The bridge is quite magical at night too. One dark night years ago, we were about to cross when we realised the bridge was about to open for a three masted sailing ship. There were lots of twinkling lights which made it seem unreal.
Impressive! I don't think I have actually ever been on the bridge when it's opened and closed. I was amazed at the speed. Incredible engineering! 😜 And superb tug-mastering too!👍
While it’s great watching a ‘big’ ship pass through Tower Bridge, it’s worth pointing out that as cruise ships go, MS Hamburg is one of the smallest there is, at just 15,000 tons and 420 passengers max. Many modern cruise ships are over 100,000 tons and carry 3-4,000 passengers or more! You’ll never see one of those in the Pool of London!
Pre pandemic they were almost weekly and often in rush hour. I walked across tower bridge to work, the appeal of allowing cruise ships through declined after several missed trains home or getting to work late, especially when the ships pumped out fumes from filthy marine deisel all the time they moored in central london
Not sure how often this happens, but have stood there when the bridge goes up, and have been on a boat going through, always very impressive. Haven't seen one this big though.... the tug captains are amazing, taking the vessel out astern like that Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Neat to see this well documented. A few years back, Tom Scott has a video of the bridge opening and he was in the control area and showed the mechanic underneath the decks.
the word "behemoth" seems appropriate for this monstrosity of a vessel! Amazing how it "just" fits through the opening! Thank you for showing the London "skyline" at the end. It certainly has changed since 1977, which is the only time I have been a tourist in the UK. I keep hoping there is one more trip in my future ... but time rushes by!
We stayed at the Tower Hotel with a room facing the river last year. You can see the Hotel on the opposite side of the Thames by the right side of the bridge tower. We got to see this similar scene happening from our hotel room. It was the best view from a hotel that we ever had.
This will be timed to perfection she will need a certain tide and a certain time in order to slip lines and move out. She is going to take precedence over other vessels due to her size and other vessels will have to wait for her to complete her passage out. The bridge is astounding and I have had the privilege of attending a party in the top span which has a glass floor. The view is amazing but best to wear your best undies.
A lot of people assume that Tower Bridge must be ancient, but it was opened only 130 years ago. The central opening span had to be 200 feet clear in width with a height of 135 feet above Trinity High Water when open. The bascules were originally raised by steam power but were converted to electro-hydraulic in the 1970s.
🇨🇦That was a good video. Interesting to see a small tugboat able to tow those huge cruise ships. Love tower bridge. That was madness all those riders waiting to cross the bridge 😅
My understanding for these ships is the captain will not navigate in and out of the port or in this case the river. A local pilot will join the captain on deck and take control of the ship, by giving instructions to the other officers on the bridge, he will have personal knowledge of the river that the captain would not. The tug boats are not pulling the ship just aiding it to maintain course and not drift in the current of the river.
I always find it amazing to watch these ships bring London to a standstill - absolutely amazing! Out of curiosity, how often do they raise the bridge to allow this? It must be so annoying if you need to be somewhere, haha!
My father worked for a german civil engineering company VOITH which also contributed to the ship propellers and more which allows ships of that size to move 360 degrees.
If you catch another ship like this going through, it would be great to see it from the middle all the way to better get a sense of how high the ship is and how close it comes to either side as well as the top.
Thank you for this video. I went to the Tower Bridge for the first time a few days ago and i was just wondering how the Bridge is lifted. I have seen it from across London Bridge once but never so close, so thanks again 😊❤
great video, although the Eiffel Tower is actually higher than the Shard, and 2 other buildings in Russia. They tow it down river backwards and turn it around downstream ..Drew
amazing catch great video never seen a cruise ship in a river normally see them in the sea do you think the cruise ship is out to sea now ? also when i went to windsor castle the welsh gaurds excepted a letter i made for the gaurds from me and they let me walk with them and when they were going for their tea brake they came and spoke to me and i got to take a photo with them i'm looking forward to your next video bye
It'd probably be a great sight from the glass bottomed walkways over the bridge. It actually opens about 800 times a year but many happen early morning or late evening when fewer people are around. Google tower bridge lift times for information about daily lifts and the vessel passing under.
Tallest building in the world is Burj Khalifa in dubai. The Jeddah is about the same height. The shard is the tallest structure in the UK, not the world.
This the first time I have ever seen the Tower bridge being raised (actually in motion), I have seen it up once or twice but usually down and never caught it in motion
Interesting & great to watch but as for vessel size the 1000ft freighters that ply the USA Great Lakes take some beating. They can be watched on the Duluth (Western end of Lake Superior) live cams of the harbour, lift bridge & canal entrance.
