RMS Aquitania: The Ship Beautiful (part 1 of 2) feat. Fox Star Line

[@foxstarline4997]

Had Fun making this!!!!

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Glad to have done another collaboration with you! Let's do it again soon.

[@foxstarline4997]

@@TheGreatBigMove Whenever you want me... I will do it!!!

[@TheGreatBigMove]

It has been more than 2 years since I launched The Great Big Move with my pilot video on Aquitania. I have learned a lot about maritime history, research, and video production since September 2019 and I believe that Aquitania deserved better than that pilot video. So, here is part 1 of the remake (part 2 coming November 18th) Thanks to everyone who has joined me along the way over these past 2 years. I thoroughly enjoy making these videos and I hope that my audience learns as much watching them as I do making them.

[@theclockperson1046]

We love your channel!!

[@TheGreatBigMove]

@@theclockperson1046 Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it.

[@ender8416]

@@TheGreatBigMove exited for part 2

[@BBplayz]

Hey, can you do a vid on the cape acorn, that would be great if u responded

[@mrsaturngamingandstories]

Hey how about you do the story of the SS Windsor Castle maybe?

[@emjay5577]

One of my favorite of the old liners, when ships looked like ships and not large buildings!

[@griffin4173]

This ship means a lot to me. My grandpa was on it back in WW2 as a troop ship heading for Germany. The voyage took 17 days to avoid U-Boats. It wasn’t very pleasant either with 5,000 + troops on board. He slept in one of the drained swimming pools.

[@ScatteredCollector]

I must say this: thank you so much to your grandfather for his services!!

[@CJODell12]

Aquitania was the only major ocean liner to serve in both World Wars.

[@IhaveQuit124]

My grandpa slept in the drained second class swimming pool.

[@GuatemalanMessi]

wow thats insane, well done to your grandpa though!

[@NorseNerdleMeister]

Always heard of Aquitania being called “ship beautiful” and wondered why. The great selection of interior photos in this vid show why!

[@TheGreatBigMove]

I used to wonder the same thing! But it certainly is due to her interiors as her exterior is an acquired taste in my opinion.

[@Kaidhicksii]

@@TheGreatBigMove If she looked more like she did in some of the postcards, where the giant vents at the bow and the lower navigating bridge are gone, and her forward superstructure is curved like with Lusitania and Mauretania, then God as my witness, I'd probably concede her as being the most beautiful liner of her time, even more so than the Olympic-class. Still, the fact she was still a looker as she really was speaks volumes on how wonderful a ship she was.

[@BryanGeisler]

i saw you on historic travels earlier ._.

[@NorseNerdleMeister]

@@BryanGeisler I subscribed to your channel just now

[@BryanGeisler]

@@NorseNerdleMeister :O

[@rymoats6460]

I’m strangely obsessed with these videos. I just can’t get over the beauty of these ships and how significant they are to our history. Needless to say, We better get part two here in the next week or so like you promised! Lol.

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Part 2 will be uploaded on schedule (next Thursday).

[@rymoats6460]

@@TheGreatBigMove I’ll be patiently waiting. :) I’ve learned more off your channel than I ever did in school. Haha. At age five when I saw titanic, not the movie, but the actual ship, I was awestruck. And ever since then I’ve dove into the history of transatlantic crossings and the amazing vessels they used back in the late 1800s early 1900s. It’s just fascinating. So just know it’s appreciated.

[@Ray-h9l]

Beautiful name for that ship.

[@everythingautomotiveeta5839]

I nightly rewatch a few of your videos before I go to sleep. Seen em all..... probably 20 30 times each.

[@jetsons101]

THANK YOU.... For years this has been my favorite Ocean Liner. Aquitania seem to be a very underrated and over looked ship. She had a very long service live as she was the last four funnel ship to be scraped in the 50's. It's sad to thing that the Queen Mary is the only classic Ocean Liner left that is open for torus, glad we only live 30 minutes away. Thanks for a great video on the Aquitania.......

[@muai09]

"Underrated" what? any Ocean liner enthusiast with surface level knowledge should know about Aquitania. Who are the people you mingle with?

