The Queen Mary: The Pinnacle of Oceanic Travel

Well folks today we'll be discussing the art deco speed demon of the Atlantic. Today she rests as a hotel in Long Beach in California (Yuck!) and is loaded to the brim with history. I'm an idiot with a microphone, not a historian, so don't take this video too seriously. Stick around.
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Yeah I know I haven't posted in awhile. . . Life's busy chill out.

[@NauticalStudy]

“Look who’s back. Back again.” - _Slim Shady_ That’s right folks, I know it’s been awhile but I’m here! Life keeps you busy so know that I’m not abandoning y’all, I just always have a lot going on.

[@Nakosuke-75]

I love you

[@NauticalStudy]

@@Nakosuke-75 This is moving so fast

[@TheOceanChannel2]

@@NauticalStudy XD

[@ihandleships7428]

I was subbed since the Olympic video, wow just look at your channel grow

[@MemeMan-nd4sd]

I heard qm 1 might still be seaworthy.

[@Al3ixhoveutot]

“The RMS Clickbait” you made me smile :)

[@user-mn5zg4bi8h]

Love that one

[@Sponk395]

i mean he does have a point everyone keeps doing click bait garbage about the titanic and its dumb

[@codystrainsnjazz]

The RMS Clickbait thing never gets old lol

[@redstarline4250]

fun fact: Cunards first ever oceanic liner, britannia, could fit inside queen mary's dining room

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

The "RMS Clickbait" made me laugh

[@The_Dudester]

1) From 1972 to 1979, visited her like 6 or 7 times. She had gourmet candies unavailable anywhere else and my brother and I cherished these candies. 2) From 2002 to late 2010 I managed a high rise complex. One of the buildings had a floor that looked exactly like the promenade deck of the QM. I went to that floor often.

[@evanvin2924]

"Now could the Queen Mary ever match the likes of these fabled and renowned ships" "Surprise Surprise" Awkward silence Five hours later "Yes"

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

I can't believe they got rid of the Olympic and Martinia both ships were astounding!

[@rejectedprojects7702]

I love the rms queen Mary and I’m so happy she was saved

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

[Meanwhile, the painters are writing out Victoria on the ship.] However, in 1930's London: Your Majesty, we are asking your permission to name the new ship after the greatest of royal queens.... I see, and what a marvelous idea, my wife would love having a ship named after her, brilliant idea! [Oh snap?!] Yes, your majesty, we shall employ our energies to do so.... [At the shipyards of Cunard.] Guys, the boss made a change in plans...

[@could_possiblybe_thane07echo]

Wanna know what's worse? *the names were ingraved into the hull*

[@godzilla218zillla6]

RMS clickbait got me laughing

[@drew_xviii330]

Growing up in Southern California, the Queen Mary always stood as the best sight to fulfill my love for ships and the era of the 1930s-1940s, I love world history and maritime history, learning about Art Deco architecture through her halls and honestly, it’s a style that’s now nostalgic to me thanks to the times I visited. The recent news on how she’s doing was heartbreaking to learn and I hope Long Beach can fix her up..though with everything happening world wide, I don’t know how possible it would be. The channel is really entertaining! Can’t wait to see more uploads!

[@dck578]

For an in-depth discussion of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth (along with other famous liners) in the role of troop transports during World War II, read Warrior Queens: The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II by David Allan Butler. Other famous lines used as troopships include the Aquatania and the Nieuw Amsterdam.

[@nathanhudson-young2460]

good thing Howard Hughes is no longer with us, because if he heard you call the Hercules the Sproose Goose, he would be pissed.

[@johntracy72]

The golden age of the ocean liner will never happen again. We need to keep this important link to the past alive. It's our history and heritage.

[@CariHere]

Unless. . .

[@fhwolthuis]

Can you please do a video on the Rotterdam? It's an amazing ship with a lot more of her original features and even the engines left.

[@TheOceanChannel2]

Nice work! Brings back memories… of white funnels and blocked decks. I went to her in 2017, but she was oveasly under renovation so a did not see much XD. I flew from Hong Kong to the us and all a saw was a sad ship and Disney land. I miss North America.

