The Top 15 Largest Ocean Liners In History
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- This is the most extensive “Top 15 Largest Ocean Liner” video on the internet. Many of these vessels changed the world in dramatic ways. At one point, they were the only way to cross the ocean. Hope you enjoyed this video :) Please give me any feed back on the comment section. Or leave any suggestions for future videos. As always, have a great rest of your day!
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The Top 15 Largest Ocean Liners List:
15: HMHS Britannic 🇬🇧 48,158 GRT (1915)
14: SS Conte di Savoia 🇮🇹 48,502 GRT (1932)
13: SS Europa 🇩🇪/ SS Liberté 🇫🇷 49,746 GRT (1930)
12: SS Rex 🇮🇹 51,062 GRT (1932)
11: SS Bremen 🇩🇪 51,656 GRT (1929)
10: SS Imperator 🇩🇪/ RMS Berengaria 🇬🇧 52,117 GRT (1913)
9: SS United States 🇺🇸 53,330 GRT (1952)
8: SS Vaterland 🇩🇪/ SS Leviathan 🇺🇸 54,282 GRT (1914)
7: SS Bismarck 🇩🇪/ RMS Majestic 🇬🇧 56,551 GRT (1922)
6: SS France 🇫🇷/ SS Norway 🇳🇴 66,343 GRT (1962)
5: RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 🇬🇧 70,327 GRT (1969)
4: RMS Queen Mary 🇬🇧 81,237 GRT (1936)
3: SS Normandie 🇫🇷 83,423 GRT (1935)
2: RMS Queen Elizabeth 🇬🇧 83,673 GRT (1940)
1: RMS Queen Mary 2 🇬🇧 149,215 GRT (2004)
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Video Footage Used:
HMHS Britannic Launch 1914: • H.M.H.S Britannic - La...
SS Europa Cruise 1930’s Colorized: • A Cruise Past the SS E...
SS Liberté Departing: • Video
SS Bremen Sailing: • S.S. Bremen completes ...
SS Imperator New York 1913: • 1913 SS Imperator Ente...
RMS Berengaria Scrapping 1939: • Jarrow Aka Berengaria ...
SS United States Launch 1951: • Launching Of The 's.S....
SS United States Sailing: • SS United States: Amer...
SS Leviathan Sailing: • The Liner Of Tomorrow!...
SS France Launch 1960: • Launching of The SS Fr...
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Launch 1969: • Launching Of The Q4 (1...
RMS Queen Mary Construction 1934: • QUEEN MARY "Hull Neari...
RMS Queen Mary Blue Ribbon 1936: • "QUEEN MARY Wins The B...
RMS Queen Mary WW2 Grey Ghost: • The Grey Ghost - The Q...
RMS Queen Mary Docked: • QUEEN MARY In Dry Dock...
SS Normandie Colorized: • Travel aboard the S.S ...
SS Normandie Maiden Voyage 1935: • Le Premier Voyage Du P...
SS Normandie Burning Colorized 1942: • The Burning Of The SS ...
RMS Queen Elizabeth Launch 1938: • Her Majesty Launches Q...
RMS Queen Elizabeth WW2: • British ocean liner th...
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Paintings Used:
RMS Britannic Painting 1: © Charles E. Dixon
RMS Britannic Painting 2: © Ryan Hill
HMHS Britannic Painting: Eliott Sontot / Eliott-Chacoco.DeviantArt.com © by Eliott-Chacoco from DeviantArt.
HMHS Britannic Sinking Painting: © Ken Marschall
HMHS Britannic Wreck Painting: © Ken Marschall
Conte di Savoia Painting: © James A. Flood
SS Europa Painting: © Adam Werka 1987
SS Rex Painting: © James A. Flood
SS Bremen and Europa Painting: © Stephen Card
SS Bremen Sailing Painting:
SS United States Painting 1:
SS United States Painting 2:
USS Leviathan Painting:
SS Norway Painting: Adam Werka
HMT Queen Mary Collision 1942 Painting: © Harley Crossley
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Colorized Photographs Used:
Steve Walker Color
Oceanic Star Liner Colorizations
Daryl LeBlanc
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Music Used:
Song 1: • Haendel - Sarabande
Song 2: • Antonio Vivaldi La Str...
