Condolences to those who fell with the gangway. Maybe a 100 years from now there will be a space liner as wonderful as this ocean liner. So many stories we didn't hear too. Thanks for posting.
As a kid, I was obsessed with ships, and the QM2 always fascinated me as it is the last true trans-Atlantic ocean liners. This documentary was one of my favorites growing up.
Just so you all know: 3:55 - He says he sailed on the Mauritania in 1954 4:01 - That is the Mauritania with four funnels, but was scrapped in 1935. The Mauritania he mentions was another ship with two funnels that was built in 1938 and was scrapped in 1965.
@@stephenhenion8304 He doesn't need to: The OG _Mauretania_ was scrapped in 1935, the same year as _Olympic_ . At the same scrappers. He sailed on the _Mauretania 2_ . Which gives him a more solid connection to sequels.
@@stephenhenion8304no the OP is correct. I was very confused when he said he sailed on the Mauritania and it showed footage of the four stacker. The guy would have had to be a time traveller.
It still is the largest ocean liner, I think. Royal Caribbean's ships which are indeed the biggest in the world, are, however, considered cruise ships, whereas QM2 is an ocean liner, there are some significant differences between the 2 types regarding speed, strength, fuel consumption and general layout, although QM2 is also used to cruising purposes.
I see her speed is mentioned in this video, but Cunard has slowed her down in order to save fuel. The QM2 was designed as a '6-day boat' crossing the N Atlantic in 6-days w/an average speed of around 25-26 knots. The previous Queens were '5-day boats' w/an average cruising speed of 28.5 knots. QM2 did the 6-day crossing the first years of service but now has been slowed down w/the crossing now taking 7-days. The days of the speedy Queen liner is over.
She also can't use some of the docks that other ships can use because of the azipods mounted under the hull docks. This causes her to require deeper water to dock. We docked in Grenada some years back. Our ship used the dock and we went down the gang plank and we were on our way. The QM2 had to moor out in the bay. The passengers had to use the ship's tenders to go from the ship to shore and back.
The QM2 remembers the gangway collapse that killed 12. Besides who wants to hang out with the riff-raff on the gangway! That's where the rats get aboard too!
From the Britannia to the Queen Elizabeth 2, the Queen Mary 2 is the pinnacle of Cunard line's pioneering, now the 5-7? largest ship in the world, and I am surprised by how some people reacted towards this ship, how awful, I rode this ship and saw how wonderful she is, Long live QM2!
I get to see the last remaining part of the France’s hull (it’s prow) everyday during my commute, it’s a gate gardian for a company on the banks of the Seine river :)
I have been aboard the original QM at Long Beach. Even as a boy who grew up when the Jet Age is the norm, I was shocked and amazed by her no matter where I stepped. I hope Long Beach makes every effort to save her. The ship is one of the reasons many tourists come to that city. I never saw any ghosts on my visit but I would have loved to spend one night in room B340, which everyone claims is haunted...
PS: don't be too surprised if you hear the sounds of children splashing in the indoor pool or if a dead crew member taps you on the shoulder when you go up the aft escalator. 😁
The Mauretania that Micky Arison sailed on was the 1938 two funnel ship. The 1909 four funnel Mauretania, shown in this documentary, had already been scrapped.
It's amazing to me how man can build such megastructures like the QM 2.And I wish u all the success that u bring to the world on your voyage of a life time. One day I'm gonna set sail in the QM 2. Soon I hope!
I think it would be so awesome to hop the QM2 in NYC and ride her to London. Once in London all my shit is taken off the QM2..bc I will have regular clothes and shoes, all my prescription meds, my Drivers license, and most importantly MY GOLF CLUBS. I would have my return voyage set for 3 weeks later. I would rent a London hotel room for a few days. That way I can set up my "golf orgy" criteria..lol! After seeing London and surrounding areas (the Marshall Amplifier Co. for instance) Then eat the local food and drink the local beer! Then it would be off to Scotland for 3-4 days to play some real links golf!! Then it's off to Ireland for quite a few days!! Land of my ancestors! Play lots of golf, eat lots of Irish food, drink lots of Irish beer...and perhaps "hook up" with a couple of red haired beautiful Irish lasses!! Then back to London in time to catch my boat back to NYC! My dream would be be to take my best golfing buddy, my 33 year old Son with me to enjoy a trip to the homeland together!! I'm just dreaming out loud. I think the key would be to take the QM2 and just enjoy the trip!!. That's my bucket list!
i loved seeing her when she visited us in oban scotland a few years ago, she is beautiful and the largest ship ive ever seen. would love to travel on her , wish i could have joined her in oban that would have been amazing :)
The work that went into some of these great liners is amazing this is credit to harland and wolfe in belfast and john browns shipyard in clydebank near glasgow the french done wonders on the queen mary 2
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The normal amount of passengers QM2 carries is about 2,500 while the maximum number of passengers is 3,000. Additionally, she carries about 1,200 crew during regular service. The ship is plenty big to accommodate this many people comfortably. In fact, most major passenger ships of the same size of QM2 carry more passengers than she does.
The English learned their lesson when building this one. They said it was the fastest, largest, most luxurious, most expensive ship ever built.... but no one will say it is "unsinkable'
just a correction on the documentary: 4:00 that's a video of the wrong RMS Mauretania. There were two of them. The first one, the more famous one, was launched in 1906 and scrapped in 1935. The second one was launched in 1938 and broken down in 1965. You're showing a video of the original Mauretania. However, since he sailed to America in 1954, Micky must have boarded the second one as the original one had been scrapped 19 years earlier. but the mix up is understandable; both ships do share the exact same name.