[@jetsons101]

@@muai09 I work in aviation so most of my friends are "Air Heads" LOL

[@IhaveQuit124]

My grandpa sailed on this ship in 1942. He said he slept in the drained second class swimming baths. The voyage took 27 days, Mudros to Southampton to Halifax to The Netherlands to Scotland to Halifax again and docked at Glasgow in Scotland for a refit, there he got off and sailed on a smaller ship to Halifax again. Aquitania is also one of my favourite ships. My grandpa also remembers him on the stern, waving at his Mother and Father and looking down on the hull saying “AQUITANIA LIVERPOOL”

[@randomuser9883]

Netherlands was Already controlled by the Germans by 1942?

[@Firemarioflower]

Why did he sleep there?

[@TheRealLocoBrutha]

The Aquitania is my all time favorite ship

[@richardsanders4624]

I have a nice original picture of Aqutania in River Mersey Liverpool, England. Thank You for an Excellent Video-Summery. 👍

[@TheGreatBigMove]

If you're interested in sharing, I'd love to see it. My email is available on my channel page if you're so inclined.

[@richardsanders4624]

@@TheGreatBigMove Indeed Sir 👍

[@baronvonjo1929]

Aquitania has always been my favorite 4 stacker.

[@brucesticklee3654]

I came to Pier 21 in Halifax with my mother and four of us kids in October 1949. Dad had come a month or so prior. It was an exciting time in my life. I am truly grateful to my parents for their decision to come to Canada. Bruce Sticklee

[@brycetomecek5065]

Excellent work as always, and shoutout to Kiper Fox! Love your long history of being one of the names of ocean liner enthusiasts.

[@rafidkarim4061]

Your channel is one of the best

[@Kaidhicksii]

Finally finished. Wonderful job as always and again, shoutout to Fox Star Line for collaborating with you. Really helped build off of the original video. Yes, she was a wonderful ship indeed, and she dominated in the Reddit tournament known as the Linerlympics. Looking forward to Part 2! :D

[@Lightdasher360]

Thank you for showing respect to all ships present. I thought it was a nice touch that you both would often mention Olympic and Titanic together, and that you didn't bring up the latter unnecessarily. Similarly, promoting your video for Empress of Ireland; her story and fate deserves to be shared. Thank you for your passion and videos!

[@mrs6968]

Loved it thank you from Milwaukee WI USA

[@DarthVader-sz2um]

I have whatched almost all you videos twice

[@rriflemann308]

In the four funnel era, the Aquatania is my favorite ship, based on marine engineering and service history.

[@TheDanx666]

This is again top-quality content from you and Fox Star Line. Great research, it's always such a pleasure to watch your videos. I would love a video specifically on ships vibration. What's causing them? What was the solution? What makes a ship vibrate more than another?

[@TheGreatBigMove]

That’s actually a great suggestion for a video topic, thank you.

[@TheDanx666]

@@TheGreatBigMove My pleasure! It first caught my attention in the video about Germany's First Superliners.

[@hbkislife0]

@@TheDanx666 Same from my side!

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

What a handsome giant!

[@陳承志-n6e]

Love Aquitania so much❤️ Can’t wait for your video. 🥳🥳🥳

[@GundogJake]

My Dad was an engineer on this ship, was then transferred to The Lancastria. That transfer changed to course of his life, and he stayed 2 years in a French Convalescent hospital after The Lancastria was bombed by Junkers JU88’s resulting in the largest number of maritime losses in British history.

[@Edgetravelguy]

Excellent

[@gadget914]

Epic, my man Buddy Fox is gonna be in this!

[@peterdiedrichsen9597]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

Hi! There’s another educational channel that talks about ship called “Nautical Study”. The topics he covers are quite similar to yours, and as of now, he has covered the stories of the Proteus class, all of the Olympic Class, the Lusitania, the SS America, the USS Maine, the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse and much more. He sprinkles on a bit of humor in his videos, which is the cherry on top for me. I think you should collaborate with each other one day, you channels are just a perfect fit for each other!

[@muai09]

Really? just a "cherry on top"? the fact that you even bother to describe it tells a different story. Must be a huge deal for you. But then again not everybody likes " Cool meme kids" humor, especially related to such topics like this. So collaborating with FSL is just the right move period. You should stop promoting other channels in here.

