The Launch of Famous Ocean Liners

#ship #launch #titanic
This video attempts to show the launch of history's greatest vessels. Be sure to like and subscribe if you enjoyed my content :)
Credit for Images:
SS Vaterland Launch: Steve Walker
SS Europa: Daryl LeBlanc
Launch Footage:
Oceanic • Launch of the “Oceanic...
Imperator: • Launching the SS Imper...
Mauretania (1938) • New "Mauretania" launc...
Empress of Britain: • £3,000,000 Fastest Em...
Ile de France: • France's Biggest Liner...
Queen Mary: • ROYAL / TRANSPORT: Que...
Normandie: • Giant Normandie Launch...
Celtic: • RMS Celtic (1901)
Bremen: • GERMANY: Launching of ...
Bismarck: • KAISER AT LAUNCH OF LI...
Olympic: • RMS Olympic Launch iNS...
Georgic: • 1931's Largest New Shi...
MV Britannic: • MV Britannic liner lau...
HMHS Briannic: • Launch Of The Britanni...
Rex: • SS Rex: Mussolini’s Do...
Queen Elizabeth 2: • Launching Of The Q4 (1...
Queen Elizabeth: • Her Majesty Launches Q...

[@fmyoung]

2:50 That was the Olympic before the Titanic's sinking; she didn't have her full lifeboat complement yet

[@Cray-tk1ew]

Ofc she hasn't because it's just her launching

[@fmyoung]

@@Cray-tk1ew Ofc that wasn't after the Titanic's sinking

[@Robert-yp9zs]

There is something so majestic seeing a ship being launched down a slipway. Having attended several, they never tire being an awesome event. Even better is being along side the actual slipway and witnessing the hull sliding into the water. The current "launching" via flooding a drydock is nowhere as imposing.

[@zeddeka]

They never tire or you never tire of seeing them?

[@fmyoung]

4:15 Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's great opera composer (Aida, La Traviata, Nabucco and many others), died in January of that year. He was 87

[@louisreitamaray5956]

Cool vid

[@fmyoung]

11:06 That was the year Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto

[@TitanicsailorBoy546]

I love this video and I like your channel

[@fmyoung]

10:30 I hear the Great Eastern had a double hull which enabled her to survive a collision with an uncharted rock needle off Montauk Point, Long Is. thanks to her double hull and strong transverse braces. The rock needle was later named Great Eastern Rock

[@Enrevibility]

Damn the Oceanic was the ship Arthur Morgan was on in that one mission.

[@Raykin225]

Aarrrrggh I broke the goddamn wheel! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@fireyreal12]

0:42 were the engines running or was it just the flow of water spinning it?

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

The engines were not installed, it was the flow of water spinning the propellers

[@forestghost7]

great video thanks for all your work, I've subbed 😊. BTW, as a wee lad I traveled on both Queens and SS United States at very end of their service, so this vid hits me hard

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

Hey I really appreciate it! Also, that must've been quite the experience huh!

[@brober]

Great vid!👍

[@ritacompagnone2161]

Wonderful!

[@fmyoung]

5:54 Sir Edward Elgar who wrote the Pomp and Circumstance marches died in February that year

[@fmyoung]

2:53 That was the year of Halley's comet

[@fmyoung]

5:54 Until the Queen Mary's launch the Olympic had been the largest British-built vessel for 21yrs

[@noob_10152]

There is ONE known video of titanic during fitting out before she was given her enclosed promenade deck 1912 this would be the one difference between her sister olympic

[@SteamPowerMadness]

Did the Oceanic have her engines fitted and running at launch, or were her propellers just freewheeling?

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

No engines were installed yet. The propellers were just spinning from the flow of water

[@fmyoung]

2:59 Contrary to popular belief the Titanic received fairly little attention and publicity; the Olympic as her older sister got the bulk of that

[@Tylerz_theman]

Hi

[@rayzimmerkoch5609]

What about the Edmund fitzgerald

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

Not an ocean liner

[@Cray-tk1ew]

​@@nboceanlinerhistory true bcuz edmud Fitzgerald is an cargo ship I think

[@TitanicsailorBoy546]

I your 7th viewr

[@TitanicsailorBoy546]

0:08 imperator 0:38 oceanic II

[@ryantimm9748]

I am curious why some of these vessels were launched with their screws installed and some not? 🤔

[@jaelbenedict12]

what if queen mary is a ghost haunted ship??? 🤨

[@bijalpatel-keogh4122]

What is the music called at approximately 9:08 mins into this video please? We really want to know 🙏

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

That music is called: W. A. Mozart, Symphony No.38 in D major It’s a really nice piece of music!