I caught that the first time I watched this too. I had to look at Mickey like damn buddy, you look much younger than you must be to have sailed on the original! Then I heard 1954 and said yeah, it was the second ship...haha
A beautiful ship! Far more class and precision has gone in to her design, these cruise ships would not be capable of sailing the Atlantic, yet the QM2 has the same amenities as these cruise ships and is capable of travelling the oceans. I for one would rather sail on her.
@@daveboydell2896 Yes it is, but it's the money that people have to cross the Atlantic vs Pacific. Also, the Pacific is so huge that people don't want to spend 2 weeks crossing it via ship.
They showed the wrong mauretania. The one built in 1907 with 4 funnels was scrapped in 1935. The second mauretania was built in 1935 and was a backup for the transatlantic service.
That's horrible that so many people died and were injured on that one day. Very sad for the relatives and friends of all of them. Very beautiful 🚢 ship.
I could be wrong so take this with a pinch of salt and feel free to correct me but it seems like they were referring to when the airliners were initially taking over the business from the sealiners. The thing to understand is that the old turboJET engined airliners back then were less efficient than the new turboFAN engined planes of today. that is why most airliners today can get away with just packing us like sardines and shipping us in 7 hours compared to back then when the old airliners were practically mini flying sealiners in terms of amenities and comfort.
Why lock in these deadlines, when human lives ( passengers) are involved? I understand the cost, but shouldn’t passenger safety be the determinant, rather than the cost, or level of profitability?
At 22:38 when they talk about building her in blocks, they state “they opted for a technique never used in an ocean liner before” but this is NOT accurate. The SS United States was the first liner to be constructed using modular components that were then put together
Just to point out: Micky Arison says he sailed on the Mauretania in 1954 when he emigrated to the US. Your video then incorrectly shows the four-funnelled RMS Mauretania, which was scrapped in 1935. Mr Arison sailed on it's successor, the two-funnelled RMS Mauretania launched in 1938.
Fun Fact...QM2 was not the first pre-fab Liner as they somewhat say around the 22:30 mark. The SS France (Later SS Norway) was the first to be built in such a manner.
Yep it's in all the small print on the bottom of the Captins application, So this means they discriminate against any potential employees that dont resemble the Captin on the Titanic movie. Equal employment opportunity company at its best.
Would love to go back in time and get the builders of the RMS Titanic to come forward in time to watch this video and many other videos on this subject.
thank you for the information. It has always puzzled me, since I was a kid, why large traveling machines ( ships, airships, airplanes, etc) are considered feminine.
oasis of the sea is a cruise ship, not a cruise liner like the QM2, cruise ships tend to be slower and more stable and wider to allow for more deck space. Where as ocean liners are quicker and more streamlined so they can get to destinations quicker
We should not forget that the designer, Stephen Payne has a pedigree. His dad, Alan Payne, designed Australias Gretel 2, the first 12 meter class yacht to take an Americas Cup race off the Yanks.
@@984francis What's the matter, you afraid of the word "wanker"? Libs always FAIL when it comes to comebacks. Just lash out in irrational anger...It's pretty common for the new Democratic Socialistic party.
why are they still building luxury liners out of steel or aluminum. They could use Douglas Fir and Fiberglass. Like a minesweeper that baby is solid as a tank and light too.
the width of the QM2 meant not only she can't pass through the canal her guests get to see the rare geography feature the border linking the pacific to the atlantic
The new wider part of the Panama Canal opened in June 2016. (this video was uploaded in 2011). She isn't too wide for the canal but she's still too high to sail under the "Bridge of Americas", so in practice the same thing.
Going through the canal would not be on my list of things I wanted to do on a cruise, going round the cape on the other hand could be a really great experience, depending on the weather of course, extreme but not to extreme.
I expect this has been said sometime ago, but there was a bit of history they got wrong. Micky Arison mentioned coming to America as a child aboard the Mauretania. The ship that appeared the screen was incorrect. They showed the first Mauretania entered service in 1907 and was scrapped in 1937 just before Queen Mary took her place. Micky's ship was commonly known as second Mauretania and did sail in the 50s and beyond. She was built before WWII and served during war as a troopship before turning to passenger service. An old friend of mine noted that his father had gone to Europe with the army aboard 2nd Mauretania. I would usually expect better curatorial work from Nat Geo.
QM2 Is launched in France and Titanic in Belfast. Titanic in comparisson with the cruise ships of the present was very very small, for more information about the size (length, not GT) look the URL in de video description!
But "Queen Mary II" would mean it was named for Queen Mary the Second of the "William and Mary" reign in the 1600's (or possibly Mary Queen of Scots, but let's not go down that rabbit hole). The Arabic "2" means it's the second SHIP, named after the same namesake -- Mary of Teck, consort of King George V.
Given the over-engineering involved here, one has to wonder whether the QM2's sister ships: the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth, neither of them true ocean liners (being based on the generic, vastly cheaper, Vista class cruise ships) are able to cross the North Atlantic safely. I realise the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Victoria have extra plating on their bows, but still.
@@davidlawson7121 The RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only one capable of handling the most extreme weather the Atlantic can dish out, the MS Queen Victoria and MS Queen Elizabeth can't take it..
QM2 is a great ship. Been on her three times (one eastbound Transatlantic that departed from the traditional New York City piers). Sailed on QE2 3-times and that ship was faster, doing the crossing in 5-days at 28.5 knots. The QM2 has a maximum speed of 30 knots and her original service speed was intended to be 25-26 knots for the 6-day crossing, As posted, Carnival Corp USA has slowed the ship down to save fuel and the crossings now take 7-8 days-far to long for me!