Good video, thanks for that, but I fail to see what is ‘insane’ about the ship leaving stern first. What would have been insane would be trying to turn it in that narrow stretch of river.
I saw those tugs going past Greenwich on their way to the ship. I was in my canoe. If I had known about the ship I would have made a video from my canoe. Get an inflatable canoe then you can make more videos and better. I want to know where they turned the ship round
15,000 Tons, the next cruise ship I am going on is called Iona and is in excess of 184,000 tons, so this is only a mini ship. This ship will have a port of London pilot taking it out.
It seems like a terrible idea to drag it through backwards against the tide. I’m sure there’s a reason I’m totally ignorant to, It just seems like the ship would have no control in an emergency.
Compared to the size of the bridge, this was a massive ship. I would like to know how much clearance was between the height of the ship versus the height of the top of the bridge. How much clearance was there on each side of the ship? Why was the ship's stern going first? Is the Themes too shallow and narrow for the ship to turn around? I looked up the MV Hamburg. She was built in 1997 and is 27 years old. She holds 420 passengers. Compared to many other cruise ships, she is small. The current largest cruise ship carries up to 20,000 crew and passengers. She won't fit through Tower Bridge or the Panama Canal.
I wanted to correct my last comment which I deleted regarding the true story of the bus that jumped the gap in 1952 as I'd always been led to believe that it was a terrible tragedy and always wondered if anyone had ever survived it. Thankfully, only the conductor had been injured and suffered a broken leg. My apologies for the misinformation and thank's to The King's Guard channel I'd been able to discover the right information as I'd wondered why nobody had elaborated about it on my comment as they'd probably wondered what the hell I was babbling about.
You didnt even film the interesting bit of how close the chimneys n radar equipment was to the bridge, but instead u was focusing on the passengers on the ship, n get ur nortical terms correct, rear of ships is bow n front is stern, right is port, left is starboard
@@TheKingsGuardsChannel Well with that attitude to viewers, good luck with YT videos and I didn't watch the vid just was playing in the background, after watching a more interesting video, from someone who knows what they are on about and knows all the terminology!. your not even on a recommended channel.
It happens the same in Thailand you could the first in queue at traffic lights in a car but they change you could have 50 motorbikes and scooter's in front bikes reign in Thailand q
There's plenty you could do in London in 12 hours, particularly as they're right in the middle of it and don't need any transfers. That's a normal length of time for a cruise ship call
@@AndreiTupolev I didn't realize that any cruise ship only stopped for that period, but there are no jetties in the Pool of London able to disembark for that size vessel.
Fantstic video! Watched your video of the Ship arriving in the morning, and now watching it leave - wonderful! So very interesting - Thank you!
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you mean stern first
Don’t forget this is the Thames not the Atlantic Ocean 🙈
Did u serve
When you think that the bridge was built for horse and cart yet still functions well today? Awesome!
Was built for sailing ships in the days of horse traffic. So has great amount of clearance.
I doubt London has stopped.
Thank you for showing the ship leaving, nice to see it in daylight. I love Tower Bridge, it's magnificent.
My pleasure 🙏
The bridge is quite magical at night too. One dark night years ago, we were about to cross when we realised the bridge was about to open for a three masted sailing ship. There were lots of twinkling lights which made it seem unreal.
The skill of the tug boat captains should not be underrated.
Yes the tides are stronger than they appear and never predictable..
Excellent Video Thank You very Much ❤
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Impressive! I don't think I have actually ever been on the bridge when it's opened and closed. I was amazed at the speed. Incredible engineering! 😜 And superb tug-mastering too!👍
Never seen that so close. Would love to be standing there to watch. A marvel in British Engineering. Wonderful stuff thankyou :)
Indeed, an incredible feat of engineering to marvel at. I appreciate you tuning in.
Wow first time I’ve seen that ❤
Glad you enjoyed watching!
That was fun to watch! Thank you!
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While it’s great watching a ‘big’ ship pass through Tower Bridge, it’s worth pointing out that as cruise ships go, MS Hamburg is one of the smallest there is, at just 15,000 tons and 420 passengers max. Many modern cruise ships are over 100,000 tons and carry 3-4,000 passengers or more! You’ll never see one of those in the Pool of London!
I'd rather be on this than one of those ridiculous monsters.
