NEVER SEEN BEFORE - Secret WW2 Tunnels Found After 77 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2022
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Umm WR is wireless room I think you will find, WRNS/WRAC/WAAF/ATS etc would have the full initialisations, PR is likely plotting room.
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@Sub Exploration Not sure about that as there is PO and CPO's = PETTY OFFICER / CHIEF PETTY OFFICER's
April 15th - Thunder ride in London again, are you going?
So refreshing seeing stuff like this, no graffiti and generally well preserved! Top job, mate!
a location under military security may keep most of them away.
as for military aviation authority, incorrect, master at arms, is what it stood for , the rooms that were red had red bulbs and trays were photos, ( or red oxide as a primer) from the recon missions possibly photos were developed, the hooks was a drying room for plates used in making the photos bigger possibly. This was the rnss royal navy scientific service, that box on the wall you shown near the hatch was a heater for the wax stamps for red ribbon 🎀 top secret files from the maa section, where the codes were relayed from enigma before going to be for deciphering. At BP. It was used in cold war too as some of the acronyms were more later. Great explore very interesting and good to see the crayon crew ain't ruined it. Very enjoyable.
Crayon crew. Nice one I’m going to use it.
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Those "benches" around 3:40 were made to hold rifles, the bottom was for the stock and the top piece by the curve of the roof was there to hold the barrel. BTW - great to see this. . . like an old friend returning. So, this was a military underground outpost.
For anyone that does work out where this please be aware it now has additional security patrols, cameras and additional locks. People have been caught since we explored this gem. Security was alerted on the final trip unfortunately. 6 months work went into planning this because of its location and security. Please stay away, you won’t get in but you may end up in trouble.
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You guys are lucky. Here in Australia if you get caught it can be a criminal offence. They can pretty much bend you over and have as much freedom as they want here. Sadly. I know sooo many abandonded and closed up places that are rotting away etc and we cant ever go in and document stuff.
@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi it's the same in New York state. But people do anyways.
Yeah because you lot whored it out for likes! A number of explorer were peeved about this. It’s not new; it was just new to you lot.you’re the ones who cause places to get trashed and sealed.
@@SubExploration so basically you ruined it for everyone.
The red paint is red lead. Used a lot from WWII until the banning of lead in paint. It was used a lot on merchant ships decking to prevent rusting and on hulls. A lot of the Thames Watkins tugs used it extensively for that purpose. My dad and other 'tuggies' used to take it home to paint the red bricks of their houses.
Spot on ive used it my self on marine parts
lol that probably gives a little more of a clue as well.
I'am concerned about that sprayed concrete that seems to be everywhere . The military used a lot of asbestos back then . Very bad stuff !
There is always part of me that is curious what and where these places are, and how you guys manage to find ways in, but i totally respect and completely support your decision not to make that info public, there are too many idiots out there that would trash them. I follow a number of similar channels, but to me, Subex stands out, in particular I like the way you never "play the know-it-all" and speculate what something may be, unless you actually know for sure, and always leave the comments open for those in the know to fill in the gaps.
Museums do little for me, but places like this, where things genuinely have just been left, allow my mind to paint the picture. Thanks for getting in, and sharing your passion.
A lot of work went in to accessing this. We had multiple visits over 6 months to identify where the entrances were and then which one was accessible. We also had to work out security. A lot of work by a number of people of which I played a small part.
Really really impressive. I am of an age that I would love to explore that stuff with you. I'm just on a different continent. We hear in the US have stuff like this, but never to the extent that all of you have in the UK.I really enjoy the lot of you who explore the world war two bunkers and stuff.
That was awesome, never seen one in such good condition. No vandalism., much respect for Keeping the location as secret as possible.
I respect your decision to keep it private, thank you actually. These places need to be respected and we all know some people somewhere will ruin it.
That facility was minimally maintained but kept somewhat ready until the mid1990's BTW. Sad thing is everything was tossed in the trash before the public had any input.
Absolutely amazing location, glad you finally managed to put the 20 year wait to find it at rest. Good to see you back mate 👍
What a great find! Thanks for sharing your explore!
Appreciate your love for history buddy. Great location
What an amazing video and location. Definitely not a place I've seen before anywhere else. It's great to hear you have more videos coming too, this is one of the better urbex channels out there.
A great explore Simon! Keep up the awesome work! Great OG video 👍
One of the best preserved I've ever seen across all the videos on here. As ever a top quality video.
There is a similar facility near Chatham, same sort of layout and colours. Naval and commando occupation. It looks naval to me where you were. What shows the times are the writing and stencils used. The same stencil is used today.
