How an 18th Century Sailing Warship Works
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2024
- Fly through a wooden warship from the age of sail!
CREDITS
Jacob O'Neal - Modeling, animation, texturing, vfx, music, narrative script
Wesley O'Neal - Research, technical script
For a much more history-driven experience, check out Epic History channel's "Victory" series here:
• HMS Victory: Total Gui...
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0:00 Intro
00:33 Frame
02:08 Hold
03:53 Orlop Deck
07:33 Lower Gun Deck
09:36 Bilge pumps
10:57 Middle Gun Deck
12:33 Upper Gun Deck
14:06 Quarter Deck
14:46 Steering
16:17 Onboard boats
17:23 Poop deck
18:00 Hammocks
18:48 Anchors
20:36 Masts, sails, and rigging
22:52 Setting sail
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VIDEO CORRECTIONS:
Feel free to add your knowledge to this comment thread. Remember, teaching others your precious knowledge is a lovely thing and is best done with patience, and not excess sharpness.
Some viewers have already pointed out that:
- "battleship" is a modern term not applicable to old ships like this.
- The boat is a "Pinnace", not pinnacle
- Proper old English terms like fo'c'sle (forecastle), which we are aware of but which I omitted in the final script.
- The Grand Magazine had light rooms nearby as well, like the hanging magazines. That is, they had separate rooms with lanterns behind glass for protection.
- Apparently the yard isn't in the correct spot when hoisted, but I'll be damned if I could find info on just how that should have been situated when I was animating it!
- The audio isn't the greatest. I know. I was being lazy, and I'll do better next time and give myself the proper time to get it right. I just dislike that part of the project. I've got a proper setup though, it's not my gear. Classic.
Hey man, I didn't know until this video how "boatswain" was pronounced, and that was pretty damn cool to learn
Beatiful. Just like recent Epic History video on Victoria
from user "edl617":
Not a battleship. It’s a Ship of the Line. The Battleline which Is made of of ships of the line. The British Royal Navy rated ships of the line. 6th rate, 5th rate, 4th rate, 3rd Rate, 2nd Rate, and 1st Rate like the HMS Victoria. British Frigates had between 28 to 40 guns, then ships of the line 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 guns
from "jameshigh6481":
Ships don't have floors. They have decks.
I'm a much older man and remember when color TV first came out. Yes, I'm that old. Anyway, it's a real pleasure to see an intelligent and gifted young person turn his talents to interesting subjects as you have done. I especially liked your videos on the WW2 aircraft but the others are great too. Fascinating. I grew up playing with those airplane models and you've done a fine job of explaining everything about them. I had a model of HMS Victory ages and ages ago. Fascinating. It's a shame to lose that tech from bygone days but time moves on.
Well, keep on doing your best and follow your bliss and you can't go wrong.
As someone who's been on several actual historical ships…I am surprised, how no one seems to comment on what an amazing animated 3D tutorial this is....we are taking a lot of hard work for granted watching this, thank you!
Was thinking the same, well done job pleasure to see
I was about to comment on that. Now I will just support your comment. That is good animated 3D model work.
I think it's because that goes without saying. It's probably the first thing everyone thought of as they started watching the video.
Thinking the same thing. Amazing work.
Yes, fascinating video and very thorough! Very well done!
It's incredible how everything seems so rudimentary, yet so well-thought at the same time.
rudimentary to us maybe, yet to elk, it is beyond fathom
When I was a kid, I built a plastic model of the Mayflower, one of the ships that brought the Pilgrims to America. You don't know just how many ropes and lines there are until you build a ship, whether it's an accurate model or a real ship. My dad never needed to help with any of my modelling because he and my mother made sure that each of us kids learned early how to read and follow an assembly guide. Dad did help me when it came time to mix paint colors for small one-off batches so that I didn't have to buy a whole bottle of paint for each of the very minor colors in any given model, only to use just a few drops for a part that was supposed to look like oak, or another part that was supposed to look like an off-white railing or something. LOL, all on my paperboy income, hehe! Oak is a tan color, while Mahogany is a darker brown. Once you know how to make the off-colors from your bottles of common colors, that gives you the real power of creativity. Today there's probably an app for that, right?
That technology was the culmination of centuries of development. We think of it as primitive because it's old but it required vast knowledge and skill to build, maintain, and operate.
There have always been incredibly clever humans to design this stuff, but technology advances slowly.
It took centuries of trial and error...
What strikes me about these ships is how flexible and modular everything had to be; the gun decks are also mess halls and sleeping quarters. Raising anchors was a huge task that required clearing the decks, and even high-ranking officers are sleeping with a cannon or two as their roommate.
the cannons dont snore, exept when they need too.
Its a level of project design and managment inmaginable in a time where there was no industries and no computers.
It took literally hundreds of years to device all the interactive devices, ropes, rooms, etc. Somebody had to take an idea and develop it into reality and practice.
Also, think about the carpenters literally knocking down all the walls between decks EVERY time the ship cleared for drills or action!
@@jonpopelka Yeah but I'm pretty sure the partition walls were designed to be easily removed or repositioned.
it's hard to imagine how did the designer, builder centuries ago orchestra this huge project with many parts cooperating together and the ship was functionable and workable. they have to know so many kinds of knowledge, military, sailing, physics, astronomy， meteorolgy, fire safety, air ventialation etc.incredible
ship like that is a pinnacle of hundreds of years of evolution and knowledge. Millions of man hours of experience. Ship like this wasn't born out of a vacuum. And yet im still in awe about how it is operated. 800people crew. its quite amazing.
