Been wondering when you'd finally cover tugs on this channel, haha. Awesome video, and love the Eppleton Hall mention at the end!
@Ringo-hw6pw3 ай бұрын
I never thought the actual unlucky tug would comment and get 1 like, horrible... Also how did you make a 1 hour vide-
@Randomstuffs2613 ай бұрын
Great to see you here Tug! Love your videos, especially your TUGS analysis. I've probably seen it like 5 times at this point, love it!
@LBSC703 ай бұрын
I have a feeling this might make tugs pick of the week
@MagiTailWelkin3 ай бұрын
Top Hat: Ooh, I say, hello!
@legoforceuser50873 ай бұрын
always love it when i see a youtuber i watch also watches other channels i enjoy
@naciremasti3 ай бұрын
Tugboats are completely underrated. Most important ship on the water.
@joãoAlberto-k9x3 ай бұрын
It is not true. You think it.❤. Don't worry. Tugs matter always.
@OceanlinerDesigns3 ай бұрын
You are right on the money!
@francus72273 ай бұрын
@@OceanlinerDesigns 2nd place is the pilot boat.... Captains can't navigate unfamiliar rivers safely.
@Randomstuffs2613 ай бұрын
The Tugboat, for its size, is the most powerful craft afloat
@nursestoyland3 ай бұрын
Admiral kuznetzov
@Randomstuffs2613 ай бұрын
@@nursestoyland Yes, this was definitely referencing Admiral Kuznetzov
@Daniel_Huffman3 ай бұрын
And the Star Tugs are the power behind the docks and waterways that make up the Bigg City Port. This…is _TUGS._
@Randomstuffs2613 ай бұрын
@@Daniel_Huffman So glad TUGS is still alive
@nursestoyland3 ай бұрын
@@Daniel_Huffman the real Tugs
@SeanBZA3 ай бұрын
Tugboats are basically massive engines with enough hull around them to store the fuel and make them float. Then you get deep sea tugs, which are the same, just they have enough fuel on board to get from one and of the ocean to the other, towing a ship many times bigger than itself. Crews are rough, and all are able to pretty much any task on board as well, simply because there is no room for more than the bare minimum of crew to sleep and live on it.
@thesteelrodent17963 ай бұрын
around here, in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia (and probably other places as well), the tugboats double as ice breakers. So when it's cold enough for the sea to freeze, they'll putter around the harbour to break up the ice to keep the lanes and the harbour itself safe and passable.
@Gregm-l9r3 ай бұрын
The poor tug boats have been somewhat ignored over the years . Well done Mike for giving them the attention they deserve . Awesome.
@christopherlahr22183 ай бұрын
@vibratingstringI think he meant ignored documentarily as opposed to practical use
@WLDB3 ай бұрын
My grandfather worked on one. Got to go with him twice and those are stand out memories from my childhood and really of any I had with him. It was fun. For whatever reason I just never thought about where they came from. This was fun and cool. Thanks.
@geoffreyporter75673 ай бұрын
Whenever I see a video like this, I feel like I can viscerally feel Mike’s relief at being able to talk about something that isn’t Titanic.
@nuggetschicken17813 ай бұрын
literally prefer these over titanic videos too😂
@AtMortenJ2 ай бұрын
Unsubbed due to him milking titanic so much
@daro958215 күн бұрын
@@AtMortenJ my understanding is that he (at least partially) makes a living off of these videos and Titanic is the most well known oceanliner ever which means it’s the best way to get enough views and potentially new subscribers interested, some of which might become more interested in Oceanliners as a whole
@ReturnOfJackDawson3 ай бұрын
Mike Brady is so classy wearing his tie that when he boarded the Titanic, even the iceberg would've tipped its hat
@zamnodorszk78983 ай бұрын
Sailing ships used to have other means of getting out of harbour other than rowing. Kedging was also effective: You essentially put the ship's anchor on a cutter and rowed away from the ship, dropped it, then used the capstan to pull the ship out. Given this technique involves hauling a large anchor, then running the capstan, I'm not sure which is more work though, to be honest.