The most beautiful and biggest ship in the world. QM2 can be sailing across 25 to 40 ft swells in the North Atlantic Storms and she rides so smoothly you can hardly tell you are on her.
Micky Arrison sailed on RMS Mauritania (1938) not the original of 1906 (he claims to have sailed in 1954) RMS Mauritania (1906) was scrapped in 1934 (the stills of RMS Mauritania with 4 funnels is the wrong ship)
34:54 - "...a nightclub, ballroom, casino and theater...art galleries, the largest library afloat, 5 swimming pools, a basketball court and full scale planetarium." What? No 3-ring circus? No zoo? Dark Helmet on board Spaceball 1 is shaking his head in disdain. lol
Well, this is supposed to get you from England to the US as any other ocean liner would. This is not a floating theme park. This vessel is primarily catered to adults as a transportation method. (If they have enough money)
The French should feel fortunate that all of their industry hasn't been sold off and shipped abroad like British industry has. It's disgusting how industry and manufacturing barely exists in the UK anymore.
I don't know or care what people have to say about a Queen but its living life at such a luxury its better than flying with no privacy what so ever but the bathrooms. U are guaranteed to get your life delivered safely from port to port even with life boats for all aboard!!!! Now these days nobody is saying the daunting curse word of "UNSINKABLE." Anyways safe travels in what ever means u choose!!!
The irony is that the mighty UK was no longer capable of building its own ships. That is sad, given the history of shipbuilding that went on in the UK at the beginning of the 21st century (all Cunard vessels for example)
David Brown true, but also vastly expensive and therefore not currently viable commercially. There would also no doubt be massive security concerns to overcome, plus opposition from countries the ship might like to visit. Disposal costs could also run to hundreds of millions at the end of life. There is a reason no commercial ship has ever been powered by one.
true but as they described in the documentry, her construction is a little more different than a normal cruise ships. she has to face storms no matter what while on her trans-atlantic journey, she cant go to any ports like Allure of the Seas and other cruise ships.
As an engineer, I just cannot permit my ethics to trump the truth, but I am going to be soft about saying what I have in mind. The question of who is responsible for the passengers of a ship as the QM2 seems to assign a solution to the Captains and Pilots of an aircraft. What I see at 43:27 are a lot of people looking at calibrated ENGINEERING DEVICES to decide on what course to take. Well, using my engineering knowledge, I can see what the QM2 is doing from my own home and I could control that ship from my home when she is cruising along anywhere in the world and I could even berth it at any harbour using modern engineering. My students made a five foot model which could leave the Grand Harbour in Malta and berth anywhere using GPS for navigation , gyros and accelerometers for local manoeuvres, cameras radio transmission and a steering system that could translate the model in any direction and rotate it on a sixpence. They do this in pilotless drones which the army can control at a distance of 8,000 miles. When QM2 ship is facing 50 ft waves those on the ship hope that my engineering structure will hold them safe as all they are doing is waiting time for the storm to pass by, but meanwhile as an engineer, it is my structure which is being used used EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY, in any condition, saving all those people including the captain. The Captain's life depends on my engineering design and the workmanship of other engineers all the time. Our responsibility is to be carried every second that ship sails and floats, or if if it is an aircraft when it flies or stationary! It is known that 70 % of aircraft incidents are pilot errors and what buffers the impact before a crash is the engineering structure. The Titanic was a captain's error, but it was doing very well engineering wise, till he made his Captain's mistake. I was consultant on ferry ships which had three engines. It was diesel electric as the QM2 and one was under maintenance while the ship sailed with two engines. As the ship was to a few miles from berthing one of the two remaining engines made ugly sounds at the rockers and the young engineer shut it off, the ship remaining on one engine. The young engineer panicked as he should have told the captain. As I happened to be on the Ferry, I took the responsibility and went to tell the captain that he had only one engine and that he could berth if he kept the propeller running under 70 rpm. The Captain disagreed with me and he said that he would go back to berth at a more protected harbour. He said that if we could start give him the other engine he would berth at the open harbour. I went to the engine room, told the young engineer to start the engine but to simply keep it ticking over with no power at the generator, so as not to damage it. I told the captain that he had a second engine, but to still keep the revolutions of the propeller to under 70 r.p.m. He did berth safely when he did as I told him and he never to this very day knew that he had only one engine. As Long as a Captain or a Pilot obeys the Engineer's orders he is safe.
Carmel Pule' so are you saying you were part of the crew ? if so you mist lead the Master and if not part of the crew you still mist lead him. I wonder what would come out if someone one was kill because of your telling the Master he had both engines.
It is perplexing to me that Carnival pushed maritime engineer to create a ship with a 30 knt service. Today's crossings are published for 7 days. One I just looked at i 2014 Southampton to NYC is 8 days. The Berengaria in 1926 was crossing in 6 days at 21-23 knts. A friend of mine crossed on the QE2 in 5 days in 1995. The original Cunard Queens crossed at 28 knts. The SS United States usually crossed in 4 1/2 days. So my guess is this ship is running the Atlantic as 18 knts tops.
They have extended the crossing to 7 nights. No one doing the crossing is in a hurry. A longer crossing uses less fuel and is less strain on the ship. She also needs that extra speed in case she is slowed down by bad weather...that reserve speed will help her keep to her schedule. I cross several times a year and her average is about 22/24 knots. She sails sold out as is...but if she did 5 days at higher speed they would have to charge a lot more as well as find another 26,000 annually. She does 25 crossings at 7 days = 175 days. With 5 day crossings she would do 35 crossings; meaning 10 extra crossings @2600 pax each....less fuel economy, more port fees, more marketing, less on board spending....5 days does not make economic sense.
