I saw the Mauretania II off Veracruz, Mexico in 1959. She was sending passengers ashore by launch, one of whom, looking like Neville Chamberlain, stepped ashore swinging an umbrella while a woman said, "I say, I say, they've got our seats!" That was remarkable to me, a 19 year old Kansas boy. In 1966 I was a seaman on a U.S. Victory ship that tied up right behind the Queen Mary, which was idle because of a seamen's strike. My own ship, a ratty, rusted thing that had a disguise of fresh paint, nearly rammed the Queen. We had a wire ashore and around a bollard and were winching ourselves in when the crazy 2nd Mate and a drunk AB, who was supposed to be surging the wire, began slugging it out on deck as dock workers cheered (and jeered). We missed the Queen by about two inches.
@jvydenlovescruises
3 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Javion is it real?
@stevenvamplew4564
4 жыл бұрын
i was deck boy on port line in 70s and sadly witnessed the decline of our massive ocean going fleets.turning to containers etc.now im still at sea but on channel ferries. its sad but all i have now is memories of those crazy trips worldwide back then.never to be beaten .
@nixops
7 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful doccie.... I really enjoyed it. So great to see those wonderful old ships, they dont make them like that anymore.
@jeffnewman4463
7 жыл бұрын
My grandparents used to travel to Europe on many of these ships. They would return with toys and memorabilia for me and my sisters from the ship's gift shops. I wish I still had some of those things. My mother was one who never allowed the accumulation of clutter in our household. To bad. Thanks for upload.
@TheCarnivalguy
5 жыл бұрын
Great documentary; wonderful photos and video of ships long gone. Thanks for uploading this.
@zzyzxzee6374
7 жыл бұрын
What cool old ships from a bygone era...thanks
@michaelohair3715
5 жыл бұрын
In the early sixties of the last century I was on several small Aussie ships, paying one Australian pound per day on deck, and one larger British ship, the Soochow, of China Navigation, on which I traveled first on deck, then as cabin passenger. The Captain was a Brit. The other officers were Brits and Chinese. We dawdled in a number Australian New Guinea ports before going on to Sandakan, British North Borneo, and then to Hong Kong. That was 1961., and I can hardly remember that time without moist eyes for a boyhood romance that has gone forever.
@andisadler2897
4 жыл бұрын
eXCELLENT STORIES OLD BEAN
@johnhoyle6390
4 жыл бұрын
"...Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
@gregmodelle7343
4 жыл бұрын
Superb collection of vintage film. Thanks for posting.
@ednammansfield8553
4 жыл бұрын
A very interesting video of our maritime heritage. The speed of the paddle steamers was impressive with up to 19 knots.
@daviddouglas4200
6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see one of my old ships ( Blue funnel ) entering gladstone dock, not to mention the old " up & downer" ferries ( up & downer -- refers to the reciprocating engines )
@wavemaker10111
7 жыл бұрын
There are a number of ships, like Olympic and Mauretania, that I believe had more life in them when they were scrapped. The Aquitania, however, seemed to have every ounce of life squeezed out of her by 1950. While it was tragic that she couldn't be preserved, she had definitely done her duty and was an accomplished, well worn and tired ship when she went to the scrap yard. She had definitely fulfilled her purpose.
@baronvonjo1929
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they weren't wanted anymore. They weren't making money. Thus they had no life in them. Aquitania was going to be scrapped in the early 40s but WW2 saved her.
@CJODell12
2 жыл бұрын
@@baronvonjo1929 Aquitania was the only major ocean liner to survive both World Wars. And having been in service for 35 years (May 1914 - December 1949), she became Cunard’s longest serving ocean liner up to that point.
@pamfulcher6037
5 жыл бұрын
Super video, thanks, I served on the P&O Stratheden and the Canberra in the early 60s great memories for me
@leaturk11
5 жыл бұрын
My family and I emigrated to Australia on the Stratheden, in so we might have met!
