There's a nice story that after World War 2, when the Aquitania was the only four-stack liner in the World, she was passing the island of Crete and received the signal 'what ship are you?' to which the Aquitania sent the immediate reply 'what island are you?'
Yes it did, the Aquatania's Captain during WW2 clearly had a sense of humor. A battle ship once sent a message to Aquatania stating "Four Funnel Ship please indicate" and Aquatania responded with, no word of a lie, “We are the only ***** four-funnel ship in the world and that so-and-so wants our name. Tell him to read ‘The News of the World.’ ” To which the battleship replied "Do you require an escort?" and Aquatania simply replied "Can you keep up?" and steamed away at top speed. What an utter savage.
Isn't the original Queen Mary still around? I believe the SS United States is still tied up somewhere as well. There are a couple of these older style ships still around.
@@piratex4498 not as much an imitation as a sign of progressing times. The days of Edwardian Styling were over; Art Deco was the new "thing". Still, not many old liners left now!
This was an impressive salute to this mighty ship! She was quite a lady and a warrior-princess, if I might add! I wish I would have had the chance to sail with her.
My father was one of the skeleton officer crew taking her up to Faslane... he confirmed that, sad though it was for all concerned, she was extensively corroded in critical areas and to an extent neglected in the last few years up to 1950 because the management knew her economic lifespan was at an end - and were completely unwilling to commit the money (shareholders money) with no hope of any return in a foreseeable timescale - always the final arbiter for everything, in reality! - to repair her - let alone full scale refurbishment - so, she had to go...
Hello Simon. I work at St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh and we have some railings from the Aquitania in front of our Centre for Education and Research. If you have any information you would like to share about your family's connections with the ship feel free to contact me via the hospice switchboard. It would be nice to have such information especially as we are taking part in Edinburgh Doors Open Day soon (Sat 24 September 2016).Thank you. Danuta
One of the most beautiful ships of her time. Having survived two world wars, her legacy is truly legendary. Built by the proud Scottish shipping industry in the same yard as Lusitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Caronia and Queen Elizabeth 2 as well as countless other significant liners from the golden age of transporting people by sea.
Too bad this one wasn't saved like the Queen Mary was. Too many of these beautiful ocean liners were scrapped. After surviving until 1950, and being the last 4-stacker in the world, I wish it had been preserved. The Queen Mary had the distinction of being the last 3-stacker in the world. I'm glad somebody saved that one!
***** It occurred to me just today that the only four stackers to survive are the Titanic and the Britannic and that's only because they sank and their barely recognizable remains lay on the bottom of the ocean.
***** Yes,. I heard about that Britannic museum. That would be interesting. Sorry, I forgot about the Lusitania. I should say they exist as rather huge piles of rusty metal, but still recognizable.
***** As safe and huge as these vessels were, it's interesting at how quickly they sank and how relatively easy it was to deal them a mortal blow. I still do not scorn their construction as their sister ships safely crossed the Atlantic hundreds of times. It is too bad about the propeller incident with the Britannic.Considering how fast the ship sank it's amazing anyone survived.You could say that for the Lusitania, too. In the case of the titanic, I think a lot of time was wasted, but the circumstances were so extraordinary it was hard to know exactly what to do.
g bridgman Lusitania and Britannic sank quickly Titanic took more time to sink Lusitania 18 minuets Britannic 55 minuets and Titanic 2 hours and 40 minuets
How shameful it is that this magnificent ship, with such a rich and remarkable history, was simply written off, and allowed to be scrapped. Since she was, in every sense of the word, the last of her kind, it's truly an incredible loss for all the generations that have come afterward.
You never see anymore ships with more than one funnel. The Aquitania is truly "ship beautiful" and it was ashamed that they scrapped it, but it had cracks along the superstructure and was decommissioned on December 31st, 1949 and scrapped February 26th, 1950.
The whole Disney fleet was created to have the essence of the old ocean liners since Walt Disney always loved the sea. They have their 2 red funnels, black hull, and white stripe.
Im amaze ... about the ocean liner ... how they build there design and interior ... lavishness ... it very nostalgic ...... aquitania is also beautiful...