Yes she indeed did get the Blue Ribbon with the crossing in 3 days 10 hours, but that was a one time thing. She didn't usually cross at that speed and The United States Line and William Francis Gibbs kept her at the rate I mentioned in my earlier post.
I photographed this ship on its maiden voyage from the hillsides of the Black isle in Scotland just out of interest as a former British Merchant seaman/ Pro photographer.
I never said they couldn't? Or can you quote where I said they could not cross the Atlantic? Please, because as far as I see I never said such a thing. Also in case you didn't know and what I actually was trying to convey is that ships like the RMS Queen Mary 2 are build specifically to cross the Atlantic because she is AN OCEAN LINER! Therefore she is much more formidable to rough waters without slowing down than a CRUISE SHIP like Oasis of the seas.
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Condolences to those who fell with the gangway. Maybe a 100 years from now there will be a space liner as wonderful as this ocean liner. So many stories we didn't hear too. Thanks for posting.
As a kid, I was obsessed with ships, and the QM2 always fascinated me as it is the last true trans-Atlantic ocean liners. This documentary was one of my favorites growing up.
I was the same but with TITANIC
Me to bro for both the QM2 and the TITANIC
Real
Just so you all know:
3:55 - He says he sailed on the Mauritania in 1954
4:01 - That is the Mauritania with four funnels, but was scrapped in 1935.
The Mauritania he mentions was another ship with two funnels that was built in 1938 and was scrapped in 1965.
Are you really going to argue with a billionaire?
@@stephenhenion8304 He doesn't need to: The OG _Mauretania_ was scrapped in 1935, the same year as _Olympic_ . At the same scrappers. He sailed on the _Mauretania 2_ . Which gives him a more solid connection to sequels.
@@stephenhenion8304no the OP is correct. I was very confused when he said he sailed on the Mauritania and it showed footage of the four stacker. The guy would have had to be a time traveller.
An incredible achievement, and a tribute to the skill and dedication of your engineers and craftsmen. You are right to be proud.
It still is the largest ocean liner, I think. Royal Caribbean's ships which are indeed the biggest in the world, are, however, considered cruise ships, whereas QM2 is an ocean liner, there are some significant differences between the 2 types regarding speed, strength, fuel consumption and general layout, although QM2 is also used to cruising purposes.
I see her speed is mentioned in this video, but Cunard has slowed her down in order to save fuel. The QM2 was designed as a '6-day boat' crossing the N Atlantic in 6-days w/an average speed of around 25-26 knots. The previous Queens were '5-day boats' w/an average cruising speed of 28.5 knots. QM2 did the 6-day crossing the first years of service but now has been slowed down w/the crossing now taking 7-days. The days of the speedy Queen liner is over.
She also can't use some of the docks that other ships can use because of the azipods mounted under the hull docks. This causes her to require deeper water to dock. We docked in Grenada some years back. Our ship used the dock and we went down the gang plank and we were on our way. The QM2 had to moor out in the bay. The passengers had to use the ship's tenders to go from the ship to shore and back.
The QM2 remembers the gangway collapse that killed 12. Besides who wants to hang out with the riff-raff on the gangway! That's where the rats get aboard too!
"I sailed on the Mauretania in 1954" ... then they cut to a scene showing the Mauretania of 1906 and not the one of 1938 !!
IKR
She was scrapped in 1935 with the olympic.
I was thinking how old is this guy lol
Yes so annoying. Makes the show lose all credibility.
Thinking the exact same
It's amazing how much knowledge goes into constructing these things!
RUclips recommended this. I wasn't disappointed!
From the Britannia to the Queen Elizabeth 2, the Queen Mary 2 is the pinnacle of Cunard line's pioneering, now the 5-7? largest ship in the world, and I am surprised by how some people reacted towards this ship, how awful, I rode this ship and saw how wonderful she is, Long live QM2!
QM2 is the 7th largest ship, but still the largest true ocean liner ever built.
Proud to say I sailed aboard the Norway (formally the France) back in 1984. The cruse ship industry has gone through some major changes since then.
I get to see the last remaining part of the France’s hull (it’s prow) everyday during my commute, it’s a gate gardian for a company on the banks of the Seine river :)
I have been aboard the original QM at Long Beach. Even as a boy who grew up when the Jet Age is the norm, I was shocked and amazed by her no matter where I stepped. I hope Long Beach makes every effort to save her. The ship is one of the reasons many tourists come to that city. I never saw any ghosts on my visit but I would have loved to spend one night in room B340, which everyone claims is haunted...
PS: don't be too surprised if you hear the sounds of children splashing in the indoor pool or if a dead crew member taps you on the shoulder when you go up the aft escalator. 😁
I have been watching this video since 2012. Never gets old.
Have you seen Queen Mary 2 Birth of a Legend, it’s pretty great too!!! It goes more in depth about the QM2!!! Look it up it’s still on RUclips!!!
The Mauretania that Micky Arison sailed on was the 1938 two funnel ship. The 1909 four funnel Mauretania, shown in this documentary, had already been scrapped.
It's amazing to me how man can build such megastructures like the QM 2.And I wish u all the success that u bring to the world on your voyage of a life time. One day I'm gonna set sail in the QM 2. Soon I hope!