@clockworkdimetrodon10013 ай бұрын
At some point, I’d like to see you mention different drive systems, like the Voith Schneider Propeller system, which looks nothing like the propeller systems most are used to, and are frequently seen on tugs and ferries.
@fastinradfordable3 ай бұрын
Yes YES!!!
@allangibson84943 ай бұрын
The horizontal paddle wheel…
@roundsm183 ай бұрын
Locally we have a solid mix of VSP and Azipods
@nickjohnson4103 ай бұрын
I want a boat that looks like a massive dinghy, with the agility of a ballerina, the power of a freight train, and the work ethic of a mule. Thus the -Pushboat- Tugboat was born!
@cyberfutur50003 ай бұрын
Great idea, let's also give all of them amazing capital war ship names, except the one that becomes the name sake for the whole concept and the one that makes it across the Atlantic to be preserved, obviously.
@TheRealTburt2 ай бұрын
@@cyberfutur5000wait Tug is still around?
@bartsiegwart29963 ай бұрын
I was on the USS Bryce Canyon AD-36 destroyer tender about 500 ft long and very tall. As we came in Kauai Hawaii 2 tugs tried to bring us to the pier. The wind came up and the Bryce canyon had a large "SAIL AREA" as it's called and the tugs were not strong enough. We crashed into the pier broadside and took out a half dozen pile ons the size of telephone poles.
@sebcat_043 ай бұрын
Very refreshing to see Aquitania used as a reference for the size of Edwardian superliners instead of the god damn Titanic, thank you man :3
@bobkitchin83463 ай бұрын
Probably the most famous tug boat is the Hoga. It was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, where it fought fires and rescued sailors. Later it worked as a fire boat on San Francisco Bay for many years. It's now a museum ship in Little Rock, Arkansas. If memory servers me correctly, it's the last Pearl Harbor ship still afloat.
@f40carz933 ай бұрын
Look! It’s our friend Mike Brady, from Oceanliner designs! ❤ your vids
@sergeantpeppers88583 ай бұрын
Now we have 2 friends; Mike Brady and Tom Shane ("Your friend in the diamond business").
@Dayvit782 ай бұрын
It was 1:35 in. I was beginning to fear that he wasn't our friend anymore!
@mimigamerz3 ай бұрын
Another banger from our friend, Mike Brady
@omicronoverlord35333 ай бұрын
Man it's really mind blowing. Just think of all the tug jobs sailors have done over the past 200 years.
@zamnodorszk78983 ай бұрын
When you're entering a new port for the first time, a good tug really sets you up for a the rest of the endeavour.
@wayneantoniazzi27063 ай бұрын
The shot of that Moran tugboat reminded me of something my mother, a New York City girl, told me a while back. The Moran company tugs were and still are famous in New York but as Mom put it "You couldn't get a job on them!" Her brothers tried after returning from WW2 and were rebuffed. They weren't the only ones either, the jobs paid VERY well and were highly sought after. Actually, you COULD get a job on them but it was one of those "You have to know someone!" situations. A fine video on the ubiquitous and some what underappreciated tugboat Mike! Thanks for posting!
@Dakiraun3 ай бұрын
Neat - Tugs were the boat that got me _into_ boats when I was a little kid. Neat that they go back well into the 18th century - didn't realize that. Also cool that the first purpose built one created the very name of the type of boat.
@melpomene37933 ай бұрын
As a kid in Canada I LOVED Theodore Tugboat - like a nautical equivalent to Thomas the Tank Engine. I think it was set in Halifax maybe?