@patagualianmostly7437
3 жыл бұрын
We emigrated to Oz on the Strathmore.....and returned on the Strathaird. Had my picture taken in Melbourne at the bow of the Canberra....on her maiden voyage I believe.... I was nine. So, exactly 60 years ago this year: 2021.
@belhudson71
11 ай бұрын
Great footage. I went to sea at 16 when there were lots of ships under the Red Ensign. Visited lots of countries and met lots of great people and got paid to do it. The glory days of Blue Star, Port Line, Shaw Savill, PSNCo, Harrisons and many more all now but a memory.
@copee2960
5 жыл бұрын
On my first MN ships we anchored off the pier in Southend , we lowered the starboard lifeboat, I got the job of cranking the engine to get it started and then I was given the task of steering the lifeboat around a regatta of Thames barges, a great sight for a 16 year old from the midlands.
@gordonfrickers5592
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this programme, a delight to see, much of it very familiar, part of the British world I grew up in.
@manatee2500
7 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@ScottPothan
5 жыл бұрын
I served aboard the SS Canberra, SS Oriana, RMS Queen Elizabeth2, SS Statendam, SS Rotterdam and also as a passenger on the maiden voyage of the SS Canberra, the Union Steamship MS Monowai, and the SS Britannis. All great liners of their era. The most beautiful and elegant was definately the SS Rotterdam. Thank god she is preserved.
@johnhoyle6390
4 жыл бұрын
I saw the QE II once and will never forget it. I 1992 and was walking along the Connecticut beaches on Long Island Sound where I lived in the summer months. The QE II was sailing through the sound heading in a generally eastward direction towards Massachusetts. At that time she was probably somewhere between Orient Point and Old Saybrook. Later that week I read that she'd struck an underwater rock and needed repairs. I'd seen many ships in the sound but never one like the QEII. Such memories linger it was a very impressive sight and I was probably 6 miles away. It was the biggest ship I'd ever seen on the sound and I spent many summers there. On another note, my parents took a cruise on the Rotterdam sometime back in the 1980's ( or maybe even the late 70s).
@maxnikolenko2302
Жыл бұрын
Lucky sailor
@colinfischer1268
Жыл бұрын
I WAS BANDMASTER ON ORIANA 1969..1971..WE HAD FIRE A DAY OUT OF SUVA.AND SOLENT 1970..I SAILED AROUND THE WORLD ON HER 4 TIMES.PANAMA CANAL 8 TIMES.
@davidevans910
5 жыл бұрын
Great to see one of my old ships "California Star" near the end of the film.
@ronaldbayne1431
11 ай бұрын
Some rare shots of old commercial vessels. An excellent and informative text thanks. Rmb
@aon10003
6 жыл бұрын
Theres a ocean of difference between those who live on the sea and those who have the sea as a backdrop for their expensive houses.
@yemmel9761
3 жыл бұрын
I love this documentary!
@tandemcompound2
7 жыл бұрын
First Rate production and video. thank you
@charlieindigo
4 жыл бұрын
The QE2: I was an eighteen-year old working as a ropelayer in Belfast Ropeworks - part of Harland and Wolff's empire, and the largest rope-making business in the world. Our machines were old Victorian monstrocities, used mainly for hemp, but one day we received a new machine that was built to make synthetic ropes - nylon, split-filament &etc. I was taught within three weeks how to refine my skills to synthetic work, and the very first order I received was to make rope for the new QE2. There's my little part in history!! The narrator mentioned several of the Belfast-Heysham and Liverpool Ferries that I'd travelled from time to time. Sadly, he didn;t mention the three Dukes : the Dukes of Argyll, Rothesy and Lancaster, and I travelled on all of them. Only Rothesay remains as a derelict hulk just off the coast in North Wales. Attempts to use her as a restaurant etc have all failed. I sailed them all between 1950 and 1980, and still take the odd crossing from either Fishguard or Holyhead. I may be a year or so out, but I remember my last trip from Belfast to Liverpool c1975/6, It was only a short time after that when the ferry changed to Birkenhead, but the dockside shed were I disembarked in 1975, was exactly the same one I'd gone through in 1950! Ah, those were the days.
