From an era when “Clyde built” was the standard. So glad that in 2022 QM is receiving a $1m refit and conservation. Funds raised from filming revenues. Her nearly 100 year old hull is still in excellent condition and with care she will be around for many generations to experience first hand. A true Scottish icon.

It is extremely fascinating how an ocean liner was built. They were truly engineering marvels back then and still are today.

@Kaidhicksii

Жыл бұрын

I consider them to be the absolute pinnacles of engineering, something that I don't say lightly. The only things that are even remotely their equal are spacecraft in my opinion, and even then, until the day comes when large spaceships such as the ones seen in Star Wars and Star Trek are developed, nothing in the world can take this title from the liners.

@williamjones7163

Жыл бұрын

I think the passengers found the decor homey. Not homely 15:01.

@shaynewheeler9249

5 ай бұрын

RMS titanic

@brookuth2212

19 күн бұрын

@@williamjones7163different meaning outside America, it’s the same as homey.

I’m currently working inside the double bottom of a ship right now while listening to this video. I’m an apprentice shipfitter. Thanks for the great content keep it up!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

That’s got to be a first for the channel! Great timing to be working on a double bottom!

@judydenver5362

Жыл бұрын

COOL!!!!!!!!!

@AndrewtheLNERA1

Жыл бұрын

hows the construction going?

@martinserna88

7 ай бұрын

How does one pursue a job like this love to know?

Fascinating as ever and what a magnificent ship she was. Fun fact, my late grandfather would have been in one of the photos of her launch from the opposite bank. Remarkably, his father in law was stood just a few feet away from him at the time, but they wouldn't actually meet for over a decade.

I took my niece to stay on the queen Mary in long Beach a few years ago. I wanted to see her first hand, knowing the opportunity to do so was probably closing. Of course she was gutted of her boilers, etc. It was like visiting the funeral home. She was very tired looking the way she was "laid out". My feelings were mostly of sadness. I took pictures of the artwork in our cabin. Yes, it was an odd sort of deco but endearing at the same time. Thank you Mike, for another well rounded enthusiastic video.

@stankythecat6735

Жыл бұрын

I felt the exact same way. It was like the difference between a living persons and corpse

@Jayc2080

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! It just doesn’t look the same as it did in it’s prime before WWII. Many things have been changed about the ship. The interiors are mainly original but many things are not. I particularly hate how they got the paint colors wrong and how they ruined the face of the ship by widening the windows of the forward facing bar. The smokestacks look different than the originals too. I preferred the original tiling instead of the carpet.

@philcollins932

Жыл бұрын

she came to lb shortly after my parents moved to lb & one of the double deckers that came with her, jack kent cooke bought it to be able to pick up the hockey teams from lax. he used to drive dad nuts because he would constantly ring the bell. & I do mean constantly. & dad was also 1 of the original members at the forum as well.

@filmandfirearms

10 ай бұрын

I've long been of the opinion that machines do have a soul, and to lock them up like Mary is right now or like so many cars which are kept in garages from the day they're bought and never driven until they eventually rust away, it's a heartbreaking sight and it kills the very spirit that makes these machines so wonderful

I actually went to go look at the exterior of the Queen Mary a couple days ago so it’s nice to see a video about it, wish i could show the pictures i got.

@johnfranklin5277

Жыл бұрын

Mmm you could have described what you saw...

Mike Brady, what a professionally written, delivered and animated presentation. I enjoyed every minute of the video, especially details of her construction. This is exactly the kind of primer that can fire up a curious seeker into a Queen Mary enthusiast. It was a privilege to watch this!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Sean, so glad you enjoyed!

@MilagrosMarisolMarinNarro

3 ай бұрын

V ​@@OceanlinerDesigns que formatos usas para animar así tan realista tan increíble

You are a natural born, who isn't, story teller but there's so much more needed to produce these videos and you knocked it out of the park with the combination of everything involved. You should be proud like the thousands of people who built that beautiful ship should have been if they weren't at the time.

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

That’s so kind, thank for watching!