[@AndyHappyGuy]

@@muai09 woah woah woah slow the hell down! From your tone I can tell that you’re just here for the sake of disagreeing. You don’t even consider who Nautical Study is, you treat it as though I want Fox Star Line to be killed or something, you twisted my words in your favor and you used personal attacks for literally no reason. In other words, you’re a troll. Just because your life is so hard doesn’t mean that you have to make everyone’s else’s lives so hard too. Get some therapy and maybe get off the internet for some time.

[@pagmonreal]

@@muai09 bro chill, for gods sake, it was a suggestion

[@WhistlingBook2012]

At the end it says “part 2 coming November 18”. Obviously, now the second video has already been released, but it just so happens the day I watched this video, it was November 18

[@OceanChannelProductions]

i was there when the first aquitania video came out. that was almost 2 years ago

[@omarbaba9892]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@dbyspae122]

Here at the premiere let’s go

[@Patrick-jd6ny]

Why is it that Cunard's ships are cluttered with vent horns all over the decks while White Star's Olympic Class barely had any? Were they just that bad at air circulation?

[@wishiwashi7272]

The fourth funnel on the olympics ship was fake, they put it there for asthetics and it was used as a vent circulation

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

The Olympic class used a different type of "air conditioning" system. They used Sirrocco fans (also produced in Belfast)

[@hesseltjeb]

Another great video! I love your content so much

[@janetcarbone4213]

Really interesting!! Very organized You always hear so much about White Star and Lusitania of course. Those ship were just beautiful. I watched the Icon of the Seas coming into Miami today. IMO that thing is nothing compared to these

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Samaldoful]

Intresting video!

[@Nakosuke-75]

Thanks TheGreatBigMove, this is very cool

[@mrsaturngamingandstories]

To be continue and stay tuned for the next episode of this New video

[@J.R.in_WV]

For anyone who didn’t know (doubt there are many) Comm. WM Turner was the captain of Lusitania when she met her end before going on to become commodore of the Cunard line. He actually went down with the ship and through nothing short of a miracle was swept off the bridge wing as she made her final plunge and plucked from the water, some say alert and some say unconscious, by survivors in one of the few boats to make it off before the ship had listed too far to launch any more. He would go on to help in organizing the rescue of those in the water and give invaluable testimony at the board of trade inquiry. Turner remained a sea captain with Cunard for the rest of his career.

[@oceanlinervideos4815]

And i would real love it if you would do a video on the Normandie and ile de france!

[@garyspring5981]

I wish this ship was still around she should be right next to the queen Mary ship today. It a really was a shame she got scrapped

[@airaero5473]

Can you do a video on the Kaiser-class ocean liners in the future?

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Yes!

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@TheGreatBigMove still waiting for those to show up.

[@MrNeilTV]

Everytime I watch these I imagine my self in the time in first class lol reality I’d be in 3rd 😂

[@DerpyPossum]

or tourist, depending on the era.

[@GageisGreat12]

Gonna have to hijack doc’s DeLorean and see her for myself lol

[@koltondoesstuff2437]

this is should be a part 2

[@Firemarioflower]

9:40 AH! Cunard's version of Titanic's Cafe Parisien

[@curtisrobinson9696]

would love to have been a fly on the wall when the conversation occurred about the need for a second pilot house: “Who designed this bloody bridge? I can’t see over the feckin’ bow!”

[@musicauthority7828]

I was a little puzzled when I seen the thumbnail, and that this ship was operated by the Fox line. and I was thinking this can't be right? because the distinction between ships of that period were. that all ships operated by the White Star Line. were designated by IC at the end of names. and that all ships operated by the Cunard Line. were designated by IA at the end of their names. and after watching the video it turns out I was correct.

[@chinitonamoreno]

Ahhhhhh The Ship Beautiful. My favorite aside from olympic and majestic. Anyway, some constructive criticism for Kipfer. :) the audio needs to improvement and slow down on some parts as you sounded slurring. Other than that, good job. Lookinh forward to part 2. Btw, your pitch is perfecrly fine. We just have to be conscious with pronunciations

[@tylerhfroemming]

I wish this ship had a Grand Staircase!

[@randomrazr]

did aquatania have watertight bulkheads like titanic?

[@JealouseStatement]

Yes. Every ship has that.

[@zeddeka]

Thanks for showing some of the rarer footage of her. Not often you get to see the ship from the stern. From that view, it's more obvious to see why she got a lot of criticism for being "boxy". The upper decks really do look too big for the rest of the ship.