@johnhoyle6390
4 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing such an interesting story.
@charlieindigo
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnhoyle6390 Thank you for the kind comment. I hoped my little story night be of some interest.
@patagualianmostly7437
3 жыл бұрын
Surely it is the Lancaster that is rotting away in N.Wales?....Just rechecked: Yup.... At Mostyn: Alongside a jetty. www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2994937 I actually visted a few years back: Full of graffiti. A sad sight indeed. Pretty sure there is a YT on the subject. A quote from that site: Near Mostyn.Plans to turn this former passenger ferry on the Flintshire coast into a zombie attraction have been postponed.
@reggriffiths5769
3 жыл бұрын
@@patagualianmostly7437 You are absolutely right Pata'. Somehow I confused myself! Yes, there are several YT videos about her. I crossed the Irish Sea quite a number of times in the Dukes and never ever had a cabin...until the last time from Belfast to Liverpool c1976 give or take a year. I got a cabin that night, and have to say it was more clean and comfortable than I really expected But they were never the world's best ferries in those days; Most of the journeys were filled with loud, unpleasant drunks, so I always searched for a spare space early on. It's always sad to see a ship being scrapped.
@ssdelphic-2023
2 жыл бұрын
8:20 8:23 8:29 8:31 8:35 8:37
@rogerrendzak8055
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍!! As a lifelong, seaside resident, I've always loved the Sea, and most everything about it (except tourists, and 'laughing' gulls). Most of all, ships. I liked, the in-depth knowledge portrayed here. Very educational ☺️!!!
@johnkean6852
Жыл бұрын
We had a gull who visited us at breakfast every morning for scraps whilst staying at a hotel in Istanbul. I must admit, they're charming close up.
@TrainLordJC
7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, thanks for posting..
@martinrobinson9852
Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thankyou so much 😊
@jamesbrehm1119
4 жыл бұрын
Love that video!!
@atsekoutsoube
5 жыл бұрын
Nice (a little bit sad though) video. From a Greek Supt, studied in UK when some of these docks were still active.
@garystewart361
3 жыл бұрын
Want an absolute pleasure watching this little gem ❤️
@barryrudge1576
3 жыл бұрын
A very interesting documentary and I see from comments it brings back many memories for old retired sea salts
@JeffreyOrnstein
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, very interesting.
@andrewaway
5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@johnhoyle6390
4 жыл бұрын
an excellent documentary 20th-century British shipping history.
@SvenBolin
5 жыл бұрын
Gold!
@andysvehiclehistorychannel
6 ай бұрын
I first saw this 14 years ago but it's still great it's great to learn for my history channel best part for me is the Paddle Steamers.
@snakedmg10
7 жыл бұрын
Very Nice.
@billfairless6256
7 жыл бұрын
Admiral Jellicoe's flagship at Jutland was HMS Iron Duke a battleship . HMS Lion was the flagship of Admiral Beatty.
@jlsperling1
7 жыл бұрын
Beatty commanded the British battle cruiser force.
@oldgringo2001
4 жыл бұрын
That's not HMS Lion; it's one of the forty or so pre-dreadnought battleships, almost all of them armed with four 12-inch guns in turrets and a dozen six-inch in broadside casemates. There's only one of them left, Mikasa, built in Britain for Japan.
@jimcrawford5039
4 жыл бұрын
None took part in the battle anyway.
@neilturner6865
Жыл бұрын
I worked on Blue Star OCL Fyffe’s P&O sadly all gone now😢😢
@user-ci1be3td6t
10 ай бұрын
A lot of British ships were built in Barrow in furness. But never mentioned in video
@itzjustbryan123
2 жыл бұрын
32:48
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
RMS lady of mann
@stephencryan291
10 ай бұрын
As a thumbnail history of British Maritime events over the 20th Century this is an excellent document. Of course, you cannot deal with every subject in 57 minutes. Yet I would have liked to have heard more about the cross seas ferries to Ireland and Continental Europe etc. Maybe more statistics about the losses in WWi and WWII would have clarified those battles.The docks were king for so many decades yet the changeover to containerisation is dealt without emphasis on its importance. The last of the sailships??? There are so many points. Despite my comments a job well done.