[@joshl5003]

"RMS Clickbait" 😂😂😂 Brilliant

[@AndyHappyGuy]

It is the largest ocean liner out of the only 7 (technically 9, both numbers according to Wikipedia) ocean liners left in existence. Really makes you think when you realize that out of the hundreds of ocean liners in history, only the Queen Mary, The United States, the Rotterdam and 4 (6) other ocean liners still exist. It’s an absolutely fantastic ocean liner, and I hope it doesn’t meet a bad fate soon, along with the United States.

[@PassiveSmoking]

Pretty sure Queen Mary 2 is bigger!

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@@PassiveSmoking isn't really a useful ocean liner is it? People mostly voyage on her for enjoyment and she looks very much like a cruise ship.

[@chriscausaren]

@@AndyHappyGuy But The QM2 is still an ocean liner, regardless if she is doing cruising duties. Hasnt like old Cunard liners did cruising duties during the Great Depression as well?

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@@chriscausaren she is an ocean liner but most use her like a cruise ship.

[@erikzidan2601]

@@AndyHappyGuy QM2 was designed as an ocean liner, and is the only passenger ship doing a transatlantic service, and even how she looks differentiates liners from cruise ships, for example longer bow, wave breaker, tall bridge, deeper draft and taller freeboard, much higher maximum speed than cruise ships, stepped down stern and much more

[@angelocorradino8720]

I don't know about you guys, but I'd take art deco over minimalism any day

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

I don't know, there is good minimalism, like mostly white with dark wooden accents such as mahogany or even ebony. That style is popular on sailing yachts, I think it looks waaaaay better than most of art deco. I don't... it's just... too random for me. I even prefer the old style, Edwardian, Louis etc... And I am half a Frenchman and adore the Normandie. I much prefer the art deco of her than QM. I can't really put it into words why and I promise it's not because I'm French, my favourites are all British, Aquitania, Mauretania, Olympic, Britannic, the one who must not be named etc... I just don't much care for any of the Queens for some reason. I love them but more as good friends. The Normandie elicits feelings too explicit to detail. QE 1&2 is the same. Never really scratched the itch, despite the fact that I find them marvelous from an engineering perspective. But conservative without the beauty of the old ships. Straight hull and bow... not the sleek hydrodynamic form of Normandie. She never needed as much power to hold those speeds above 30 knots. That hull sliced through the ocean as if it was air, the bow wave cancelling out. Really in a way 50 years ahead of other ships. And turbo electric too. And the art deco is... well I like it. It's okay. QM looks gaudy as hell on the inside. Normandie, though not my preference, I find tasteful. Better a little less than too much. I'm sorry. It's my personal misguided opinion.

[@AbeTheBabe6233]

wasnt queen mary the first brithish blue ribband holder since mauretania? she had the award for 22 years? i might be wrong

[@Kaidhicksii]

You're 100% right. The Mary would go on to be the second-longest Blue Riband holder in Britain behind Mauretania, and the third longest of all time, again behind the aforementioned greyhound and the United States.

[@lamentable.mp3]

Another video from my favorite KZbin channel!

[@K3LINSKI]

ocean liners will always be better than floating white bricks

[@zigabarbaric3464]

Did I click like before watching? Yeah Am I sure? Hell yes

[@zigabarbaric3464]

Was I disappointed? No - are you stupid?

[@nVcypher]

Can’t wait to watch this!

[@NauticalStudy]

Nice pfp :)

[@Roche_Furman]

The SS Princess Sophia would be a good story for a video. It's sinking was tragic for so many reasons.

[@goldy_on_pc930]

I like your sense of humor man

[@Brock_Landers]

I spent my honeymoon on this ship back in 2007. I loved every minute of it, but I was also highly disappointed with her appearance and upkeep.

[@joonaaskr]

I only found your channel yesterday and I gotta say, I'm a fan

[@bjbeardse]

"...the RMS Clickbait." I hit the floor snotting beer outta my nose, after showering the monitor, keyboard, mouse, dog, and Ford 385 block with booger ridden Coors...