Song 3: • Heaven and Hell
Song 4: • Vivaldi Violin Concert... Allegro
Song 5: • Antonio Vivaldi - Storm Storm
Song 6: • The Angels Among Demons
Song 7: • Mozart - Requiem
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Photographs Used:
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A very nice video. It is inspirational to see how competition and need drove technological innovation and continual improvement. Unfortunately, as competition gets lost, our greatest minds also seem to lose the motivation to really stretch their legs and show what they can do. The _QM2_ showcases many technological innovations that would have made the likes of William Gibbs, designer of _SS America_ and _SS United States_ salivate even in his day.
I do wonder what will replace _QM2_ when she is eventually retired, to accommodate those who, for their own reasons, prefer to sail over flying over the Atlantic. Will such a ship also be a technological marvel? Or will _QM2_ be the last of the breed, the greyhounds of the ocean?
I appreciate the feedback🙌. I’ve also wondered what could possibly replace QM2 in the future.
Innovations such as making her propellers pull her through the ocean instead of pushing her are things that would’ve baffled ship designers a hundred years ago.
However, I do think that there will always be people who would want to keep the glory of the ocean liner alive. This should eventually lead to the creation a future ship that would cater to individuals who want to get a glimpse of this bygone era.
But for now, I hope QM2 goes on to have a long and fruitful career. We can’t possibly predict what’s going to happen, but only time will tell.
@@nboceanlinerhistory So basicly it was just a Temporary Myth that The Titanic was going to be the biggest Ship, but there would eventually would be bigger Ships. and Titanic is just a Historic tragedy.
@@jc9373 Yes indeed, in fact she would be superseded in size only a year after she sank by the SS Imperator. Had she not have sunken, she would’ve likely been forgotten as ships got much larger. However, Titanic still ranks about 17th or 18th place in the list of largest ocean liners in history. RMS Olympic would technically rank higher thank Titanic thanks to her 1913 refit.
I think QM2 will be the last ocean liner, there is a reason cunards most recent ship is a cruise ship
Wonderful video. The RMS Queen Mary is a beautiful sight to see. I practically lived on the ship back in the 70s, docked at port of Long Beach.
Very lovely. Great pics used. The art was brilliant. Many S. Card paintings. ❤️❤️
HMHS Britannic: simply hero, even if unsung. There were many similar silent heroes, no matter of which size, with dedicated crews doing their best for what they considered important or dear. 'Europa' came from Hamburg. Tested roughly by fires, she survived against the odds to become useful both to NDL and to CGT. Bremen came from... Bremen!
Brilliant work. Truly these ocean liners are a testament to humanity's greatest abilities. ✌🏻🇺🇸🚢
Thanks! I appreciate it. And yes indeed. They were once the pinnacle of technology.
You work so hard on your videos you deserve more subscribers
Thanks I was looking for this list. Anyway It would be great to make a longer list of the largest ocean liners- like top 50 largest I would really appreciate it!
Also it is quite interesting to see that QE2 is actually larger than ss United Stated, and even ss France!!
It surely would be great. It’ll definitely be a much longer video but it’s possible. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@mpmartincity3eah QE2 had surprised me as well as SS United States and SS France are both longer than QE2. However, SS France’s refit into a cruise ship made it larger than QE2 by at least 5,000 tons.
@@mpmartincity3I’m pretty sure qe2 is shorter then france by 100-50 meters, tho I’m not sure the exact number
Sorry, but you are incorrect. The Largest room afloat was the Queen Mary's first class dining room. While the Normandie's dining room was quite a bit longer, the room was substantially narrower. Overall dimensions of both rooms are: NORMANDIE: 305' length x 46' width highest ceiling point 25'. QUEEN MARY: 143' length x 118' width. Highese ceiling point 27'. Total Sq Ft: NORMANDIE: 14030. QUEEN MARY: 16874. Figures supplied by "The Shipbuilder".
I would like to counter your statement by explaining why Normandie’s dining room was larger than Queen Mary’s. First here’s what I found on Queen Mary’s dining room: According to “Sterling”, “The overall length of the apartment is about 143ft…The apartment occupies the full width of the deck, and is surmounted by a large dome, extending through two 'tween decks, and giving a height at the central part of about 27ft. Beyond the lines of the columns, the dome is confined to the ceiling in this region being about 17ft. 6 in, while at the boundaries beyond the dome the height is about 10ft. 6in” The confined ceiling regions reduce the overall volume of Queen Mary’s First Class dining room by a large amount. While Normandie’s dining room did have a smaller square footage, the ceiling height is not reduced which gives this room a larger volume. Normandie’s dining room is also commonly referred to as the largest room afloat at the time.