What brought me here was a postcard with a red 1 1/2 cent stamp (bust of male) with a picture of the R.M.S. Aquitania. On the bottom of the postcard it states Length 901 ft. Breadth 97 ft. tonnage 47,000. My Grandparents visited Hungary leaving on July 28, 1925 and returning on October 19, 1925.
its a shame that they didnt restore this ship back to like new being the last 4 funnel ship in existance and serving for 36 years and surviving both world wars thats a damn impressive record likely to never be equalled. say what you want but the ships of today look nowhere near as badass as they did at that time. great video
Beautiful ship! The craftmanship was amazing, i mean nothing beats these ships. The interior. Today we got party market boats. Horrible. I wish they would build ships like this again.
Olympic and Mauretania were losing money faster than a person with holes in their pockets, while Aquitania was so old and corroded that you could poke holes in the funnels and bulkheads with your fingers. And to top it all off, a piano went straight through the floor in her last year of life.
The 4th stackers like the Titanic were merely ornamental to give the appearance of being more powerfull than the more commonly seen 3 stack ships. Like putting a hood scoop on a car but there no hole in the hood under it to let more air into the carburator to let it make a couple more horsepower. Vintage videos of the 4 stackers show smoke only coming out of the first three stacks...
+Brian Cabral The Aquitania was a legitimate four funnel ship. To save on fuel at times and especially towards the end of its career, however, the aft boilers were shut down, meaning that only the forward three funnels were used. In fact, in one of the video clips, you can see smoke coming from the fourth funnel.
+Brian Cabral The Olympic class vessels had only 3 funnels in working sense for smoke uptakes from the engine rooms, but the forth funnel was just to get fresh air to the gally's and engine rooms, which are clearly visible on the Lusitinia, Mauretania, because on them the forth funnel was used vent smoke from the engine rooms. That why the Olympic class ships look much cleaner.
+Brian Cabral The Olympic class vessels had only 3 funnels in working sense for smoke uptakes from the engine rooms, but the forth funnel was just to get fresh air to the gally's and engine rooms, which are clearly visible on the Lusitinia, Mauretania, because on them the forth funnel was used vent smoke from the engine rooms. That why the Olympic class ships look much cleaner.
Couldn’t. She was in bad condition. The decks leaked in bad weather, the funnels and bulkheads were corroded to such a point where you could stick your finger through them with little effort. In 1948 during a formal luncheon, a piano fell through the ceiling.
s/s Windsor Castle and her sister s/s Arundel Castle were four stacked vessels. However, in 1930 both underwent quick modification to give them more modern look and it was when they lost two stacks.
My grandparents came from europe First class on the Aquitania sometime in 1914, but I don't think it was the maiden voyage. It must have been quite an experience.
Fascinating selection of images - thank you. I work in Edinburgh where some of the internal railings of the Aquitania are located (2.00 minutes into the video). I would be very grateful for the contact details of the poster so I could request permission to show the videos. Thank you
She was supplied by four obsolete propellers. Some other ships already were equipped with more advanced propellers. With the newer she might be able to reach Blue Riband record.
Hopefully someone will come in and save the Queen Mary now its latest owner filed for bankruptcy. Very few ships that were liners from the 1940s through 1960s are still afloat today. If I had the chance to go back in time and save just 1 liner from the pre-WW2 era it would be the Normandie.
It's so sad to see such a fine ship scrapped. Unfortunately she would never be able to sail IF they did though, with today's EPA regulations and all. She'd become a "soulless" building, like the poor QUEEN MARY. :^(
I dont know if its just me but I always see Cunard ships cluttered, their decks is always cluttered with vents that dont go in proper place. Meanwhile White star ships are so clean, neat, just like Titanic
Her original bridge was designed to imitate that of Olympic (indeed Cunard took more than a few pointers from the rival vessel) It was raised a deck in 1919 after crew complaints of the poor view they had over the bow.
The Aquitania was rightly praised for her interiors, but the exterior was controversial. The lack of a raised forecastle made the superstructure look too big for the hull from certain angles. She was often described as "boxy" as a result.
+daehllaw She would have lasted longer if Cunard had the money, it was too expensive to bring her up to code, also a piano fell through one of the floors.
I was born, I live for one purpose. I live to serve the Ocean Liners. And I will save them from the scrapyard, even if it means being consume by darkness.
Interesting design for the propellers. Another interesting aspect was how they kept changing the way the bridge area looked. How did they do that? Now she would indeed be not only Cunard's last four-stacker, but the last four-stacked liner overall until the Titanic II is completed should that happen.