[@groundless1238]

You should review the lego titanic!

[@rmsteutonic3686]

I prefer the Aquitainias design to Lusitania. Especially the shape of the bridge

[@beenbomb82]

You ever going to finish the airship series

[@theswedishberliner7784]

Can you do a video on the S/S BORE, the world's oldest functional steam-icebreaker. It is currently located in Malmö Sweden. Btw there is a Finnish ocean liner from the 60s also called the S/S BORE, so don't mix them up.

[@randomrazr]

amazing she survived intot he 1950s. shame she wasnt saved but would have cost a fortune to maintain even as a hotel

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

Great video again. Just one thing let it down for me: Pal-a-dane-iasm is pronounced Pall-ade-ianism: Palladian

[@MarioSgro-j5e]

Molto commosso questi transatlantici così belli affondati . Vero disastoso la gente che ha perso la vita dispiace molto vedere questi video che ti fanno molto male.rimpiango la popolaziione tutte le navi Aquitania, mauretania, Lusitania, britannico olimpico Titanic e altri.

[@AverageInternetEnjoyer.]

Something I think about is what if aquitainia took the route that the britannic did in 1916. I think that that would make it to where white star was the one that lasted instead of cunard

[@musicauthority7828]

The White Star Line was never able to recover from the loss of the Titanic. and eventually became part of the Cunard Line. when it became Cunard White Star Line.

[@alexis_ian]

I personally consider the Aquitania to be the 4th Olympic-class liner as its designer took alot of notes about the RMS Olympic during her maiden voyaged

[@musicauthority7828]

It couldn't be an Olympic Class ship, because all Olympic Class ships were designated by IC at the end of their names. and were operated by the White Star Line. and all ships operated by the Cunard Line. were designated by IA at the end of their names.

[@mrpedro2168]

She would be a suitable running mate to the trio cause she was luxurious and fast but also as large as Olympic so I think she’s beautiful 👍

[@supertoasting1011]

Hate to say but I think Aquitania was not that pretty on the outside. That being said her interiors are amazing and IMO better than the Olympic Class all around, although I suppose it's a matter of taste. Also I share my birthday with her maiden voyage!

[@johnkringe]

I can agree with this, her exterior are horrendous, I also dont like some of her interior, but the rest is good

[@stargatecommand714]

I think it's largely the ventilator cowls and blocky superstructure to blame

[@MsMaurice23]

Look up "The Star Of India" San Diego, CA

[@brick6347]

I wish I could've sailed in that age. As a descendant of smelly plebs, well I'd have picked White Star! But the first and second class here are lovely.

[@sergiocecchini8150]

Can you make a video about the andrea doria

[@oceanlinervideos4815]

I'm so excided its in 26 mins

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

The Queen Mary before the Queen Mary :P If one looks at the design and details of the Aquitania and Queen Mary you will see similarity with the designs and this is how you can see evolution of the line, in this case the Cunard line.

[@DerpyPossum]

same with Mauretania

[@ChernoIsBest]

May I ask for a video about the Edmund Fitzgerald?

[@brianboat4861]

My father left Wellington to go to Italy on the Aquitania World War II

[@godambity]

Every time I hear this guy say "Mauretania", I expect to hear "and this is swampletics" next xD

[@zeddeka]

John Maxtone-Graham famously wrotw about Aquitania: ‘Both Olympic and Aquitania had nine passenger decks but because Peskett had dispensed with a raised fo’c’s’le head on the new Cunarder, more of his bridge front was exposed; there seemed too many decks. Overall the Aquitania’s superstructure appeared too large and burdensome for her hull, a state of imbalance that Carlisle’s Olympic-design avoided completely. Peskett gave the masts and the four working funnels of the Aquitania a nine-degree rake but it failed to temper the ship’s boxy, somewhat clumpsy look.’

[@arxe_d3505]

I like Fox Star’s voice changer

[@sarmientoenricomiguelv.562]

I gotta admit In terms of Luxury Aquitania and Lusitania are what I prefer over Mauretania and Titanic

[@ericfunderburgh6080]

"Natural light is abundant" now I see everyone drinking crappy gas station beer and leaving their cans laying around the deck

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Hey, no beer snobs allowed

[@ericfunderburgh6080]

@@TheGreatBigMove I'm from Wisconsin it comes with the territory:P

[@ericfunderburgh6080]

Excellent video as always though

[@TheGreatBigMove]

@@ericfunderburgh6080 Lol thank you.