@Dakiraun3 ай бұрын
@@melpomene3793 Not sure - I was nearly an adult by the time that show started airing, so never saw it. There _is_ , however, a life-sized replica tug of Theodore currently moored for repairs in St. Catherines, ON. :)
@usaturnuranus3 ай бұрын
And naturally the gentleman's name would be "Hulls". Growing up, our family dentists were a father and son team who's last names meant they were both "Dr. Pullen". Seriously. It's like the universe decided their fates in advance.
@twinkholland83923 ай бұрын
Are your Dr. Pullens in HSV AL?
@Daniel_Huffman3 ай бұрын
I thought the most common surname for a dentist was Paine/Payne?
@anananandsdsdsds34863 ай бұрын
It's called 'Nominative Determinism' - it's how you get a fire chief called Les McBurney, for example.
@usaturnuranus3 ай бұрын
@@twinkholland8392 you got it!
@usaturnuranus3 ай бұрын
@@twinkholland8392 that's it!
@ilovsleeping3 ай бұрын
your channel is perfect for my autistic brain. thank you. ❤ i have been parroting information i’ve learned from your videos to anyone who will listen. “did you know that the roman-style bathhouses are one of the best preserved areas on the sunken RMS titanic?”
@haileyranson8255Ай бұрын
I have ADHD and I think I'm on the Autism spectrum (although I have no official diagnosis for that), but I totally agree! I came across Mike and this channel looking through the shorts section and now I'm obsessed. His voice is so soothing and I'm going down the rabbit hole of seafaring badly now 😂 my daughter is just like me with ADHD and suspected Autism and she loves it too. My husband is pretty sick of me telling him random tales about ocean liners and ships though 😂
@luislealsantos3 ай бұрын
Nothing like a video of Ocean liner desings to brighten the day. Thanks for your hard work.
@CudaZen3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the Tugboat info! Honestly, I was captivated the entire way through! As was said, they're underrated.
@twinkholland83923 ай бұрын
Thank you for your awesome work, our friend, Mike Brady!
@KnapfordMaster983 ай бұрын
The 1910s steam tugs have such a handsome outline. The quintessential steamboat imo.
@mrblond7503 ай бұрын
I love the humble Tug Boat. I have a 36” Dumas RC Shelly Foss I take out frequently.
@IntrepidMilo3 ай бұрын
I spent a summer working on a tug boat. It was absolutely amazing.
@theoccupier16523 ай бұрын
I served in the Royal Navytwice on the Aircraft Carrier (HMS Ark Royal RO9), we had two beautiful paddle wheels tugs built in 1957 ... RMAS Forceful A86 & RMAS Faithful A?? built especially to pull & push Aircraft Carriers around ... the were lovely ... old Faithfull guided us in & out many time ... used to love watching them working away :) @Oceanliner Designs ... You say one of the last paddle wheel tugs was built in 1914 ... Faithfull & Forcefull were built in 1957
@allangibson84943 ай бұрын
The seven tug “Director” class… Technically Her Majesty’s Tug’s (HMT) not ships. Exceptionally odd in being diesel electric paddle wheelers.
@splashtargetcoxswain3 ай бұрын
@@allangibson8494my dad served as chief engineer on 3 of these vessels in Portsmouth Naval Base ie. Grinder, Griper and Forceful. I even had a couple of trips on the Grinder with my dad (no H & S in those days) and was even shown the paddles at work through an inspection hatch. Amazing.
@danemb33003 ай бұрын
As a ex seaman who lives on the Tyne and has worked on numerous boats and was around when the Eppleton Hall was being rescued, just think that without Joseph Price towing that first sailing ship out to sea how much world Commerce increased world trade because of that one small action.