If it ever gets completed, it will have four funnels, but at least on the orginal Titanic only 3 were just to release the engine smoke, the last on was read some where to store pets. With Titanic 2, I don't thing that need all four of them.
***** Yep, I read about the fourth funnel having a dog kennel and what not, but it doesn't mean the fourth funnel was never used for exhaust. If I recall correctly, it was used to vent out kitchen fumes or something like that. I'm very certain that I read that it was used for some types of kitchen purposes.
***** The kennels aboard the Titanic were located on F Deck--not in the fourth funnel. The fourth funnel served as a huge ventilation shaft above the engine rooms and contained a chimney that carried smoke from the coal-fired galleys and smoking room fireplaces. Nothing else was contained in the fourth funnel.
I too am saddened, but not pissed off that the Ship Beautiful wasn't preserved, because she was worn out, obsolete and utterly uneconomic to restore. Those who are restoring even small pleasure yachts or canal narrow boats, know that they are financial bottomless pits. Supposing the Aquitania had been restored in 1950 for tens of millions of pounds - Cunard would still have had a 1913 ship. Who, in 1950, would pay to make a mid-winter trip from Truro to Edinburgh in a restored 1913 Model T Ford when for the same fare they could go in a brand new saloon?
From what I have read, the reason why Aquitania's bridge was raised one deck higher is that the crew always complained about the poor visibility that the bridge offered, from which the liner's long bow is maybe the cause. So, in order to solve these problems, the Cunard Line had a new wheelhouse installed one deck higher above the original wheelhouse and the windows of the old wheelhouse were blocked over time. I don't know if there are other reasons about this change but this is the most likely one that I have found. I hope this helps you!
ojala el rms titanic,olympic,britannic hubieran tenido una carrera igual o mejor como el rms aquitania hubiese sido increible verlos juntos pienso que si el titanic no se hubiera hundido muchas cosas serian diferentes
The WW1 Photos are The Maurentania, Cunard didn't have a contract for the Auquitania, she was locked up and secured in a secure dock, but in 1935 When the RMS Olympic and The RMS Maurentania were sold for scrapped it was the down fall for the Great 4 Funnel ships, its sad really now just imagine if the RMS Titanic, HMHS (RMS) Britannic, and The RMS Lusitania wouldn't have sunk, it would have been awesome to see the White Star Line's 3, 4 Funnel Ships in service with the Cunard Lines 3, 4 Funnel Ships.
All Cunard Liners were subject to being called up by the British Government in time of war. The Company had that agreement with Britain long before the Mauretania and Lusitania were built. Aquitania did indeed serve during World War I. She was, in turn, an AMC, a troopship, a hospital ship, and a troopship once again throughout all of 1918.
They Should have Saved the Great RMS Olympic . She is my favorite 4 funneled Ocean liner and was in its best shape at the time of scrapping. Unfortunately they scrapped her, if she would have survived she would have been the 2nd white star liner to survive.
hi, cant believe the clowns scrapped it. but typical. very angry the olympic got the chop. at least we have the queen mary 1 buts thats debateable if thats seaworthy
It's just depressing that such a beautiful liner had to be just wasted like that. It's like four funeled liners are a species, when they scrapped Aquitania, they killed the species. Now four-funeled liners are extinct.
reece esmeyer Aquatania simply wasn't in a position of being worthy to be repaired. The bulkheads and funnels were corroded so much a finger could fit.
@@ByteGuy A piano went straight through one of the floors; she was that corroded. It's sad that they couldn't preserve her as a museum ship, but we have about 70 odd years on hindsight!
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I wish they truly thought about generations later & how we would have loved to go aboard these old liners Grrr . It pisses me off that as soon as something gets old we scrap it ! Tells you something about the human race !!!
The Aquitania was sent out in a very dignified manner, she moved away from the docks and sailed at full steam to her final resting place, horns blazing as people lined the shores to bid her farewell. It was a beautiful send off.
+Finn :D Britannic was never completed the fitting out process was for a ship that size a year, the Britannic only had 6 months of fitting out, and there is only 12 months in a year. So technically the Aquitania was the largest.
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There's a nice story that after World War 2, when the Aquitania was the only four-stack liner in the World, she was passing the island of Crete and received the signal 'what ship are you?' to which the Aquitania sent the immediate reply 'what island are you?'
John Vaughan this really happen?