Reminds me to the deeper layers of the Dover labyrinth, the cold war-digged parts, 200 ft(?) under the Napoleontic layer.
Beautiful. Great to see something not destroyed by grown children. Thx for sharing 😀
What a great find of ww2 tunnel in such good shape, glad you were able to share with the public and I don't blame you for not sharing where these locations are to preserve them. I will assume this location is somewhere in England and not another country, but i could be wrong.
I love your attitude and integrity. I also love the photos at the end. Thank you for sharing!
I absolutely love stuff like that,thank you for taking our eyes along with you
Good to see you back! Cracking place bet that was amazing to explore
So amazing, thank you so much for uploading this piece of history
Truly well preserved, a great video. Thank You.
Thanks for visiting and sharing what you found. I enjoy your videos and agree, a lot better to take video and pictures than taking items etc. I wish these places would open for one small group once a year (yourself) to capture it. Maybe when they do the inspection and have waivers and ppe. Love the pictures at the end.
Hi Simon, this was so cool to see, you did an awesome job with the explore and narration.
I'm so glad there are people like you that will actually protect these types of places instead
of just mouthing off to whoever will listen where a certain place, good on ya.
I would hazard a guess and say those things going down the sides of the tunnels are not benches
I think they were more likely to be workstations where people would sit, like a row of desks.
That wasn't a pic of Goofy it was of Pluto who was Mickey Mouse's pet 😉
Stunning pics at the end, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Absolutely awesome Simon 👌 👏
Great explore bud I'm new to your channel great work
There are so many bunkers and facilities in the US that are still classified, even though they have not been used in decades.
We had 2 bunkers that came up for sale in the Rome area of Upstate New York.
They were a backup radar control center and that site was the size of a super Walmart, 3 stacked ontop of each other.
About 500,000 sq feet, and above ground all you see is a giant open field and it was mowed every week for 70 years, and it was so remote and they had so much support from the SAC base they were linked to, that no one locally knew about it and the few old timers that did know never talked about it.
We had new tunnels and bunkers built at the White House and the capital and several other sites around DC and they dug down through the streets making huge open trenches 150 ft deep and they used tarps and temporary wooden structures to obscure all of the construction.
Even today they are able to hide this type of work, so imagine what it must have been like just after World War II when no one questioned the government and National Security was taken very seriously by every citizen with the see nothing hear nothing say nothing signs at every military facility and corporation around the United States
But seeing the photos of these facilities being built and having a giant quarry in the ground this huge hole that is a half a mile square and 200 ft deep.
It is mind blowing how much was done in such a short period of time and they didn't even use that many people to do it
Nowadays just building a 10 mile long road takes 40 years
It's a harsh contrast between what we used to be able to do and what we can do now
Great find thank-you. There must be a lot more
Glad to see your video of the place! Not sure when I'll get around to uploading mine though. As you know, my one includes far too much information, so it needs...trimming...
Fantastic place and amazingly preserved!
The bagged off box’s likely the Motor speed controllers. They used wire springs to bring the voltage down. The handle rotated an an arm that moved over copper contacts each has a set of wire coils with a set resistance.
Speed up and down the motor.
Asbestos was used as isolation between the springs/wires… Bet it got pretty hot in there with that!
Brilliant vid as always matey!
Thanks for respecting the history of the tunnels!
Brilliant video, a real gem of place wish more of these places where in as good a condition.
I’m sure these are the tunnels I too have heard about years ago, local legend and all that - just WOW
All very ‘cloak & dagger’.
Interesting to see these explores of spaces which otherwise I would never get to look at.
Worth the wait for your video content.
Fabulous video, so glad it's in such good condition.....
Thanks really enjoyed that :)
Cool video as always 🙂
Great bit of ethical exploring there, great to see and be associated with the channel.
Love this. Great narrative!!
Very good Simon. yes got to keep these places hidden. 👍
amazing explore bro nice one
Top notch explore. Good find.
Never seen you guys before, but this is great, a sub on the way. 👍👍
Fantastic explore !!! lovely condition 👍👍 Best stairs I've seen yet 👌- DE-eVOLVED.
those numbers at 26:39 could be radio frequencies. (yes, i'm a radio operator and that's the first thing that came to my mind, lol)
cool place for sure! it's nice to see it's not all painted up with shit, but honestly (imo), there's really nothing there worth stealing, although i don't know why that one blackboard would have been left behind and with that bomb info left on it.
