@@pocketwatch5149 Just the top of her funnels when she was the SS America, they were dark blue instead of black like I originally did them. Wasnt too difficult to correct. 🙂
@HFB Marine - Art & Productions Regarding the top of the funnels, sometimes they appear to be dark blue, whilst other times they appear to be a dark shade of grey. It could just be an optical illusion depending on the lighting and how you see them.
Hello there, I was on the second voyage to Halifax, Nova Scotia which departed New York on July 3, 1978. Venture CruiseLine's actually had 2 cruises (so you can edit this vlog again), the maiden voyage departed New York on June 30 which was a cruise to nowhere for like $99 (2 or 3 nights) and the passengers almost mutinied and many passengers got off early. I was 13 years old at the time and actually made it on the cover of the NY Post with both my thumbs down along with other passengers.
Thank you very much for the info (and for sharing your experiences), I wasnt sure whether it was one or two cruises she made with Venture. Info about her later life is sometimes hard to come by. :)
@@HFBmarine I also forgot to mention that we went through a hurricane because there was extremely high seas (around 18 feet) on the way to Halifax! We were lucky the ship did not sink.
Had to re-upload this video, had a few mistakes that I needed to correct! 😅 Edit: there is another with mistake with the prefix when she was the Australis. When she was re-registered to Panama, she changed from RHMS Australis (Royal Hellenic Mail Ship) back to SS (Steam Ship) Australis.
@@jamesholton2630 Yes that right, when the ship was sold the name 'ITALIS' on her bow was crudely painted over. The paint they used was darker than her already faded hull so you could still just make it out. For whatever reason her new name 'NOGA' was only put over her stern.
Probably my favourite liner too! Such a long interesting career! I would like to think that she would've been a successful hotel ship. But over the past 20 years I've seen so many ships head out that way to become museum/hotel ships and, apart from a few exceptions, almost all of them have failed (examples like the former Italian liner Augustus, the Vistafjord, Oriana or even the famous Queen Mary, which hasnt failed but definitely seems to fallen on hard times). It seems companies buy up these older ships without realising how incredibly hard and expensive they are to maintain in the long run. Still happening to this day in fact! If the American Star had somehow survived the Thai financial crash of the late 90s, she may have been seriously damaged in the 2004 tsunami. Phucket was badly affected at the time. I think she may have lasted for a little while, and then when the money ran out, probably sold to the breakers (which is pretty sad). But I'm no expert and I guess we'll never know for certain. But it would have been really cool to see her preserved though! I always wondered what they planned on doing to the ship, would they have rebuilt her forward funnel or how her interiors would have been altered. 🙂
This is honesty the best digital artwork ive ever seen. Your channel is extremley underrated
That was so interesting. My parents crossed the Atlantic on the S.S. America in 1952
Womp womp
That’s really nice! I remember going on the Australis.
We will watch your career with great interest! Keep up the great work
Always worth waiting for another video of yours
Thank you! I'm still annoyed that I had to re-upload it and that I didnt catch the mistakes before. Oh well, hopefully its all good now. 😅
@@HFBmarine what mistakes where there?
Didn't see a lot while watching
@@pocketwatch5149 Just the top of her funnels when she was the SS America, they were dark blue instead of black like I originally did them. Wasnt too difficult to correct. 🙂
@HFB Marine - Art & Productions Regarding the top of the funnels, sometimes they appear to be dark blue, whilst other times they appear to be a dark shade of grey. It could just be an optical illusion depending on the lighting and how you see them.
Yeah it was just optical illusion, glad I fixed it. 🙂
Well done Henry! You have done the ship proud.
Thanks Matthew, really enjoyed working on this one!
Hello there, I was on the second voyage to Halifax, Nova Scotia which departed New York on July 3, 1978. Venture CruiseLine's actually had 2 cruises (so you can edit this vlog again), the maiden voyage departed New York on June 30 which was a cruise to nowhere for like $99 (2 or 3 nights) and the passengers almost mutinied and many passengers got off early. I was 13 years old at the time and actually made it on the cover of the NY Post with both my thumbs down along with other passengers.
Thank you very much for the info (and for sharing your experiences), I wasnt sure whether it was one or two cruises she made with Venture. Info about her later life is sometimes hard to come by. :)
@@HFBmarine I also forgot to mention that we went through a hurricane because there was extremely high seas (around 18 feet) on the way to Halifax! We were lucky the ship did not sink.
Had to re-upload this video, had a few mistakes that I needed to correct! 😅
Edit: there is another with mistake with the prefix when she was the Australis. When she was re-registered to Panama, she changed from RHMS Australis (Royal Hellenic Mail Ship) back to SS (Steam Ship) Australis.
When the ship was renamed noga, the word.noga was painted only on the stern but it still says italis on the bow
Proof at 6:00
@@jamesholton2630 Yes that right, when the ship was sold the name 'ITALIS' on her bow was crudely painted over. The paint they used was darker than her already faded hull so you could still just make it out. For whatever reason her new name 'NOGA' was only put over her stern.
Well it kinda doesn’t make sense that it should say noga on the dummy funnel stump and on the bow
The people were being slack
Very nice! Im starting to draw ships myself and your oceanos drawing was great help!
What a sad ending 😢
She was such a handsome ship!
very good video
One of my favorite Liners! I wish she survived the journey, what do you think would’ve happened to her had she survived?
Probably my favourite liner too! Such a long interesting career!
I would like to think that she would've been a successful hotel ship. But over the past 20 years I've seen so many ships head out that way to become museum/hotel ships and, apart from a few exceptions, almost all of them have failed (examples like the former Italian liner Augustus, the Vistafjord, Oriana or even the famous Queen Mary, which hasnt failed but definitely seems to fallen on hard times). It seems companies buy up these older ships without realising how incredibly hard and expensive they are to maintain in the long run. Still happening to this day in fact!
If the American Star had somehow survived the Thai financial crash of the late 90s, she may have been seriously damaged in the 2004 tsunami. Phucket was badly affected at the time.
I think she may have lasted for a little while, and then when the money ran out, probably sold to the breakers (which is pretty sad).
But I'm no expert and I guess we'll never know for certain. But it would have been really cool to see her preserved though! I always wondered what they planned on doing to the ship, would they have rebuilt her forward funnel or how her interiors would have been altered. 🙂
@@HFBmarine Will you do a video on M.V. Panagiotis and her sisters too one day? They also had long and interesting careers!
Other video please of the evolution of ss united states
When she became the Australis she was RHMS (Royal Hellenic Mail Service) Australis, however in 1968 three years later she became the SS Australis.
Sad ending .went from NZ to UK on her in 1967.😢
pls now video
She had a good life r.i.p for her
Pls post more videos
W vid
MY LOVE VIDEOS THE SUPER COOL
pls ss norway ss france
I liked the America.
Thor at looks alot like Mike Brady's ship drawings
@Sidecharacter1912 Nope, we have a similar style but these were all done by me.
His broke in Thailand