PLEASE READ: About the title of the video. "Titanic's Sister" is not what I call Nomadic, it is a well known term of endearment, not an official title, and I didn't come up with it. There will be ocean liner fans who will be angry with me over the title but let me read from the website of the Titanic Museum in Belfast: "So much more than TITANIC's LITTLE SISTER: ...Being exactly one quarter the size of her famous friend, the Nomadic is often referred to as 'a mini Titanic' or 'sister ship', although she was Titanic's tender ship."
Very fascinating video regardless of the “sister” discourse you have been getting regarding your title. I was gonna ask, in your description it says the music in this video was made by an AI specifically for the background. What did you use to make/generate the music? It doesn’t sound half bad with the Dixieland/jazzy instruments!
@@AlextheHistorianso title it as “little sister” not sister. You don’t do anybody any favors with this shameless clickbait. Have some integrity before calling yourself a historian.
@@jimmiles33 "shameless clickbait" dude, if I was trying to clickbait people for views, I'd make videos of me stuffing my face with noodles, not wasting weeks of my time on research and editing. This kind of content does not make me popular, nor do I care about popularity. I do it because I enjoy showing people around cool places and talking about historic places I like. "Titanic's Sister" compared to "Titanic's Little Sister" is not clickbait, not even close. I left out "little" in the title because after making videos for 8 years, I learned that having long video titles results in no views for my channel. So I do what I can to maintain a certain title length, it's not my fault society has a short attention span.
That little ship, really is the closest thing we have to actually being able to walk on the legendary Olympic class ocean Liners. I hope that I’ll be able to visit her one day.
Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer talked about building a new Titanic- called the Titanic 2. But that never came to be. I do hope someday they can build a complete replica of Titanic and put it on display at the Harland & Wolf shipyards alongside of the SS Nomadic. So, people can see first-hand what the real Titanic looked like in 1912
@@midos67channel24 That man has been saying he's going to do that for decades with no progress. It would be a cool thing to see but I don't think a perfect replica is a good idea. For one thing it wouldn't satisfy modern safety standards even as a building. For another it would be too heavy to be permanently in dry dock so would need to be afloat. Three, it's not economically viable to have so much space unusable such as third class cabins when making more modern hotel rooms would bring more money in. If we still had Olympic she'd be a successful hotel and museum but alas we do not. This brings me to point four which is that it doesn't make much sense to build a huge ship just to be a permanently moored attraction; existing ships converted tend to do very well but not as well as the big hotel chains want so it would be an independent establishment trying to recoup the cost of a ship without a career. Titanic: Honor & Glory is an excellent recreation of the Titanic and apart from small sections that someone might physically build it's probably the best we'll ever have. Perhaps in some future year it will have dynamic people to interact with, though that borders on disrespectful.
@@Nr31HungarianRegiment Pretty sure he's still alive. He did announce once again this year that he plans to build Titanic 2. He's said that before though.
Yea I see that. That in turn reminds me of two eerie coincidences in the Titanic's story which are (1) the last survivor, Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean, died in 2009, on May 31st, the same day the Titanic was launched in 1911; and (2) as she was leaving Southampton Harbor the Titanic almost collided with a ship called - of all names - New York
I work at Titanic Belfast and onboard Nomadic, it's fantastic seeing so many people coming to Belfast to visit both the visitor experience and the little tender.
I have a piece of coal from the Titanic that I bought at the Exhibition back in the nineties. It's one of my prized possessions. The Exhibition was amazing, and included the largest piece of her hull brought up. I couldn't stop myself from stepping over the rope barrier and touched it. It was only for a second or two, and I was quickly dissuaded by security from doing that. I fully expected to be kicked out, but the guard just told me not to do it again, and said he knew how I felt. I will never sail on her. I will never walk on her deck, or sleep in one of her state rooms. But I have touched her, and that's good enough for me.
That's great that you were able to touch the big piece of Titanic's hull. I have touched it also, when it was in Los Angeles, due to a friend working there, who let me touch it when no one was around. It was an amazing experience and quite a surprise for me to actually be able to touch it. I have a couple lumps of the coal, that I have combined into one display case.