Grateful the she is still with us and looking better than ever! Long live Queen Mary!

My opinions on Queen Mary’s interior can be described by the quotes of a critic from the time, “The workmanship is magnificent, the materials used are splendid, the result is appalling.”

@johnfranklin5277

Жыл бұрын

I think that's a minority opinion, I think she's beautiful, but beauty IS in the eye of the beholder.

@hal90001

9 ай бұрын

And the most fancy interior you've seen is America Mall 😂

@gjcs23

9 ай бұрын

i don't know, i find most of the Edwardian interiors used in the liners of previous decades to be sort of garish. QM was a nice departure from that. personally my favorite era of liners but i guess it's just a matter of style and preference

@th8257

5 ай бұрын

In his book "Famous Ocean Liners", William H. Miller talked about the differences between the Queen Mary and the Normandie: "When the new 81,000 ton Queen Mary was commissioned in Spring 1936, she was looked on as far less innovative, even less glittering than her Gallic rival..one early passenger was to report 'in my opinion, the Queen Mary is a grand English woman in sportswear, and the Normandie is a very gay French girl in evening dress.'"

@istoppedcaring6209

4 ай бұрын

​@@johnfranklin5277 it is not the minority oppinion as of today, perhaps back in the day when modernism was looked at more favorably and was considdered fresh but no matter what controversy existed from the start either way where it had not existed before, no matter what is said or done modernism remains controversial where as classical artstyles are not (asside from in the eyes of a small academic elite and their meeting places were indeed exclusive where as classical art will always bring memories of massive public artworks that placed both ideas and craftsmanship at the forefront, though indeed these did limit materials that could be used as well as creativity as a whole. I bring this up because it is not a case of absolute hatred vs absolute love but rather which do you prefere, classical or modernist. I do grant that the notion of it being homelike makes sense, even today few homes maintain one style inside, many have different closets, different seats, different ornaments and a myriad of collors often with a hardwood floor and arched doorways giving homes both classical and modernist elements.

A great story and well-told Mike! You've got to admire the men who designed and built Queen Mary. No computers in those days, maybe a slide rule. No CAD, everything done the old-fashioned way on drafting boards using T-squares, French curves, triangles and ink pens. (I learned how to use the same in high school 52 years ago.) And the building! Single red-hot rivets driven by burly men with sledgehammers. A lot of love, sweat, and no doubt a little blood went into that ship. What an achievment! Thanks for "Taking us back!"

My family going back nearly 100 years were all ship builders, ships carpenters, draughtsman and sea trials engineers on the upper and lower clyde. I myself have lived along the Clyde my whole life and regularly walk next to the fitting out dock the Lusitania sat at right across the river from Erskine. My gran stayed in a top floor tenement in Scotstoun on the same street as Yarrow's, I clearly remember the sounds and sights and smells of the yards, shift change whistle, and crowds of workers. It's a treasured thing to have such a close relationship with "clyde built".

Living in Long Beach California I am privileged to see her up close from time to time, and went I do the Queen Mary is always STUNNING. Impossibly massive, grand and glorious.

Excellent presentation thanks again for your hard work. I am also a ships enthusiastic back to my childhood in the 1950s. By the 1980s I was a frequent visitor on Queen Mary at Long Beach CA. I have visited her Jaques Casto Museum, with engine room tour and stayed overnight in here historic staterooms. Dined at the Winston Churchill Restaurant and spent several afternoons in her front bar lounge. In the late 1980s or early 1990s a haunted ship tour was created that provided entrance to the empty boiler rooms and swimming pool. Continuing my Queen Mary dedication I was present for the Queen Mary 2s arrival in New York City. Dating a maid on the accompanied Queen Elizabeth 2 I delivered a bottle of champagne. I went on to sail the QM2 several times from New York to the Caribbean and back and from New York to Rio de Janeiro. Just a further note I have sailed the Queen Elizabeth 3 from Singapore to Dubai. Very thankful to Cunard and to you.