[@bijalpatel-keogh4122]

Thank you so much! We love it.

[@fmyoung]

1:43 "Rex" which means "king" in Latin

[@matthewblouin4267]

How can you forgot The Carpathia put that ship in part 2 if you do

[@WhiteStarLineEdits1912]

I don’t know if there’s a photo or video of ship launch

[@fmyoung]

12:48 Oh so there was a second Mauretania

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

Yes. Pretty little 2-stacker.

[@fmyoung]

0:08 "Imperator" means "emperor" in Latin

[@Ringo-hw6pw]

It is emperor in GERMAN

[@fmyoung]

In German it's Kaiser, Imperator is Latin

[@janainamoura2417]

Where is Empress of Ireland

[@jhiropereyra2716]

What about the queen elizabeth 2

[@janainamoura2417]

Was there

[@angelataylor346]

Titanic😢😢😢😢😢😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@fmyoung]

10:09 Mickey Mouse made his debut that year on Sunday November 18th

[@user-zw3gf7iv1e]

Titanic

[@fmyoung]

12:22 "Vaterland" means "homeland" in German

[@fmyoung]

12:36 Bavaria? Landlocked Bavaria?!

[@mbj1138]

Yes. Even Bavarians were able to travel to German shores at the time ;)

[@user-oj7ug9ij4k]

The Mauritania looks weird when launched 😂😅😂😅

[@noob_10152]

Cunard never gave lusitamia or Mauretania there super structure until the fitting out process

[@noob_10152]

Also never knew there was a second mauretania until this video

[@putryyuliandyniearsyad7914]

Titanic launch

[@user-io7nd5xc4j]

WER IS THE TITANIC

[@adorasas9096]

Geez why couldn’t they Just launch the ships the same year they took their maiden voyage?!🚢🍾

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

The fitting out process took a really long time. Just imagine all the components that go into fitting out the interior of these floating palaces.

[@ashleybritton5335]

The fitting out process takes about 1-2 years because they have to add the funnels and interior and exterior

[@ChickenUltraPro]

@adorasas9096 why cant you figure out something so simple geez!

[@noob_10152]

Its not as simple as that titanic was launched 1910 may 31 and fitted out in may 31 1911

[@noob_10152]

I meant Olympic

[@johnmcbride8211]

Put the TITANIC in the video the titanic is the most famous ship how could anyone forget the titanic

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

Titanic DOES appear in the video. How could you miss it? Check at 4:43

[@IvanCastillo-pk4gc]

I bet you skipped through the video

[@janainamoura2417]

Just not the video of the launch itself

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

Not all launches were filmed. White Star /Harland & Wolff weren't into big launch events. Edit: Oops. Shows how much I know. Titanic's launch was filmed, but the film was lost. Now, that would be a find ...

[@fmyoung]

6:25 Good thing she was rechristened Britannic; the name Gigantic would've been too plain. for one thing, and they were already building bigger ships in Germany

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

Britannic was never christened in general. Also, there is no record that the White Star Line intended to name Britannic “Gigantic”

[@fmyoung]

@@nboceanlinerhistory There's mention of "Gigantic" in some docs

[@amaritineenthusiast]

​@@fmyoungI've never been able to find them, where are they?

[@fmyoung]

​@@amaritineenthusiast "Highlighted reply" Yea unfortunately I don't remember the names of those docs it's been quite a while too so they might not exist anymore

[@GBHarizgd]

You mean rms majestic? At 5:08

[@nboceanlinerhistory]

Yes RMS Majestic was launched as the German liner "Bismarck" in 1914

[@Tylerz_theman]

E

[@taylorebenguard6998]

imperator you mean limperator right? lmao

[@TitanicsailorBoy546]

NO!

[@taylorebenguard6998]

@@TitanicsailorBoy546 you know that was a common nick name for it right?