Yes it did, the Aquatania's Captain during WW2 clearly had a sense of humor. A battle ship once sent a message to Aquatania stating "Four Funnel Ship please indicate" and Aquatania responded with, no word of a lie, “We are the only ***** four-funnel ship in the world and that so-and-so wants our name. Tell him to read ‘The News of the World.’ ” To which the battleship replied "Do you require an escort?" and Aquatania simply replied "Can you keep up?" and steamed away at top speed. What an utter savage.
Thats a great story Nitrovast.
there will be a four stacker in 2018
Aquitania the savage ship that said *NO*
I can't believe that none of these wonderful ships survived to today. Even if we had one just as a museum display, it would be amazing.
Isn't the original Queen Mary still around? I believe the SS United States is still tied up somewhere as well. There are a couple of these older style ships still around.
Justin Lynch but no 4 funnels ship
@@justinlynch3 She is not the same as the Edwardian ships, shes a mere imitation.
@@piratex4498 not as much an imitation as a sign of progressing times. The days of Edwardian Styling were over; Art Deco was the new "thing".
Still, not many old liners left now!
There's Queen Mary!
They were really like floating palaces inside,...beautiful!
this one was scrapped in an era just modern enough to allow for color film footage. fascinating to see an Edwardian steamer in a moving color film .
Aquitania, The Ship Beautiful. OlympicWS, I love this video, and the music is so powerful.
5/ 31 / 1911 Titanic was launched. 5/ 31/2020.
This was an impressive salute to this mighty ship! She was quite a lady and a warrior-princess, if I might add! I wish I would have had the chance to sail with her.
My father was one of the skeleton officer crew taking her up to Faslane... he confirmed that, sad though it was for all concerned, she was extensively corroded in critical areas and to an extent neglected in the last few years up to 1950 because the management knew her economic lifespan was at an end - and were completely unwilling to commit the money (shareholders money) with no hope of any return in a foreseeable timescale - always the final arbiter for everything, in reality! - to repair her - let alone full scale refurbishment - so, she had to go...
Hello Simon. I work at St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh and we have some railings from the Aquitania in front of our Centre for Education and Research. If you have any information you would like to share about your family's connections with the ship feel free to contact me via the hospice switchboard. It would be nice to have such information especially as we are taking part in Edinburgh Doors Open Day soon (Sat 24 September 2016).Thank you. Danuta
Simon Cox wow that is very cool my grait grandpa built the Lusitania
She had been due to go in 1940, when the Queen Elizabeth was to have begun running in tandem with the Queen Mary. The war gave her a ten-year bonus!
@@dagr382 I've read that the Aquitania was so heavily corroded that a piano fell through a deck. Don't know when that happened, though.
Lawrence Lewis Yes, that happened in the last year of the ship's life.
One of the most beautiful ships of her time. Having survived two world wars, her legacy is truly legendary. Built by the proud Scottish shipping industry in the same yard as Lusitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Caronia and Queen Elizabeth 2 as well as countless other significant liners from the golden age of transporting people by sea.
what a servant to Cunard, true legacy for them
But you have to admit, she went out in a blaze of glory!
Lusitania was only hit by one torpedo, and they weren’t sisters.
@@eliisurrency3354 slightly different? Very different, and a whole lot larger.
@@eliisurrency3354 No, Aquitania was not part of the Lusitania class
Too bad this one wasn't saved like the Queen Mary was. Too many of these beautiful ocean liners were scrapped. After surviving until 1950, and being the last 4-stacker in the world, I wish it had been preserved. The Queen Mary had the distinction of being the last 3-stacker in the world. I'm glad somebody saved that one!
***** It occurred to me just today that the only four stackers to survive are the Titanic and the Britannic and that's only because they sank and their barely recognizable remains lay on the bottom of the ocean.
***** Yes,. I heard about that Britannic museum. That would be interesting. Sorry, I forgot about the Lusitania. I should say they exist as rather huge piles of rusty metal, but still recognizable.