Maybe do some proper research how going on a cruise really is, pretty sure you dont want to go anymore
I think it would be so awesome to hop the QM2 in NYC and ride her to London. Once in London all my shit is taken off the QM2..bc I will have regular clothes and shoes, all my prescription meds, my Drivers license, and most importantly MY GOLF CLUBS. I would have my return voyage set for 3 weeks later. I would rent a London hotel room for a few days. That way I can set up my "golf orgy" criteria..lol! After seeing London and surrounding areas (the Marshall Amplifier Co. for instance) Then eat the local food and drink the local beer! Then it would be off to Scotland for 3-4 days to play some real links golf!! Then it's off to Ireland for quite a few days!! Land of my ancestors! Play lots of golf, eat lots of Irish food, drink lots of Irish beer...and perhaps "hook up" with a couple of red haired beautiful Irish lasses!! Then back to London in time to catch my boat back to NYC! My dream would be be to take my best golfing buddy, my 33 year old Son with me to enjoy a trip to the homeland together!! I'm just dreaming out loud. I think the key would be to take the QM2 and just enjoy the trip!!. That's my bucket list!
GREAT job Mickey
You are a real American
Thank you
Excellent way to invest.
Real inspiring
i loved seeing her when she visited us in oban scotland a few years ago, she is beautiful and the largest ship ive ever seen. would love to travel on her , wish i could have joined her in oban that would have been amazing :)
The work that went into some of these great liners is amazing this is credit to harland and wolfe in belfast and john browns shipyard in clydebank near glasgow the french done wonders on the queen mary 2
she was built in one of the best French dockyards, Chantiers de l'Atlantique
no way
4:00 that’s not the Mauretania he means, he meant the second Mauretania, the original was scrapped in 1935
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Can you tell the engineer and investor I have a great deal of respect for this marvelous engine and design.
Very good..jet engines..wow
I am as overwhelmed by these wonders, as I am by listening to the Finale of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony!!! My eyes fill with tears!!!
The normal amount of passengers QM2 carries is about 2,500 while the maximum number of passengers is 3,000. Additionally, she carries about 1,200 crew during regular service. The ship is plenty big to accommodate this many people comfortably. In fact, most major passenger ships of the same size of QM2 carry more passengers than she does.
Tttt
Thank you for this video. Amazing ship 🚢
Looks like Capt Smith for sure.
The English learned their lesson when building this one. They said it was the fastest, largest, most luxurious, most expensive ship ever built.... but no one will say it is "unsinkable'
They never called any ship unsinkable. Just that they’re built to be as unsinkable as possible
The press called Titanic unsinkable
And the Irish built titanic
@@Drumm3rB0y , and the French built this one.
The English ??? It's owned and was built by an American company
just a correction on the documentary:
4:00 that's a video of the wrong RMS Mauretania. There were two of them.
The first one, the more famous one, was launched in 1906 and scrapped in 1935. The second one was launched in 1938 and broken down in 1965. You're showing a video of the original Mauretania. However, since he sailed to America in 1954, Micky must have boarded the second one as the original one had been scrapped 19 years earlier.
but the mix up is understandable; both ships do share the exact same name.
I caught that the first time I watched this too. I had to look at Mickey like damn buddy, you look much younger than you must be to have sailed on the original! Then I heard 1954 and said yeah, it was the second ship...haha
I don't understand, wouldn't the speed of the ship and the height of the funnel be sorted out before signing off on the design to begin construction.
A beautiful ship! Far more class and precision has gone in to her design, these cruise ships would not be capable of sailing the Atlantic, yet the QM2 has the same amenities as these cruise ships and is capable of travelling the oceans. I for one would rather sail on her.
Why is it always the Atlantic that get's recognized for being rough the Pacific is a Hell of a lot bigger and rougher than the Atlantic!
@@daveboydell2896 Yes it is, but it's the money that people have to cross the Atlantic vs Pacific. Also, the Pacific is so huge that people don't want to spend 2 weeks crossing it via ship.
True crossing the Pacific would take a lot more time.
They showed the wrong mauretania. The one built in 1907 with 4 funnels was scrapped in 1935. The second mauretania was built in 1935 and was a backup for the transatlantic service.
That's horrible that so many people died and were injured on that one day. Very sad for the relatives and friends of all of them. Very beautiful 🚢 ship.
Crossing time cut from 5-days on the Queens to 15-hours by air?? The first jets crossing the Atlantic between NYC and London took approx 7-hours.
15 hr across the Mighty Pacific but not the puny Atlantic!
@@daveboydell2896 15 and a half hours actually from LAX-Sydney. Only 7 and a half hours from NYC-London. Who knows where they got 15 hours from?
I could be wrong so take this with a pinch of salt and feel free to correct me but it seems like they were referring to when the airliners were initially taking over the business from the sealiners. The thing to understand is that the old turboJET engined airliners back then were less efficient than the new turboFAN engined planes of today. that is why most airliners today can get away with just packing us like sardines and shipping us in 7 hours compared to back then when the old airliners were practically mini flying sealiners in terms of amenities and comfort.
@@lordazn The first jetliners flew at the same speed as todays fan powered aircraft. In fact some were faster.
Why lock in these deadlines, when human lives ( passengers) are involved? I understand the cost, but shouldn’t passenger safety be the determinant, rather than the cost, or level of profitability?