I'm surprised conspiracy theorists aren't saying "aliens build these ships", similarly how they say about the pyramids.
It's not though. Whenever people say this they imagine themselves being sat down with the lack of knowledge we ourselves posess and being tasked with building such a ship. Just like in science, they stood on the shoulders of those who came before them. Over time people figure things out and they culminate in things like these ships or smart phones or 10 billion dollar telescopes launched into space to see almost the beginning of time. They didn't just wake up one day, look at a shitty raft and go "hold my beer, we need a bigger boat" lol - it's the culmination of human curiosity, effort, knowledge and ingenuity over time. Not that it makes it any less impressive.
@@jesustyronechrist2330well, yeah but like, we KNOW how they made these... we have replicated them even. Granted, we sucked at it and it took us way longer than them but that's to be expected considering we quit doing it for hundreds of years. People spoke the same language when they were building these. We have records, schematics and some of the ships themselves are still afloat and work just fine. No one has any idea still to this day exactly how tf they built the pyramids. Plus, these ships and the Egyptian pyramids were historically separated by about 4,000 years or so at least so that's kind of a big difference too lol.
@@jesustyronechrist2330 always with the aliens lol
It is amazing how advanced these ships really were even hundreds of years ago.
YES
And it is amazing, how advanced and detailed this perfect 3D animation is! 👌🏻
The Western World soon at its peak in term of power and wealth…
Very expensive to build and operate also. Would love to have seen it in action, what a show. Wouldn't want to stay on one but, to be on board to see, hear and smell the fury of those guns, would be incredible.
They were the most advanced equipment of their time
Having heard about the weight of the cannons, having seen the wheels of the cannons, you understand how dangerous a "loose cannon" can be in a storm.
Huh, I never made the connection between that saying and ship cannons, but it makes a lot of sense.
Yeah you know, you'd almost be better off in a bad storm, if that cannon were to simply fall overboard. You'd lose a cannon, yes, but you'd save the crew and probably lots of damage!
Skip the rum in me grog 'n I show you a loose canon maityyy!
Amazing animation. I learnt alot watching/listening to this. Well done Lad 👍👍👍
They must have all lost their hearing,firing those canons.
This is a wonderful companion document for a film like Master and Commander. It really opens the eyes to what was exactly in that ship! Tremendous piece of work.
I was thinking the same thing. The film Master and Commander was a masterpiece. Sadly, Hollywood does not make films like that anymore. All we get is woke nonsense, Marvel universe garbage, and absolute filthy rubbish.
You seem like a distinguished gentleman.
An even better companion to Patrick O'brian's wonderful books on which the film was based. Thanking Animagraffs greatly for this. I will be able to better envision the excellent descriptions of life at sea contained in my favourite books.
So true they need a new master and commander ive rewatched so many times.
I came here precisely because of that movie! However, the HMS Surprise (the one in the film) is a much, much smaller vessel. Not quite the appropriate documentary to understand how a ship of that category was (as it lacks A LOT of things compared to this), but still excellent to see and understand the basics of any ship of the era.
This is an amazing video. I think I learned more from this video than from anything else that I have ever watched on UA-cam. Those ships were so wonderfully designed with not a foot of wasted space. It's hard to believe that something like that could be engineered over 200 years ago. Thanks again for your hard work in creating this excellent video.
Stg
Not sure who to admire more - the shipbuilders from four centuries ago or the maker of this video. Excellent work both of you!
Word.
Hear! Hear! 👏👏
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 wow. I saw 1:11 on my phone earlier and thought that had to be a scripture. Thanks
I admire sailors living there for months
Well said - excellent documentary. Makes the History channel look like hogwash...
Not saying that modern warships aren't plenty complicated in their own right, but this video manages to demonstrate the incredible complexity and ingenuity of sailing ships.
When it comes to warships, a phrase comes in mind, the more things change, the more they stay the same, sure in modern warships we have dedicated crew quarters, kitchens and such but a bilge pump and a water condenser and such as well as ammo storage still stays the same.
Plus a random tidbit, despite the invention of brass cartridges when steel hull ships are being built, the cannon shells were dropped and instead are loaded via a block or sack of gunpowder, or another way.
However the same aspect that still stays the same, despite materials and tech that changed, the idea and lay outs are still beyond similar.
Not that much complexity, apart human psycho sending these pretentious toys to destruction.
@@vivianvaldi7871 They are barely tools to settle which country has control of the sea when desirable terms can't be reached through diplomacy.
I could figure out how to build a nuclear reactor before I could figure out how those sails work. Id have one big rope knot trying to set it up hahaha
I already have a hard time wrapping my head around how such a top heavy vessel without a keel and just some ballast wasn't capsizing all the time🤔🧐 😄
The taste of their food and the face of their women made the British the most skilled sailors in the world.
A remarkable piece of work! Truly amazing artwork and animations, telling a complex story in a clear and unhurried manner. Like others here, my jaw was dropped throughout the video in awe at how complex such a ship was. Hearty thanks and huge respect to the creators for this.
This ship was the pinnacle of high technology for it's time. Every single part of this ship seems to be well thought out and practical.
In many ways... indeed. However a quick history review shows a few boo-boos. On launching the ship listed to starboard significantly. and the lowest gunports were well below the shipwright/architects calculations- only ~4+ feet above the waterline! So gunports had to stay shut in rough weather.