[@antirussianmovement5083]

#BeerLove

[@221b-l3t]

Wow I didn't know cost plus were a thing for Titanic. I know of them from commercial spaceflight where a move to fixed price milestone based contracts from the old cost plus has led to a lot of innovation and reduction in cost. SLS under cost plus can do 100 t to orbit for 2-4 billion. Falcon Heavy developed under fixed price can do 64 t for 150 million.

[@Matthiasthehillbilly]

hell yeha

[@23draft7]

How did they put the coal on board ship? No conveyor belt then.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

Modern causing lines want the swimming pools on an open upper deck, so people can sunbath. Having a large body of water high up above the center of gravity is a big naval architecture problem. I always thought some restaurants should copy their dining rooms as to those on the old major liners as a draw. I wonder how many pieces of their interiors survived scrapping through intervention of architectural salvage firms?

[@youtubeaccount734]

In truth, the vessel had no "issue" itself, and perhaps, if it were to still run today, many faults and withdraws would be highly appropriate considering her size and the fact that she was constructed in 1910. The issue was, was the great expectations of the government in these modern days, removing anything that does not meet up to modern-day standards, and this was the exact "issue" that the government found with the vessel. The RMS Aquitania was a true vessel, just like the RMS Olympic, both serving their instructed years, but did not deserve the punishment of being scrapped. God bless the mighty vessels.

[@BattleSeriesXTheMulitVerse1975]

so in what if aquitania and britannic size

[@chrismaccool9097]

What ever happened to the Aquitania?

[@atsf47legit]

the aquitania lasted until 1950, built in 1914 i found this very surprising as most were scrapped by 1935. but at the same time it was used in ww2 so there's that.

[@chrismaccool9097]

@@atsf47legit if only it lasted longer or was set up as a Musiem at a harbor like the queen marry.

[@atsf47legit]

@@chrismaccool9097 at the same time, scrap was very valuable and it would take thousands not millions possibly to keep it in running order.

[@marcopolo3109]

​@@atsf47legitI wish I lived in the early 1900s when there was not social media and smartphones. Also women tended to behave more politely, and dressed well back then😔

[@Firemarioflower]

3:42 She was equal..... both White Star Liners could do 24!!! So could Aqui!

[@baloo_2228]

Interesting… I always thought Lusitania and Mauritania’s interiors looked far more luxurious [in photos] than the Olympic Class liners. Perhaps it was due to the addition of more Victorian Era “gingerbread” in order to make up for the lack of creature comforts?

[@Ei_No]

A true beauty, but her superstructure is a bit too tall...

[@augustosolari7721]

Pity that the superstructure looks boxy compared to the Olympic class liners. A beautiful ship nonetheless.

[@Firemarioflower]

12:01 To me it looks more like her sisters

[@BattleSeriesXTheMulitVerse1975]

so in rms aquitania a 901 feet

[@nerd23x]

I prefer the Cunard 1st class staterooms and hallways as they were well decorated. White Star was lazy!!

[@j.d.b.pennamesonofharraant3367]

👍

[@ANormalPerson232]

I love rotterdam can you make a video about Rotterdam

[@ssgpentland8241]

What is amazing is that these ships rules the passenger services only 115 years ago.

[@MarksofDistinction]

WTH please can you be the only narrator

[@TheGreatBigMove]

Why?

[@MarksofDistinction]

@@TheGreatBigMove because it’s nice to have a coherent narration we’ve been through this once before when you did a video with him he has great stuff on his channel but when I watch your channel I want to hear somebody that’s coherent

[@ConstanceFranklin-o4s]

Angelita Forest

[@LongmanReg]

892 Davis Crossing

[@BattleSeriesXTheMulitVerse1975]

rms aquitania the ship beautiful part 2 of 2 feat fox star line and it go to fllm tomorrow new you tube

[@neilwiththedeal]

Hold up Imma let u finish- Lusitania's great, but Aquitania is the greatest ship of all time!!

[@MariePowers-o8u]

McKenzie Plaza

[@Joidhas]

845 Kerluke Well

[@LandonJohnson-r4h]

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