5 of the Most Idiotic Warships Ever Made

Had to laugh a bit when YouTube found it appropriate to insert an advertisment for a cruise line in the middle of this listing of ‘Idiotic' ships.

According to what I've read, another issue with the Vassa was that the king wanted a grand spectacle of a launch and so all of the guns were run out. This meant that the lowest gun ports were open and, when the ship wallowed under sail, water was able to pour in. The Vassa likely would have sunk anyway, but having a bunch of holes in the side to let water in couldn't have helped her any.

I was waiting for him to say "This Video is Sponsored by World of Warships!"

HMS Captain wasn't a case of people just not having figured out turret ships, it was the case of her designer in particular not knowing what he was doing. The Royal Navy had wanted nothing to do with her and ultimately bowed under public pressure. Also worth mentioning is HMS Monarch, which also mounted turrets, a full sailing rig, and carried her guns a deck higher, and was built at the same time, did not suffer the Captain's stability issues. She also wasn't designed by an amateur with little experience actually building ships.

The best part about vasa is that some engenieer did send a letter to the king telling him about the problems, which he responded with ”im the king, do what i say or face the execusioner” only you know, a lot more elegantly

I've been to the Vasa museum and cannot recommend it enough. One of the most impressive museum exhibits I've ever seen.

If you are in Stockholm, a visit to Vasa is a must. Should be at the top of the list!

I remember the Vasa when it was a blacken, skeletal hull just pulled out of the water. It was being sprayed 24/7 with a chemical liquid for years, so as not to crack apart when later dried.

5% of GDP in a single ship. Crazy. It would be 1.4 trillion $ today for the US, 2 times the entire US defense budget... for a single ship. DAMNNNNNNN

Just tewatched drachinifiels old video on the Novgorod. 2 ships out of planned 4 is not really a fleet. And the ship was working once they figured out to ignore the rudder and use the engines instead.

0:40 - Chapter 1 - Vasa 4:35 - Chapter 2 - Novgorod 7:40 - Chapter 3 - Hoche 10:25 - Chapter 4 - HMS captain 13:35 - Chapter 5 - Tomozuru

13:35 Either Simon records from rooms in his home, or he's quite comfortable running around in what appear to be dino-socks in the office. Love it!

One of the b&w shots (at about 8:40) of the Hoche looks a lot like Jabba the Hut’s barge from Star Wars E6!

" The disaster they were nailing together" Haha i love it !

I've been to the Vasa Museum. I agree, it's definitely worth the visit.

The way I recall the Vasa story (I am Swedish) it was not only Swedens first official investigation in a disaster of any kind, it was also actually made fairly well... fairly as well as thorough and basically it ended not in canings, but when it was done what blame was left landed at the feet of the then already dead (by natural causes) master ship builder.

8:05 warships shouldn't have grand architecture, you say? stares in Imperium of Man cathedral with guns intensifies

The US Navy builds Littoral Combat Ships and laughs hilariously.

All the more remarkable that the first turret ship USS Monitor was seaworthy despite being such a novel design. Its designer John Ericsson was born in Sweden so perhaps he had ancestral memory of the Vasa.

The people who built the Vasa were most definitely laughing about how the ship was gonna sink while they were building it