Meh, bulkheads, who needs em
yeah, it like the Chinese repeating crossbow back in Han dynasty, the pinnacle of bow
Only up to recent this always used to be the case, and quality second to none
No surprise that nation which could build the best ships was the strongest on earht at that time.
The amount of engineering and crew know how behind this ship is mind blowing. Your animation is beyond incredible and your knowledge and presentation was out of the park. Thank you. I also loved the humor about the poop deck, that was hilarious. This is truly an amazing and informative video.
I keep thinking that computers are complicated, and that we've reached a point where things are very complicated, but the engineering of such a ship is also very complex and I don't know which is more impressive!!! It opens my eyes to see we have a history of really complex devices spanning centuries, if not millennia. :)
It just helps show that our ancestors were no less resourceful or intelligent than us.
They were just born in a time where we knew less and had less.
Now we know how deforestation began...humans are discussing...but indeed is a great engineering
Well not really all the engineering was developed over time, specialized technologies used from other areas are joined together. The real feat is managing the sailors and everyone happy thus a strong discipline was very stringent, whipping….getting the ship to sail is a big feat but done with training over and over again…..now a lost technology
@@johnkennedysilveira1323if you stop and think about it, the only way to prevent deforestation or today's polution, would have been to keep living in huts and live as simple farmers. Money greed and power are to blame, but then again science and human evolution is inevitable.
I have been on HMS Victory twice. I was in awe and emotional to be on the one of our great historical icons.
She is still a commisioned ship and still part of the Royal Navy. She was launched 7 May 1765. 258 years old.
I asked the guide if they knew which canons had been use at Trafalgar. But because when ships came back to port, all the cannons were taken off for refurbishment. They were then distrubuted to other ships when they were needed. He took me over to one cannon, which they knew for deffinate had been used at Trafalagar. It was an odd feeling. Great day out to the Royal Naval dockyard. HMS Victory had been on my bucket list for years. Then saw her twice in twelve months.
Did you get to walk around Portsmouth old city ? All the roadside bollards are actually cannons set up on end. Once they became obsolete they were used by the city council. The remains of the city walls are worth seeing too. Most of the inland side has been removed but the seaward side is still pretty much intact as are older defences such as Henry VIII's tower. There are also plaques marking such events as the departure point for the original settlers who went to found the Roanoak settlement, the first fleet going to Australia, as well as many other similar events.
You just never know when an old sailer is pulling your leg. No one knows which of the few remaining real canons were at Trafalgar. Most are wood. The decks won't take the weight. Most of the ship isn't original. It's a Trigger's Broom. But a fabulous experience just th same.
The amount of planning, engineering, and construction for a ship built almost 260 years ago is beyond impressive. This was a thoroughly entertaining video. Thank you for creating it.
Agreed. When I visited the ship (it is at the Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth, England) it was unbelievable to me that such a huge and complex vessel could be made out of wood.
@@mccleod6235 I think a planned vacation from the states, she would be a great destination to visit.
Am I right in thinking the actually grew the oak trees years in advance in the shape of the ship or have I made that up?
as if it's baffling for you to think that people 260 years ago could think, plan and engineer and were not ooga booga cavemen
@@marcusaurelius4941
Have you been to Yorkshire?🤔
It’s honestly amazing how creative humans have been able to get with simple kinetic energy and only the simple force of our muscles and wind and water. The sheer ingenuity and design history in every plank of this ship is seriously impressive.
I agree
And they had the guts to travel far.
I agree, with only the force of Mother natures wind to move something so incredibly heavy, just imagine the sounds that ship would make sailing at night while sleeping.
@@Fastbikkel Smart, redundant compasses, without the knowledge of using the stars to navigate, having only one malfunctioning compass would be very perilous and could have you sailing into unfriendly territory, with deadly consequences.
@@02markcal Exactly. It was so easy to get lost and die.
Exceptional video, my wife and I watched this together, we both thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thank you.
Outstanding work. While I appreciate your attention to detail and accuracy, I am even more overwhelmed by the remarkable deftness you possess in using graphics to easily see how each of the various parts work within the whole of the ship. Nicely done!
the density of sailors and equipment packed into that surprisingly complicated ship, and the engineering to do all of that with wood and such, is astounding. I learned so much from this!
I'm so confused. Dealing with stress on metal structures is hard enough. With wood?? and friction? water exposure?
this is just mind-blowing
@@youtubeanything7291 i mean with such a vast storage dedicated to just wood, it kinda makes sense
A wooden ship was flexible and "lived "in its element. The right kinds of wood and basic lubricants and sealants (i.e. tallow and tar) resisted water and weather exposure.
@@youtubeanything7291 We still use wood in many watermanagement applications today. Like in groynes to keep rivers from miandering in corners and near sluice gates or even just to provide support to other wooden structures in case of collision when docking near them minimalising damaga to ships, just to name a few.
The thing with proper wood you have to deal with mostly has to do with oxidation. The layer that might be both in and out of the water at certain times. This can be managed by regulating the water level and treating and of course properly maintaining those structures.
Here in the Netherlands, river sluice gates are made of out wood some of the time to this day. I've personally even visited a company that made one for a sluice in Zaandam once some years ago. I have pictures somewhere, but they were something like 10 meters or 30 feet in height.
It's still something reliable as a material, similar to steel depending on the application. Just like wood, steel needs to be treated and maintened properly. It's not a one for all purposes wonder-material.
On top of that, determining the strength on the characteristics of some wooden structure is not that different from the difficulty the strength of pouring, casting, soldering, welding etc would be. It takes knowledge and tools either way.
