I love your videos, but what about the SS Ypiranga,? that was a ship with a very interesting history

Anxious for the next chapter hoping to show Paris, Ile De France, Augustus, Columbus, Bremen and finally my favorite liner: Rex, the perfect mix of modern and elegant exterior design with palacial classical interiors

When can we be expecting part 4? Eagerly awaiting..

Why don’t I get a documentary

Technically the oceanic three would be bigger if it was finished

Maybe, but how do the accommodations and amenities of either one compare?

yeah, ocean liners look like a wedge of cheese, while modern cruise ships look like some child art

agreed

@@nursestoyland Their interiors are far more luxurious than you think, they’re not just what you call ‘Child Art’ they were designed more complicated than you think.

@@ChickenUltraPro i mean the exterior, sorry i didnt mention that

I found this channel through aviation too! I'm leaning more towards ocean liner content lately. Somehow a ship on the ocean is more whimsical than a magic flying bus to me 😂

I’m a secret airplane nerd! Working on a video about the Lockheed Constellation over at the new channel Airliner Designs 😎

@@OceanlinerDesigns Ohhhhh! ... Stop it, I'm melting 😍

@@OceanlinerDesigns I grew up around airliners, having parents that worked in the airline industry. Thanks for the heads up on the new channel, just subscribed. Looking forward to the story of the "Connie" as told by our friend Mike Brady 😀.

@@OceanlinerDesigns No way!! I'm so looking forward to the new Airliner videos.

I love that his last name is 'Ballin' 😎

if WW1 never happened i would like to see how they would have compete with the likes of ss france olympic britannic.

The vaterland and Bismarck virtually identical. They were both quite different at least internally to the imperator.

Except Vaterland and Bismarck are almost identical. Imperator was different (design of the front superstructure where the bridge and wheelhouse is).

@@th8257 Makes sense. Imperator was the first of the trio and had some major flaws that needed resolving. These solutions were adapted to Vaterland and Bismarck as they were built, resulting in a quite different layout.

@@Intrusive_Thought176you are less than nothing

As an American, I had never thought of Germany being a sea fairing nation. I knew, of course, of its Naval ships, but didn't know about its civilian ships. I don't know why I didn't realize that Germany was an important player in ship building. I am 82, so it is good to learn something new. This was a very informative video. I only recently discovered this channel, and I am glad I did.

I'm part German and happy to learn more about the positives Germany has contributed. 😊

Yeah but as horrible as this sounds if WW1 didn’t happen and WW2 for that matter then technology wouldn’t have advanced anywhere near as quickly as it did, take the plane for instance before the war it was simply a novelty.. They were insane drivers of development, engineering, invention and evolution out of necessity they sped the whole process up immeasurably.

The Kaiser was itching to do something...someone once posited, jokingly, that if his yacht had won a few more races beating his royal relatives we might have avoided WWI. He was a childishly petty and vain man.

Somehow through Mike's storytelling abilities in depicting these incredible Ocean Liners, symbols of absolute grandeur and splendor of their time. i can't help but feel a sense of Nostalgia for an Empire in its hayday, at the height of its power and prestige, of an era long gone. Almost wistfully unaware of the great tragedy to come. Germany was not a nation that needed to die...Germany was a Great Power, very much an equal of the British Empire and perhaps even can be considered one of the Greatest Nations on Earth, an Economic, Cultural and Scientific superpower of its time. They may have been our rival...But they did not need to be our enemy. I can't help but feel a sense of longing and regret for a nation of such great potential. especially when what came after was so much worse. ... and indeed how much worse things could get. Perhaps then Germany's story will be seen as one of the greatest tragedies of our time i think...A story of lost potential, A people whose culture and prestige went from one of its greatest moments of achievement...to one of the very lowest in the history of humanity in the span of little over 20 years. Perhaps its a lesson hard learned, of how very wrong things can go so quickly. when we let our guard down too much, when we become blissfully unaware of the dangers the world faces. Consign ourselves to the status quo and let our ignorance get the better of us. When history has taught us that you can never take anything for granted. If History has taught us anything, is that Peace and Prosperity is Hard fought, we must never take that for granted. I guess the lesson we can take is, Our way of life is not for granted, the peace and stability we enjoy today is not a given, it is hard fought and hard maintained. And we must never let ourselves be fooled into believing otherwise. It is humanity alone in charge of its own destiny, ultimately we get to choose the fate of our species, be it for better of for worse. Perhaps then we should cherish and preserve the good, however little there may be no matter the cost. I am reminded of the famous words by Carl Sagan: "In this Vast universe, there is no indication that help is coming from elsewhere, Therefore it is our responsibility to deal more kindly to one another and to cherish and protect the one home we ever had..." Perhaps had we learned to cherish the great fortune and peace we had...we may have been more careful with it. And maybe we may well have seen Germany rise to New heights as the pinnacle of western civilization.