[@kartoffsun]

Bro, that was some top tier humor! :D

[@aspycruisenews5058]

“Some idiot decides to declare war on…… the planet” man what kind of an idiot would do that 😂😂😀

[@gkfujiwaraesquibel7998]

10:17 The background music, plus the fact that it's a 737 killed me 😂😂😂

[@philhernandez3227]

Your ending his hilarious. Thank you for your humor.

[@wildsmiley]

Queen Mary is the greatest ocean liner in the history of... time. Also, art deco rules. 💪

[@jeremymurphy9255]

Another great video!! If you could do one a day I would appreciate it.

[@CaiVanDoorn]

Comedic bias is on point. As always...🤌

[@thexecutor8730]

I'm sure that near capsizing event is what inspired the Poseidon Adventure

[@cfgeneric7677]

7:31 Bismarck just chilling

[@carltrotter7622]

9:18 - Actually they were en-route to Scotland, not England. Yes, Scotland and England are separate areas of the UK 🤯 It's like saying they were en-route to California when it's actually New York. Top tier video as always - Exceptionally well produced.

[@Paraffinmeister]

Useless bit of information, I knew 2 people that served on her as engineers, one of whom was on her voyage to Longbeach (for the record, he finished his career fairly recently, serving as the second engineer on a small ferry up here in Orkney, Scotland). Both of them spoke very highly of her and were very fond of her. Also England!!!!!?!!!1!!! She was built in Glasgow SCOTLAND!!!! OMGWTFBBQ!!?!!£!"!

[@toucheturtle300]

Some hilarious quips. Loved it. 👻😂😂😂

[@gridley]

FWIW, the Spruce Goose was moved to Oregon in 1992 from the dome next to the QM. The dome is now used as a terminal for cruise ships. There is one other former Cunard liner, the QE2 (from the late 1960s) now a stationary hotel in Dubai. There's also the SS Rotterdam (circa late 1950s), now a floating hotel in Rotterdam. Meanwhile, the SS United States (circa 1950) is the only other liner left from the first or early 2nd half of the 20th century. But it's a rusting hollowed-out hulk in Philadelphia, so its future is in doubt. Now sure how the business plan for the SSR is doing, but the one for the QE2 seems shaky. As for the QM, its business plan since 1967 has seen plenty of ups & downs.

[@PolskaPolski]

7:32 HMS Hood: *escorts the Queen Mary* Bismarck: I C A N S M E L L U

[@Liam-man-93]

Glad to see another video by you. Do you think you could do a video on the SS Great Eastern?

[@FinalWX13]

Who is this kid

[@joenewstead4848]

Lol. NO.

[@FinalWX13]

@@joenewstead4848 go outside

[@joenewstead4848]

@@FinalWX13 i do all the time homie. i even go out to touch the grass. lol

[@FinalWX13]

@@joenewstead4848 wow really? what does it feel like

[@rottenroads1982]

It’s funny at how that when you show the HMS Hood in this video, on the Bottom Left corner of the video, their is a German General with a head that looks like the front end of the German Battleship Bismarck. Foreshadowing for what shall happen to the HMS Hood. ( HMS Hood get Sunk by Bismarck).

[@CJODell12]

A great video idea would be the Queen Elizabeth 2, the last real ocean liner until Queen Mary 2.

[@sylverfox2144]

Could you make a video about the Collins line? I am aware that it may be difficult seeing as how the documentation of the Collins line was very poorly maintained. With acception to the tragedy of the Arctic, the drunken stupidity of the Atlantic, and the mystery of the Pacific. Which sparked more stupidity.*Cough* Dumb ass conspiracy theories. I'd just like to hear your take on it.

[@TheOneAndOnlyWeeber69]

Make a video about the SS Cap Arcona

[@trisb0999]

Very good

[@FettuccineBricks]

Nice! Some videos

[@MarksofDistinction]

Do you have a Patreon or anything I absolutely love your videos I am one of those people known as the boat people and I love your stuff as far as I’m concerned you are the best KZbin channel out there :)

[@NauticalStudy]

See I love comments like these but I just don’t know what bonus content I could provide to Patreon supporters. Plus, I don’t want to end every video like “hey gimme money!”