There's something you don't see every day. Amazing. I didn't know cruise ships came up the Thames that far.
Pre pandemic they were almost weekly and often in rush hour. I walked across tower bridge to work, the appeal of allowing cruise ships through declined after several missed trains home or getting to work late, especially when the ships pumped out fumes from filthy marine deisel all the time they moored in central london
@@jim69-yp5nu I can see your point, but still find it amazing (even though modern cruise ships are not nearly as good looking as the older ones)
Not sure how often this happens, but have stood there when the bridge goes up, and have been on a boat going through, always very impressive. Haven't seen one this big though.... the tug captains are amazing, taking the vessel out astern like that Thanks for sharing.
If the boat passengers were there for that day's 12 hours' visit, I wonder what they all went to see?
I was knocked out by the beautiful Spanish Galleon that passed under the Bridge, the other week, now this!! It's fabulous!!!
Wonderful! I’ll try film the Spanish Galleon Ship when it departs on the 14th
Huge ship? That's a baby compared to most cruise ships and looks fairly old.
the forward jutting bow reminds me of a World War 1 battle ship!
Not the first time it's done this, there is a ten year old video of it being turned at Wapping.
True, but rather a large vessel to be on the Thames
Probably was @@Floortile
@@FloortileHMS Belfast built at Harland and Wolff in 1936, launched in 1938 and entered the navy in 1939
i love your videos the are the best thank you so much ❤
Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words! 🙏
Great video. That bridge is something else Beautiful. Thank you.
woah thats really cool!! in primary school i went on a school trip to london and we went under this very bridge! had a really great time🫶
That’s a wonderful memory to have! Glad you enjoyed watching 😃
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Neat to see this well documented.
A few years back, Tom Scott has a video of the bridge opening and he was in the control area and showed the mechanic underneath the decks.
Love watching Ur videos from Hereford
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Fabulous, thanks for sharing. x x x
Thank you very much, happy it made your day as much as mine!
Just look at the faces of these Londoners ...........
the word "behemoth" seems appropriate for this monstrosity of a vessel! Amazing how it "just" fits through the opening! Thank you for showing the London "skyline" at the end. It certainly has changed since 1977, which is the only time I have been a tourist in the UK. I keep hoping there is one more trip in my future ... but time rushes by!
We stayed at the Tower Hotel with a room facing the river last year. You can see the Hotel on the opposite side of the Thames by the right side of the bridge tower. We got to see this similar scene happening from our hotel room. It was the best view from a hotel that we ever had.
That sounds fantastic! What a view you had! 👏
For those interested in the detail , the ship is called Hamburg but it is registered in Nassau i.e. of foreign flag
Great video, and really atmospheric !
Thank you Anthony. Really appreciate that! Fantastic atmosphere indeed.
This will be timed to perfection she will need a certain tide and a certain time in order to slip lines and move out. She is going to take precedence over other vessels due to her size and other vessels will have to wait for her to complete her passage out. The bridge is astounding and I have had the privilege of attending a party in the top span which has a glass floor. The view is amazing but best to wear your best undies.
impressive . im a yank. but love your tower bridge.
Not for sale 🤣😂;………….. yet!
Didn’t know that cruise ships visited London like that
Nice one, thanks for sharing.
I've visited London a lot and had no idea that cruise ships went into the city.
Only small ones
A lot of people assume that Tower Bridge must be ancient, but it was opened only 130 years ago. The central opening span had to be 200 feet clear in width with a height of 135 feet above Trinity High Water when open. The bascules were originally raised by steam power but were converted to electro-hydraulic in the 1970s.
🇨🇦That was a good video. Interesting to see a small tugboat able to tow those huge cruise ships. Love tower bridge. That was madness all those riders waiting to cross the bridge 😅
We have 2 draw bridges in our town. They open up the same way. Ours is usually for a yacht or cranes. Thank you for the video
Awesome! Which town is that may I ask?
My understanding for these ships is the captain will not navigate in and out of the port or in this case the river. A local pilot will join the captain on deck and take control of the ship, by giving instructions to the other officers on the bridge, he will have personal knowledge of the river that the captain would not. The tug boats are not pulling the ship just aiding it to maintain course and not drift in the current of the river.
Enjoyed your video 😊, what an amazing site.
Nice to see the British flags flying on the Tower bridge!
Really glad you enjoyed it! Going to introduce a lot more content like this on our channel so stay tuned 😊
Fabulous video Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always find it amazing to watch these ships bring London to a standstill - absolutely amazing! Out of curiosity, how often do they raise the bridge to allow this? It must be so annoying if you need to be somewhere, haha!
