Some things I have to add: 1) Many references say Titanic had only 9 decks, not 10. And that's true, but...count the decks yourself, you'll see there are 10 levels. Odd...isn't it? 2) I have been told the real number of Titanic casualties is 1,496. I'm sorry, in my research I did TRY to find the right number but on two websites its listed 1,517 people, and with the limited time I had, I had to accept that number. 3) I know a lot of people were wondering where I heard the 3rd class on Queen Mary could use the 1st class pool. It was from a website called Sterling.rmplc. (I felt that they were a reputable site, considering their vast knowledge of the ship.) It reads: "In the post-war period the pool was opened to third class passengers for a designated time each day. The water was changed after they had used it though" Here's the link to the page: www.sterling.rmplc.co.uk/visions/1pool.html

I went to Great Britain on the Queen Mary in the late 1950's. I was only 6 years old, but remember how impressive she was. My parents were returning to my mother's birthplace, looking for work for my dad. Thanks for posting.

What’s better than getting off work? A new video by Alex waiting for me to listen to on the commute home!

I've visited the Queen Mary many times, and always thought of the Titanic while walking on the boat deck, especially when looking up at the funnels with all of their support wires. There are a great many similarities between the two ships, being built only 20 years apart. Both ships were beautifully designed.

That was such a fun and interesting video. You have a gift for storytelling Alex, and your own unique style. Appreciate all the time you spend to make all your content, and for sharing with us. I live only 15 minutes or so from Long Beach but haven’t been to the Queen Mary in many many years. I need to get out there again and visit.

This was a great video Alex. Thank you for producing it 👍

This video was brilliantly produced. I learned all kinds of things. Well done!

While I am a bigger fan of the Titanic than the Queen Mary, I still have great respect for the latter ship, having toured it myself at least twice in the past. Now that I saw this video and learned some entirely new things about QM and its history, I just may have to go tour it again at some point in the future. :) Great video! Edit: Now I wish "ocean liners" would make a comeback (at least for excursion reasons like some restored steam locomotives) since you did state that "cruise ships" would be torn to pieces by the Atlantic Ocean should they try to cross it.

Thank you Alex I love your comparison of these ships and always watch for your posts. Chris.

Wow, you actually seem to know a pretty good deal about ocean liners. Good job on the video :) For me, I have an obsession with all things Titanic, so of course I will always watch any compare/contrast video I see involving her.

Another great "Alex The Historian" watch. Top notch narration and information. Till today I never knew that there were 4 turbines for each propeller on the Mary, thanks. All in all another great watch. Thanks for being the right person in the right place at the right time.... Stay safe, Stay strong.

Awesome video, thanks for the research and comparison.

Many thanks for the video! This is an interesting comparison of two different generations of ocean liners put in perspective and context. Cheers from Switzerland o7

This was really cool and informative!

Great video Alex. Keep up the good work!

Really enjoyed that video - thank you 🙏😀👍

Today we only observe the relics of the past, knowing people traveled on them, talked, dined, and had a generally interesting and good time. Today we sit in front of our computers, not even having to go out to do anything, we can order everything to our door and never having to leave the comfort of our homes. We are not living life anymore, which is sad.

Pretty interesting video Alex! I loved that ;)

Thank u. This was wonderful!

As a Titanic buff, I have to brush you up on some of your facts. To name a few, she was carrying exactly 2,208 passengers and crew on her maiden voyage, and her general arrangement plans list her capacity at 2,453 passengers (so just reverse the 3 and the 5). She had 9 decks, not 10, and her top speed was 24 knots. Also in regards to Cunard White Star, it's easy to say that the two companies merged. However, what really happened was they came together to form one brand-new company, and once White Star ceased to exist, it made it easy for Cunard to pull back from the new line and operate on its own again. All in all, for a guy who claims to not be an ocean liner expert, you sure know your stuff. For instance, I had no idea that Titanic's propellers were larger than Mary's! Then again, looking at the photos of Olympic in drydock, their props did seem to be larger than those of later vessels, but I couldn't quite tell that this was due to them actually being bigger. Normally I'm not a fan of the constant comparisons people make between Titanic and other ships - I know that she's the go-to ship because of her fame, but it just feels like she has been reduced to a punching bag since every other ship is superior to her in every way - but in the case of the Queen Mary, they really are quite similar. Mary was easily the more grand of the two; however I would say that Titanic's more basic interior would make me feel more comfortable staying in. They're both lovely liners regardless. Well done here. :)

It is always a great treat when you post a new episode on the "Queen Mary". 🤗 I applaud you for another superlative episode and a job well done again !👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The ocean liner played such an integral part of my childhood. I was able to experience the last years of her Hey-Day when she was still the luxurious Queen of the Seas and sadly the years that followed of her decline culminating to her final voyage and return to her final port of call Long Beach in 1967. She was a luxurious ship beautifully appointed, but it was her staff that made it soooooo elegant. May her history and memories live on forever 🚢 👍👍👍👍👍 Thank you

Thanks, very informative

I enjoyed this video good job

Great awesome video 😎👍!!