Thanks Simon 😊
Hi Simon. It looks at lot like some tunnels I helped do some surveys on during some works that were done on the land above a few years ago. Won't mention what or where though🤐😉
Nicely done.
You been away far too long it's frigging fantastic your back. Best tunnel system I've ever seen .I think it's all 4 arm services all used for drafting people in all parts of the arm forces o also think you had your medicals there and all your paper work.mate please stick around and make some more because you are one of the best out there much respect and wow fantastic videos to come back to the community your channel is brilliant
What a fantastic & well preserved place. Shame you lost the sound but your narration is just as fascinating so no need to apologise. I know you can't say but I'd just like to know what part of the country it is, if it's not the usual county 😉 Great video 🤙
I'm in New Zealand. Out here that orange paint is a primer made by Dulux called sea chrome
I almost forgot to give you a thumbs up do to clicking through after the video. So I came bacm and took care of that. Dad was a US MP in Japan during the occupation after WWII. If he were still alive he might know some of the acronyms.
thanx for a step back in time - my uncle use to work out of something like this 🤔🎶 please be careful
Amazing and wonderful video! It’s so good to see the remarkable state it’s in!! You are absolutely right about graffiti! It’s disgusting,no matter where or what. Nice stills at the end by the way👌🏻 gr. from the Netherlands.
18:15 For those unfamiliar with the acronym on the door: "M.A.A." stands for Military Aviation Authority. And I'm not 100% sure, but I believe "REG. OFFICE" in this context means "Regulatory office".
MAA Master at Arms Reg Office = Regulating Office. Naval Police.
Love seeing things from are history very interesting
Yes this was a big one and we’ll worth the wait , it sounds so dangerous that your fairly sure you won’t be back there again. Also I bet there are more like these that we don’t know about but for this one I’ll guess it’s in the south of England
The Asbestos sticker at 3:44 or just a fraction before on the top right of that metal door is interesting. Shows the place is properly looked after to a degree.
Again a great video and fascinating site. The cartoon you thought was a very poor depiction of ‘Goofy’ appears to be Micky Mouse’s pet ‘Pluto’,. Keep theses coming.
This tunnel is under reclamation and will be completely renovated sadly. Someone had commented on the red paint containing lead, if it is bottom paint would also contain high levels of copper.
That section did look as if the spray on tunnel lining was not for structural purposes but for containment, oops ground water.
Sure MoD can afford a proper clean up.
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth💖💖💖👍
Great video, mate! Glad you were acually able to edit it after all the WhatsApp chatting going on while you were trying to focus lol
The term 'Heads' goes back to the old days of sail. Back then toilet facilities were exceptionally basic. The toilets were literally holes cut in planks at the front end of the ship (not boat lol). Usually they were directly over the top of the figurehead. Hence the term 'Using the heads'.
Will the other two be posting it on their sites ?
I worked down one like this during the cold War, was always glad to see daylight after a lockdown, in winter if shifts were bad you could go days without seeing daylight. We were the pitmoles !😊
Silly question, Do you think your could ever get any of the lights to work again, or have you ever found any bunkers or tunnels that still have something electrical that may work still?
great vid
WR staff isnt that War room staff, Female naval staff is WRN. So a command center
I agree with you on keeping the location a secret cuz who knows we my need this place’s in the near future with everything that’s going on in the world today
Awesome!
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Thanks
There are still plenty of mothballed underground workings up and down the country that form parts of the current strategic network. Even now, some are being surveyed with a view to reinstatement and preliminary works are being carried out. Just to preserve them, don't you know....
I know where this place is but agree that it needs to be kept secret so people dont wreck it. I only know because my Grandad knew people who operated in there. Good work and thank you so much to keep it secret. My grandad would of loved this video. full respect to you guys.
Thank you for also not commenting on where this is. Many people would have.
I'm back again. Its on longer available. It was a steel primer from memory. I haven't seen it for years.
Having worked 22+ years for the MOD I THINK I know this place but rest assured, I'll say nothing right or wrong. Very good explore, well done keeping it secret...I hate graffitti.
Knowing your normal sphere of operation, you should try and get a look see at what is now the Met Tactical Training Ground which is built on what was British Uralite which likely supplied all the asbestos for these facilities and I remember the hoohah about its closure because of the loss of jobs in Gravesend and they didn't do a lot of decontam work either there so all them old bill running around on land that is quite deeply contaminated still :( I remember as a nipper we used to watch out for the army using Milton ranges and we would go with a little bucket to recover the spent shells and we would get a few pennies for doing that then off up to what is now Cascades for a bottle of pepsi or cresta then go hunting for golf balls on the course there. Back then it was still pretty much the untouched airport and ground control building and there was still two huge parts of the perimeter and taxi roads.
