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Ships, submarines & maritime Videos Recommended on Hacker News (24)
Ships, submarines & maritime is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 24 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2014 and 2026 — 40 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Maritime topics: ships, shipping and container logistics, submarines, ocean engineering, sailing, naval architecture, deep sea exploration, ports.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251: “Smarter Every Day did an interesting series of videos about nuclear submarines.” — an HN commenter, 2022.
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5 mo on HNHow Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251
SmarterEveryDay
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNCelestial Navigation (instruction video)
NathanielsCAD
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
3 mo on HNSHIPBREAKERS | Would you risk your life dismantling the world’s largest ships just to survive? | NFB
NFB
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNMeeting my hero! Sailing legend Sven Yrvind
Sam Holmes Sailing
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNThe US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNWhy Japan had NO Chance in WW2
Military History Visualized
3 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNHow I Boarded a US NAVY NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in the Arctic (ICEX 2020) - Smarter Every Day 237
SmarterEveryDay
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HN5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4!
icannotgetafreename
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNChina's Invasion Barges, Leading Indicator Of Plans For Taiwan
H I Sutton
2 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNThe Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
Practical Engineering
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNWhy There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)
Wendover Productions
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNCanada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
Half as Interesting
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNJones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles
What's Going on With Shipping?
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNForgotten wrecks are a time bomb | DW Documentary
DW Documentary
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNWhat Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNRowing 3,000 Miles Across the Atlantic Ocean
Laura Try
1 HN recommend · 2022–2026
1 mo on HNHow to Surface a Submarine in the Arctic Ocean - Smarter Every Day 260
SmarterEveryDay
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNThe moiré effect lights that guide ships home
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNAustralian Sub defeats US Navy in exercise
Liberalism4Australia
1 HN recommend · 2014–2016
1 mo on HNInno-Versity Presents: Greatness by David Marquet
Speakers Spotlight
1 HN recommend · 2016–2022
1 mo on HN100% Electric Ferry Crossing | Fully Charged 4k
Everything Electric CARS
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
0 mo on HNJapan, Tsunami. Coast Guard ship rides over the tsunami waves. 日本 - 津波
aro004
0 HN recommender · 2024–2026
0 mo on HNDelta P
Sean Roos
0 HN recommender · 2016–2024
0 mo on HNPhalanx CIWS Close-in Weapon System In Action - US Navy's Deadly Autocannon
AiirSource Military
0 HN recommender · 2021–2023