At 22:38 when they talk about building her in blocks, they state “they opted for a technique never used in an ocean liner before” but this is NOT accurate. The SS United States was the first liner to be constructed using modular components that were then put together
Just to point out: Micky Arison says he sailed on the Mauretania in 1954 when he emigrated to the US. Your video then incorrectly shows the four-funnelled RMS Mauretania, which was scrapped in 1935. Mr Arison sailed on it's successor, the two-funnelled RMS Mauretania launched in 1938.
Fun Fact...QM2 was not the first pre-fab Liner as they somewhat say around the 22:30 mark. The SS France (Later SS Norway) was the first to be built in such a manner.
2:42 - That's an American Airlines passenger jet - they didn't fly international routes at the time. The first transatlantic crossing was by BOAC.
You gotta have white hair and a beard to captain a oceanliner I think
Too bad ol' Foster Brooks wasn't still alive, that would have been a perfect time for a guest appearance. :)
Part time father xmas!
Yep it's in all the small print on the bottom of the Captins application, So this means they discriminate against any potential employees that dont resemble the Captin on the Titanic movie. Equal employment opportunity company at its best.
I agree, lol
That's because they never sleep they have to make the billion dollars for the rich motherfukers
at 4:00 when he said he sailed on mauratania in 1954... I thought there showing the wrong ship!
thats the mauritania from the early 1900s
I think they ment the Mauretania II of 1938.
Would love to go back in time and get the builders of the RMS Titanic to come forward in time to watch this video and many other videos on this subject.
Wasn't Queen Mary 1 broadsided by rouge / freak wave during WW II atlantic crossing?
Where can I buy one?
thank you for the information. It has always puzzled me, since I was a kid, why large traveling machines ( ships, airships, airplanes, etc) are considered feminine.
oasis of the sea is a cruise ship, not a cruise liner like the QM2, cruise ships tend to be slower and more stable and wider to allow for more deck space. Where as ocean liners are quicker and more streamlined so they can get to destinations quicker
can someone tell me the name of the music tracks used in the background they are great but I can't find any except Nebula
so did they leave the metal door that blew up under the sea?
We should not forget that the designer, Stephen Payne has a pedigree. His dad, Alan Payne, designed Australias Gretel 2, the first 12 meter class yacht to take an Americas Cup race off the Yanks.
Careful, the Libs don't let us call ourselves "YANKS" anymore, because it's politically incorrect...
@@mountainman5025 Oh God, another pillock.
@@984francis What's the matter, you afraid of the word "wanker"? Libs always FAIL when it comes to comebacks. Just lash out in irrational anger...It's pretty common for the new Democratic Socialistic party.
@@984francis And...using 16th century outdated words. Calling me a penis...I am so offended...I know you are but what am I?
If there are huge diesel engines , what do they propel, and what propels the podes?
Electric generators/motors - same principle as a diesel-electric locomotive. There are some mechanical pod designs but nothing at this scale.
What a fascinating documentation ! Thank you so much...
why are they still building luxury liners out of steel or aluminum. They could use Douglas Fir and Fiberglass. Like a minesweeper that baby is solid as a tank and light too.
Robert Benoit cause steel and aluminum cheaper than fiberglass that’s why they use steel
4:03 Wrong Mauretania, he has to be referring to the Mauretania II, not the one shown, which was scrapped in 1935
the width of the QM2 meant not only she can't pass through the canal her guests get to see the rare geography feature
the border linking the pacific to the atlantic
The new wider part of the Panama Canal opened in June 2016. (this video was uploaded in 2011). She isn't too wide for the canal but she's still too high to sail under the "Bridge of Americas", so in practice the same thing.
Going through the canal would not be on my list of things I wanted to do on a cruise, going round the cape on the other hand could be a really great experience, depending on the weather of course, extreme but not to extreme.
Am I the only one that thinks the captain looks like a twin of Captain E.J. Smith from the Titanic??
He looks like Captain Birds Eye and Santa Claus.
Mee too
It is him!
David M. Maybe he’s a clone deadass
Yes I thought that too
I am thinking these guys at 8:30 might want to help build a long wall ?
I expect this has been said sometime ago, but there was a bit of history they got wrong. Micky Arison mentioned coming to America as a child aboard the Mauretania. The ship that appeared the screen was incorrect. They showed the first Mauretania entered service in 1907 and was scrapped in 1937 just before Queen Mary took her place. Micky's ship was commonly known as second Mauretania and did sail in the 50s and beyond. She was built before WWII and served during war as a troopship before turning to passenger service. An old friend of mine noted that his father had gone to Europe with the army aboard 2nd Mauretania. I would usually expect better curatorial work from Nat Geo.
QM2 Is launched in France and Titanic in Belfast.
Titanic in comparisson with the cruise ships of the present was very very small, for more information about the size (length, not GT) look the URL in de video description!
Such an elegant and beautiful ship...
@HangGonnaSec Huey What the fucking hell is your problem you fucking asshole.
Do you have the original video for this? Can you winrar it for me please?
Would've looked nicer with Queen Mary II instead of the big ole #2 on the side
Yes, it's tacky! but many people don't know Roman numerals.
The QE2 had a 2, though?
@@melmack2003 THE PAINTED STRIPES ON THE FRONT ARE ALSO TACKY, REALLY GIVES AWAY THAT ITS AN EARLY 2000S SHIP, DOZEN TIT
But "Queen Mary II" would mean it was named for Queen Mary the Second of the "William and Mary" reign in the 1600's (or possibly Mary Queen of Scots, but let's not go down that rabbit hole).
The Arabic "2" means it's the second SHIP, named after the same namesake -- Mary of Teck, consort of King George V.