I went to the exhibition whn it was in Miami. At one point I was in the room with the Engine Telegraph and perched above the Ships Whistle. I sudenly realized there was no one around amd impusively climnbed up and put my hand on the whistle. I am not at all a metaphysicle person but I will swear to my dying day that at that moment I was transported to that night, I could see and hear the passengers in panic below me. I shook for 20 minutes. Mind over matter of course.
I would question the authenticity of that because how could you have a piece of call from the Titanic when the Titanic is at the bottom of the ocean 🤔🤔🤔
@@davidcaudill7779there are videos of it being raised and lots of information out there regarding how they managed it. As for the section itself, it's called The Big Piece.
I donated a brass ship's bell and an inclinometer in 2014 when they were trying to rase money for a new mast in the hope that the bell would be attached,but as you know it never happened, the bell and inclinometer are on display on Nomadic.
Fantastic to find so much on a single site, the new hotel and loads of quality restoration. 1:03 pleased to learn of preservation of the H & W drawing room-- one of the most impressive late Victorian indoor spaces you're ever likely to see. They certainly knew how to design magnificent buildings--and ships too :-) 4:56 what a beautiful stairwell. 6:40 Nomadic is a gem--what a significant feature. So pleased to see all this restored and safe for the future.
Was here two years ago. The museum is basically every Titanic book I had as a kid. Walking through the Nomadic was an surreal experience. It's the closest you'll ever get to walking the decks of the Titanic. It's a must see if you're ever in Northern Ireland.
Awesome! I visited Belfast with a group of friends last summer, mainly for a concert and to drink Guinness. But convinced the others that we had to go to the Titanic museum and also see the Nomadic haha! It was awesome and we all enjoyed it
@@amaritineenthusiast Thank you very much! Seems like you Northern Irishmen are very welcoming. We met so many cool and awesome people when we were there out in the pubs! Definetely wanna go back
@pagmonreal some of us are RMS Queen Mary fans, and we're used to preservation work, much worse than this. Compared to the Queen Mary, this is miles better.
this was awesome! i didn't even know this existed. i'm so glad this ship is being preserved and enjoyed, how lovely. still, i get goosebumps imagining seeing it out on the ocean again! great video, thanks!
Alex, what a enjoyable watch. I just put going there on my bucket list. The SS Nomadic is basically a "water taxi" but was built with great style to complement the Titanic. Thanks to Alex the Historian for all his time, hard work and posting.
Man, if only the Olympic wasn't scrapped, it could've been the greatest tourist attraction ever, you'd get to feel what the white star liner experience felt like, what Titanic and Brittanic felt like, since they are almost identical sister ships, you would get a taste of what it was like to walk around Titanic, because I'll be honest, I would give all the money in the world to experience RMS Titanic first hand
Thank You Very Much Alex, to you and your friend for making this tour video, I hope that you get to go there soon. This is very interesting, I enjoyed the tour very much and seeing the Nomadic open to the public is an amazing experience even on video👍🙂 I would really enjoy making the pilgrimage to Belfast sometime, I have been interested in Titanic since 1980. It would definitely be an amazing experience👍🙂
My dad worked for Belfast Harbour for 40-odd years..... He and his work colleagues had to cut a bit of steel off the Nomadic to hand over to some research group as they wanted to see if the rivets matched those on the Titanic. They did match. They were from the same batch used on the Titanic. If I recall, I will ask him next time I see him get the proper story He was also on the Nomadic for private functions put on by the Harbour a few times
That's interesting. So in hind sight looking at Nomadic's rivets and how they were constructed would help provide more details as to maybe why Titanic's failed.
@UrSammich there's no mystery why Titanic's failed...the ship hit an iceberg. An unstoppable force hitting an immovable object, somethings gotta give. Nobody would expect rivets to hold strong under such extreme circumstances.
I loved the video that you made about the museums! One of the slightly annoying things regarding Nomadic is the lack of her forward mast, lifeboat davits and replica lifeboats. It is also a little silly that they didn't construct a temporary wheelhouse similar to the one she later received later in life in order to protect her wheel and telegraph on the bridge as they seemed to deteriorate slightly over the years. A fun fact about Nomadic is that she used to also be called the Ingeniur Minard later on and there were plans to use the propulsion out of the SS Nyanza to get her up and running but that unfortunately fell through.
