Inside a WWII Rescue Buoy: Exploring the Last Secret "Floating Hotel"

Anybody else reminded of subnautica by this buoy?

Wow someone should repair and fix it back up to useable spec's if nee be. And let stay on display still to. Like even resealing up the seems where those holes are located on it at. After removing and replacing the material with same kind again. And repaint it with the same paint and top coat.,or protective coating of what was used back then again now days. That buoy hotel is in good shape on the outside other than those holes in the sides of it. I think it should be restored and repainted anyways for sure. Especially being part of history to. As A completely restored and preserved to show.,or reuse if it was to come back down to it once again.

Those are bullet holes by the looks. Maybe a pilot strafed it. I’d imagine one devilish foe would do such a thing

Great video!

Whats to stop a pilot from chilling out in that for a week or two thats got to be better than going to your death,it would be easy to hang out for a week or so till you try to contact someone if you were by yourself or your co pilot

Those enterprising islanders should consider making a mock-up of a fully stocked and properly functional rescue buoy like the recovered one, next to it, and then let people stay there like an Air B&B for a night. Maybe with one anachronism; install a small toilet like on an RV.

Nice

Awesome video. World war two history I did not know. Thank u so much for sharing. U really do a nice my friend. Thank u so much.. respectfully herr Dave blackburn

These guys have done an awesome job, they are preserving an incredibly important piece of history

Why did they give so much attention to cosmetically fixing it up while it still has a gaping hole in it?

Looks like it was for target practice awhile.

I saw your first video, so I was delighted to find the second one to watch! I would love to see this restored bouy in part 3👍.

I noticed this video and thought, that looks exactly like the buoy in the museum by my house on Terschelling, great video.

You can't find out everything,. There is one of those in the woods in a small town in central Iowa. It is painted black and is used as a deer stand and camper. It's amazing what is still around in the middle of nowhere. The man who placed it there was an Admiral in the US Navy and he retired on the property.

Oh buoy

These bouys weren't just open to British airmen and sailors. U.S service members also used them. My grandfather was a radio operator for the U.S Army Air Force during WWII and had to know where each rescue bouy was stationed in case a pilot contacted his station for a pickup. Thankfully, he never had to.

At least these volunteers appreciate history and preserve it for future generations.

Great vid, Calum...can't wait for the full restoration to be completed.

I got to admit i really like this channel, I often know it's you immediately as with this one, Your Scottish accent confirmed it, Perhaps you could do Maunsell Forts in the Thames estuary, I see them daily and even visited them in a paddle steam boat called the Waverley built in Scotland but didn't disembark but brilliant all the same, Even knew someone who did their national service on there

Goed gedaan jochie

i agree

Compliment ,s on your content . It,s all very interesting stuff . mostly very credible . [ from my perspective .]

As a Dutchman I’ve never visited Terschelling (visited the other wadden eilanden) but seeing this I now I is have to go there!

Love the shows. Ever thought of one on remote military assignments, specifically Shemya AFB, Alaska. Known today as Eareckson Air Station? What a place to have to spend a year! Best wishes.

Can you imagine going down after a dog fight and thinking you're very likely dead and then making it aboard one of those things! It would have been bliss.

big empty metal box...... wow.... glad i wasted 2 minutes to skip through this junk

All I can think about is the sea sickness those things would create!

Very cool video. But 'boo-ee' not so much 'boy'

TerSCHELling, emphasis is on the second syllable. Phonetic approximation is Tair-Schell-ing

I want one as a tiny home

Another absolute gem video i saved up to watch. Can't wait for this story to develop with the bouys restoration

I would've personally sat this in a glass cube next to a ground up built restoration.

Yes indeed I am watching in 2024 in fact the very first day of 2024.

Excellent video. Thanks for persevering and making this follow up video. One wonders how many lives were saved by these buoys?
All the best in 2024. 👍👍

Had never heard of these things before! Fascinating stuff. Glad you got to see one in the flesh as it was!

If I was working on restoring that thing I’d possibly feel it was a bit useless cause everyone focuses on the fighters and tanks. Having someone show up with the passion and love for the bouy I’d be so happy and fulfilled.

Terschelling, just north of Amsterdam 😂 i know we are a small country but damn... you missed Alkmaar and Purmerend 😜

Why did they wait so long to save it? Would have been so much easier to get it out when it was discovered rather than wait 70 years for it to get buried and corroded. I don’t know why that made me so mad. Just irritates me that they waiting so many years.

Every time he says buoy as boy take a shot. I'm shit faced.

Is it known how many were rescued via these buoys?

Took every excavator on the island. Two. It took two excavators lol

Wouldn't the nav lights have shined 24/7, regardless of occupancy? Collision concerns, plus, how would a survivor find it at night, or in poor weather, unless it was lit?

Are you kidding that the buoy door could have been used as a barn door or something. Not long ago, a guy in Poland found the cupola of Tiger 1 serving as a well cover

I grew up on terschelling and my entire familly still lives there. when we were kids we played in the old german bunkers very often, i remember this buoy from when it was displayed in its unrestored form in the harbour next to the diving club, good to see they restored it

Glad you made it there. This video feels like part two of a trilogy. Looking forward to your return visit... 🙂

I swear I wrote the above before the end of your video. 😀

May be a weird question but are you the Calum that writes for Simon Whistler?