***** As safe and huge as these vessels were, it's interesting at how quickly they sank and how relatively easy it was to deal them a mortal blow. I still do not scorn their construction as their sister ships safely crossed the Atlantic hundreds of times. It is too bad about the propeller incident with the Britannic.Considering how fast the ship sank it's amazing anyone survived.You could say that for the Lusitania, too. In the case of the titanic, I think a lot of time was wasted, but the circumstances were so extraordinary it was hard to know exactly what to do.
g bridgman Lusitania and Britannic sank quickly Titanic took more time to sink Lusitania 18 minuets Britannic 55 minuets and Titanic 2 hours and 40 minuets
@@1940limited the britannic wreck is intacy only the bow split off a bit and the wreck only lays 120m under water
How shameful it is that this magnificent ship, with such a rich and remarkable history, was simply written off, and allowed to be scrapped. Since she was, in every sense of the word, the last of her kind, it's truly an incredible loss for all the generations that have come afterward.
You never see anymore ships with more than one funnel. The Aquitania is truly "ship beautiful" and it was ashamed that they scrapped it, but it had cracks along the superstructure and was decommissioned on December 31st, 1949 and scrapped February 26th, 1950.
The whole Disney fleet was created to have the essence of the old ocean liners since Walt Disney always loved the sea. They have their 2 red funnels, black hull, and white stripe.
It’s kind of ironic (if that’s the word) that aquitania was scrapped in February 26th, that’s when Britannic was launched. (From the white star line)
I wish I could travel back in time!
We will never see anything like this beautiful ship again. 😟
Yea maybe we just gotta wait till a time traveler leaves his time machine and steal it
My father came over on this boat in March of 1949. He was 2. We still have the post card from the ship in the desk of my parents house.
What a ship of beauty! Glorious, I would have loved to sail on her! No water shoots, dodgems, or rock climbing walls, no a truly real ship!
It's a real shame the she is just scrap metal now. We love you Aquitania!
Im amaze ... about the ocean liner ... how they build there design and interior ... lavishness ... it very nostalgic ...... aquitania is also beautiful...
This ship lasted longer than Olympic!
She was and always will be..... the Ship Beautiful.
The beautiful Aquitania. She wasn't called the Ship beautiful for nothing.
My father sailed on the Aquitania in 1937.
She certainly was a dutiful and very beautiful ship. Such a moving a video. The music was fitting. Great job. Thank you for putting this together.
Just found your channel. It’s great.....no narration required, just majestic music, very fitting for such grand vessels and their stories.
i beleive my grand parents(babies at the time) were on this ship.. and great grandparents as adults came from Czechoslovakia in 1921
What brought me here was a postcard with a red 1 1/2 cent stamp (bust of male) with a picture of the R.M.S. Aquitania. On the bottom of the postcard it states Length 901 ft. Breadth 97 ft. tonnage 47,000. My Grandparents visited Hungary leaving on July 28, 1925 and returning on October 19, 1925.
Boy I sure wish i had a piano to play.
Piano falls through the ceiling.
Thank you!
its a shame that they didnt restore this ship back to like new being the last 4 funnel ship in existance and serving for 36 years and surviving both world wars thats a damn impressive record likely to never be equalled. say what you want but the ships of today look nowhere near as badass as they did at that time. great video
Because the condition she was in was no way to restore her
Lustitania don't forget her :(
RMS Aquitania 1914-1950
Passenger ship 1914 1918-1939 1945-1950
Merchant ship 1914
Troop ship 1914-1915 1917-1918 1939-1945
Hospital ship 1915-1916
Status: Scrapped
Beautiful ship! The craftmanship was amazing, i mean nothing beats these ships. The interior. Today we got party market boats. Horrible. I wish they would build ships like this again.
The inside of that ship was beautiful i bet the food in the first class restaurant was just delicious
Why did they have to scrap 3 beautiful ships? (Olympic, Mauretania, Aquitania).
Olympic and Mauretania were losing money faster than a person with holes in their pockets, while Aquitania was so old and corroded that you could poke holes in the funnels and bulkheads with your fingers. And to top it all off, a piano went straight through the floor in her last year of life.
Tetragon 213 Aquitania also had foul water leaking through the decks
That certainly didn't help matters!
Tetragon 213 huh?
The depression didn't help Olympic and Mauritania they were no longer profitable to operate and provided much needed work during their dismantling.
Aquatania was such a beautiful ship. Would have been nice to have preserved her as a museum or converted into a hotel.
The 4th stackers like the Titanic were merely ornamental to give the appearance of being more powerfull than the more commonly seen 3 stack ships. Like putting a hood scoop on a car but there no hole in the hood under it to let more air into the carburator to let it make a couple more horsepower. Vintage videos of the 4 stackers show smoke only coming out of the first three stacks...