Great stuff !!

Loved this!

One giant hostel. It's cool to see Queen Mary's different comforts back then. It's amazing how far we have come in terms of luxury and comfort compared to our forefathers.

This video is amazing 👍

Really helpful!

Very well done!

I am a big fan of the Queen Mary and have always been drawn to Titanic's story, so this was very interesting to me and as always, well done!

As always, good work. Simple, factual, and well thought out. Love the Titanic, but don’t like the thought of having to bring scuba gear to survive the crossing!!

I like the Queen above the Titanic. This was interesting. Thank you.

Great video! Thank you! My son is a big ocean liner fan, he enjoys your videos as well.

Alex on this particular subject you should do a little history on the Aquitania the Queen Mary's older sister. Would be good to have the comparisons and differences better explained between her the Queen Mary and the other ships, as Aquitania did exist during the time of the Olympic Class and more importantly is the 3rd and last sister of the Mauritania and the Lusitania both very famous and well known ships.

Hi Alex. I love your channel and your smooth silky voice. Very easy to listen to. You had a video that I can locate at the moment, but you spoke about Titanic’s fame or infamy and how so many people think she is the alpha and omega of the ocean liner world. I give you kudos for opening up yourself for shots across the bow. Lol. The “Titanic Only and forever “ folks are a tough crowd. There is no denying that the Olympic class ships were elegant, beautifully appointed ships. But I think our buddy Mike Brady categorized it correctly in his “What if “ videos. Titanic, as the 2nd of 3 nearly identical vessels. Her fame came from her tragedy. Had she and Britannic both survived, they would have settled into their service, as reliable, comfortable reliable liners, without fanfare. think the Royal Viking trio or RCI trio. Well remembered, but not infamous. I agree that the “only Titanic” folks need to go beyond the chapters of 1912 and see the many wonders of the other ships of state ❤️❤️

My late dear friend Bonnie, and her young son at the time , took a trip on the original Queen Mary ! It was neat to hear her tell of the experience!

To be honest, both ships were beautiful in their own time frames.

I was going to comment on the classes having different names on QM, but... I also now realize they changed names at least once in a way that would have just confused everyone... Though Tourist class is a good nod toward her changing roles over time. Is first class = cabin class (in her pre-WWII days) a Cunard thing or a QM specific thing? It would surely have been a surprise if you weren't paying attention booking post-war vs pre-war. I don't envy the workmen that had to replace all the signs while keeping track of whether this area is which class and whether the sign had changed already... 1st = Cabin, then changed to First 2nd=Tourist, then changed to Cabin 3rd=Third, then changed to Tourist (at least it wasn't steerage) Really happy to see the breakdown of the triple expansion engines and especially that the poor steam turbine wasn't forgotten.

I really like the way you backed the metric units with good old American Freedom, or Imperial Units😊👍

You are soooo underrated!

I seen the Queen Mary in person a few days ago. Beautiful ship as well. The view across from the harbor does remind me of The Titanic.

This is a really interesting video

Loved the video! Your last point is one I think needs to be said more; many people think Titanic was the fancier ship, when really it comes down to a matter of taste. Art Deco has had more staying power in the public consciousness I think, so when people see the more baroque interiors of Titanic, they associate it with exotic opulence. If I might add something, though, it would be a comparison of the ships' external aesthetics. This is all my opinion, so don't hate me. Three-stackers, with the possible exception of Normandie, never seem to have their funnels placed right to my eye. On QM, the empty space on the superstructure's silhouette between the third funnel and the aft mast just screams for a fourth funnel. Titanic is almost symmetrical in this regard (I think I heard somewhere that Titanic's midpoint lines up almost perfectly with the compass platform between the second and third funnels). I'm also a fan of Titanic's counter-stern over QM's cruiser-stern. That said, I do like that QM retains some traditional features that were falling out of favor at the time she was built, such as the forward well deck, two full masts, and wire-braced funnels while incorporating some modernity like the aforementioned cruiser-stern and the curved forward superstructure.

There are a few distinctions between the two ships. the age difference being the main one. the Titanic was sailed during the Victorian Era and it showed in the ships appointments. the Titanic was fitted with a lot of hand carved wood. the grand staircase was probably the most beautiful of all. and some of this carved wood was available to steerage passengers although in limited quantities. the rooms weren't the only places these passengers had to remain during the entire voyage. they could venture out to many places on the ship except the upper decks. they were reserved for the higher class passengers. if a person could equalize their age difference the Titanic would have been superior. at least to the upper class passengers. but it's not too say the the Queen Mary wasn't a great ship. it's speed records are something In themselves. and because of technology it was a better ship for all the passengers. although some issues in building the ship made its higher center of gravity. a little uncomfortable for its passengers. because it had a tendency to roll sort of badly in rough seas. it's why it earned the nickname the Rolling Mary. but because of it's long service life it was undeniably a great ship. oh I almost forgot, the bronze props were not only less corrosive in the salt water. it's a known fact that bronze and brass props are more efficient. no matter what kind of boat they are used on.