@LynxStarAuto
4 жыл бұрын
I took a trip on the QM2, and while not like the famous steamers, or even the ship she replaced, she has a charm, opulence, and touch of class that is long and away lost in the naval industry. Currently, I would say she is the greatest ocean liner of recent times.
@Cjoyce789
2 жыл бұрын
She’s the only ocean liner left
@SEPK09
Жыл бұрын
Excellent content, how content should be.thanks for sharing.
@neilturner6865
5 жыл бұрын
So sad our Merchant Navy is next to nothing all those ships proud seaman and great ships all but gone. I went to sea in 78 and have seen the decline in our fleet. Only 3 years left and I’ll be leaving the sea it will be a sad day but I will carry my memories with me forever
@emmascully9850
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you.
@fredfarnackle5455
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video of grand old ships of yore. Very good, clearly spoken commentary. I well remember the Whippingham and her sister ferries on the Isle of Wight run, many's the trip I had on those. Interesting to see the warships in the background of footage taken at Portsmouth. Not mentioned is the fact that the battleship HMS Dreadnought was built, fitted out there and went to sea for trials in one year and a day! I did my apprenticeship there from 1956 to 1961 and then went to sea as a Merchant Navy Engineer. Many memories...
@itzjustbryan123
2 жыл бұрын
5:30
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
RMS duchess of atholl
@TaT1CaL
Жыл бұрын
25:03
@itzjustbryan123
2 жыл бұрын
12:41
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
RMS aquitania
@Brian1949
Жыл бұрын
Not to be nitpicking, but HMS Powerful was not an armored but a protected cruiser and Bismarck displacement did not approach 56,000 ts, she was rated at 50,955 full load. Brian
@declancochran2882
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this comment Brian, I knew something was up.
@michaelohair3715
5 жыл бұрын
A further note: the Queen, below, was tied up at Southampton.
@itzjustbryan123
2 жыл бұрын
18:18
@andisadler2897
4 жыл бұрын
Lincoln Castle even got a mention. A1
@johnschofield2818
5 жыл бұрын
Four cylinder triple expansion engines? Compounds, surely?
@TaT1CaL
Жыл бұрын
13:12
@ItzBry_.
Жыл бұрын
Four
@ItzBry_.
Жыл бұрын
No horn
@thisnicklldo
7 жыл бұрын
Jellicoe wasn't on the Lion, at Jutland or any other time. His flagship the Iron Duke, a proper full battleship. Lion was Beattie's flagship, he was in command of just the Battle Cruisers, under Jellicoe's overall command. Doesn't give me great confidence in all the other stuff in the commentary
@ScotsPipe
5 жыл бұрын
Love this footage put together , but there is two second Film of a " Tram " at 46:20 ???
@leftboot83
4 жыл бұрын
Because its the Immingham tramway that the narrator mentions
@itzjustbryan123
Жыл бұрын
26:28 TSMS lakonia
@ramonjorge3406
3 жыл бұрын
Tiene is a curiosiity at Titicaca Lake: a centenary british steam destroyer. As far as I know, she is still on service.
@michaelohair3715
5 жыл бұрын
The Victory Ship mentioned below was a tramp owned by two Cleveland doctors. We were tramping round the world, hitting, and spending much time in, many ports, one of which was Aden, where there was gunfire in town and the British were in process of pulling out. Our pilot was a crisp, perfectly groomed Brit in white shorts and white stockings. When he stepped onto our boarding ladder, which I had spent hours trying to clean, he said indignantly, "What kind of filthy fucking pilot ladder is this?"
@superancientmariner1394
7 жыл бұрын
Ark Royal first purpose built carrier in the RN.? No way. That was Hermes in the 20s.