+Brian Cabral The Aquitania was a legitimate four funnel ship. To save on fuel at times and especially towards the end of its career, however, the aft boilers were shut down, meaning that only the forward three funnels were used. In fact, in one of the video clips, you can see smoke coming from the fourth funnel.
+Brian Cabral The Olympic class vessels had only 3 funnels in working sense for smoke uptakes from the engine rooms, but the forth funnel was just to get fresh air to the gally's and engine rooms, which are clearly visible on the Lusitinia, Mauretania, because on them the forth funnel was used vent smoke from the engine rooms. That why the Olympic class ships look much cleaner.
+Brian Cabral The Olympic class vessels had only 3 funnels in working sense for smoke uptakes from the engine rooms, but the forth funnel was just to get fresh air to the gally's and engine rooms, which are clearly visible on the Lusitinia, Mauretania, because on them the forth funnel was used vent smoke from the engine rooms. That why the Olympic class ships look much cleaner.
the 4th one is a dummy
The Foutth funnel isnt just ornamental its used to air the boiler rooms and for cooling purposes
I wish they made this ship into a museum.
Couldn’t. She was in bad condition. The decks leaked in bad weather, the funnels and bulkheads were corroded to such a point where you could stick your finger through them with little effort. In 1948 during a formal luncheon, a piano fell through the ceiling.
Did you know that the last manufactured Four-Stacker was the (1922) Windsor Castle.
s/s Windsor Castle and her sister s/s Arundel Castle were four stacked vessels. However, in 1930 both underwent quick modification to give them more modern look and it was when they lost two stacks.
My grandparents came from europe First class on the Aquitania sometime in 1914, but I don't think it was the maiden voyage. It must have been quite an experience.
That thing was even a bit larger than the HMHS Britannic
Fascinating selection of images - thank you. I work in Edinburgh where some of the internal railings of the Aquitania are located (2.00 minutes into the video). I would be very grateful for the contact details of the poster so I could request permission to show the videos. Thank you
She was supplied by four obsolete propellers. Some other ships already were equipped with more advanced propellers. With the newer she might be able to reach Blue Riband record.
Hopefully someone will come in and save the Queen Mary now its latest owner filed for bankruptcy. Very few ships that were liners from the 1940s through 1960s are still afloat today. If I had the chance to go back in time and save just 1 liner from the pre-WW2 era it would be the Normandie.
My favourite historical ocean liner, having served its country in both world wars.
Watching a work of art, a four stacker, go towards her death-yard is just depressing!
Shows how good british engineerng once was to last that long
It's so sad to see such a fine ship scrapped. Unfortunately she would never be able to sail IF they did though, with today's EPA regulations and all. She'd become a "soulless" building, like the poor QUEEN MARY. :^(
I dont know if its just me but I always see Cunard ships cluttered, their decks is always cluttered with vents that dont go in proper place. Meanwhile White star ships are so clean, neat, just like Titanic
at 2:31, that dining room is a copy of the one in Olympics/Titanics first class!
Gut gemacht. Schön das jemand an diese alten aber prachtvollen Schiffe erinnert. Weiter so. 👍
Damned shame she couldn't be saved.
It was the world's last 4-stacker!
Luxurious , modern ship being served for world war 1 and 2 argghhh....
she looked so much cleaner with her original bridgework.
Her original bridge was designed to imitate that of Olympic (indeed Cunard took more than a few pointers from the rival vessel) It was raised a deck in 1919 after crew complaints of the poor view they had over the bow.
The Aquitania was rightly praised for her interiors, but the exterior was controversial. The lack of a raised forecastle made the superstructure look too big for the hull from certain angles. She was often described as "boxy" as a result.
Loved the musical accompaniment. What piece of music was that? Very very sad that she was scrapped.
+daehllaw She would have lasted longer if Cunard had the money, it was too expensive to bring her up to code, also a piano fell through one of the floors.
Awesome tribute!
Should have been preserved.
I was born, I live for one purpose. I live to serve the Ocean Liners. And I will save them from the scrapyard, even if it means being consume by darkness.
Whats that dance at 3:50
I Didn't know she was a Hospital Ship like the Britannic.
Nice Ships.
The issue in the matter. It is sad but unfortunatly true
I knew a man who sailed to the Middle East on her during WW2.