Awesome video Alex! Only things I would point out is an error for the animation on the engines, I believe the Mary had two of the turbines pushing her forward, and two used for when they had to be placed in reverse. The split in pressure would have been according to the Forward or Aft Engine room if memory serves right. Also, where did you hear that the Third Class could use the First Class swimming pool? :O I know first (cabin) and second (tourist) had dedicated pools, but I didn't know that they allowed third class time to use the first class pool :o

excellent video

Great video.

well done!

Personalmente apoyo al Titanic, si comparamos los dos barcos y la diferencia de 2 décadas y casi un quinquenio de la construcción de ambos nos damos cuenta que si el titanic se el Queen Mary se hubiera construido en la época de 1912 el Titanic y el Olympic lo hubieran superado totalmente. Los dos son maravillosos Barcos pero sin duda el Titanic y su historia es lo más impresionante.

God, fun information. Thanks!

Alex, you don't have to be an expert on ocean going vessels to appreciate its beauty, graceful and vulnerability to the"mighty seas" . I'm glad that IN time the "class gap" diminished.

There’s a picture you are using in the video of the Queen Mary in the time 3:24 in comparing the two ship. It’s looks really familiar to my photography are you using my photo?

Ships like the Mary and Titanic are just absolutely beautiful, wish alot of modern ocean liners kept the design flow of these ships

An eye opening video

Your an expert on these ocean liners. I have read that Titanic received uncompromising quality regarding her interiors. After the sinking the realization just how perishable the ships are sank in and no ship since has received limitless interiors. However I have sailed the Caribbean Princess and her interiors are truly opulent. The Queen Mary 2 also has extraordinary interiors though the depth of richness I feel is greater on the Caribbean Princess.

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In your next video can you compare the Rms Queen Mary with the Mv Georgic, both had similar acommodation, although Georgic was smaller also their are both part of the liners of the 30s

Nice 👍

Dang really? My whole life I’ve thought the Titanic was bigger 😂😂

Chalk another A for Alex The Historian! This is a excellent video. Some People obviously don't understand that Titanic and Queen Mary were two different ships, two different classes and two different eras. There was also 24 years of advance technology between the two, so of course Queen Mary is more technologically advance than Queen Mary. And even though Queen Mary had a Three Class system, the world was more equal than 1912.

Oh that was beautiful and such a breath of fresh air giving your non biased fan of ocean liners perspective

I do think the design conventions of the White Star Line were included into the the design of Cunard Liners starting in the early 1930s after the merger.

Merci, pour cette vidéo de ces magnifiques vaisseaux.. 🙏😷😁

I like to see a video like this on Titanic's sister Olympic versus Queen Mary sister ship compare them to

I'm a Queen Mary fanboy. I love her beauty and majesty. I visited her in 1989 and would love to return to see her upgrades. Understandably people adore the Titanic because of her fame, but in pretty much all aspects, the RMS Queen Mary is the superior vessel. ✌🏻🇺🇸🚢

These two ships were built by great engineers and workers of belfast at harland and wolfe and the queen mary built in clydebank near Glasgow these irish and scottish workers were maid of steel themselves

Make video on rms queen mary and rms queen elizabeth

nice

Great to differentiate between an ocean liner and cruise ship.

One quick note the Normandie didn't just add her tonnage to beat the Queen Mary. It was also to help reduce her notable vibration. And could you tell me where you read the 3rd class could swim in the 1st class pool in the Queen Mary? I've never read that.

It is widely known to the Titanic community that the exact number of casualties was 1,496, and not 1,500 or more. Cool video btw!

Love this…I can see the Queen Mary from my windows and I’ve never been to it…this makes me want to go 😂

Can you make A Comparision Between RMS Titanic and SS Imperator/ RMS Berengaria

In another video you did you were talking about the way that who ever managed the Queen Mary never did it correctly. I just had an idea, How about reenactment of a cruise night in the 30’s. Even the night she almost capsized. Just a thought. Kind of like the Star Wars hotel.

I visited the Queen Mary in 1972 and I remember it had a Jack Cousteau aquarrium in the low levels, The aquarium was a very impressive one, it featured fish without eyes caught at a very deep ocean level where there was no light according to the information written om the fish tank..

I've spent the night on Queen Mary twice. Its a big ship, and scary. I didn't even like standing on the ground beside it, its big. The full ship tour that took us deep inside the hull to the bow still freaks me out and that was 22 years ago. Did I mention its big? Big boats and deep water and NOT my thing. Love watching documentaries though!

