :D
Bunga Bun-DEMONETIZED!!!
Fun facts with Spammals. How's your holiday going?
I found it quite a coincidence seeing Spammals here, as well as an ad for Titanic Honor and Glory at 4:17 in the background.
well, Zepherus is a long time spammals subscriber, and Honor And Glroy is due to your searches and cookies.
That is the most adorable "revenge" i ever saw 😁😁😁
They probably poked him hard in the head a bunch
not quite "nail his foot to the deck" kind of punishment
I wonder if they were just hoping to scare the shit out of the pranksters, and were never planning to inflict actual harm without a court decision?
It’s brilliantly British, never have I ever been so proud!
I know, right? They shove him into a car, drive him out to the country, then they just kinda poke him a bit, feeling too bad to actually beat him. And then they offered to give him a ride home. It's like if the mafia was run by Canadians.
I home school my boy (13) & he's so fascinated by your videos, you narrate them so very well & seem to make everything you talk about so extremely interesting to the point where he's looking up more information after the video is done! thank you :)
Oh wow, that's fantastic! That's the main objective of my videos, so I'd consider that mission accomplished.
very much so :) I learned some things as well, "Bunga Bunga" I've heard many times in the past but had no idea it was what it was & Virginia Wolf? that was a surprise, very interesting indeed. keep up the great work, you cover more in one video than most schools would in a month! You create so much curiosity to keep on exploring history it's a wonderful thing. cheers! :)
Why do you home school? Never met anyone that was home schooled and was always curious
Mark A 😉 I was homeschooled myself after 4th grade on.. my son is autistic and there aren't many schools in my area that can cater to his needs, he's been in home School for about 4 years now, this gives him the opportunity to focus and learn at his own pace, learn life should, cooking, math etc & best part for him and myself since we're both big gamers is I use video games for learning as well. He learned how to read playing Skyrim lol but that's the gist of it. It's been highly beneficial.
Bro you better be like doing some independent research on area 51 and their cold fusion technology. It's been over a year now.
Dawa Penjor His liberation awaits for September.
I'm not exaggerating, these are the most entertaining videos I've seen on TH-cam since 2008. A lot of humor, but smartly put in little things that could easily go unnoticed, like for instance, the blurred bunga bunga joke. Keep up the good work, and cheers from Brazil.
Love the new videos! I had a couple ideas for the next one
1. The USS Vesuvius, a ship that fired dynamite using compressed air
2. Flight 19, a group of US Navy planes that disappeared
3. Kea Bird, an airplane found on a glacier in the arctic.
4. Lady Be Good, similar to the above but lost in Libya
5. The K-class submarines of the Royal Navy
6. Spontaneous human combustion
7. Spring Heeled Jack?
Now I know that this is a long list, but I think some of these might have stories that could make for a pretty interesting video, keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next video!
Oh man, the Lady Be Good has been on my list of future videos since 2015, but I never got round to it. Watched that film starring William Shatner and everything in preparation, but just never got past the script stage - maybe I should do it soon.
Nathan Villiger - number 3 is "kee bird ".
Do Umberto Nobile, explorer of the north pole, by airship.
Are you absolutely sure you are not spying on me, with my job you could get into some considerable trouble for that! The chances of discussing the dreadnought hoax only a short time after my official transfer to the HMS Dreadnought design and build project is remarkable!
Nonetheless, I only seem to enjoy these videos more and more as time progresses and I feel a greater connection to the topic (again a little bit spooky). I'm hoping we won't have to wait too long till your next video, but we can all understand what it is like to be busy (despite you claiming idleness).
With that, thank you Zepherus and hope to hear from you soon, Bunga Bunga, BZ!
30:02
ZPRS: ...Titanic
*shows Olympic*
I see what you did there
is that a reference to the insurance scam theory?
Yes
No it just points out that due to those events Titanic had a later maiden voyage in which there were ice bergs.
69 likes Nice...
I don't know where you are now Zepherus, but I just want to say that the videos that you have made are awesome! Where ever you are I hope you are happy.
He's making a new video right now, he's been giving updates on Twitter.
@@MuchWhittering I shall wait for the kings return then, I thank you for this wonderful news.
Wait did he hearted the comment 3 years latter?
Nearly 3 years.. Hope alls well and you'll consider coming back
Whenever I watch your videos I always walk away learning something incredibly interesting. Keep up the awesome stuff! :)
History is my favourite cinematic universe
Just too bad it is so unrealistic...
Hey Zeph! I wanted to let you know that your videos are extremely interesting and entertaining. I appreciate every ounce of effort you put into them! My face absolutely lights up when I see one pop into my subbox(I've been waiting all week for this one!). I've been on this platform since 2006 and your channel is the first one that's really got me appreciating youtube and its community of creators. Keep up the good work!
