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.

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.

Wow that was moving, especially when Phoebe got her promotion. I admire the strength, resilience and common sense/wisdom displayed .

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...

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.

Pearl Harbor appreciates the U.K. and our friendship. Thank you for being a loyal friend we can count on.

I would NOT want to serve on this ship! We would have called this a complete "clusterf**k." 1)They went to search for Russian submarines and only carried enough sonar buoys for one helicopter flight. Seriously? 2) While trying to isolate an overheating, smoking transformer, they trip the wrong breaker and shut down the entire navigation system. All while conducting an anti-submarine operation. 3) They were completely played by the Russian sub. The sub sat around and waited for them to find it. When they couldn't find it, the sub went to the surface and said, "Here we are!" Then when the ship took the bait and started tracking them again, the Russians took out their sonar. Basically, the Russians told them, "If we were playing for real, you would all be fish food right now!" I was embarrassed for them from just watching this. They seemed to think that it was bad luck. No, it was utter incompetence. When the CO said that it was an accident on the part of the Russians, you could see on his face that he didn't believe that. The CO should be relieved of command. Just my opinion....

*********** As a Veteran of US Navy Destroyers, I truly enjoyed your Video, Thank you Crew of the HMS Northumberland !! ************

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 .

"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.

Ofcourse the move by the submarine was deliberate

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.

I was right there with you Sauhil every moment of the clock winding down. YOU da' Man!

With such a crucial mission - why was only one ship there, she should have had help.

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...

As always, WELL DONE! I love watching your content. Great job everyone👏🏼

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 UKposts? 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.

6:13: ⚓ Challenges faced by chefs working long hours in hot conditions on a ship during a submarine hunt. 12:44: 🚁 Desperate search for missing submarine using advanced helicopter technology. 18:40: 🔍 Intense search for a Russian submarine in the Arctic Ocean with advanced technology and strategic maneuvers. 25:30: 🚁 Intense search for a missing submarine, utilizing sonar technology and helicopters in the hunt. 33:19: 🚢 Intense situation unfolds as HMS Northumberland is hit by a Russian submarine, causing chaos and damage. 38:57: 💔 Mission to locate missing submarine ends in failure, forcing ship to return to port for extensive repairs. Timestamps by Tammy AI

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.

Impressive crew and very professional. The United States Navy is very fortunate to have the British as partners in protecting the oceans.

Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

(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.

God bless these fine lads!

Does not make me sleep well at night or day, for that matter. Britts need to step up their game!

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

@18:15 Sonobuoys typically don't transmit, they listen for under water acoustic signals (submarine noise). They then report by radio.

“Andrei! Don’t tell me you’ve lost another submarine?”

Submarines do not intentionally hit ships.

Fantastic ..! Well done; thank you so very much ..!

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.

I enjoyed this very much Annie from Australia

Great doco!

Thank you Crew of the HMS Northumberland 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙

Thanks

Looks like a training exercise with their own HMS sub.

Excellent video .

Good documentary

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.

Cutting edge he says in the opening...😂😂😂 must be joking!

Well done video. Good job by all hands and a special congratulations to Phoebe. James USA

I'm hooked on this like crack!! Its like Drive to survive but with big guns and Russian bad guys

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?

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

This awesome 🎉

Congratulations phoebe

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?

Pretty impressive for a skimmer crew. But at the end of the day, there are only two kinds of warships: Submarines, and targets.

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.

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.

My son served in the Australian Navy for 11 yrs supporting in the Persian Gulf

Tip for the Royal Navy' build modern, quality ships or go home and stay out of the way.

Another great one, the sub was not damaged ?

When was this filmed?

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 😆

i think the sub knew they were there the whole time, the heli and the loud ship

Very good video from the USA

It was only a training exercise. In real life, the Russian sub would have immediately known if sonar buoys were in the water.

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!

GREAT.

Last time I saw it , it was in Miami Beach

Download now this

This was a great documentary. Thanks

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

Apparently half of you haven’t heard of stealth it didn’t sink just obviously knows it’s being watched

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

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..

A very well done and interesting video spoiled by overloud intrusive music that detracted from the enjoyment.

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.

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.

Respect to the crew and the Captain. But that ship need an overhaul maintenance so the Captain can do his job well.

I think the Russians knew exactly what they were doing. The British got too close.

Now I know why they never paint submarines yellow. Paul got it all wrong!

After the Kursk was lost another Russian submarine was trapped in a sonar array. It was rescued by a British ROV. "On 5 August 2005 AS-28, under the command of Lieutenant Vyacheslav Milashevskiy, became entangled with the aerial of a hydrophone array off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Berezovaya Bay, 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka Oblast."

At least u can talk to your family,we in Vietnam most had no way to talk to family

More than it's minutes in, the episode has not yet started. But already one Comercial break.

fun facts Russia already knew 24 hours early they had been tracking.

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.

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.

Looks like the Russian subs move to ram the radar unit worked. Got the ship to leave and stop tracking them. The way they show this ship operating I don’t think they would go all that well in a real conflict.

Taken to britain maybe or near by hidden heads of the rocks switching of the engine....

these 30 year old boats need replacing. the amount of failures and things breaking is unacceptable.

Is that ship made by Austin or Rover group? 😅

Why did they wait that long to send up the copter? And why is there no way of retrieving sonar buoys?

Playing with their toys in the sea:)

The galley stove seems to work ok…

Bet that was deliberate to eliminate the surface ship.

This program would have been watchable is each shot hadn't lasted 1/1,000,000 of a second.

Note to self - raise radar array when within 100m

I wish with all my heart I had joined the Royal Navy.

I reckon the Russians knew exactly what they were doing when they clipped the sonar... ... pretty creative I'd say...

they are looking for russian belgorod submarine A special purpose modified to last more than a normal submarine

23:42 the day night cycle

the sub pull a crazzy iven they pull them all the time in the col;d war

"Got it a bit wrong"? A "miscalculated silly maneuver"? The Russian navy took you out of the game without firing a shot.

In wartime the thing would have been packed with sonobuoys I bet

Lass gets in her blues to front the skipper and gets a category promotion and only given a working dress rate badge! Stores could have come up with a gold embroidered one for her blues? Secondly is that cook would have been trooped in my day for not shaving!

Alot of broken things on those ships