Hi Frasier, the bridge lifts quite a few times every day but often much shorter duration, unlike this rare cruise ship passing through.
That's brilliant, thank you 😃😃🇦🇺🇦🇺
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My father worked for a german civil engineering company VOITH which also contributed to the ship propellers and more which allows ships of that size to move 360 degrees.
Literally passing through!
5:25 No, she's a Bahamian vessel from Nassau. Buy we know what you mean.
Fascinating stuff.
I saw the nighttime video this morning (USA). Now I see what that floating thing is-an old warship? These tugboats are wonderful little vessels.
HMS Belfast.
Been moored there for decades.
Can be visited, Google for info.
@@t1n4444 thank you
@@charlottecunningham2141 👍
The old warship is HMS Belfast, veteran of many WWII battles
Wow just watching now 3rd November amazing
If you catch another ship like this going through, it would be great to see it from the middle all the way to better get a sense of how high the ship is and how close it comes to either side as well as the top.
Cruise ships visit the Pool of London about a dozen times a year. And the paddle steamer Waverley will be in and out over the next three days.
Truly amazing.
Thank you for this video. I went to the Tower Bridge for the first time a few days ago and i was just wondering how the Bridge is lifted. I have seen it from across London Bridge once but never so close, so thanks again 😊❤
great video, although the Eiffel Tower is actually higher than the Shard, and 2 other buildings in Russia. They tow it down river backwards and turn it around downstream ..Drew
amazing catch great video never seen a cruise ship in a river normally see them in the sea do you think the cruise ship is out to sea now ? also when i went to windsor castle the welsh gaurds excepted a letter i made for the gaurds from me and they let me walk with them and when they were going for their tea brake they came and spoke to me and i got to take a photo with them i'm looking forward to your next video bye
It'd probably be a great sight from the glass bottomed walkways over the bridge.
It actually opens about 800 times a year but many happen early morning or late evening when fewer people are around.
Google tower bridge lift times for information about daily lifts and the vessel passing under.
Great coverage
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Watched it last night in the dark...impressive...wonder how much that cost and who paid for it.
Appreciate you watching the night video, that was a super early start haha!
I like tugboats, they are the hardest working boat in the harbor
Tallest building in the world is Burj Khalifa in dubai. The Jeddah is about the same height. The shard is the tallest structure in the UK, not the world.
Indeed, you’re correct
I’m not sure London has the infrastructure for cruise traffic, especially for mega-ships.
tower bridge is my favourite in the world the old girl still works attracks people all over the world
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Nice veiw of the railing post!!!
Safety first
15000 gross tons? That's fairly small for a ferry these days, let alone a cruise ship
We are talking location. You usually do not get cruise ships past Tower Bridge. So yes it’s large for that location. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
That's not a cruise ship more like a ferry but still an excellent video of it going out and seeing the bridge in action
Couldn't help noticing all those Cockney Sparrow London accents in the background!!
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This the first time I have ever seen the Tower bridge being raised (actually in motion), I have seen it up once or twice but usually down and never caught it in motion
Lots of cyclists. Like the Netherlands
Many Londoners are actively working towards making London a greener city 💚 🚲 👏
Plus our public Transport for London (TFL) is extremely expensive.
The Dutch operate their lifting bridges with rather less fuss though!
She was in Portsmouth last year, I like that these smaller liner aee visiting
Everyone with their phones out filming, what a society we live in these days.
I assume that the overhead walkways are closed. They would be good vantage points to watch a ship go through.
It's flying the Danish flag!
It's not a massive cruise ship. It's tiny. Even a medium sized cruise ship is twice that size.
Interesting & great to watch but as for vessel size the 1000ft freighters that ply the USA Great Lakes take some beating. They can be watched on the Duluth (Western end of Lake Superior) live cams of the harbour, lift bridge & canal entrance.
Cracking one has the Thames seeing anything like this before ?? people in a hurry HARR-HARR. Nice area of London and a nice walk along South-bank
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Good video, thanks for that, but I fail to see what is ‘insane’ about the ship leaving stern first. What would have been insane would be trying to turn it in that narrow stretch of river.
After the destruction in Baltimore, MD, I am holding my breath. Prayers
Very sad situation indeed, my prayers go to everyone involved 🙏
The road holdups are kept as brief as possible.