Hope this gave you some insight. If you really want to dive deep, look up some stuff about material mechanics. :)
@@LSR303 that's some dense infos! thanks! can you tell me how they manage to prolong the wood at the point where they hook the beefy ropes of anchors? They literally pull it while sliding rope into wood. That's so much pressure..
We actually tend to forget that those ships were engineering marvels. It is crazy to see the amount of work that went into that, and the end result was just astounding. So cool to actually see a ship layer by layer and understand the science behind it.
Absolutely, highly recommend checking out the salvaged warship Vasa at the museum w/ the same name n Stockholm if you ever have the chance. A 17th century Swedish empire warship. Really impressive to be able to see one IRL and how gigantic it was.. A real beauty & behemot. Like you said, so much effort and hard work went into these projects..
@@LyricalSteeler lmao i agree but Vasa sailed like 1300 meters and sank 💀
@@peterpopovics9901 Haha yeah, makes it even better. A good story of legend.. Vasa was just one of several vessels that were built in similar size to Vasa but the others never got the intricate design choices meant to be flashy and impressive flag ship style. Amount of cannons differed. Anyway, great museum! love that kind of stuff!
It really is an astounding engineering work of art.
thats what happens when aliens help people out+
Really, really well done. In depth enough to be informative yet not so many facts to be overwhelming. I've watched hundreds of documentaries over the years and I don't believe I've seen a half dozen that have taught so much, so well in such a short time.
Wow! Superb video! I was on Victory earlier this year and at 6 foot tall, it was tight!! How those boys worked in those conditions is beyond me!
As someone who has done 3D computer modeling work for many years, I must say this is astounding work. It epitomizes the powerful teaching potential of computer animation, and fulfills the dreams of people using the technology in the early years. The entire production is seamless and powerful. Makes the delivery of highly detailed and complex information seem easy and effortless, when it takes amazing skill to pull it off. Congratulations and Cheers
This is nothing - just wait until you find out what AI can do.
We're about 5 years away from a person being able to write a conceptual paragraph, and the result being 10x more detailed than this.
Technically, you can do it now - but people are still working out the kinks.
@@Old299dfk Hi thanks for your reply. I've been using text to image ai obsessively for about 6 months and can see the awesome power it promises, and I realize text to video can't be too far behind. Makes the skill and labor of work like this, like all of the skilled labor and taste involved in making great work, seem, sadly, tragically, like a thing of the past. Probably a year away. Cheers
Look at these Russian trollers
@@Old299dfk We are nowhere near AI having the capability to reproduce Animagraff level quality, and when AI does reach that level, things will look different for all of us so I'll live out that reality when it comes. No worries.
AI has proved useful to me right now, but in a serving capacity, and only if I know a lot about the subject so I can spot AI's many hallucinations, aka "making s**t up". It can be useful for writing code to improve my Blender 3D toolset, and yet, it often makes up commands that don't exist, or writes code that doesn't work, because at this point I often find myself deep into Blender's internals where synthesizing all of Stackoverflow (what AI has done, essentially) isn't going to help me since no one's talking about my specific use case.
@@animagraffs nobody can emulate you, my brother ;)
I sailed on the Regina Maris from Tahiti to Hawaii to Mexico in 1973. Then I worked on the Balclutha in San Francisco Bay. This is by far the most complete, most well-done presentation on the subject that I have ever seen. I can't imagine the time and effort that went into this video. Thank you !!!
steve jette I was introduced to the Regina Maris by the novel Tuning the Rig by Harvey Oxenhorn. I stumbled across her when by chance in the late 90s I was in Greenport NY and walked by her. I had finished reading the book just weeks prior and was stunned to just happen by her like that. She was closed for repairs, so I left a donation and moved on. I was dissapointed to read of her being scrapped. Congratulations on being so blessed to have sailed aboard her.
Just trivia but my ex wife's grandfather was the last captain of the Balcutha. He sailed it to its current berth in SF.
@@patnitzel3542 Do you know the year ?
Wow, the modelling, animation, narration, writing, and flow of this had me captivated from the get go. Really nice work. Very informative and the information flows wonderfully. This is some of the better stuff I've seen in a while.
HOLY BILGE RAT Captain! I never realized how complex these old sailing vessels were! Thanks for this impressive presentation!
Ok, so this is completely mind-blowing. The level of engineering that goes into building one of these things is simply amazing. So incredibly complex!
Battle of Trafalgar France and Spain. Lost 21
The "fire buckets" were actually filled with sand to throw onto blood, which became very slippery during battle.
@@2pugman that's fascinating yet horrifying
Even more amazing when you realize they designed it without modern technology of any sort to help. Their only drafting tools were a quill pen, ink and parchment.
@@Raskolnikov70
They had both PAPER and LEAD PENCILS (hollow wood tubes molten lead had been poured into, graphite came much later) at the time Victory was designed/built. Possibly more remarkable was that initial design work was done by CARVING a "half model" of one side of a ship hull, then that physical model was translated into building a whole ship's hull.
800+ crew... I'm a former submariner and I still can't even imagine living for months on end under such crowded conditions. Great video, by the way.
Yeah that's crazy, huh? And there are only about 6 "seats of ease", which seriously means, if you do the math and exclude the officers...it's like 10 minutes per man, per toilet seat in any given 24 hour period. So, you probably had to wait in line to take a shit, and you had 10 minutes on average, to get it done. Now that's pressure.
I am stunned by your command of your craft, or rather of the several or many crafts that it took to make this superb video.