@@ericalbanyit was the British how made it a world war & it was Serbia who started the war Wilhelm ii did nothing wrong

@@livethefuture2492 Germany was never the equal of the British Empire and that was the problem. The Kaiser was jealous of his cousin, George V. You frequently get rivalries in families, where one branch feels hard done by, but most don’t lead to millions of deaths.

Thanks BoB!

BoB can you do a video on Rms Majestic 2 or Adriatic 2

War is bad but fighter jets and bombers are pretty fucking cool, though.

What if the liners' competition was a byproduct of the greater nationalism fueled competition between major powers? No war, no blood spilled*, but no liners. *(Titanic would have a word)

@@Intrusive_Thought176 Yeah I bet you wish. You live up to your username.

Haha, glad you liked the video!

How about the History of Home Video 📼 📀⁉️

History is always the most fascinating. Do you also like sailing?

Sneaky

Agreed!! My daughter has been teasing me for a week!!

Same. I've been a fan of Titanic because of her tragedy. But I never thought I'd be interested in other ships.

Thanks! Glad you liked the series! 🌊

Hi! This is called Submechnophobia and I have it, too!

@@Volkswagenitalia.I never knew that was a thing! Could be me. I get spooked by underwater wrecks too. Sunken vessels or aircraft … not nice.

It would be 😮😮

Thanks for the spelling. I couldn't figure out it's Vaterland.

AGREED 👍🏼

Neat. It's such a cool word.

I wonder what the ocean liner race would have been if Rudolf Diesel had joined their effort

Cuxhaven,) Sorry, but everyone is so much about being accurate on this channel. Rudolf Diesel - interesting figure who vanished over the English Channel = Ärmelkanal. Living in the town where he was very active and where MAN = Maschinenwerke Augsburg Nürnberg has its origins. Such engines are to be found worldwide and saw some in operation on nowadays' cruise ships.

@@annelbeab8124 Ich hab in einer Dokumentation über den nach ihm benannten Motor gehört er sei während einer Kanalüberfahrt verschwunden und wurde später als Leichnam geborgen. I heard in a documentary about the engine named after him that he disappeared during a canal crossing and was later recovered as a corpse.

I’m so sorry to hear about your father’s passing. Sending my best wishes from Aus and I am so glad you could enjoy the film!

Cunard did lose Lusitania and other smaller ships lost.

@@johnwalters4792 The Imperator was the compensation for the lose of the Lusitania.

It travelled from the US to Europe not the other way round, as it seems.

History has always had a magical fascination for people. Do you also enjoy learning about history?

I am sure he will be very happy to see your comment and gain motivation from it. Do you also like sailing?

To be fair, it wasn't just Prohibition that stunted Leviathan's potential in the US. It was also due to the fact that USL simply had no suitable running mates for him. At a time when the world's biggest shipping lines were running trios of similarly sized, outfitted and performing ships on a regular schedule was tantamount to staying one step ahead of the game, this would not have done USL any favors. As another fellow user (a Reddittor) wisely commented a while back, everything was against Leviathan from the start.

@@Kaidhicksii true enough. But the biggest difference was the lack of booze. The other ships, no matter how differently paired were full based on their “entertainment” There would have been an easy sell to build a running mate if the load numbers were sufficient