Thanks Alex. I was lucky enough stay there. So cool to be in the places where Titanic was designed and built. Also, the museum gift shop sold Waterford Crystal!
Probably the closest to walking inside a White Star Line ship. Poor Titanic was doomed from the very start. The souls lost within the murky blue. But her memory serves as a lesson to all future ship companies about how safety standards should always be above luxury.
@@MrScaryPasta There was a fire yes but it did not actually contribute to the disaster. Other than maybe delaying the sinking a bit as a lot of coal was moved further back, away from the fire, thus giving some counter balance to the water pouring in after the collision. On another note, Titanic was actually quite safe for the day, it was really a bunch of really unfortunate events that lead to total disaster. Still, safety on ships did only get better learning from the disaster.
I look forward to seeing the videos you will take when you get the opportunity to visit Belfast! Thank you so much for showing us this video. Bruce in Boise Idaho
00:05 I went there it was amazing, and I also seen the Nomadic, it looked really cool inside so anyone who hasn't gone I 100% recommend if your interested
I actually went to nomadic earlier this year and also visited the titanic museum it was a great trip and I loved my stay in Belfast I also bought a captains hat at the museum and had a photo with the hat on pretending to steer the nomadic which was realy fun 10/10 would recommend
I need to go again. The last time I was there almost 10 years ago the museum itself was only half complete and the hotel wasn't open. It all looks great
That hotel looks great . I visited the museum a few years ago.. I have been to Liverpool, Southampton, Belfast, Cherbourg and Queenstown - all through work related reasons.. I won't however be going down to the wreck in any bathysphere I hasten to add ..
If I ever decide to go for a visit to the old country I would defintiely like to stay few days get to see the sights of the history of the great ship, this hotel has a lot to do with the White Star Line and the Titanic, WOW Blimey!!.... The Nomadic, the last remaining survivor of a by gone era one of the sisters to the Titanic as her tender, that would be a treat to go and see...
Lol 😂 I thought I'd take the opportunity to use a famous line. Yes I want to make videos just like this for my UK trip, alongside documentaries, vlogs, and reviews. It looks like I might be going to New Orleans in a few months, so I'm going to practice the new content on things I film there, and use the ad revenue to help me quickly save up for the UK trip.
Ok totally off topic, but i have been wanting to redo my bathroom for awhile now. Its currently a rustic beach theme. I like it but its 6yrs old. I DEF just found my new bathroom! Im in love with the black n white bathroom n a Titanic theme is perfect. I'm literally going to go search for that "white star line" sign at 2:39-2:41 as the main piece on the big wall in my bathroom n go from there! Lol😊11:15 my grandmother had that china. If I'm not mistaken i believe it is Royal Daulton china. She had quite a few different sets of Royal Daulton china..so beautiful!
If im not wrong the patterns of these tiles are identical to the ones seen on Olympic’s first class smoke room during 1911-1913 4:06 oh tho are they original from storage or just replica’s?
To be honest, I'm not sure, the official website says the tiles are from storage, but I may be mistaken on which tiles they are referring. I have my sources linked in the description if you wish to take a look.
The SS Nomadic was more of a little cousin than a sister to the Titanic. The Traffic was a slightly smaller vessel that was considered the Nomadic’s running mate/ sister ship.
Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer talked about building a new Titanic- called the Titanic 2. But that never came to be. I do hope someday they can build a complete replica of Titanic and put it on display at the Harland & Wolf shipyards alongside of the SS Nomadic. So, people can see first-hand what the real Titanic looked like in 1912
wow I am a little disappointed in myself as someone who has been interested in all things titanic since seeing the movie in theaters 11 times when it released, this is my first time ever knowing any of this existed! Thank you for making me aware of this incredible addition to Titanic's legacy and lore. It looks so interesting and exciting overall and I imagine is beyond fufilling to explore!