Well done and thank you!
The excellence of this video comes from your careful hearing the sensible organization of the ship's design speaking to you
I am moved to tears, thank you
I'm a Navy man and love these old ships. This is the best study I've seen. Very informative. Rigging breakdown was superb.
Awesome. Fair winds and following seas and hope to do some coins for you soon!
Hi, Craig isn't this interesting, and also I love to know about old ships is like taking me to a different time.just love these documentaries.
I’ve sailed both oceans in boats 70’ and under. I find it interesting that Japanese Merchant Marine officers spend a couple years at sea square rig with certificates in celestial navigation. Our union based system? Not-so-much…
WW1 veterans
How’s it going, shipmate? FCA2 (SW) here
I'm currently reading a series of novels on the British Navy at this time and one of the things the author noted that none of the many other authors of this topic never mentioned that was really significant was that if you are on the second gun level or the center gun deck you have many canons firing over you, under you and all around you. I had to be deafening and it would rock you to your core, it would shake your bones. Also, although there are open gun ports, most of that canon smoke would still be trapped in there with you. It would be very hard to breath.
I would love to see a modern version of Nelson's story in a series that makes effective use of modern-day special effects to showcase that environment. That would be a truly awesome spectacle for any mini-series - Alexandia, Copenhagen and Trafalgar all of them were awesome victories and simply moving these vessels in concert is extraordinarily difficult. To sail into another countries port with your fleet and attack their fleet or to split you line of battle in the face of another fleet would take enormous coordination and skill. And to be able to effectively employ weapons while doing all that with only sails for power and signal flags for communication was simply genius. The enormity of the genius of the British Navy at that time cannot be understated and honestly, it's a story that really needs to be told. I know there is some older movies on this topic, but they are not even close to realistic in showing the skill, the horrific conditions, the sacrifice and valor of these brave men. With all the garbage in the movies nowadays I think a historical epic of that magnitude is long overdue. And Nelson's personal story and love life are also rather interesting as a side note. I remember standing in Trafalgar Square many years ago looking up to the top of that column at Nelson's statue and thinking, this is so great, really great, but it's just not enough for that great man nor for the magnificent British Navy.
The copper hull plating was mainly a defence against the dreaded 'toredo worm'. The salt water equivalent of wood worm. It could literally eat away the lower hull causing the ship to sink without warning. It also discouraged other marine growths like barnacles and similar, which slowed the ship down. The first copper plates were fixed with iron nails. But immersed in acidic salt water it formed a simple battery with the copper. Causing the iron to both rust and be eaten away. And the copper plates all fell off. Later fixings used copper rivets.
great info!
Read that as "torpedo worm", and had a great visual image 😅
Thought you where going to say the decrepit British government ❤😂😂😂. I would of thumbs up that❤😂👍
The British to the English is same as soviets to the Russians 👍
@@macgonzo i reas it the same way
Mannn! I hope you’ll make more 18th century stuff and earlier! Like on catapults or ballistas or what not. The engineering back then seems so much more fascinating! Awesome video!❤
Absolutely amazing video. Clear, concise, and with plenty of detail that’s understandable. Also, devoid of background clutter that you see in many videos that makes watching somewhat confusing. Would love to see more videos like this. Very well done.
I’m blown away, what an absolute masterpice of video. As someone whos always been obsessed with historic ships this is incredible. Please do more!! Greetings from Sweden!
Yes. Next time he should do the vasa ship (1628). Eller hur?
Outstanding effort. I thouroughly enjoyed that, and learned alot.
could not agree more.
Couldn't agree more.
Agreed!!!
Wow, as a model shipbuilder who is currently building the HMS Victory from plans acquired from the British Maritime Museum this video is invaluable as a great resource to further understand the plans. Incredible work was spent making this video. Respects and much appreciation for this hard work! Subscribed.
I'm on a similar quest. Not a scratch build, but the Corel 1:98 scale kit. I did the main mast cross section (also Corel at the same scale) a couple of decades ago. I've got quite a few books regarding the naval architecture of the Victory, complemented by hundreds of photos I took of her during a visit to Portsmouth. What I like about this video is that it provides a very thorough, yet digestible, description of the ships construction, function and operation. Extremely well done.
Are you going to post build videos? I know they're alot of us that would love to see the process/progress.
STOP SAYING "THE HMS VICTORY",, YOU ARE ACTUALLY SAYING "THE HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP VICTORY"... JUST SAY "HMS VICTORY"
@@sandrahuntington1602 Totally correct 👍🏴
@@sandrahuntington1602 ooof... i touched a nerve there.... do you see i am also typing this all in lowercase ? there is also a space between the 'e' and that question mark..... i am also using many ellipsis ..... do you shout in public to get your point across ? i know many karens that do that .. . . . . . ...
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This is incredible animation work, and aesthetically pleasing too! I've read books such as the Master and Commander series, and though the sailors' activities are described quite well, it's hard to picture the actual ship they're working in. This really rounds out my understanding. These ships are some of the highest tech of the day, and I can't even imagine the expense to build, equip, and man them. Thanks for creating and sharing this video!
This is INCREDIBLY well done!
I know nothing about ships and have been looking around online for good sources to do some research (I'm a writer).
This is by far the most detailed and easy to comprehend breakdown of how (this type of) ship is build and works!
Thank you for your hard work!
This was absolutely amazingly done. Do not let disparaging criticisms dampen your gift please. This is the absolute pinnacle of "shipology" documentaries. Thank you
"Disparaging criticisms?" Where?