I watched both this video and your other covering the Zanzibar Hoax, and I can certifiably tell that you I learnt a lot of information (arguably completely useless to the course of my life but I freaking loved it regardless) over the course of the two videos. Your narrative style is really engaging and the small animations/jokes spaced throughout the video, prevent it from becoming too tedious/monotonous to watch. Please keep up the brilliant work and create more of this cool content. PS: You have just gotten yourself a new subscriber! :)
I can remember "bunga bunga" being used in the US Air Force rather freely in the late 80tys and early 90tys at the base I was stationed at. It was obviously racist in its use, but never got cracked down on at the base I was at, possibly because no one knew what it was. On the other hand two Iowa farm boys got in big trouble for calling each other "buckwheat" because someone remembered the character from the "Little Rascals". The term was from that point on labeled as a racist epitaph by our command structure even though it had nothing to do with race, and everything to do with locality- Iowa state Buckwheats.
Zepherus Cinematic Universe.
Why is no studio funding this?
Because of the potential copyright problems... obviously.
Because it’s already happened
Noo you heard wrong he said Zathras Cinematic Universe! ;)
Because we have history fatigue.
wow virginia woolf was really involved in this goddamn she truly is the goat
Goat? That's a bit much, don't you think?
Greatest Of All Time
@@thefatgelfling8781 Virginia's family, especially Vanessa, referred to her as the goat, as shown in this video
Liz Taylor was NOT a goat.
Imagine if Horace had live until 1940, he would've been messing with the Nazis the entire occupation.
Who's to say his death wasn't a prank?
LOL Comrades from the USSR would love him, although they too would very likely be targets as well.
Likely you only get one prank in on the nazis; I've heard that the circa 1940 German canings tended to be... a bit more... brutal.
Came here from the Vulcan vid, that 'see you in 6 months' at the end hit different considering this video is 3 years old or more. Glad to see he's back though, he's made really interesting videos in the past and the Vulcan video was really good!
I can't decide whether to characterize the Explained of Zepherus as "eclectic avant garde", or "avant garde eclecticism", but... good show.
More, please.
In the Canadian Navy, they will use an elongated balloon as a cane and every time they cane you, they will apologise and if you do get hurt, you will be carried to a hospital at no charge
Napoleon I Bonaparte lmfao
You can get some itchy burns from being spanked with a balloon.
Napoleon I Bonaparte That's just embarrasing for everybody involved.
lol, pranksters back in the day arranged their visit at 420...
The only thing I knew about the Dreadnought was that it successfully rammed a German U-Boot. That was an exciting documentary moment I enjoyed a lot. But learning about weird upper class mischief in Edwardian England turned out to be way more entertaining than I anticipated. This channel is great, thanks!
It's a land locked country.
But there still are a couple of lakes.
Ya gotta keep them lakes safe from invading countries man.
This was absolutely brilliant! I'm so glad that you bothered to do it! I think it was absolutely worth the effort. The story of the Navy's retribution was hilarious! You're probably my favorite Storyteller. Your sense of humor is perfect.
Hey Zepherus! Are you planning on releasing a new video soon? :-)
Idk what to tell you chief ):
I don't think so 😭
@@johngrave5554 I guess you're right... Hey Zeph, if you're reading this, we miss you! If you ever consider a comeback, I'd gladly contribute to your Patreon :-)
Your videos are amazing!! A topic that I would suggest would be the Football war or also known as the 100 hours war between El Salvador and Honduras.
Hey man, it’s time to come back, the internet needs you and your videos. It’s just not the same m8. We’ll be waiting for that next banger of a vid, good luck homie
I am italian, and you don't know how much I laughed when you said bunga bunga, i spent the last part of the video crying because I connected everything to Berlusconi😂😂
What a surreal journey that must have been for the sick chap, thinking he's going to go and get his teeth loosened. The tension in that carriage must've been palpable. Only for them to exchange cheeky little taps and drive back home as if it'd never happened.
HMS Hawke pulled a prank on the RMS Olympic too
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I'm not sure HMS Hawke was laughing in the end lol
How interesting that Virginia Woolf was also obsessed with Titanic and was a supposedly frequent passenger on Olympic (at least I think she was)... Zepherus' cinematic universe is all interconnected
Tacos Mexicanstyle I doubt Hawke was she had to have a new bow fitted.
Yes that's what I said, thank you
Great video(s)! Loved them, they were brilliantly done.
I rate Bunga/Bunga!
I think you would find 'The Andrée Expedition' or 'Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition' very interesting. It's a famous swedish mystery.