@SR-ol6xm
7 жыл бұрын
SuperAncientmariner The hull was built to be a carrier, all past ships had been built as cruisers that were converted mid build.
@superancientmariner1394
7 жыл бұрын
until the Hermes designed and built to be a carrier. Which ship are you talking about?.
@user-pv4hx8hs3f
6 жыл бұрын
SuperAncientmariner There was an really really old ark royal.
@colfer222
5 жыл бұрын
When England was England,...those lovely ladies dancing circa 56 mins xx
@alexaga3247
6 жыл бұрын
Sadly. Great past ! Paltry present. All industry lost. Ships, planes, cars, computers. What happened on former Great Britain. All hands lost.
@richardcline1337
5 жыл бұрын
Bastard unions and their constant strikes didn't do the industry any good, either! Had it not been for a coal workers strike, many lives that were lost on the Titanic would have been saved but all the coal available, as well as passage, was transferred to the Titanic. They even staged strikes during WWII when Britain was fighting to stay alive with the U-Boat menace. It didn't bother them that many non-Brits were dying trying to help save their worthless lives! Britain's unions have many gallons of blood on their greedy, slimy hands!
@eric-vu1jy
5 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha.. ‘non brits’...
@gwendiffenbacher1695
5 жыл бұрын
Socialism: you get what you deserve.
@MartinIDavies
4 жыл бұрын
Shaw Savill line's Northern Star (min 25:43) along with her sister ship Southern Cross were passenger ocean liners that sailed around the world from UK to SA, OZ, NZ... they were not cruise ships..
@michaelbroadley5676
6 жыл бұрын
Goalden Hind,Victory,Beagle,Dunkirk & 3 men in a boat...
@michaelhastie9729
5 жыл бұрын
The British merchant navy was at one time, the greatest fleet in the world. That is until we were secretly taken into the eu, then the majority of our ships and crew were thrown on the scrap heap. Let's hope when we leave the eu the ships, and their crews are brought back because Britain was made great because of its merchant fleet, and we will need them again.
@andrewaway
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Hastie. Whiner
@heikotauschke1711
5 жыл бұрын
britain will rule the world again. Whiner you're country was already down before joining the eu.
@gwendiffenbacher1695
5 жыл бұрын
Congrats on Boris Johnson. 'Bout time you guys did something right.
@twopremiers1801
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Hastie Australia is waiting for the U.K. to leave eu and will again be trading with each other.
@Tourist1967
4 жыл бұрын
Liberia overtook the UK as the biggest shipping registry in 1968. That was five years before Britain joined what was then the European Economic Community. Panama wasn't that far behind the UK. And those ships will never "come back". In addition, Britain joining the EEC was hardly a secret - it had tried twice before and been vetoed by General de Gaulle. His successor, President Pompidou, took a different view.
@itzjustbryan123
2 жыл бұрын
7:47
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
RMS olympic
@rodneymaennling5963
4 жыл бұрын
Viewing a video such as this is an Editors dream! It must be extremely difficult to get everything right, but the data is out there. As a London youngster right after the war, I had a day excursion on the paddle ship "Golden Eagle". It's a shame that it, and its sister ship "Waverley" are not shown. Then I came to Canada on the MS Batory from Southampton to Halifax in March 1951. The rough Atlantic made life aboard absolute hell for everyone. Several years later I travelled on the Hovercraft out of Dover. A brilliant design, but very noisy, cramped, and poor air circulation. I'm not surprised it lasted only a few years. Now, living on Vancouver Island, and being a sailor, the sea is ever a glorious companion. Rodney Maennling Canada
@itzjustbryan123
Жыл бұрын
40:55
@waysidetavern
4 жыл бұрын
Good to see footage of the Loch Fyne & Jeannie Deans but you got the date of TS Queen Mary's appearance on the Clyde wrong! She was launched in 1933 and was re-named TS Queen Mary II in 1934 after Cunard had told King George V they wanted to name Build No. 534, currently under construction at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank "after England's Greatest Queen" - Cunard meant Victoria. King George replied " My wife will be delighted!", and so Cunard changed their mind and the "534" became RMS Queen Mary!