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As a sailor, it was quite an amazing thing to watch how vessels were operated back then. I was particularly surprised at how much weight those ships carried. Great video :)
And one little mishap down she goes.
@@mrshmanckles1463 I'm going to watch it again and this time add up all the weights that are mentioned. Be interesting to see what the figure is. Gives the term 'in irons' a completely different meaning. I've been in irons on a sailboat, mostly during training sessions, but all we had to do was ease the main sheet completely and push the boom out. Or ease the jib and pull it out the side by hand to catch water ever bit of wind was there. Can you imagine being in irons in a ship like that, in the middle of a battle?
@@crystalblueocean i believe it might be 3500 tons or something like that
IKR! I thought these things were like 5 tones at most!
@@mrshmanckles1463 not really, those ships are almost unsinkable. only a powder magazine detonation would take it down. If you read the accounts of the battle of Trafalgar, some ships of the line went back to port with tremendous damages including below the waterline but were still floating.
Absolutely wonderful stuff. I would love to see Jacob illustrate a modern-day carrier or destroyer. Maybe even go back an age and do a battleship. Beautiful graphics. Nice work Mr. O’Neal.
No wonder it took a year to build and cost £63176 ( over £50 million in todays money ). Amazing craftmanship. That video must have taken ALOT of time to make, well done dude!
Extraordinary. Congratulations on this phenomenal work. I can't imagine the number of hours you devoted to allow us to admire this magnificent ship. Admiral Nelson would be proud of you. I built a wooden model of this warship in my youth, but I had never known her "insides" until tonight. Thank you and all my respect for your fabulous work.
Amazing, explained everything I had questions about.
Couldn't have said it better myself
In the director’s commentary for “Master and Commander”, they describe the ships/navy of the time as the equivalent of NASA. This video helps make clear just how advanced everything was. You’ve made an incredibly valuable teaching companion to one of my favorite films. Thank you! 🙏
That's pretty freaking insightful. In the 1700s there were still whole landmasses western humanity was only vaguely aware of.
It's crazy to think about the materials of the time and how well they were used.
NASA for hatred of the French ... "get the 68 pounders on the foredeck" , point blank 34kg canon ball directly at a Frenchman
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 la poupe
Underrated comment. Top comment on this video totally misses the point. This is high tech performance for what it is.
@@MrSimonw58 ... Mon cher Monsieur...pourquoi??
It’s no surprise at the number of views, absolutely brilliant, instructive video. Thank you so much for producing these videos.
Hey! I want to thank you so much! I make bottle ships, and I was intrigued by your video as I was looking into the finer details olden sail ships to make faithful models. What a meticulously made and finely crafted tutorial, I learnt a lot!
You did an incredible job with this video, especially if ships aren't your specialty. As a sailor, I'm pleasantly surprised by how incredibly popular this video is! 1.6 MILLION views in FIVE days!? Bravo. 👏🏻
Yeah, on this channel views skyrocket once released
Sailor?
@@johnqpublic2718 someone who sails?
It’s also great for falling asleep
@@evanthornton2606 People of low intellect typically get bored when listening this type of content.
Former FMF Corpsman here. Spent 7 years in the Navy. Nothing but respect and admiration for this generation of sailors, and those before. Those men must have been tough as nails.
Fleet Marine Force
Especially if they had to survive on rotting food infested with weevils....
It really is crazy what these guys had to put up with to keep the ship running
@Clone683 Can't imagine just the smell of 800 sweaty dudes all laying in hammocks on one deck. No shower on board.
@@largol33t1 "In the service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils." Name that Movie.
This is a fantastic 3-D animation of Victory! The amount of work put into this is crazy!!!
Brilliant video. Thank you. The quality of the 3D model, the animation and the detailed narration throughout were all 1st class. Subscribed and very impressed. 👏🏼
This video is fantastic. As a history buff, I've always wondered about the details of these ships. This animation is far and away beyond anything I could've ever expected to see. Well, narrated with such detail as well. I think this video is an immensely successful undertaking not just in the superb graphics but the historical detail of the narration. Your team has set the standard that other such historical accounts must measure themselves against. This is truly a valuable contribution to the body of historical literature. I mean...damn!!!
you aren't a history buff. we're all laughing at you.
"as a history buff"...do you *need* to say this?
@@bkbj8282 Really?
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Marcus - Couldn't have said it better myself!
Spectacular depiction of a ship of the line. I cant even begin to imagine the effort it took to lay this before us. Many many thanks.
Just discovered your wonderful site, and plan to check out all your videos. I did my apprenticeship as a shipwright back in the mid-to-late 1960s, and this walk-through has brought back many fond memories of my time as a young ship builder - albeit of modern vessels.
What an amazing craft. And what a terrific job you did making this explainer. I feel better for having learned about these ships.
I think if the designers and builders of The Victory could see this video they would appreciate it more than words can even describe. Great work!
I don't think they would give a fuck tbh xD
My dad worked on it👍👍👍
@@Mvb91 epic troll bro
Yea they wouldn't, they don't even know what a video is. Once explained they would propably appreciate it, and think it's nice how someone spend time on working out one of their designs so far in the future, but "appreciate it more than words can even describe"? Hell no.
This video wasn't their life purpose.
They just did their job and designed a ship.
They probably designed a ton of projects in their lifetime. They would care a lot more about suddenly being 200+ years in the future and finding out how the world developed, how history went down, how their distant family is doing and what new technologies are around.