2:48 what song is it??

Both of the ships were absolutely marvellous when it came to their interiors but personally I prefer Titanic’s more subdued and tasteful interiors versus Queen Mary’s art deco interiors

One could say that the Titanic is a maternal aunt to the Queen Mary that died before the niece was born so she only heard of her but never knew. If it weren’t for Cunard and White Star’s merger, the Queen Mary might never have been completed. Neither company had enough money to completely build a new ship at the time and the only way they could get a necessary loan from the British government (enough to build two ships) is if they merged.

I find it weird that people think Cunard Line was all about speed when White Star Line tried to one up them in terms of luxury ……I think it’s pretty obvious Cunard Line had luxury. Hell every Cunard Line ship today does.

They should have keep Olympic as a museum, like Queen Mary. Olympic was almost identical to Titanic and the last remaining of the three sister ships.

I love them both 👍.

Just a mild correction. the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth were not sister ships. They were similar in size, but built to completely different designs. For example: QM has 3 funnels, whereas the QE had fewer more efficient boilers in fewer boiler rooms, so only had two funnels. QE was much more advanced in many ways, as she was designed nearly 10 years after the QM.

I have no corrections to add. Happy to learn. I wish someone would start restoring or doing something with the United States over on the east coast. I'm not optimistic anything will happen in my lifetime.

My mother road the Queen Mary from Australia to USA at 5yo when she was called the "Grey Ghost" and was painted all grey at the time and had the deck guns on her bow during the war. Queen Mary was the fastest ship on the planet and no war ships could come close to catch her which made it the best and safest ship for transporting civilians at the time. This is why they forced them to remove all the engines but one when she was docked.

I do prefer the Queen Mary over the Titanic, I’m an Art Deco girl and have been lucky enough to stay in her in one of the glorious state rooms ❤️

Such a common misconception where people think that Titanic was bigger than Queen Mary. Not realizing that the technology was 20+ years apart.

2:15 wow that's ALOT of ships protection Queen mary

The Queen mary might actually be half Cunard and half White Star Line because Cunard needed the money to build a ship back in that time so White star merged in with Cunard to build a new Ship and shared their money together. I've visited her and she is somewhat huge! Seeing size comparisons online and seeing 3d views of the Titanic next to The Queen Mary from a professional animator, Titanic is definitely bigger than expected. Her length of 270m is still quite an interesting size, width might be on the small side but the Titanic's height I can see still being quite tall today! If you really had the chance to see Titanic next to Queen Mary you would honestly be surprised how big The Titanic, Olympic would be next to her! I'd be surprised too.

Titanic will always be the most beautiful ship in the world both inside and outside. Nothing compares, not even the modern day cruise liners.

titanic was the best in its time your were a freat champion see you we all love as for queen mary keep on the good work we all support this two big ships

Great video Alex i an a huge Titanic fan but i also love the Queen Mary. I have one question tho. Could the Queen Mary physically go fast than her maximum speed of 32.84 knots?

3:35 I knew the Queen Mary was somewhat bigger but Titanic's height is definitely impressive. I learnt that the current ocean liner Qm2 is only a funnel taller than the Titanic (include her funnels). And the ship comparisons you are showing were made from Oceanliner Designs who makes comparisons with ships like the Queen mary next to a building including Titanic and the lot, both of these ships make buildings look tiny. If I really have to say though, yes the Mary is still huge her length of 310m is not a joke but Titanic's "technically 270m" (269.1 - 270m isn't a big deal) overall length is also quite a good walk down. Also another good way to compare Titanic to the 1940 ships is to find Aquitania with the Mary and the Normandie photos because Aquitania's 5m extra length is only a room longer so visually Titanic and Aquitania next to eachother would be the closest looking ships in size but if Titanic was floating in water though she would actually be taller than the Aquitania and does have wider funnel stacks. Titanic's height from waterline to the forecastle deck is about 15.24m and the Aquitania is 12m and the Mary would be at least 18 - 19m judging by the way it compares to the Titanic bow height compariso

Queen Mary would have looked so much better with a clipper stern, it’s a gorgeous ship except that fat stump of a stern which totally doesn’t fit with the classic lines of the QM.

fun fact: the titanic had 3 triple blade propellers with titanics orginal center quad blade propeller being fitted on olympic when she threw a propeller blade

I only know now that the Queen Mary is bigger than the Titanic, the fame that the Titanic gained overshadowed everything.

Very nicely done! Too bad the Queen is currently so badly deteriorated.

I think you should have compared the RMS Olympic than the Queen Mary because Olympic and Queen Mary have such good similarties and such good differences with each other

Okay I know this is two years old but I just came across it and I find it fascinating but I have a question why do they refer to people on board as souls and not people?