@simonolsen9995

Жыл бұрын

Bravo Sir. Thanks for sharing your stories of good fortune and adventure. The nautical enthusiasm of my youth only ever got me berths on tramp freighters and trawlers... no champagne at all. You did very well.

@johnwilson7609

Жыл бұрын

@@simonolsen9995 p

The day I spent aboard this ship was I swear the best Day of my life. Such an Amazing experience.

Thanks to Michael for another fine "Oceanliner Designs" watch.... I have been on the Mary many times, we live about 22 minutes away and have taken the tour many times over the years. On the count-down for the reopening this fall. Thanks again for your time and effort you put into your work.....

Michael, I have to say, this was THE BEST presentation I have EVER seen describing her construction and fitting out! Your graphics showing how the keel, girders, frames and hull plates were assembled and fastened together was absolutely OUTSTANDING! More often, than not, a documentary (especially a youtube video) will never go into this kind of detail. This is true for the traditional media documentaries (TV broadcast, DVD, VHS, etc) that cover this side of her. THE TOPS though, was your digital recreation of her on the slipway and on the Clyde at John Brown! Such a beautiful and very informative video for both the novice fan, as well as the "rivet counter" fanatics! :-)

Alright, I'm done. Once again, super excited to finally see Part 2 of Queen Mary's story, and I am unspeakable levels of hyped that this series will continue with a Part 3. I had no idea Mary's rivets weighed as much as a smaller ship: forget being specific with a Fletcher-class destroyer. That is just mindboggling to me. It was also really cool to see your animation on how her frame was built, from the keel up. Very informative and just fascinating. And getting her ready for her launch must certainly not have been an easy task: from widening and dredging the Clyde to better fit her immense size, to the stresses her hull must've experienced when she reached that halfway point where part of her was in the water while the rest of her was still sliding down the slipway. I can easily imagine how a ship could break apart like that if not properly built. That took me right back to Titanic when she broke apart while hanging so high out of the water, something no ship is designed for. Hearing that Mary bent upward at that point before flexing back down honestly kinda scares me to drive the point home. When all was said and done, it most certainly had to be a really feel-good moment for everybody when Mary was finally launched, completed, and aced her trials, and I cannot wait to hear about the start of her legendary career with how she matched up against the other liners of the world, being somewhat of an oddball with her more traditional appearance and peculiar layout. Especially her races against Normandie. That'll be a ton of fun. Until then, though, today was not wasted. Solid work. :D 👍👏

The graphics are amazing in this video!

I particularly like that image at 7:29. Outstanding video as always 👍

Please make a video about how the Olympic Class of Ships was built. This video is so good than the other documentaries and is very well explained

I greatly enjoyed this series, very informative!

QUEEN MARY PART II FINALLY

Thank you Mike for this documentary on the building of RMS Queen Mary. It is very informative and details the "534's" construction and eventual launch with lots of interesting photographs. Your graphics are very impressive too! My paternal grandfather worked as a riveter at John Brown's and hammered some of the rivets into her, which are still holding her together in Long Beach, nearly 90 years later! Congratulations Mike on a "job well done" with this video!👍 PS: There is no "e" in "Brown" - Christopher 😊.

@johnjephcote7636

Жыл бұрын

Yes, '534'. The last time I saw her, I was on a boat/docks tour around Southampton. We motored close alongside her tied up at Ocean Liner Terminal. We also, further down the Water, watched a Short Solent flying boat of Aquila Airways touching down.

@waysidetavern

Жыл бұрын

@@johnjephcote7636 You are a lucky man John, to have seen RMS Queen Mary tied up at Ocean Liner Terminal!😊

Queen Mary is probably my favorite ocean liner

Loved this presentation! I’ve had the opportunity to visit the Queen Mary on 3 occasions. I had an Easter Brunch in one of her dining rooms one Easter Sunday. You could see how grand she was in her prime. It was a fun experience. Thanks for great vlog Mike! Looking forward to the next installment. Cheers! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

You always make a great presentation and this is no exception. I live about 75 miles east of NYC, and as a kid I remember my Scottish born dad driving us down to the docks in NYC to see the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. Impressive. I really appreciate your using the Imperial (we call it customary) measuring system. Most of us don't know a centimeter from a kilogram! You make a great presentation and are very easy to listen to. Thank you.