@@Mvb91 okay so if you’re childhood home was reconstructed down to the foundation, up to the completed home, you wouldn’t be in awe? You’re probably 14 so you live in your childhood home. When you grow up you’ll understand
As someone who’s in the process of learning to operate vastly more modern ships today and has a latent interest in the design and operations of old sail vessels, this video has been one of the most concise and informative I have come across. Thank you greatly for your research and presentation.
Also I’m very glad my job has very little to do with walking around a capstan
nor friggin in the riggin on the good ship Venus. Do they still have a cat-o'-nine-tails?
@@satyris410 not as far as I’ve found, mostly just very poorly arranged plumbing
Have you found the "Golden Rivet" yet? 😁
@@flym0 I’d be surprised if we had one, considering the ship‘s welded, but I did send some unfortunate deckies on a quest for the sea chest key
@@walterkennedy9474 Something we used to get the junior (Royal Navy) sailors hunting for. Always best to get the stokers onboard with the game first...
I've recently discovered your channel and... Oh god, the level of detail is incredible. I'm just amazed. Thank you
This is such an awesome video. Just found it on my recommendations list and holy cow what an amazing effort. Thanks for this epic animation, explanation and overall video. Great work!!!!
This is the kind of content, YT was made for. Absolutely awesome and unique, got my sub immediately.
in contrast to goofy youtube shorts videos
I like both types of videos.
Same
The Victory was the intercontinental ballistic missile of its day. You have done us a greater service than any other video available of this masterpiece. It must have taken a HUGE effort on your part, but well worth it to us! Thank you!
Fantastic video. HMS Victory was an incredible ship for its time, a fearsome warship. It still sits on show in Portsmouth, southern England to this day.
It’s just a little sad to see it without masts. The USS Constitution is such a magnificent sight to behold as it is fully operational. Also the Gothemburg while being a reproduction ship is incredible to see under sails.
That was truly amazing! Thanks so much for creating it!
Amazing work guys! As a young kid in the 1960s I could only dream of books or films with such details, it's like a dream come true. Thank you for such a real treat :)
Dream come true ?? Seriously, how long have you been awaiting said dream ?? 🤔🙄
I sometimes wonder how different my life would be had I access to the vast information of the web when I was growing up in the 70s, I remember card catalogs at the library, and if it wasn't taken out, still in readable condition, some books just aren't as user friendly as the information forms on the web for a visual learner.
@@jimmyohara2601 Sounds like this video presentation was so detailed his dreams happened 3 days ago.
@@02markcal what about how different for persons living in the 1870's having a vast internetwork web ??
why just you in your era ?? 🤔🤐
@@jimmyohara2601 My posting was in response to the original comment about the person growing up in the 60s, only dreaming of the details put into books/movies as this video had, but my comment can apply to all past generations.
This 'virtual' tour of HMS Victory is a phenomenal teaching aid. Brought up in the south of England, I've had the privilige of visiting the Victory a few times. She is in dry dock in Portsmouth, Hampshire. This 'virtual' tour makes you realise how much design and craftsmanship went into making a 'ship of the line' like this. Thanks for the eye-opening 'tour'. Much appreciated.
Great video! The best walk-through of a sailing vessel I have every had. Top-notch.
Great job in creating these amazing visuals for explaing such a complex vessel!
This is amazing. They should show this in museums to bring the experience to life
I concur. I've actually been on the HMS Victory (on which this video is based) and while impressed, I'd have been even more so with such a demonstration as shown in this vid.
It's a bit big to show this IN a museum. 😄 A bit too big.
I like the the cut of your jib
Why are you doing this to me?
@@davoostergotland5160 I never meant to cause you trouble and I, I never meant to do you wrong and I, well if I ever caused you trouble. Oh no, I never meant to do you harm.
This channel is gonna be an absolute monster one day soon. Incredible work. Keep it up. 👊
It's inspiring to see you think so :) My brother and I aren't really into the "growth at all costs" model of modern business, so I imagine the channel will grow slow and steady. But I'm happy to have us all along for the ride! :D
@@animagraffs I think slow and steady is good as I think it is stressful to try and work to the algorithm
With this astounding level of quality you are bound for greatness.
Wow I can’t imagine how much work went in to creating that animation. Thanks for sharing!
Nothing to say but BRAVO
This is just wonderful. The attention to detail is outstanding and the graphics are superb.
Amazing job of showing how much work went into building this ship....also how much work you put into this video, awesome job!
Regarding the anchors:
Simply raising the anchors was comparably easy to do. Problems started when you wanted to leave an anchorage under adverse wind-conditions.
In this case you had to raise on anchor, load it onto the launch and row the launch out to sea. There you dropped the anchor from the launch and allowed it to sink to the bottom. Now you hauled in the anchor you just dropped, while carefully allowing the other anchorcable to go slack. That way you dragged your ship out to sea. You now used the launch to raise the original anchor, move it even further out to sea, drop it and start the whole process anew until you could safely raise sails. This process was called 'warping' and was several hours of gruesome labour.
Warp-speed was neither fast nor pleasant back in the days.
great comment
Interesting fact and etymology.
Haha. Ive done this by hand on small boats throwing the anchor ahead. It definitely isn't fun.
