Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "USS Buckley vs U-66 during the Battle of the Atlantic" video.

  1. I was waiting for you to mention cutlasses. What's the German for away all boarders? Now that is close quarters fighting. It's interesting how, in most naval warfare, it is the smaller ships which often see the most action. Even in the big battles they are there like terriers nipping at the heels of the enemy. Taffy 3 at Leyte Gulf is an excellent example of what they can achieve when aggressively led. I did read that the only service arm to suffer more casualties then the U-Boats in WW2 was the Japanese kamikaze squadrons. Gives you an idea of how tough things got once the Allies got to grips with the U-Boat menace. Have you looked at Captain Frederic John "Johnny" Walker. He sank more U-Boats then any other Allied commander during WW2 and was responsible for many innovations when it came to hunting and attacking U-Boats.
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  2. I forgot to mention HMS Dreadnought. Not only was it the first in a new type of warship it is the biggest ship ever to sink a submarine by ramming. Unlike the Buckley there was no attempt at boarding by the Germans.
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  3. I was going to say that I had a feeling it had been sometime since that had been said. But I seem to remember that this was not the first time this has happened. I think there was at least one other which a vaguely remember as being a British escort during the Battle of the Atlantic. Whether those words were said I cannot recall but it was something similar. And remembering it is a Royal Navy ship it does seem likely.
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