@andrewyoung749
3 жыл бұрын
cunard and their lickspittalry lol, a reminder grovelling gets nowhere. a great act of charity on my Buchanan ancestors part to at least allow CWS to avoid having to add the ii to their vessel hehe.
@9250
2 жыл бұрын
5:04
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
Tss tuscania
@garym8348
5 жыл бұрын
That "magnificent, triple-chimed" steam whistle @~33 minutes sounds like a dying Moose. Bad example.
@williamgreene4834
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like it could only be blown once an hour to give the boilers time to make more steam.
@MD-82_B717_TFSFan
2 жыл бұрын
23:00
@colinbanyard3524
4 жыл бұрын
A shame there was so much concentration on the North Atlantic service when there were so many worldwide passenger and cargo routes. The Northern Star spent nearly all her life on a round the world via the Antipodes Passenger only service.
@TheClive1949
6 жыл бұрын
Visually fascinating but the commentary is littered with errors.
@housey4297
5 жыл бұрын
It is a dire documentary. Awful
@jimcrawford5039
4 жыл бұрын
I worked on a few of the ships seen here. Very nostalgic indeed.
@TaT1CaL
Жыл бұрын
55:10
@alexsmith8765
7 жыл бұрын
Aquitania, Mauretania, or Olympic should have been preserved. There are no surviving four-stack liners.
@jlsperling1
7 жыл бұрын
You forget the Queen Mary.
@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra
7 жыл бұрын
Queen Mary has *three* funnels and is the last three-stacker still in existence.
@daviddouglas4200
6 жыл бұрын
I am afraid the sheer cost of keeping one of them would preclude preserving one , the amount of maintainance required is colossal-- look at the state of the Queen Mary at one stage.....
@rarevhsuploads4995
5 жыл бұрын
Aquitania would have been the logical choice as she outlived the others by fifteen years & offered a good all round image of the typical Edwardian era liner.
@matthewrichards8497
5 жыл бұрын
I understand why the M and O were not. Economic conditions, but Aquitania? Why not?
@ssdelphic-2023
2 жыл бұрын
8:01
@kixigvak
Жыл бұрын
The krauts are guilty of much mischief at sea
@martinmeasures829
2 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ your comment about the hovercraft being born on the Isle of Wight, the hovercraft was born at Lee on the Solent.
@CesareVesdani
3 жыл бұрын
Titanic is the most famous British ship.
@blueocean2510
Жыл бұрын
Built in Ireland, it is now in the EU.
@7555mac
2 жыл бұрын
The Olympic should not have been scrapped, she was a piece of Titanic history being together on the same gantries when building both ships for a brief time. It would have looked great floating beside The Queen Mary in California....what a waste of historical engineering and craftsmanship and the costs to build a ship that survived any damage only to have it scrapped when it could have paid for itself as the most popular ship museum in the world.
@itzjustbryan123
Жыл бұрын
40:37
@granskare
5 жыл бұрын
It unfortunate that the Titanic sped with such speed.
@helensadeik400
Жыл бұрын
My father was a head marine engineer. Last name McCall
@9250
2 жыл бұрын
6:36
@shipspiros3766
2 жыл бұрын
RMS Olympic again
@naui_diver9290
3 жыл бұрын
Id like to see 500 yrs. Of british ships.
@andrewallen9993
4 жыл бұрын
Well they sure dont build them any more!
@itzjustbryan123
7 ай бұрын
32:48 Lady of mann
@MrKen-wy5dk
7 жыл бұрын
Speaking of faking film and substituting shots from one ship to represent another , since when did film from this era contain any type of audio?
@faainspector6353
7 жыл бұрын
Mr. Ken you voted for diamond shreddies didnt you ???????