Also just a bit of clarification the Harland and Wolff still exist and the shipyards still exist. The titanic quarter was part of the shipyard that was sold off for development and of course as you mention includes the slipways where the Olympic class ships were made. The Belfast skyline is still dominated by Samson and Goliath. The 2 gantry cranes
7:30 I thought they didn't go into cherbourg because they would have to pay a hefty sum of money for how big the olympic class liners were (the bigger the ship, the bigger the tax) so they sent traffic and nomadic there so they could transport passengers without having to pay much
I remember the controversy of purchasing the SS Nyanza (retired sister of the MV Liemba) engines to put aboard Nomadic as they were the same type as ones that the Nomadic had, I can understand why people wanted them to do it and I can also understand why the museum would decline.
Do you think you could do a video further explaining SS United State's court case, and what we can do to support her conservation please? Btw I LOVE ur vids keep up the great work!
A bit of Local Lingo from me, Your Friendly Neighbourhood Ulster Scots Man: When we say "Hows the craic?", it's really another way of saying "How's it going?" as the word "Craic" used in Scotland and Ireland usually means to say how are you.
Not titanics sister. This is titanics TENDER. Her boat that brought folks from shore to titanic cuz titanic couldnt dock in certain places. Titanics sisters are brittanic and olympic
I had no idea the Titanic needs a mega-yacht size ship just to ferry passengers to and from shore. It's a bit unintuitive since they can build it in dock but doesn't have docks big enough for its normal operation.
Well it was built specifically for the harbor at Cherbourg, France. That harbor was too shallow for ships like Titanic to sail in, they would have become grounded on the harbor bed. So that's what NOMADIC and TRAFFIC were for. In the 1930s France dredged the harbor at Cherbourg to make it deeper, and RMS Olympic was finally able to dock there, but then RMS Queen Mary came into the picture, a ship owned by the now merged "Cunard White Star" company. RMS Queen Mary is much larger than Titanic and the harbor of Cherbourg wasn't deep enough for it, nor did they have wharfs large enough for Queen Mary, so NOMADIC and TRAFFIC continued to be used until both RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth were retired.
Hey Alex! I'm currently in the planning stages of a documentary type video on the Queen Mary for her upcoming 90th birthday, and I would love to have you as help on this project! If you're down to help out, what would be the best way to get into contact with you? Best regards
I feel like if the titanic didnt sink it probbaly would've ended up with the same situation as the Nomadic being turned into a floating museum maybe that could've been cool
both titanic and britannic most likely would have rather ended in a similar fate to olympic where the depression was a good reason to scrap all 3 of them, or at least olympic and titanic. too expensive to keep up, and there wouldnt be all the fame around them either as there is today, or at least nearly as much
Thank you so much for this glimpse into the White Star past. With $$$$ being tight in today’s economy this will most likely be my only opportunity to view this historic location. WILL DONE!!!
Is that what the linoleum would have looked like at its peak? Whenever I hear "linoleum" I tend to think of the oldest, rattiest, and probably cheapest stuff that was applied as a quick fix and is already partially peeled up, so it's hard to imagine that it may once have looked stylish and appealing on old ships, but seeing the flooring on the Nomadic, I think I can picture it better. (If it's indeed linoleum)
Yes that is linoleum. In the early part of the 20th century, linoleum was considered a luxury material. The interesting part is that it could be cut in any pattern, it was slip resistant, sound dampening, and biodegradable! Ships like RMS Queen Mary didn't just use a repeating pattern, but they could cut long curvy strips of it to be hand laid into large beautiful Art Deco motifs for the floor. I'd say linoleum got ugly after the 1950s, that's when they manufactured it in repeating patterns with earthy colors like pea green and urine yellow. And the quality wasn't the same, it was made inferior and with plastic as an ingredient.
@@AlextheHistorian That makes a lot of sense! My image of it was so poor that I couldn't understand how it would be used in luxury ships even despite the practicality, but I assumed "idk it must have looked pretty at one time." But it makes sense that it WOULD have looked much better with better materials and production, and your video here of the Nomadic made it so easy to see.