Interesting design for the propellers. Another interesting aspect was how they kept changing the way the bridge area looked. How did they do that?
Now she would indeed be not only Cunard's last four-stacker, but the last four-stacked liner overall until the Titanic II is completed should that happen.
If it ever gets completed, it will have four funnels, but at least on the orginal Titanic only 3 were just to release the engine smoke, the last on was read some where to store pets. With Titanic 2, I don't thing that need all four of them.
***** Yep, I read about the fourth funnel having a dog kennel and what not, but it doesn't mean the fourth funnel was never used for exhaust. If I recall correctly, it was used to vent out kitchen fumes or something like that. I'm very certain that I read that it was used for some types of kitchen purposes.
*****
The kennels aboard the Titanic were located on F Deck--not in the fourth funnel. The fourth funnel served as a huge ventilation shaft above the engine rooms and contained a chimney that carried smoke from the coal-fired galleys and smoking room fireplaces. Nothing else was contained in the fourth funnel.
Dallas K I knew about the vents, that's for sure, but where and how did I get the idea that it was also used as a dog kennel?
Maybe the Queen Mary or another liner used some extra space in a funnel that way.
I too am saddened, but not pissed off that the Ship Beautiful wasn't preserved, because she was worn out, obsolete and utterly uneconomic to restore. Those who are restoring even small pleasure yachts or canal narrow boats, know that they are financial bottomless pits. Supposing the Aquitania had been restored in 1950 for tens of millions of pounds - Cunard would still have had a 1913 ship. Who, in 1950, would pay to make a mid-winter trip from Truro to Edinburgh in a restored 1913 Model T Ford when for the same fare they could go in a brand new saloon?
Britannic was the largest 4 funneled ship. She was shorter than the Aquitania but was heavier
About 6 thousand tonnes i think due to the double skin and safety fearures
yeah thx
Alex Georgescu The britannics 4th funnel was fake and was just decoration
Serpentine It was for ventilation dumbass.
Serpentine they added a forth funnel so it didn't look like I was weaker than Lusitania and Mauretania.
Does anyone know the story of the Aquitania's bridge design? It's clear that it changed at least three times between launch and scrap.
From what I have read, the reason why Aquitania's bridge was raised one deck higher is that the crew always complained about the poor visibility that the bridge offered, from which the liner's long bow is maybe the cause. So, in order to solve these problems, the Cunard Line had a new wheelhouse installed one deck higher above the original wheelhouse and the windows of the old wheelhouse were blocked over time.
I don't know if there are other reasons about this change but this is the most likely one that I have found. I hope this helps you!
ojala el rms titanic,olympic,britannic hubieran tenido una carrera igual o mejor como el rms aquitania hubiese sido increible verlos juntos pienso que si el titanic no se hubiera hundido muchas cosas serian diferentes
Awesome video!
If you look at any number of photos in this clip you will see smoke coming out of all of her 4 stacks at the same time
except at the end when departing southampton for scrapping when there seems to be nothing coming out of the 2nd one for some reason
I am waiting for a six stacker.
Just saying your videos are my faverot when its about boats, if I were making a movie I would want you to make the trailer
is it true that on ships that had 4 stacks the last stack was used as a decoration?
Not just decoration for cooling purposes as well
Only on the olympic, titanic, and britannic were the 4 stacks used as decoration, on any other ship there were a boiler casing ( a regular funnel )
No... white star did that to make there ships look powerful and fast but Cunard had all there funnels used because they were faster and more powerful
Oceanic fan 427 3 were real, the 4th was for ventilation and deck chair storage
Awesome song what is it
Audiomachine makes some epic tunes
Is that Olympic to the right at 3:17?
Think so
The WW1 Photos are The Maurentania, Cunard didn't have a contract for the Auquitania, she was locked up and secured in a secure dock, but in 1935 When the RMS Olympic and The RMS Maurentania were sold for scrapped it was the down fall for the Great 4 Funnel ships, its sad really now just imagine if the RMS Titanic, HMHS (RMS) Britannic, and The RMS Lusitania wouldn't have sunk, it would have been awesome to see the White Star Line's 3, 4 Funnel Ships in service with the Cunard Lines 3, 4 Funnel Ships.
***** Construction already started. It is expected to be finished in 2016.
All Cunard Liners were subject to being called up by the British Government in time of war. The Company had that agreement with Britain long before the Mauretania and Lusitania were built. Aquitania did indeed serve during World War I. She was, in turn, an AMC, a troopship, a hospital ship, and a troopship once again throughout all of 1918.