@JulieWallis1963
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Ken that’s your takeaway from this is it?
@blocka58
4 жыл бұрын
Referring to the Mersey ferries, 4 cylinder triple expansion engine, really? I think not. 3cylinders = triple expansion, 4 cylinders = Quad expansion but not too common.
@scabbycatcat4202
3 жыл бұрын
I'm Thinking you might be mistaken. The Yarrow-schlick-tweedy system used 4 cylinders yet it was only a triple expansion engine. I think you will find the Olympic class passenger liners were 4 cylinder yet were only triple expansion .
@stephenburgess5109
4 жыл бұрын
funny that Germany can still make Atlantic civilian cruse Liners but The UK an Island cant .
@manatee2500
4 жыл бұрын
Stephen Burgess Always changing because of competition from foreign yards (some receiving state aid) and the cyclical nature of shipping.
@patagualianmostly7437
3 жыл бұрын
You are forgetting that Germany (& Japan) was rebuilt with British money via the USA with all new infrastructure. Something we could not afford.....and certain countries did not want us rising out of the economic disaster that was WW2. (Can't possibly think why.) So, Germany got its ports modernised and capable of building larger vessels...we just ambled along until we had repaid the massive debt.....50 years after the war ended. Look out for an interesting documentary called "Mortgaged to the Yanks".
@georgschenkfilm
4 жыл бұрын
hmm..that steamwhistle was somewhat dissapointing..
@granskare
4 жыл бұрын
one wonders what might happen Titanic had struck the the iceberg head one
@mcguire2038
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah we know it might have survived, heard it
@veronicapedemonte2934
4 жыл бұрын
@@mcguire2038 At 21 knots?! You have no idea of what you're saying, do you?
@veronicapedemonte2934
4 жыл бұрын
Hitting an iceberg that size is like hitting a rock shore. At the speed she was travelling, many people would have died in the collision, and the ship would have went to the bottom faster.
@mcguire2038
4 жыл бұрын
Veronica Pedemonte no it wouldn’t hahaha
@karenblackadder1183
3 жыл бұрын
She would have survived. The Queen Mary sliced the Curacao in half without even realising it. HMS Warspite spent her entire life ramming into other ships, sea bed, mines, anything that got near her. She survived a 25 foot hole blown in her bottom!!
@xRsania
3 жыл бұрын
Titanic,britannic,Olympic was sisters
@eric-vu1jy
5 жыл бұрын
Borington...
@fuctairlines6322
5 жыл бұрын
Isn't it interesting that a movie about the demise of the titanic could have paid for the building of 1 or more Titanics
@benwilson6145
3 жыл бұрын
Clive Palmer an Australian Mine owner is threating to build three Titanic Replicas
@patagualianmostly7437
3 жыл бұрын
@@benwilson6145 Yeah....I heard about that.....about 15 years ago! A bit slow going, it would seem.
@blueocean2510
Жыл бұрын
It may have been best if it was not built, the recent loss of the submersible with 5 people on board, the curse of the Titanic could be the name of a film.
@veritas41photo
Жыл бұрын
If ever there was a poignant documentary on the decline and fall of the British Empire, this has got to be it. Sad and, in a way, ultimately disgusting, all these ships destined for the scrap yard perfectly epitomize the melancholy story. Si Yo Nara, downtrodden Britannia.
@tedthesailor172
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting, but I'd have liked a bit more insight into the various shipping companies such as the Clan McDuff, Wilson, and Elerman Lines, how they came to be, how they ceased and so on. The video was aIso (as usual) southern biased with an emphasis on London and the channel ports. Hardly even a mention of Hull, Grimsby, Liverpool, Tyneside & so on. There used to be a paddle-wheel ferry between Hull and New Holland (Lincolnshire) which was forced to close after the Humber Bridge was built. One of the ferries - The Tattersall Castle - still survives as a waterside restaurant in - (yes) London. And nary even a mention of our once mighty fishing fleet. "A Hundred Years of British Ships"? Hardly...
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