We miss you Zephereus
WHOA a TH-camr who lists all their sources in the description? What a good man.
we're still waiting for pompeii. you promised it in your ghost ship video.
And the video he mentioned in the Eddystone Lighthouse vid as well. I loved this his vids, he's really talented. I'd gladly donate to a Patreon.
I'm actually getting worried now, it has now been over a year!
I'm actually getting worried now, it has now been over 3 years!
@@benjaminwesterholt2830 no need to worry he has returned
I enjoyed both parts to this story very much, please continue with them, plus you mentioned the ship Wilhelm Gustlarf, I know a bit about that tragedy, and I get annoyed when people talk about ship disasters and the number of lives lost, they always talk about the Titanic, although that's a tragedy too, W' G' hardly gets mentioned as around 6 times more people died than on the Titanic.
In 1910, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) didnt have the same borders as today and was joined with Eritrea, which gave it a coastline on the red sea. That's why no one questioned them wanting a naval ship.
I’ve watched several of your videos by now.
It helps make the work day a little bit easier, and I’m finally learning something outside my wheel house :)
Excited for the next one!
How about the first europeans explorers to reach timbuktu and come back live, I think it could be a good video. He also wrote a book about it Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo. And I love your work can’t wait for the next video.
2 years and counting, still waiting for you!
Suggestion: the history of Montezuma's head dress
Been subbed for ages but the video just got recommended to me for some reason. Time to binge watch all your videos again.
I really missed this channel hope it comes back soon
Please could you do the story of Douglas Bader, what I find most interesting is he had prosthetic legs dropped to him by a bomber while in a POW camp Or the explorers club eating mammoth
We miss u! I binge watched all ur vids just now :(
Modern pranks:
"DESTROYING PEOPLES ANDROIDS AND GIVING THEM IPHONES"
"SAYING THE N WORD IN THE HOOD GONE WRONG GONE SEXUAL (GUN PULLED!!!!!111!!!!ONE)"
Old pranks:
"Hey bro let's pretend to be heads of state of an obscure-ish nation so we can get on the Dreadnought!"
Those two hoax videos... bloody awesome and interesting. What an evening you have offered me and there is more to come... Thank you Z. Also reading the other comments, I'm glad you have not actually vanished.
0:50 group of spidermans pointing at each other meme...
Hey, I'm not sure if you're still reading your comments but I hope you're doing well and that we all await your return.
"Maybe learn something"!? On the internet! Bah! The internet is a fad that will soon die. I think you should all start acquiring a good knowledge of Morse code and flag signaling as soon as possible. Bunga bunga, and goodnight.
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DEMONITIZED
Come back! Don't be another TH-camr that leaves us, your videos are great.
I really enjoyed this post.. You Poms really are the weirdos of the world.. To do the 'six degrees' thing from Dreadnaught to Berlusconi was amazing..
Seeing your channel gives me smiles and goosebumps. Takes me back a couple years with your amazing videos. Hope to see a new one soon!
"Tapped eachother with a cane six times then shook hands"
wow the British are truly beautiful creatures.
Not anymore
Posh people do that, they get away with a bit of homoerotic sadomasochism, reminiscent of their public school days. Poor people do it, they go to prison.
Posh = port out starboard home. :)
Are you stating the poor people are treated worse than rich people? Amazing discovery, I don't know how I couldn't see this myself.
They're lucky they reconsidered I think. Idk, I feel the papers would have had an even bigger field day if they found out the Navy caned the pranksters. Especially when done in such a manner as just straight kidnapping people in broad daylight only to then beat the shit out of them and leave them in the countryside. Would the prestige hold? Or would it quickly devolve into a legal matter in their disfavor? Morally speaking it seems way worse than a prank visit.
Still surprised they actually got away with it though for basically no repercussions. Not even a fine or anything, just a sorta but not really threat.
Zepherus I hope you’re doing well and social distancing. As for the elephant in the comment section, I hope this is just a break, but if not I hope you have a wonderful life and thank you for the videos.
This video showed up in my recommended, so I clicked on it, and despite it being over half an hour long, I couldn't stop watching. I have to say this is one of the most fascinating, well made videos that I have watched in a long time. The amount of effort you put into making this is quite impressive. All I can say is great job. You've definitely earned my sub.
It’s actually not to odd for a landlocked nation to have an interest in naval matters. You know rivers and lakes and such.
Rip to our chap Horace.
Any chance of a new video mate? I found your videos very insightful and interesting, brilliantly humoured and cleverly put together. You just don’t do enough of them 😞
Two years I've been waiting. Not complaining or anything, but I'm getting strong George R.R. Martin vibes right now.
I love this channel so much!!
*sees last upload date*
he's alive