@@nboceanlinerhistory The point isn't the volume, but the square footage in the floor plan.
@@crankyoldguy2When comparing two 3D shapes, the shape with the larger volume is considered “larger”. In the case of Queen Mary and Normandie’s dining rooms, yes Queen Mary’s had a larger square footage but Normandie’s dining room quite literally had more space in it. Thus Normandie’s dining room was larger. The internet also continues to claim that Normandie’s dining room was the “largest” room afloat at the time.
I'm proud to brag I sailed on the 4 largest of the old liners in late 60s - early 70s, at the very end of service(I was age 6 - 9). Even got to hold the United States' wheel 1 hr @ 35 knots(40.2 MPH, 70 KPH) ... it's all unforgettable
That is absolutely amazing. Your a very lucky individual!
@@nboceanlinerhistory thx 🙏 I just subbed 🙂. I guess I was lucky, my rents were rich & famous (I'm not and dont wish to be) but honestly all that travel as a young kid meant I never had friends, so , was I all that lucky ... 🤔
SS Rex 🇮🇹
SS REX🚢
I always thought the fastest Atlantic crossing was awarded "The Blue Riband"......... ?
Wow ! I love the the ship United states
the largest ship in first world war was a HMHS aquitania
You are completely wrong. USS Leviathan was by far the largest ship in the first World War. It was 54,000 tons compared to Aquitania’s 45,000 tons.
It was true back in 1913 that imperator was the first liner to surpass titanics size.
Fun fact: when the britannic nickname is mentioned patroness of the mediterranean appears the game of the patronnes of the meditarranean
It's nice to go onto your long form videos and see good comments, because on your shorts the comments are all;
"Why no mention Titanic 😡😡😡😡😡😡, Titanic big best cruise ship and is jack and rose 😍 you should mention it"
Like I appreciate that Titanic has gotten them into oceanliners, but could somebody actually teach them stuff?
First time I ever saw a ship being scrapped in a video.
There are many videos of liners being scrapped on British Pathe. You should definitely check those videos out!
Nice video, but it was actually the RMS Queen Elizabeth who got the "grey ghost" name when she sailed pass the lighthouse-ship out in NY harbor a foggy morning ... no one knew she was coming and the lighthouse keeper stated when he went out to check out what this rumbling sound was : she came out of the fog like "a grey ghost"... :)
Omg do not know anything about ocean liners QM got the name not QE but if they did call QE the Grey ghost QM got the name before her
@@YoriichiTsugikuni-t1s Remember Queen Elizabeth did not have the Qunard painting when she left Europe to the US, so why should the QM get that nick... Just saying 🙂
27:24 I’m pretty sure they scrapped some parts and built a pier over her wreck
Because of the misspelling of blue riband I thought the ships get a blue ribbon on the ship 😅
Speed record designated as blue riband holder
Yeah I realized that I misspelled Blue Riband throughout the entire video. I apologize for that.
I don’t care, the video is too good
What is the jet thing you said
early 60s jet plane travel across the Atlantic was introduced, which took more and more passengers off the ocean liners. Before jets ppl preferred ships, propeller planes took like 14 hrs and were horribly noisy and uncomfortable. Source: my parents. PS I traveled on 3 of these ships very young, at the very end of their service
Wait! Imperator class ships are males?! That is so cool!
But sadly they have to become females 😢
2:47 SS Europa was not a “Nazi Superliner” but conceived and launched in the period of the Weimar Republic. Nazis came to power 3 years after her and her sister “Bremen”’s getting into service.
While Bremen and Europa were never conceived as Nazi liners, they certainly had their role supporting the Nazi regime. In a bid to retain foreign clients and to polish Germany’s image as a modern, moderate state, it was the expressed policy of German shipping lines to downplay Nazism. The swastika flag fluttered from the bowsprit of the Bremen and she was the sight of many protests against Nazism as tensions rose in Europe. In a sense, Bremen and Europa were heavily involved with the Nazi’s as a symbol of their modern merchant fleet. This is why I consider them “Nazi” liners.
@@nboceanlinerhistory Thanks for your reply, however I think you are a little too blatantly reducing the role and importance of this vessel to a single period of her life, whereas Europa was conceived in the spirit of Weimar democracy and ended her career as France's flagship. By the way, the fate of her sister Bremen was much more symbolically important for the Nazis.