@dmw1280

Жыл бұрын

I take you live on Long Island? I live 55 miles Northwest in Orange co.

@ronalddevine9587

Жыл бұрын

@@dmw1280 No, New Haven County, Connecticut.

What a fascinating ship, with an excellent story. I actually didn’t realise Scotland featured in the history of this ship, so thanks for sharing this - really insightful!

@indigohammer5732

Жыл бұрын

Clyde yards built a quarter of World shipping at one time.

I lived next to the Queen Mary for a few months. I never went on her, but I got to see her every day.

A magnificent ship and it's very fortunate that the RMS Queen Mary was turned into a museum-ship and not ignominiously scrapped like the vast majority of other passenger-liners when they are retired.

These videos never cease to make my day. Good job! :)

I recently visited America and went onboard the Queen Mary in California. It's cool to actually stand on such a famous ship from the golden age of ocean liners

I visited the Queen Mary about a decade ago. This video makes me want to visit again. I think I will.

Thanks for the great video... love seeing video's of ships that were built on the Clyde... Being a lad from Clydebank these video's fill my heart with pride, especially how small a town Clydebank was at the time of these mighty ships that were built here... again great video and Thank you..

My dad came out to Australia in 47 as a teen on a P @ O ship called Ormond , he loved all things navle and nautical and would have been thrilled by your story's . Would love to hear some of those stories . Cheers Andrew.

Omg omg omg omg omg omg it’s Queen Mary PT 2

I was living near Long Beach California in 1967 when the city bought the RMS Queen Mary. It took them a few years to get her ready for tourists as a floating Hotel and Museum, with replacing the funnels with props, cutting the engine in half to put a walkway through it, removing one propeller to display in the parking lot, and many other modifications. Not to mention building the English village next to it. I went to see her in 1973 as a kid and was hooked. Such an amazing ship. They also had a double decker bus you could ride for 10 cents to The Breakers building in downtown LB and back.

Hey man just wanted to say great video thank you🙂

I think the word you were looking for to describe the interiors was 'eclectic' Love this channel!

I'm really sorry that I only saw this very interesting video of the massive ocean liner Queen Mary of about 80,000 tons! What a ship With gargantuan size! No wonder evoked such great pride in Great Britain! A very good job as always 👍 👍👍

Fantastic video and drawings Mike! It was well worth the wait, and your upcoming videos will be as well. I’d like to see a video about Hamburg Amerika Line and their liners of the 20s, such as the S.S. Reliance and S.S. Albert Ballin. The liners are largely forgotten but I believe that they have a interesting and video-worthy history.

I got to visit the Queen when I was a kid. Didn't appreciate it as much then as I would now. But she was/is a behemoth and Elegant. Hope to see her again someday

Hey friend, Mike Brady, we just visited the Queen Mary again today, and she looks so much better than she did in 2017. The City of Longbeach is taking care of her, bit by bit.

Fantastic video. My son and i enjoyed it immensely. We have made several trips to see her in long beach, he loves her

What a great video. The mix of animation, real footage and pictures along with narration and a bit of story telling is fantastic.

I was talking to a colleague from work the other day. Turns out his Dad was involved in not only the building of the Queen Mary but much later the QE2. He even has his coffin designed to look like QE2. He also told my colleague about a time when he saw a welder whose torch overheated and caused him to fall off the scaffolding they were working on, killing him instantly.

An excellent video! Your animation skills are growing more and more impressive. A couple questions: Were strakes differentiated between port and starboard? For example, Strake A Left vs Strake A Right? If so, how? In the same vein, isn't that a bit limited? You could only have 26 strakes. Did any ship exceed that amount, and, if so, how were they labelled? Strake AA? I wonder how much just one of the links for the drag chains weighs. Probably a whole awful lot. An excellent video looking at the Queen Mary. I hope we get videos like these for all sorts of ships! That'd be grand.