@haileyranson8255Ай бұрын
Oh hello! Fellow watcher born and bred in Tyne & Wear! I was born and lived in Sunderland so the Wear was (and still is) my local river, but I've worked in Newcastle on the Quayside for years. I love going to my favourite beach (Seaburn), standing with my feet in the shallows and watching all the ships pass on the horizon, coming down from Newcastle or higher. There are always so many! As a North Eastener, I'm so proud of our seafaring people & history ❤
@didikohen4553 ай бұрын
The issue for sailing ships getting in and out of port is usually the wind direction, there's about 45 degrees from the wind that a modern sailing vessel can't use (I'm assuming that back then it was around 60), in the open ocean sailing vessels zigzag to solve that, but in port, a zigzag is usually not an option.
@joeb53163 ай бұрын
On the day this video posted, a handful of tugs brought U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62) back to her home in Camden, NJ, USA. They did an excellent job because the Black Dragon looked absolutely majestic.
@Darth_Barnaby3 ай бұрын
I remember reading in a book, that before ships had steam engines, to leave port they would drop the anchor into the biggest rowboat, which then rowed out a ways, before dropping the anchor. The ship would then slowly winch in the anchor, thereby moving the ship, and then repeat until you had left port. But the book was about an old warship, regarding the somewhat narrow channel through Copenhagen, so i dont know how common it was outside that
@randelbrooks3 ай бұрын
Hello Mike I believe there are a pair of side paddle wheel tug boats in service in the Chicago area on the Great Lakes. I saw pictures of them displayed on the Natchez steamboat New Orleans a few years ago. Cool
@williamwelch73 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike. You're so professional in your presentations, I feel like I should be calling you Mr. Brady, despite the fact you're probably 25-30 years younger than me.
@coolmasterztv30883 ай бұрын
This is so fascinating! How can such a small boat tow and pull a huge boat. You explained clearly good job!
@littlemiss_763 ай бұрын
As a kid I loved Tubboats, I had a Fisher Price tugboat, I called it Scuffy after the Little Golden Book.
@repaircollc3 ай бұрын
That's so interesting! I love tugboats but never new their story. You have a wonderful way of narrative abilities. I enjoy all your videos. Please keep up the excellent work. ✌️
@paddleboatman37672 ай бұрын
Australia is lucky to have 120 year old steam paddle boats still running. I am a volunteer who help keep the steam plant crewed and maintained.
@earllutz26633 ай бұрын
Thank you for the informative video on Tugboats. I knew a man who was a tugboat Captain.
@OnionChoppingNinja3 ай бұрын
"I didn't choose the tug life, the Tug life chose me" - Tyne Steamboat -
@Uncle_Roadkill3 ай бұрын
Eyyyy, it's our friend Tugboat, from Ocean Liner Tugging!
@Uncle_Roadkill3 ай бұрын
@vibratingstring Tuggy didn't choose tug life, he invented it
@richardsweeney1973 ай бұрын
Please don't cite the movie "le Miserable" the only thing that would happen if you tried to tow a ship into a drydock like that is drown the men trying to haul the ship!!
@Naval-Gazing3 ай бұрын
A powerful engine with flotation and steering accessories.
@MrFrancisp19803 ай бұрын
Technically the paddle wheels never really went away. They've been switched to the vertical axis with variable paddles and are called Voith-Schneider.
@radiosnail3 ай бұрын
The Royal Navy had a class of diesel electric paddle tugs built in the late 1950s. They were intended to handle aircraft carriers. The Director class. The last one, I think was retired in the 1970s
@Doctor_HB3 ай бұрын
There are not only the Schottel-Propellers (the swivel propeller) there is the Voith-Schneider Propeller too.
@Tina060193 ай бұрын
My BIL’s father was a tugboat captain who worked in NY harbour. He was an impressive man, and taught my BIL a lot.
@T.Media11993 ай бұрын
I had no idea the tugboat's invention spanned nearly a century! This video brilliantly captures the gradual development and ultimate impact of this essential vessel. Truly inspiring to learn how it revolutionized maritime operations.
@karlvs26163 ай бұрын
Anyone else notice the 2 unlucky bodies hanging from the aft sail top cross-beam at 8:21 ? Another great video from our good friend Mike Brady - thank you sir!