PLEASE READ: About the title of the video. "Titanic's Sister" is not what I call Nomadic, it is a well known term of endearment, not an official title, and I didn't come up with it. There will be ocean liner fans who will be angry with me over the title but let me read from the website of the Titanic Museum in Belfast: "So much more than TITANIC's LITTLE SISTER: ...Being exactly one quarter the size of her famous friend, the Nomadic is often referred to as 'a mini Titanic' or 'sister ship', although she was Titanic's tender ship."
Very fascinating video regardless of the “sister” discourse you have been getting regarding your title. I was gonna ask, in your description it says the music in this video was made by an AI specifically for the background. What did you use to make/generate the music? It doesn’t sound half bad with the Dixieland/jazzy instruments!
There's 8bn people in the world, and about half of them are jerks. I wouldn't sweat it at all.
@@themac6356 I had another friend make the music for me, he used "Udio Music Generator".
@@AlextheHistorianso title it as “little sister” not sister. You don’t do anybody any favors with this shameless clickbait. Have some integrity before calling yourself a historian.
@@jimmiles33 "shameless clickbait" dude, if I was trying to clickbait people for views, I'd make videos of me stuffing my face with noodles, not wasting weeks of my time on research and editing. This kind of content does not make me popular, nor do I care about popularity. I do it because I enjoy showing people around cool places and talking about historic places I like. "Titanic's Sister" compared to "Titanic's Little Sister" is not clickbait, not even close. I left out "little" in the title because after making videos for 8 years, I learned that having long video titles results in no views for my channel. So I do what I can to maintain a certain title length, it's not my fault society has a short attention span.
That little ship, really is the closest thing we have to actually being able to walk on the legendary Olympic class ocean Liners. I hope that I’ll be able to visit her one day.
This vid is the next best thing to actually going to the Nomadic, thanks for sharing Alex!
Thanks for the donation Ken! Yeah it was certainly a treat to be able to go through the footage and see everything. I hope to visit there one day.
It's nice that we still have the Nomadic. You can tell it's built to the same high standards H&W built their liners to.
Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer talked about building a new Titanic- called the Titanic 2. But that never came to be. I do hope someday they can build a complete replica of Titanic and put it on display at the Harland & Wolf shipyards alongside of the SS Nomadic. So, people can see first-hand what the real Titanic looked like in 1912
@@midos67channel24 That man has been saying he's going to do that for decades with no progress. It would be a cool thing to see but I don't think a perfect replica is a good idea.
For one thing it wouldn't satisfy modern safety standards even as a building. For another it would be too heavy to be permanently in dry dock so would need to be afloat. Three, it's not economically viable to have so much space unusable such as third class cabins when making more modern hotel rooms would bring more money in. If we still had Olympic she'd be a successful hotel and museum but alas we do not. This brings me to point four which is that it doesn't make much sense to build a huge ship just to be a permanently moored attraction; existing ships converted tend to do very well but not as well as the big hotel chains want so it would be an independent establishment trying to recoup the cost of a ship without a career.
Titanic: Honor & Glory is an excellent recreation of the Titanic and apart from small sections that someone might physically build it's probably the best we'll ever have. Perhaps in some future year it will have dynamic people to interact with, though that borders on disrespectful.
It is indeed nice to see the Nomadic mentioned in the Titanic's story too she played an important role after all
@@midos67channel24 Isn't the plan for the titanic 2 back in motion last time i've heard? or is it still at a standstill and Palmer lied?
@@Nr31HungarianRegiment Pretty sure he's still alive. He did announce once again this year that he plans to build Titanic 2. He's said that before though.
I like that the video is 19 minutes and 12 seconds long (1912). Nice touch!
You're too clever for me!
Yea I see that. That in turn reminds me of two eerie coincidences in the Titanic's story which are (1) the last survivor, Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean, died in 2009, on May 31st, the same day the Titanic was launched in 1911; and (2) as she was leaving Southampton Harbor the Titanic almost collided with a ship called - of all names - New York
@@fmyoungthats really eerie
@@nocando9357 And that's two eerie coincidences about the same event, at that
@@fmyoung definitely
I work at Titanic Belfast and onboard Nomadic, it's fantastic seeing so many people coming to Belfast to visit both the visitor experience and the little tender.