Beautiful QM, another great video Mike. Your animations are getting so good, well done.

Quick fact: Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth are not exactly sister ships even though they are similar they are more just Running mates

@AlextheHistorian

Жыл бұрын

They were more than runningmates, they could really be classified as companion liners, because while runningmates might use the same routes, companion liners were designed specifically for the purpose of working together, like Lusitania and Mauretania.

@normalicious9734

Жыл бұрын

"Oh my god they were running mates"

@xr6lad

Жыл бұрын

@@AlextheHistorian Lusitania and Mauritania were sisters as well though.

@AlextheHistorian

Жыл бұрын

@@xr6lad technically Lusi and Mauri don't fit the definition of sisters, they were both built at two different shipyards, and featured many changes to the design of the exteriors and interiors.

@MaritimeEvents

Жыл бұрын

What’s the difference between sister ships and running mates?

The Queen Mary is one of the only ships I was willing to take my time to draw.

@gavinslatter

Жыл бұрын

What about the TITANIC?

@iguanayt2740

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinslatter titanic overrated tbh. Her design is a very basic early 20th century ocean liner. Nothing much

@carlosadriantinajerovelazc4338

Жыл бұрын

@@iguanayt2740 I wouldn't say so. While it is true that Titanic (and the whole Olympic class by extension) has an enormous popularity thanks to certain events, I find their design to truly stand out as one of the best, of their time and in general. Their outlines were so clean and elegant, you could say "basic" to some extent, but they looked pretty well, nothing crowded, like, let's say the Mauretania. Of course in the end is a matter of taste and is subjective, also is true there are some other truly beautiful liners way less recognized. But the Olympic class was really beautiful.

@gavinslatter

Жыл бұрын

@@iguanayt2740 TITANIC is overrated. But it is the only reason most of us are ocean liner fans.

@iguanayt2740

Жыл бұрын

@@gavinslatter cant disagree tho

Outstanding presentation as always! Looking forward to the next installment.

Could you make a "what if" video on the Oceanic III if she had been allowed to be built? Also it would be nice to see a video about how Normadie was built.

Absolutely love this content. Really is well researched and brilliantly delivered. Keep it coming 😀

This guy deserves more attention cuz of how good his vids are

I love how in-depth you went with this discussion of this legendary ship. The 3D model was an excellent visual.

Ahoy there Mike ..another fine video. I have continued sending messages through your website but alas, a response from you has never come through. I can't make a purchase without some questions answered first. 🤷‍♂️ Fun fact...once it came time to fit the Mary out a new boiler design than the one originally intended had been chosen. These new boilers were slightly lighter and taken all together her overall weight was reduced. This reduction in her overall weight would help increase her overall speed, however it also esulted in her having ever so slightly less stability...thus leading to her famous nickname "The Rolling Mary". 😁

I work now and again down at the TS Queen Mary on the Clyde, It is being restored. I helped move it to dry dock ealier this year, I was on the mooring ropes attached to bollards and released these as the ship was moving. The wind was a problem and I found out later that 5 windows in the bow shattered, the ship was released and the wind blew it a few meters starboard. I never heard anything on the stern even though it was quite a crash. Hop to be back on the ship in 2024.

I love your work. I hope to see future work for the German and French liners too.

Fantastic, Mike! Always well done! Cannot wait for the next one.

Thanks for a fascinating look into the Queen Mary! By the time I got to walk her decks in the 1980s, when she was an exhibit alongside the enormous "Spruce Goose" in Long Beach, CA, so much had changed. But the appeal from her former magnificence remained.

Amazing video! Thank you Mike for everything and I hope you have an outstanding day!

I spent many nights on her during her Disney heyday as a hotel in the 1980s. Beautiful interiors, great food. Even an onboard Harrods. The only earthquake-proof hotel in SoCal.

Absolutely love that mechanical moving map!