Given the over-engineering involved here, one has to wonder whether the QM2's sister ships: the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth, neither of them true ocean liners (being based on the generic, vastly cheaper, Vista class cruise ships) are able to cross the North Atlantic safely. I realise the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Victoria have extra plating on their bows, but still.
Ok
Really amazing observation
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The "Queen" liners are all the most famous cruise liners in the World
Get over it
@@davidlawson7121 The RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only one capable of handling the most extreme weather the Atlantic can dish out, the MS Queen Victoria and MS Queen Elizabeth can't take it..
how many trips would an a380 have to make to equalize this number
Looking forward to hopefuly travel on it next year.
David M., hope you get to! I'm looking at sailing on her in 2021, most likely in a Britannia Club Balcony state room.
background music at 5:27?
QM2 is a great ship. Been on her three times (one eastbound Transatlantic that departed from the traditional New York City piers). Sailed on QE2 3-times and that ship was faster, doing the crossing in 5-days at 28.5 knots. The QM2 has a maximum speed of 30 knots and her original service speed was intended to be 25-26 knots for the 6-day crossing, As posted, Carnival Corp USA has slowed the ship down to save fuel and the crossings now take 7-8 days-far to long for me!
ok, but audio keeps breaking up. can u fix ??
That’s just you
The most beautiful and biggest ship in the world.
QM2 can be sailing across 25 to 40 ft swells in the North Atlantic Storms and she rides so smoothly you can hardly tell you are on her.
3:59 he sailed the Mauritania in 1954?? Does he mean queen Mary because the Mauritania's last voyage was in 1935
He was talking about the second Mauretania built in 1938, which had 2 funnels, The video maker obviously mixed up these ships.
There are many passenger ships larger also heavier? So why the overstatement?
This is about Ocean Liners, not Cruise Ships.
Why talk about the first commercial jetliner transatlantic flight and show a 707 when it was the comet.
It actually was a Dornier DO-X, flying boat. After that it was Pan Am in their Clipper flying boats.
Oasis of the Seas is not a ship. It is just a huge slow floating hotel without personality.
Adrián Salvia she can go 26 knots at flank speed. That’s not exactly all that slow.
More like a disaster waiting to happen. the ship starts sinking and 5000 passengers go nuts.
An ocean liner.. a sea going ship with a hotel built inside it. a cruise ship is a hotel built in the shape of a ship.. HUGE difference.
Oasis of the Seas is much better, it went through the same construction process as any of these mega ships..
@@1stzard As any cruise ship, but not the same standards as the RMS Queen Mary 2.
A really beautiful ship! Actually, the most beautiful ship in the world!!
calm down weirdo
He now has to go through some of the most dangerous waters
*But hey, he got his balconies*
Queen Mary 2: im the largest ship
Oasis of the seas: am I a joke to you?
Brandon Connelly largest liner. Oasis is only a cruise ship and would get bent over by the Atlantic on a bad day.
Exactly, so why didn't the program show the 1939 ship?
How did he sailed on the RMS Mauritania in 1954 if she was turned into scrap in 1936?
Micky Arrison sailed on RMS Mauritania (1938) not the original of 1906 (he claims to have sailed in 1954) RMS Mauritania (1906) was scrapped in 1934 (the stills of RMS Mauritania with 4 funnels is the wrong ship)
I think he meant to say Aquitania
34:54 - "...a nightclub, ballroom, casino and theater...art galleries, the largest library afloat, 5 swimming pools, a basketball court and full scale planetarium." What? No 3-ring circus? No zoo? Dark Helmet on board Spaceball 1 is shaking his head in disdain. lol
Well, this is supposed to get you from England to the US as any other ocean liner would. This is not a floating theme park. This vessel is primarily catered to adults as a transportation method. (If they have enough money)
wow,,nice ship,i wonder how much is a ticket,or may be work your way accross like the old days,,,
There was a Mauretania II what was launched during the thirties. The mauretania had 2 funnels.
It wasn't named mauretania 2 they just called it mauretania
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they talked about mauretania, and mauretaia have no 2 funels,it haves 4
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Mauretania_(1938) The newer one was also just called Mauretania
With all the modern engines and technology she is still slower than the original Queen Mary and now were near as stylish.
did they say rivets?
Mr Payne surely did a wonderful job.. this could have been a disaster..it all came together perfect thanks to shipyard architect.. wow
Ariston means Mauritania 2. as the Mauritania 1 shown had already been broken up in 1936.
Buenísimo documental... gracias por subirlo!!! :D
The French should feel fortunate that all of their industry hasn't been sold off and shipped abroad like British industry has. It's disgusting how industry and manufacturing barely exists in the UK anymore.
Why is the builder responsible for the speed and not the marine architect? Poor slobs who signed that contract.
Holy moly i would like a storm between emily and emma :)
Max Gafa lol
Who wouldnt!! LoL 😂😂😂
Me Too!
Hell yeah!!!!!!!.
Absolutely no fraternizing with the interns!
17:07 "Make way make way the Queen is here" 🛳 🌊 🚢
He sailed on the Mauretania 2 not on the original
I don't know or care what people have to say about a Queen but its living life at such a luxury its better than flying with no privacy what so ever but the bathrooms. U are guaranteed to get your life delivered safely from port to port even with life boats for all aboard!!!! Now these days nobody is saying the daunting curse word of "UNSINKABLE." Anyways safe travels in what ever means u choose!!!
The irony is that the mighty UK was no longer capable of building its own ships. That is sad, given the history of shipbuilding that went on in the UK at the beginning of the 21st century (all Cunard vessels for example)
Mike Turk : Queen Mary 2, built in France. Louis XIV would be proud. . .