@@hmhparis1904 You have a point there. It isn’t fair to completely reduce Europa’s career as a simple “Nazi” liner as she did have about 3 years of service before falling into the hands of the Nazi regime. But as the “Europa”, she did spend the majority of her time under Nazi control. And of course she would have a long and fruitful career as the french liner Liberté. However, I do sometimes hear Bremen and Europa referred to as “Nazi” liners in some old footage. But in the end, what do I know. I’m not a historian. Also thanks for debating with me!
that boy is a chad for setting that entire ship on fire after what the germans did to him
Yeah he was the youngest person ever executed in Germany at the time. “The Gestapo initially suspected that British intelligence had a hand in the destruction of the Bremen, but before long the investigation fell upon a 15-year-old deckhand from the Bremen, Walter Schmidt, who eventually confessed to having set the fire in revenge for a clip on the ear given him by a supervisor. Wartime justice was swift and severe. Schmidt was executed.” - Earl of Cruise
(For those who don’t know, the Gestapo at the time was the Jewish police in Europe I believe)
The ss france was more longer than rms queen elizabeth
15:19 to 16:47. SS/MS Queen Elizabeth 2, my favorite ocean liner of all time.
Just a correction, but she’s actually named “RMS Queen Elizabeth 2”, not SS or MS.
@@riversword2660 She was NEVER given the honorific "RMS". She was "SS" and later "MV" Queen Elizabeth 2, no matter how hard her (sadly mistaken) fans wish had been... Sorry, that's the truth.
@@martynmiller4247 Oh, I get it. So she’s commonly referred to with an “RMS” (even by official Cunard postcards) but she’s officially
SS/MV Queen Elizabeth 2
@@riversword2660 Thank you for your reply :-) . My understanding is that Cunard declined the "RMS" in the late 60s as being too "old fashioned" for their space-aged QE2, they wanted to break with tradition (in more ways than just this of course). But Cunard jumped at the honorific for QM2, when it was offered by Royal Mail as a tribute to Cunard's long history (and "tradition" was fashioable again). Whether QM2 carries any mail is another question. I've seen the Royal Mail pennant flying on a few transatlantic crossings, and an officer told me that she carries a few token mails. But I've also read that she never carries letters, that the title is purely symbolic. Best woshes to you :-)
Please excuse the typos above, thank you.
Would love to know what they did to SS United States that allowed her to capture the Blue Ribband using only 2/3 of her shaft hp.
NO, DONT YOU DARE!
I’d estimate 40/42 knots was her top speed, as 1/3 or 35(I think was her service speed) knots is about 7.5 knots, but that’s just an estimate.
Will the SS United States be saved, and restored? She cant die, she's royalty.
I really hope she finds a new life in some way or another. She truly is the queen of the U.S. Merchant Fleet!
Unbelievable how anyone would bomb a cruise ship!!!
It wasn’t a cruise ship but its still unbelievable nonetheless. Such beauty gone up in flames during a war.
Happened alot in the 20th century so you’ll find out more of them 🤷♂️
ocean liners are not cruise ships -.-
What is up with the blurred word at 14:13
OMGG PAGMOB
@@itzjustbryan123 PAGMOB
I messed up and had a repeated word. So I went back and tried to remove it but the best I could do was add a blur. Theres quite a few other mistakes like how I completely misspelled Blue “Riband”. But I had already uploaded the video so I left it like that.
@@nboceanlinerhistory ah its fine!
NB Ocean Liner History, there are several incorrect informations that I noticed. Otherwise video is OK.
Could you please point out this incorrect information?
@@nboceanlinerhistory. I do not have a time to focus on those again. You can leave them as it is.
What was the word that was censored at 14:13
It was a mistake where I repeated a word and blurring the word was the best I could do without re uploading the video.
September 11 it got bombed.
*Blue Riband
Yeah I realized that I misspelled “Blue Riband” throughout the entire video after I posted it. My apologies
The captions are taken down soooo fast that I can't read them. Consequently I stopped watching very early on and didn't hit the like button.
I can’t determine how fast everyone can read them. I apologize for that.
I've never given it any thought until now but the Imperator-class liners were, in a sense, transgender; They were created as "he" and eventually became "she" when operated by a different country under a totally new name and "gender."
Its rather interesting since Kaiser Wilhelm II had great pride in these vessels and insisted that they be referred to as male. While this was never fully confirmed, they would indeed change gender under new ownership. The Imperator-class would serve the majority of their lives being referred to as females.
While I appreciate the much justified struggle against woke bigotry, I should point out that ships are traditionally feminine (apart from Bismarck).
cool story bro
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9:07 what is song