@drode59853 ай бұрын
Men found guilty of attempted mutiny of the USS Somers. I noticed that too and had to pause the video till I figured it out lol.
@MkurugenziMwenyekiti3 ай бұрын
This video sparked up a very very old memory, from the late 80s when I was a kid, watching the British TV series Tugs. I haven't thought of that show in more than 35 years. The constant mention of the word tugs just somehow triggered a childhood favourite. I am so happy to have found the series on KZbin
@TheLuckyJ113 ай бұрын
The Tugboat, for it size , its the most powerfull craft atfloat .And the Star Tugs, are the power behind the dock and waterways that make up the Bigg City Port ...this is TUGS
@GrahamFrench2473 ай бұрын
I’m from Newcastle upon Tyne and I never knew about the tugboat! Excellent content and now a subscriber!
@saybya3 ай бұрын
Love this kind of content. The titanic stuff is nice and all but this is the kind of thing that’s really captivating to me.
@kwd31093 ай бұрын
Why was there no mention of Robert Fulton's successful steamboat Clarmont which transported people up the Hudson River in 1807? Yes, Clarmont was not a tugboat but it proved the practicality of the steam engine's power and ability to move a vessel and make headway against an opposing current.
@mikegyro3 ай бұрын
Battleship New Jersey needs those tugs for one more trip.
@johnjephcote76363 ай бұрын
One thinks of Turner's 'Fighting Temeraire' coming up the Thames for dismantling behind a pugnatious tug. Turner had, for artistic effect, not only partly rigged the old warship but had the tug's funnel moved forward. An engraving of the painting moved the funnel back to its correct position invoking the ire of Turner. The paddle tug belching sparks does take centre stage, the temeraire is almost ghostly behind.
@desktopdiddies55303 ай бұрын
Those days when you have things to do, but your friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs drops by and you just gotta find out wassup first
@selkiemaine3 ай бұрын
FYI - at 29-34 seconds in - that's a NYC fireboat - either the James Duane or the Thomas Willett.
@nac.mac.feegle3 ай бұрын
I love this so much and love tugs even more than I did before. However, I must complain about one thing. "Ran out of steam" was _right there_.
@FPSLiverpoolgamingchannel3 ай бұрын
You should take a look into the history of the SS Daniel Adamson, a steam tug built in 1903, and served on the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey. She still sails to this day, and has a fair bit of personality in the boiler and engine rooms....
@spencerfesing41453 ай бұрын
Honestly the Eppleton Hall deserves her own video.
@SpringJungle3 ай бұрын
Hey Mike @Oceanliner_Designs are you getting enough sleep you look tired
@thestudentofficial54833 ай бұрын
Tugboats are awesome
@nitehawk862 ай бұрын
I had no idea that the first Tugboat was named Tug. That is amazing and I will never look at another tug-boat the same. The ancestor must be proud of those incredible modern ones.
@mandu95203 ай бұрын
Who doesn't have a soft spot for the humble and hardworking tugboat?
@glennperch3 ай бұрын
Could you do another video showing how the science for these boats works. For instance; how do the tug boats manage to get ships movng in the first place and when they are attached to the ship; how strong does the rope (or whatever) be and why doesn't it break or damage the tug boat?
@jesserice77773 ай бұрын
If only tugs escorted the Dali out of the Chesapeake until open waters..... 😒
@michaelmichaels1383 ай бұрын
My uncle Steve had some magazines stashed in his closet. I remember one had something to do with tugboats.
@brucelawson6423 ай бұрын
My father in law was a tugboat captain in Houston, Texas. He was a tough ole bird.😊
@striderx82553 ай бұрын
" The tugboat, for its size, is the most powerful craft afloat." - Captain Star
@brookswade57743 ай бұрын
Things I didn’t know that I didn’t know. But always a pleasure to learn from my friend, Mike Brady. Another exceptional video, well produced. I still say you should wear a bow tie. 😊
@davidcoudriet84393 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this one immensely!