[@MarksofDistinction]

@@NauticalStudy I understand a lot of places bug the hell out of ya for money. And supposedly have extra content but one thing you have That the others don’t have is good comedic timing like the red roof inn lol god that killed me. Maybe you could just set one up and just have it in the link in the description maybe your patrons could help decide what video to help do next but I can also say what you’re doing is great maybe if you do add patrons and maybe that messes up your mojo. But either way once you start one I’ll be one of the first because I absolutely love your stuff

[@NauticalStudy]

@@MarksofDistinction You know that’s a lot of good advice and a lot to chew on. Thanks!

[@titanicvideos1563]

simply great!!!!

[@mrsaturngamingandstories]

Nautical study backwards is yduts lacituan

[@MemeMan-nd4sd]

The Queen Mary was used in the 1972 movie "Poseidon Adventure".

[@thetheatreorgan168]

Modern architecture’s laziness shines brighter than discord light mode with auditorium design. Forget the grand opera houses of the 19th century and the movie palaces that followed suit! Enjoy your black box, kids.

[@johnclayden1670]

Love the tales: love he style.

[@leahdrook5161]

Fun fact SS United States is parked in Philadelphia it been rumor that they might turn into a hotel or casino….I really hope it a hotel

[@AndyHappyGuy]

6:20 this is why I think Normandie is overrated

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

"The Queen Mary had 24 lifeboats" More like had 😭😭😭

[@kylec.5462]

Love your videos, and the quality is just 😗🤌

[@cormacganshirt4572]

Unnecessary comment in 3-2-1: Progressions in architecture express and mirror social progressions. Art Deco and modern architecture and design reflect a rise in expressive freedom in art intended to upend tradition, much like has happened socially over the past 100 years.

[@DerpyPossum]

which, in most cases, isn’t necessarily a good thing.

[@amberlantern9328]

😂 so true, most modern architecture is just lazy industrial crap. There are exceptions but for the most part yea it's mostly god awful garbage 🗑

[@TheSaint491]

Oh please do a vid on normandie, I know you don’t like streamline moderne, but she was still an interesting ship

[@lordgabrlel721]

YES

[@Kaidhicksii]

Finally got back to watch this. Cunard's not the only one who had some catching up to do. Only in this case it's "has." Quick fact-check about the Oceanic III: she was NOT turned into the Britannic or the Georgic. The Britannic began construction before her, and Oceanic's keel was then dismantled. There is no evidence that suggests it was recycled and used in some format on the Georgic. It's a possibility that it did happen, and I wouldn't be surprised considering that's pretty much free steel. But it could just as easily have been turned into a Rolls Royce. At least according to the experts on Encyclopedia Titanica. Yes, the Mary was and still is a heck of a ship. Perhaps the greatest ocean liner to ever sail the seas and the most famous of them all whose name isn't Titanic. Speaking of Titanic, you're really asking for trouble by continuing to make fun of my favorite ship. I'm still gonna give you a follow on Twitter.

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

Yeah but, technically, Oceanic III DID split off into 2 smaller ships-

[@robbicu]

I agree with you about modern architecture. Other things... we can discuss.

[@CobytheBald187]

You should do a video on the Bismarck

[@DisneyWish2023]

“Your your good son real good maybe even the best”

[@northseastar837]

Rms clickbait is the funny’s ship name ever!!

[@DerpyPossum]

best story moral ever.

[@jonathancastonguay5606]

The Bismarck at 7:33 AHAHAH

[@danielestrada-castillo6391]

I have never heard a no truer statement in this video than when you said art deco and modern architecture were “Dull and Tasteless” (it definitely is the spawn of Satan and is utter garbage in my own opinion as well). Don't worry, you are not the only person to think that. I would much rather sail in 1st class on the Aquitania or the Olympic than on the Queen Mary or the Normandie. But, nonetheless The Queen Mary is a remarkable ship in her own right.

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

art deco is nothing like modern architecture, it has the high quality and luxurious finished of classic architecture with just streamlining. modern architecture and basically every ship after normandie looks horrible in comparison,but normandie also outclassed most ships previous, although aquitania and berengeria would be quite splendid

[@GisliKarlGislason]

Can you make a video about Bremen and Europa?

[@jamesdevine1005]

The Queen Mary was built in Clydebank, Scotland...