I have a piece of coal from the Titanic that I bought at the Exhibition back in the nineties. It's one of my prized possessions. The Exhibition was amazing, and included the largest piece of her hull brought up. I couldn't stop myself from stepping over the rope barrier and touched it. It was only for a second or two, and I was quickly dissuaded by security from doing that. I fully expected to be kicked out, but the guard just told me not to do it again, and said he knew how I felt. I will never sail on her. I will never walk on her deck, or sleep in one of her state rooms. But I have touched her, and that's good enough for me.
i still have my piece of coal
That's great that you were able to touch the big piece of Titanic's hull. I have touched it also, when it was in Los Angeles, due to a friend working there, who let me touch it when no one was around.
It was an amazing experience and quite a surprise for me to actually be able to touch it.
I have a couple lumps of the coal, that I have combined into one display case.
I went to the exhibition whn it was in Miami. At one point I was in the room with the Engine Telegraph and perched above the Ships Whistle. I sudenly realized there was no one around amd impusively climnbed up and put my hand on the whistle. I am not at all a metaphysicle person but I will swear to my dying day that at that moment I was transported to that night, I could see and hear the passengers in panic below me. I shook for 20 minutes. Mind over matter of course.
I would question the authenticity of that because how could you have a piece of call from the Titanic when the Titanic is at the bottom of the ocean 🤔🤔🤔
@@davidcaudill7779there are videos of it being raised and lots of information out there regarding how they managed it. As for the section itself, it's called The Big Piece.
went here in 2018! the Place is so nice, we stayed there for a week. Went for a morning walk on the slipways where titanic was built!
Its still missing its mast and the people behind the Museum told me there are no plans currently in the works to get her a new mast.
I donated a brass ship's bell and an inclinometer in 2014 when they were trying to rase money for a new mast in the hope that the bell would be attached,but as you know it never happened, the bell and inclinometer are on display on Nomadic.
They really done a good job restoring the Nomadic. It's impressive to think all those rivets were done by hand. A massive undertaking.
Fantastic to find so much on a single site, the new hotel and loads of quality restoration. 1:03 pleased to learn of preservation of the H & W drawing room-- one of the most impressive late Victorian indoor spaces you're ever likely to see. They certainly knew how to design magnificent buildings--and ships too :-) 4:56 what a beautiful stairwell. 6:40 Nomadic is a gem--what a significant feature. So pleased to see all this restored and safe for the future.
Was here two years ago. The museum is basically every Titanic book I had as a kid. Walking through the Nomadic was an surreal experience. It's the closest you'll ever get to walking the decks of the Titanic. It's a must see if you're ever in Northern Ireland.
Awesome! I visited Belfast with a group of friends last summer, mainly for a concert and to drink Guinness. But convinced the others that we had to go to the Titanic museum and also see the Nomadic haha! It was awesome and we all enjoyed it
Lol that's awesome!
As a Northern Irish person I can say you are thoroughly welcome if you ever come back!
@@amaritineenthusiast Thank you very much! Seems like you Northern Irishmen are very welcoming. We met so many cool and awesome people when we were there out in the pubs! Definetely wanna go back
I was so hoping that this one would be preserved and Thankfully it was. Thank you so much for making this!
It is terribly preserved
@pagmonreal some of us are RMS Queen Mary fans, and we're used to preservation work, much worse than this. Compared to the Queen Mary, this is miles better.
Wow! I had no idea this wonderful complex even existed. Thank you, Alex - another great presentation.
My pleasure!
Nomadic is a lil bean of a ship, I love her
What a beautiful hotel and I love what they did to the drawing room. Everything is restored so nicely. 😍
It's all getting scrapped next year to make way for affordable housing
this was awesome! i didn't even know this existed. i'm so glad this ship is being preserved and enjoyed, how lovely. still, i get goosebumps imagining seeing it out on the ocean again! great video, thanks!
Alex, what a enjoyable watch. I just put going there on my bucket list. The SS Nomadic is basically a "water taxi" but was built with great style to complement the Titanic. Thanks to Alex the Historian for all his time, hard work and posting.