I saw those tugs going past Greenwich on their way to the ship. I was in my canoe. If I had known about the ship I would have made a video from my canoe. Get an inflatable canoe then you can make more videos and better. I want to know where they turned the ship round
That actually sounds brilliant Patrick.
15,000 Tons, the next cruise ship I am going on is called Iona and is in excess of 184,000 tons, so this is only a mini ship. This ship will have a port of London pilot taking it out.
Wonder if the sip has bow thrusters or stern thrusters to allow it to make its own adjustments. Or is it all in the hands of the tugs?
Tons ? Need to use the standard BBC Metric of 'Double Decker Buses' and/or 'Olympic Swomming Pools' !
Well at least it didn't crash into the bridge. The tug reassuring in that respect, but hope 1 or 2 standing by in reserve just in case..
That ship is tinnyyy lol.
There appear to be no counterweights so tremendous torque must be required to raise the bridge.
MV HAMBURG : "I'm HUGE at 15k tons"!!
Oasis of the Seas: "Hold my beer..."!!
They refer to it as lifting the bridge
I wonder if they still house the bridge tenders in the tower?
There you have it for everyone to see,cyclists ignore red lights.
Exactly! Cyclists are very dangerous in London, every day I see cyclists flying through red lights, almost hitting/hitting pedestrians.
Is this a new thing? Never seen a cruise ship in the Thames.
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very cool, very cool.
It seems like a terrible idea to drag it through backwards against the tide. I’m sure there’s a reason I’m totally ignorant to, It just seems like the ship would have no control in an emergency.
Compared to the size of the bridge, this was a massive ship. I would like to know how much clearance was between the height of the ship versus the height of the top of the bridge. How much clearance was there on each side of the ship?
Why was the ship's stern going first? Is the Themes too shallow and narrow for the ship to turn around?
I looked up the MV Hamburg. She was built in 1997 and is 27 years old. She holds 420 passengers.
Compared to many other cruise ships, she is small.
The current largest cruise ship carries up to 20,000 crew and passengers. She won't fit through Tower Bridge or the Panama Canal.
I wanted to correct my last comment which I deleted regarding the true story of the bus that jumped the gap in 1952 as I'd always been led to believe that it was a terrible tragedy and always wondered if anyone had ever survived it. Thankfully, only the conductor had been injured and suffered a broken leg. My apologies for the misinformation and thank's to The King's Guard channel I'd been able to discover the right information as I'd wondered why nobody had elaborated about it on my comment as they'd probably wondered what the hell I was babbling about.
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Ahem, That is NOT a massive cruise ship, its actually quite a small boat akin to the supply little ships on the norwegian coastal runs.
Great Video thanks, However15000 Tons is by no means "massive'' by cruise ship standards Cheers
'Massive'?? 15000 tonnes is TINY!
Not huge, only 15,000 Tonnes!! You want to see huge look at the ships over 100,000 Tonnes.. Go to Southhampton see the Queen Mary for example
I think there a bigger cruise ships without referring to this as massive
You didnt even film the interesting bit of how close the chimneys n radar equipment was to the bridge, but instead u was focusing on the passengers on the ship, n get ur nortical terms correct, rear of ships is bow n front is stern, right is port, left is starboard
No one asked you to watch buddy, nor is it your choice how I direct the video. Move on.
@@TheKingsGuardsChannel Well with that attitude to viewers, good luck with YT videos and I didn't watch the vid just was playing in the background, after watching a more interesting video, from someone who knows what they are on about and knows all the terminology!. your not even on a recommended channel.
He wasn't cFILMING anything. There is no film involved. It's an electronic camera recording on memory media.
@@The_DuMont_Network same difference
This is not a huge ship. You haven't seen a big ship if you think this is big.
As cruise ships go, she is pretty small, some 15,000 tons only.
its a bastel bridge not a draw bridge
It happens the same in Thailand you could the first in queue at traffic lights in a car but they change you could have 50 motorbikes and scooter's in front bikes reign in Thailand q
A twelve hour visit, I doubt the passengers actually came off; would be interesting to know.
Thanks for the video.
There's plenty you could do in London in 12 hours, particularly as they're right in the middle of it and don't need any transfers. That's a normal length of time for a cruise ship call
@@AndreiTupolev I didn't realize that any cruise ship only stopped for that period, but there are no jetties in the Pool of London able to disembark for that size vessel.
@@fredMplanenut they use HMS Belfast as a jetty; moor alongside her
@@AndreiTupolev that's great information, thank you,
Fred