[@bagelq2028]

I personally prefer Art Deco over the early European designed architecture, a lot more comforting to look at.

[@DMTruckSpotting]

Personally, I like it because I feel that it’s a happy medium between the ultra stripped-down International style and the lavish and more decorative European architecture.

[@louisaugustexvi4515]

@@DMTruckSpotting YES EXACTLY!!! im a huge fan of art deco and also classic european interiors and architecture but art deco sort of takes the cake? it was the last truly beautiful interior style imo, there’s no comparing normandie out stuns almost any ship previous or after it because of how well thought out the art deco is

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Sad that White Starline was mistreated even though they built the most famous ships.

[@mcshipbuilder2319]

4:16 now thats a good picture of Nody, i mean Normandie

[@therandomytchannel4318]

3 class, much like an airliner, first class, business class and poverty class 🎉

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

Yet another great video! Thank you!

[@ssnormandie9795]

Hey, can you do a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald? It's one of the most mysterious shipwrecks on the Great Lakes and many people theorize as to what went down because theres no definitive answer to what actually happened.

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

Definitely would like to see this

[@AndyHappyGuy]

I just realised that there’s a new intro! It looks amazing! Much better than the old one.

[@CocoHutzpah]

You should save your RMS Clickbait video as the last video you do. It would complete the character arc

[@alexseitsamo9939]

The Queen Mary, second only to the Normandie.

[@bonnajohnson4971]

can you do a video on the queen elizabeth 2

[@joetheno80diesel90]

Do a vid making fun of newer cruse ships

[@maxnikolenko2302]

"BECAUSE SHE WAS MADE BY THE FRENCH...NORMANDY HAD A MISHAP, and was destroyed during conversion" 😆 ....... where does this guy come up with these lines? They're hilarious....true shtick

[@vitothepizzaguy7475]

''Because she was made by the French Normandie had a mishap and was destroyed'' WOW

[@boataxe4605]

Especially considering the it was an American welder that started the fire.

[@railfox99]

Could you do a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald?

[@lynlewis8606]

I have a question. How's the Queen Mary doing

[@stefanegger]

7:40 - "first ship torpedoed No. Atlantic" LOL guess they meant "on Atlantic" that is the oldest typo I've ever found

[@thesketchydude1315]

oh the Irony of the Oceanic III being "Split in two" 7:32 *Too Soon* that being said great video!...though Personally I am Disappointed you made no references to the Poseidon adventure and Titanic II so I'm gonna have to dock a few points there

[@randied603]

to be honest I would much rather have her scrapped into oblivion than have her stay stuck in one place, strip a lot off her, and then let it lay there to rust. Maybe preserve one piece or 2.

[@DerpyPossum]

I’m not sure what ship you’re talking about, but this video is about the Queen Mary…

[@TheRedPanda.]

If you do a Q and A, here's my question: How come you sometimes call the titanic "rms clickbait"?

[@NauticalStudy]

1) I’ve thought of doing a q and a before… 2) I call it that because it has been taken by the media and KZbin channels that pretend they know anything and say things like it was switched with Olympic. Titanic is used for clickbait, and that’s a true shame.

[@TheRedPanda.]

@@NauticalStudy ah ok

[@FlakusCorporation]

Very funny, and yes, modern architecture sucks. Some people will think this is a stretch but modern architecture has a lot to do with why American cities are completely unusuable by anyone not taking a car. All form and no function.

[@ryguy2408]

Mary

[@DenisLiasis]

I agree with the indoor areas. The art deco style is not my type either. What happened to the ultra detailed Victorian style that Olympic, Lusitania had? Is this what we call evolution? Just look at the luxury of nowadays "luxurious" ships. They have absolutely no detail on their walls. While I do love the QM, I cannot unsee that her indoor areas could have been so much better

[@dtnimagineer5020]

Me when I heard queen mary escorted back by hmhs hood: omg but where is the Bismarck?

[@josephpiskac2781]

Have you ever been to England? It is a wonderful place!

[@airindia5472]

10:17 casually shows an image of a dash 500 737.

[@scharnhorstkaisarbeethoven]

No wonder they send HMS hood the Britishers thought that HMS hood was invisible 🤣🤣🤣