@mgalegacy12663 ай бұрын
I love working on my tugs
@stevedrane23643 ай бұрын
Fascinating. . Thank you .
@MrDowntemp03 ай бұрын
Do Tug or Defiance still exist in a museum? Or are they long gone? What was their fate?
@rogerrendzak80552 ай бұрын
So, the bottom line is; tugboats were invented, in England🤔⁉️
@roseyvang22763 ай бұрын
I saw your comment on the analog Siri about the Olympic😊.
@La.máquina.de.los.sueños3 ай бұрын
I almost ended up as tug captain. I love them 😀
@LeighFae3 ай бұрын
This was hella interesting I would have watched an hour long version of this gladly
@maratsultanov96763 ай бұрын
как всегда - очень познавательные материалы )))
@christopherlahr22183 ай бұрын
Excellent short vid. Would love to see a more indepth history of their design evolution.
@RabbitInAHumanWoild3 ай бұрын
Great video full of information that was new to me. And, Titanic was nowhere to be seen!
@luigidisanpietro37203 ай бұрын
5:08 There is hair I thought, and I started cleaning the screen.
@BPond73 ай бұрын
I read your comment, and knew it was coming, and I still pawed at my screen like a numbskull! 🤣
@michaelmoorrees35853 ай бұрын
2:57 - I was thinking of the opening scene of Pirates of the Caribbean, with Jack Sparrow coming into port.
@Art-is1dg3 ай бұрын
The ability of three workboats to tow, and then position a MODU next to an existing production platform, so that the drilling package can then be cantilevered out over the slots, or existing wells is amazing.
@markup63943 ай бұрын
There is a very famous painting by J.M.W. Turner from 1839, The Fighting Temeraire, where a small tuck boat pulls a ghostly sailing ship. I had almost expected you to show it here :D
@sydhenderson67533 ай бұрын
I was expecting it.
@codyhorner79013 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved this video! So interesting! ❤ Well done!
@fredricgreenblott41693 ай бұрын
Only our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs could make an entire video about tugboats and make it just as captivating as the rest of his videos!
@danielintheantipodes67413 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video! Fabulous information and I always enjoy your visuals, especially the archive footage!
@thelemon00013 ай бұрын
What would we ever do without boffins.
@adamrogers32213 ай бұрын
We definitely wouldn’t have had the blueprints for the original Death Star
@Twofrogsonecup3 ай бұрын
Can we get another hour long video, I'm sure it takes a while but I really love the long vids
@DavidMCheney3 ай бұрын
Very informative and well presented video. Thank you
@knutarneaakra60133 ай бұрын
You SIR are a real gentleman. Telling interesting true full of fact history's. Hard to find on youtube now adays. Lot of respect from Norway. 😊 Sorry for my bad written english😢
@samuelberghuvud55273 ай бұрын
Tugbotas are flaoting engines with a bridge
@josephnai75853 ай бұрын
Hey Mike Brady, I love the channel and been watching for quite some time. Always been fascinated by the titanic but you’ve shown me so many other incredible ships to learn about. Had 1 question for you. Wanted to know what your thoughts are on the USS Enterprise being scrapped? I would love to see you make a video on the incredible life of the enterprise!
@Ship.nerd.7353 ай бұрын
Such a great video always had an interest for these little boats and how they worked, especially because of growing up watching Tugs. Which top hat was easily the best character!
@motorv8N3 ай бұрын
Wonderful history lesson - thank you, Mike!
@lfla01793 ай бұрын
Once upon a Tyne... couldn't help it...
@Paraffinmeister3 ай бұрын
Informative and excellent as ever! It's worth mentioning that the Charlotte Dundas was also regarded as the genesis for what would eventually become the legendary "Clyde Puffers", a subject surely worthy of it's own video some day...