Do you know where the videos with Paul are hes mah fav of the lot?
It's nice to see stuff like this, wonderful and untouched by bastards, I love it. Thanks for sharing this bud, much appreciated, cheers!
At 3.20 I would assume it is some kind of armoury as those cutouts are for the rifle butts and the muzzles would go into the wooden bits @ 3 ft above
You should see the tunnels below Keysign House in Central London. It is in really good nick or was 40 years ago.
The family sign at 12:25 was to tell families people with kids to go to that section and single people you would have assigned for men and a sign for women so single people were kept separated by gender and families were kept separate with other families
Each section would have the different colors with the number so you knew which section you were supposed to be in and what number in each section where you were supposed to go so you could tell the person directing what your number and color were.
There were volunteer coordinators directors that when you went down these people would have a specific station usually at the different junctions and at the front middle and rear of each color and you would go to your station and you would help people find where they were supposed to go and keep them moving and there were telephones at each station that the directors could call to tell them in the control center the civilian control center if there was a problem if someone was sick to get medical help or anything else
These people would also distribute food and water if they had to remain underground for an extended period of time
I don't understand why the UK doesn't have these places as tourist attractions and why they don't have museums wartime museums to show this is what happened and have video and audio of the people that were the directors people that could tell their stories and what they did and how it was
After the war ended it seemed like England and the other countries wanted to hide what had happened and just forget it and they sealed these places very quickly which was not a good idea because there's no telling if there could be another war or another attack in a very short period of time especially given World War I led into World War II
But it seemed that people didn't want to talk about it and they wanted to forget it and move on with life even though there was so much destruction across Europe
Seems to me that with the maintenance this place is FAR from forgotten ...
I was going to say this. "families" is probably not for family of the military, but people in underground shelter during bombings.
Wow ! I always thought there was something under there . They should open these places up. I know they won't ☹
This would be a good one for iks exploration
Nice!
That bagged off thing with asbestos warnings could be a boiler with asbestos insulation around it
So incredible, glad it is kept in good shape and the hooligans are kept out!
WOW AWESOME PROGRAM WELL DONE GUYS :)
Wouldn't mind betting that this is a naval establishment: Captain; WRNS; drafting; and this leads me to make a guess that the red painted parts of tunnel would have been orlop areas. Goes back a long way to the sailing ship era in the Royal Navy. Just a ponder on it all.
Cool secrets should be kept nice location 😉 😀 🙂 😎 😄 lol cool explore 😎 😀 😄 😉
Nice find boys
I am very interested in why there are so many tunnels under all the major world's cities that are now kept under lock and key, and supposedly, by the military. I applaud your endeavors in putting out what you are able to explore. My question would be - how old really, are most of these tunnels? How far beyond WW1 do they really go back, and for what should be obvious, for what purpose would they have been tunneled in the first place, considering, that aerial bombing only came about during WW1?
If I had many secrets to keep, but that I wished to be made known to only a select few, and to be on hand when needed, I would cause a tunnel to be made to keep them secret to only those select few, when needed.
Many of those signs suggest, navy or marines.
Because all the cities have endured through many periods of time through many wars and needs. All of these locations were an expense to dig out from solid rock. Making them ideal to refit in the future for a cheaper price point. Also time heals all wounds. Such as a location becoming know by the enemy or the public. A good fifty to one hundred years goes by and it is forgotten again. Many of these tunnels were prior tunnels from the 1800s refitted for the first and second world war.
Just my observations from having watched hundreds of exploration videos from across europe, america, and russia as I sit in my comfy chair from Kansas US.
Is it that brufen and tubigrip fix all injuries?
A for asbestos. It’ll be part of the fuse holder bases in the electrical boxes and the ventilation system will have asbestos in the filters. Kind of ironic but at the time, cheap, inert, same as the gas mask filters on standard issue at the time.
Ever try holding your phone by those brick walls you might get a GPS lock it would tell you approximately where it's at even if you can't tell us.
Yep can believe i could not get in ow but now I definitely will
If I heard correctly, about 15 people went down and got stopped. It's should certainly be very secure now after recent events.
The different colors were for different sections.
Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
So they give you a specific section to go to
There were numbers, so they would have signs for each color and then the numbers
So if you said Red-14
You knew where you were to go
You were given your location during wartime
Sometimes they gave you a wallet card.
My dad is a part of this team 😁