Ships are not my main point of interest, but I gave it a try. As an engineer I loved the technical details and the calm presentation which allowed me to appreciate the giant amount of thought and hundrets of years of engineering experiene that went into these ships. Thank you for this nice unagitated video that made my day already much better. Maybe, you created a Ship-Fan, because now I want to know more 🙂
Bravo!!! A really amazing educational exploration of these ships. The rendering was perfect. Very detailed, but also very logically presented, with astute use of layering to help orient the viewer to the overall design. I feel that I could visualize a walk-through in my mind, retaining a good bit accuracy due to your efforts. Keep these coming, your work is wonderful.
Absolutely amazed by the dedication and attention to details of your videos.
Learning a lot from this wonderful channel. Hats off, master.
Best regards from Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴.
I don't often feel compelled to leave a comment but I need to express how impressive this video is, with its excellent narration and high-quality animation, as well as being informative and fascinating. Awesome content. Off to check out the rest of your channel now.
I'm completely dumbfounded by the incredible detail of both the ship and this video. I have no idea how many months was spent making this, but thank you so much. It's amazing.
The warmth of the exposed kitchen stove flue above the main deck was, and is still, called the "Charley Noble".
It's an area where sailors could relax and talk after their work day.
I was on destroyer 50+ years ago. A Petty Officer aboard our ship came from a dedicated NAVY family who named their son "Charlie Noble." That name made him sort of a celebrity.
Absolutely amazing thank you. Very elaborate yet explained so its easy to comprehend and digest. Well done
This is seriously the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. In a short amount of time you like educated me to so many things I knew nothing about, and I generally consider myself an intelligent person. I love what you do! How interesting this ship is, makes me wonder about so many old or ancient mechanisms that are considered to be simple yet in reality are so well thought out and complex. Keep up the great work.
Intelligence and knowledge are two different things.
never stop learning and training your brain.
@@ulz_glc haha true.
Poop deck lol
I love to see a subject get the treatment it deserves. That ship -- this video. The high level of skill and sheer hard work that went into both the ship, and this video. Appropriate, worthy, impressive as hell. BRAVO!!!
One small point to make on the sponge (or more correctly- swab) rammers. They wet them not only to put out sparks but to create a vacuum when drawing out of the barrel. At the touch hole another gunner would put a leather clad thumb over it to create the necessary vacuum. When done correctly a distinct "pop" can be heard when the sponge is withdrawn from the barrel end thus ensuring all sparks die out in the vacuum.
I can’t imagine the amount of work that goes into making animations of this quality. Thank you for all your hard work, this one is simply stunning. I’ve visited HMS Victory in Portsmouth several times and wish I could have seen this first.
And the time needed for writing, recording and editing the video.
I was thinking the same, and it's a testament to the power of independent content creators. The quality of this is superior to something that you'd see on a mainstream TV channel just 10 years ago.
I am astounded at the level of detail and information you are able to communicate about a ship so quickly and clearly. this is the best video of its type that I have seen.
Amazing video! Thank you so much for the time and effort that went into this!
Absolutely brilliant work !!!! Kudos for the many hours of toil needed to complete this video.
Amazing. Your video is one of the best I’ve seen since the internet became accessible. Your articulations on all subjects are first class, giving even the non sailors a helpful, rudimentary understanding of the concepts on the boat design and functions. I was even starting to imagine what it might feel like to be each of the different ranking crew members. I’m blown away by this video. Thank you for creating it. ❤
This is an absolutely fabulous animation but, the animation is only a part of it. The vast amount of knowledge you've imparted via this incredibly great animation is, if I may properly use this word, AMAZING!!!!! Thank you so much for this magnificent creation and sharing with everyone! The overall complexity of designing, building and, ultimately operating a ship of this caliber is a totally different story in itself. Thank you again.
This was an absolute pleasure to watch !! Amazing work !! Prob the best I’ve seen !!
Your presentation is as amazing as the ship itself. A patient, thorough examination of the ship's anatomy and rigging offers a privileged eye on life afloat during that fascinating era. Tanx muchly!
Knowing how tricky it can be to orchestrate a crew of 2 to 4 sailors to operate 3 sails, I can't even imagine how chaotic the deck was on these behemoths
Well, it was the military. They beat it into you. If there's chaos, someone fekked up.
If anything, I would have likened it to an ant colony. Looks like chaos to an outsider but the thousand little movements are all in service of a singular goal.
@Arrynek01
Well, chaos can happen even with experience crew. You gotta yell and properly make your way across who knows what, in the middle of a battle.
Cannon
Cannon
A very well-laid down and rigid command structure
Wow, this is nothing like what I expected. I had no idea how incredible the design and engineering of these ships were. I had to rewind when the cargo hold weights were listed to make sure I was hearing it right.
Remarkable isn't it. I always wondered how old ships carried enough food for each man aboard. I never even thought about how many men might be on there though. It's all completely incredible, and I think I'm going to watch it again this evening.
Amazing video, well done!!! You view something like this and you realize how demanding, knowledgeable, even terrifying maybe, the job of the ship's captain was and why their word had to be obeyed without question or hesitation.
Wow, thank you for this. I can’t tell you how many times when I’ve been reading a book about sea travel in olden days that I just couldn’t imagine what was being described on the page. This will help me visualize things much better in the future! 🙏😄
This is one of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. The ships had such intricate and well designed systems--and your graphics capture them entirely. Well done.
I remember as a kid looking at books with cross-section pictures of old warships and being amazed at it. This feels exactly like those old books, so much information packed into the video! Thanks for making it.
What a brilliant and concisely informative video this is. I have a couple of minor quibbles with it but they don't detract from the overall presentation. The graphics are superb. Well done.
Truly amazing…both in the design and explanation. Excellent.