Queen Mary is safely moored in Long Beach, CA. I've walked outside of her near the harbor. She is quite pretty. A few meters away is a dock for a Carnival Cruises ship. It's fascinating to see the tech progression.

Great stuff. And an excellent synopsis of how ships were built till the 1960s.

You’re my favourite influencer. When are you doing a ship unboxing? Xx

Excellent video for my favourite ship, thank you!!

Fascinating vid, great work!

EXCELLENT. I hope you'll cover the ELIZABETH'S STORY, AND SAD ENDING , TOO.

Was waiting for this!!!!!

What a joy to watch, you have a great story telling voice, thanks!

Another great instalment Mike. A pleasure to watch and listen.

Thank you Mike for another great video. I actually enjoyed the subject matter and details included in this video. No rogue waves or botched makeovers! All the best from Sydney

Stunning period images. Amazing ship. Hoping to get to see it in Los Angeles evetually. Thank you for the video! Have an amazing week.

4 thousand tons, in RIVETS! That's mind blowing!

I absolutely love your videos. Thank you for taking the time to research, and present such a great production, which was surely equally we painstaking as the research.

Great video Mike!!!!! So much knowledge!!!!

Thanks once again Captain Mike, your research is excellent and equisitely interlinked with good storytelling structure. I know the Queen Mary's a fav' of mine and many of us out there. Well done.

Absolutely brilliant Facinating In fact!

Man, having a massive ship like that, being almost 1000 feet long and weighing tons, they managed to calculate to within 2 feet how far the ship would go. That is absolutely insane, id imagine the margin of error was probably at least 50 feet, total guess but a structure that big, moving, there are just so many variables to account for and so many extreme forces at play, that is just so cool to me.

Been looking forward to Part 2!

Another fantastic video, Mike!

I enjoyed this immensely!!!

Great video, and superb production !

my Dad witnessed the queen mary's launch & sea trials. his uncle (john) was a painter on board that ship. he asked Dad to help him paint it. basically he painted the mural in the grand ballroom & also painted queen mary in one of the staircase. i truly miss my father because between Him & mom I learned a lot. albeit mom was a londoner & dad being from Glasgow, talk about coming from a mixed up marriage because I got baptized under the high church of england, Dad was a prodistant. I truly wish now that I was baptized as a prodistant because the lamond genes are strong. makes me proud to be a mix. especially since I now look like dad & my son whom I named in his honor, when was born he looked like dad did. I truly wish dad would've been proud as well just too bad he passed away 4 years before I could let that happen

@philcollins932

Жыл бұрын

he was a walking history, I even took a class 37 loco up to kyles of lochalsh along with taking a tour on the waverly I was very proud of that as well.

Great video as always sir

A splendid presentation as always. Looking forward to the third instalment.

Wonderful video! I love all types of ocean liners, but Queen Mary is my all time favourite. What a history she has! Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

Thanks for posting such a wonderful and detailed account on the construction of the Queen Mary I can remember seeing the proud lettering (CLYDE BANK) written across the stern of the hulls of all the John Brown built passenger ships.

I find these videos very informative and educational thank you for sharing

I love watching your videos, they're just another level!

Great presentation Thanks

Can you please do a video on the construction of the Normandie? 🙏🙏🙏

Great video thank you ❤

Awesome well done.

It's interesting; I've been on this ship many times, and I've never been able to describe the decor. I'm glad you pointed that out.

Fantastic work, I'd love to see you make a doc about the design and construction of the Ballin trio as I must admit I know very little about them compared to the Cunard and White Star liners.

This was the best video i’we ever seen. Great work Sir i really can sence your passion and love for the past oceanliners. All my respekt for your work. All the best from Norway

The site of John Brown shipyard is now Clydebank College. There are still remnants of it being a shipyard around the campus including a scale model of HMS Hood. The building itself looks like a ship, long and thin with one central corridor. Some of the other buildings on the site have very angular designs but you can fully see the inspiration from cruise liners and battleships. It's so cool knowing I study where such iconic ships were built and it makes me proud to be from that area,

I spent the night on the ship recently. Loved it!