The shipyard in Saint Nazaire is mainly an offspring of the former Sunderland shipyard.
Could the QM2 have ran off of nuclear power?
Terminator 17. Yes. And should have. Nuclear reactors are safe when built and used correctly.
David Brown true, but also vastly expensive and therefore not currently viable commercially. There would also no doubt be massive security concerns to overcome, plus opposition from countries the ship might like to visit. Disposal costs could also run to hundreds of millions at the end of life. There is a reason no commercial ship has ever been powered by one.
Queen Mary2 is built very strong plus she is a Ocean Liner she can plow through huge waves of the N Atlantic.
true but as they described in the documentry, her construction is a little more different than a normal cruise ships. she has to face storms no matter what while on her trans-atlantic journey, she cant go to any ports like Allure of the Seas and other cruise ships.
As an engineer, I just cannot permit my ethics to trump the truth, but I am going to be soft about saying what I have in mind. The question of who is responsible for the passengers of a ship as the QM2 seems to assign a solution to the Captains and Pilots of an aircraft. What I see at 43:27 are a lot of people looking at calibrated ENGINEERING DEVICES to decide on what course to take. Well, using my engineering knowledge, I can see what the QM2 is doing from my own home and I could control that ship from my home when she is cruising along anywhere in the world and I could even berth it at any harbour using modern engineering. My students made a five foot model which could leave the Grand Harbour in Malta and berth anywhere using GPS for navigation , gyros and accelerometers for local manoeuvres, cameras radio transmission and a steering system that could translate the model in any direction and rotate it on a sixpence. They do this in pilotless drones which the army can control at a distance of 8,000 miles. When QM2 ship is facing 50 ft waves those on the ship hope that my engineering structure will hold them safe as all they are doing is waiting time for the storm to pass by, but meanwhile as an engineer, it is my structure which is being used used EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY, in any condition, saving all those people including the captain. The Captain's life depends on my engineering design and the workmanship of other engineers all the time. Our responsibility is to be carried every second that ship sails and floats, or if if it is an aircraft when it flies or stationary! It is known that 70 % of aircraft incidents are pilot errors and what buffers the impact before a crash is the engineering structure. The Titanic was a captain's error, but it was doing very well engineering wise, till he made his Captain's mistake. I was consultant on ferry ships which had three engines. It was diesel electric as the QM2 and one was under maintenance while the ship sailed with two engines. As the ship was to a few miles from berthing one of the two remaining engines made ugly sounds at the rockers and the young engineer shut it off, the ship remaining on one engine. The young engineer panicked as he should have told the captain. As I happened to be on the Ferry, I took the responsibility and went to tell the captain that he had only one engine and that he could berth if he kept the propeller running under 70 rpm. The Captain disagreed with me and he said that he would go back to berth at a more protected harbour. He said that if we could start give him the other engine he would berth at the open harbour.
I went to the engine room, told the young engineer to start the engine but to simply keep it ticking over with no power at the generator, so as not to damage it. I told the captain that he had a second engine, but to still keep the revolutions of the propeller to under 70 r.p.m. He did berth safely when he did as I told him and he never to this very day knew that he had only one engine. As Long as a Captain or a Pilot obeys the Engineer's orders he is safe.
Carmel Pule' so are you saying you were part of the crew ? if so you mist lead the Master and if not part of the crew you still mist lead him. I wonder what would come out if someone one was kill because of your telling the Master he had both engines.
It is perplexing to me that Carnival pushed maritime engineer to create a ship with a 30 knt service. Today's crossings are published for 7 days. One I just looked at i 2014 Southampton to NYC is 8 days. The Berengaria in 1926 was crossing in 6 days at 21-23 knts. A friend of mine crossed on the QE2 in 5 days in 1995. The original Cunard Queens crossed at 28 knts. The SS United States usually crossed in 4 1/2 days. So my guess is this ship is running the Atlantic as 18 knts tops.
They have extended the crossing to 7 nights. No one doing the crossing is in a hurry. A longer crossing uses less fuel and is less strain on the ship. She also needs that extra speed in case she is slowed down by bad weather...that reserve speed will help her keep to her schedule. I cross several times a year and her average is about 22/24 knots. She sails sold out as is...but if she did 5 days at higher speed they would have to charge a lot more as well as find another 26,000 annually. She does 25 crossings at 7 days = 175 days. With 5 day crossings she would do 35 crossings; meaning 10 extra crossings @2600 pax each....less fuel economy, more port fees, more marketing, less on board spending....5 days does not make economic sense.
the ss united states did it in 3 days and 10 hours and had a top speed of 38 knots so could do it less than 3 days and 10 hours
Yes she indeed did get the Blue Ribbon with the crossing in 3 days 10 hours, but that was a one time thing. She didn't usually cross at that speed and The United States Line and William Francis Gibbs kept her at the rate I mentioned in my earlier post.
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The boat does not look like Queen Marys to me?
I photographed this ship on its maiden voyage from the hillsides of the Black isle in Scotland just out of interest as a former British Merchant seaman/ Pro photographer.
I never said they couldn't? Or can you quote where I said they could not cross the Atlantic? Please, because as far as I see I never said such a thing. Also in case you didn't know and what I actually was trying to convey is that ships like the RMS Queen Mary 2 are build specifically to cross the Atlantic because she is AN OCEAN LINER! Therefore she is much more formidable to rough waters without slowing down than a CRUISE SHIP like Oasis of the seas.
The should have made actuator to move the funnel up and down to control smoke and reduce its height under bridges.