I have mulligan sources saying otherwise and the two large pipes on the bow is a dead giveaway that it was Aquitania
First Song Name Please..........Pleeeeeeeaaaaasssseeee
I liked the video . MLB
why do the smokestacks have to be in an angle
Fidelina Rallos it helps the ship look nice and it makes the smoke go right out of the funnels and travel off without staying right above the ship
0:43 now thats what i think is sexy!
Lol
I love the first music can you give a name of this first tune
It's all one song, it's called Reaching.
I found your first music it's the new earth by paul dinletir
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They Should have Saved the Great RMS Olympic . She is my favorite 4 funneled Ocean liner and was in its best shape at the time of scrapping. Unfortunately they scrapped her, if she would have survived she would have been the 2nd white star liner to survive.
hi, cant believe the clowns scrapped it. but typical. very angry the olympic got the chop. at least we have the queen mary 1 buts thats debateable if thats seaworthy
My favorite is titanic
I'd like to think Titanic still lived on through the Aquitania as her life would most likely have been similar to the Aquitania's.
The aquitania lasted 36 years titanic was 4 days so how?
@@anthonyscali1000 I meant lived on vicariously through the Aquitania.
@@ZombieSlayerTakashi why the titanic tho use the Britannic or even the Lusitania the Lusitania makes more sence
oque o aquitânia e da cunard line
It's just depressing that such a beautiful liner had to be just wasted like that. It's like four funeled liners are a species, when they scrapped Aquitania, they killed the species. Now four-funeled liners are extinct.
reece esmeyer Aquatania simply wasn't in a position of being worthy to be repaired. The bulkheads and funnels were corroded so much a finger could fit.
HMHS Britannic Hello sister
I found you guys
HMHS Britannic and, correct me if I'm wrong, the last year of its life the piano fell through the roof
@@ByteGuy A piano went straight through one of the floors; she was that corroded. It's sad that they couldn't preserve her as a museum ship, but we have about 70 odd years on hindsight!
because the aquitania was asmome 2,00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 of 5
scrapped 7 years before I was born ..bet now they wish they had kept her four sister ships and four legends.
George Turner she only had two sister ships
What is the name of the 1st song
Whats the last song called?
Some of that is Lusitania footage I swear
Nope all are Aquatania no lusy
Cause Aquatania is a running mate for Lusitania and Mauretania thats why she looks like Lusy
she survive ww1 but britannic dint wtf britanic was considered the most stronger and resistan
it was mined the explosion tored theough the two skins
Pretty sure if Aquitania encountered a mine she'd sink just as fast as Britannic.
Wilniel Perez because I hit a fucking mine
V první světové vypadla Aquitania stejně jako Britannic :D
No hlavně ten nátěr :D jinak pěkné video :) kukni na moje ;) :D
I wish they truly thought about generations later & how we would have loved to go aboard these old liners Grrr . It pisses me off that as soon as something gets old we scrap it ! Tells you something about the human race !!!
They should have saved her. But even if they didn’t have any money, why didn’t they just carried her out to sea and sink her??? Why????
The Aquitania was sent out in a very dignified manner, she moved away from the docks and sailed at full steam to her final resting place, horns blazing as people lined the shores to bid her farewell. It was a beautiful send off.
Nitrovast I know but having her resting at the bottom of the ocean is ALOT better than being lost forever!
Kris2004 it would’ve probably ended up looking like the Lusitania’s wreck on impact with the ocean floor due to Aquitania’s corrosion
Somebody can say me whats the second song :3
Však Aquitania byla okopírovaný Titanic tak že vlastně i Britannic a plus ten nátěr udělají své :)
so birtannic was not the biggest ship in 1914
yes she is. Britannic is the largest 4 funneled liner.
+Finn :D Britannic was never completed the fitting out process was for a ship that size a year, the Britannic only had 6 months of fitting out, and there is only 12 months in a year. So technically the Aquitania was the largest.
+Finn :D, no the Titanic was the largest 4 Funneled Liner
+marge beluso She wasn't, Britannic was bigger than Titanic in size, the Aquitania was even longer by 17 feet
+marge beluso Titanic was 882.5 feet long, Aquitania was 901 feet, and Britannic was 885 feet long.