Thanks Mike!
Fine looking ship would be a good visit must do sometime thanks Alex.
Thanks!
Looks like a beautiful museum. I'm glad it's there for all to see. Thanks, Alex! 😊
Man, if only the Olympic wasn't scrapped, it could've been the greatest tourist attraction ever, you'd get to feel what the white star liner experience felt like, what Titanic and Brittanic felt like, since they are almost identical sister ships, you would get a taste of what it was like to walk around Titanic, because I'll be honest, I would give all the money in the world to experience RMS Titanic first hand
I would love to take my son to see this. He has been fascinated by the Titanic for quite awhile
Thank you so much for the tour, I did not know about what happened to the offices of the designers of the Titanic. As usual excellent work!💕🙏
Thanks!
My favourite thing about the hotel is the massive pictures of Titanic and Olympic departing Belfast for their trials, they were truly gorgeous ships
Nice video, I always go to the Titanic for walks, absolutely lovely.
Hi from Northern Ireland haha.
SS Nomadic is so cute :D, im glad that she’s been in such a good condition. Hopefully I’ll be able to visit her one day
Thank You Very Much Alex, to you and your friend for making this tour video, I hope that you get to go there soon.
This is very interesting, I enjoyed the tour very much and seeing the Nomadic open to the public is an amazing experience even on video👍🙂
I would really enjoy making the pilgrimage to Belfast sometime, I have been interested in Titanic since 1980.
It would definitely be an amazing experience👍🙂
Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it!
What a cool museum. I’d love to visit here so interesting. Thanks for the video bro!!
Pretty fun and interesting to see! Thanks for the tour Alex!😊
Been there twice, amazing experience!
Wonderful tour! Thank you for this great video and the chance to visit this amazing historical site and museum!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the incredible look around this ship, and the museum. Very interesting. :)
My pleasure!
My dad worked for Belfast Harbour for 40-odd years.....
He and his work colleagues had to cut a bit of steel off the Nomadic to hand over to some research group as they wanted to see if the rivets matched those on the Titanic.
They did match. They were from the same batch used on the Titanic.
If I recall, I will ask him next time I see him get the proper story
He was also on the Nomadic for private functions put on by the Harbour a few times
That's awesome that it was the same batch of rivets!
That's interesting. So in hind sight looking at Nomadic's rivets and how they were constructed would help provide more details as to maybe why Titanic's failed.
@UrSammich there's no mystery why Titanic's failed...the ship hit an iceberg. An unstoppable force hitting an immovable object, somethings gotta give. Nobody would expect rivets to hold strong under such extreme circumstances.
I loved the video that you made about the museums! One of the slightly annoying things regarding Nomadic is the lack of her forward mast, lifeboat davits and replica lifeboats. It is also a little silly that they didn't construct a temporary wheelhouse similar to the one she later received later in life in order to protect her wheel and telegraph on the bridge as they seemed to deteriorate slightly over the years. A fun fact about Nomadic is that she used to also be called the Ingeniur Minard later on and there were plans to use the propulsion out of the SS Nyanza to get her up and running but that unfortunately fell through.
Great timing! I was actually in Belfast and Titanic Quarter a few weeks ago (May 19)
Did you enjoy it?
@@AlextheHistorian Very much so! I skipped the shipyard ride in the Museum though.
Thanks Alex. I was lucky enough stay there. So cool to be in the places where Titanic was designed and built. Also, the museum gift shop sold Waterford Crystal!
Wonderful video Alex. Just added the place to my must visit bucket list.
Thank you sir.
My pleasure, hope you get to go!
@@AlextheHistorian Thank you 🙏
Love it keep up the good work!
Probably the closest to walking inside a White Star Line ship. Poor Titanic was doomed from the very start. The souls lost within the murky blue. But her memory serves as a lesson to all future ship companies about how safety standards should always be above luxury.
Ridiculous how they set sail afire...
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I thought that was just speculation or a rumor. So it’s true?
@@MrScaryPasta There was a fire yes but it did not actually contribute to the disaster. Other than maybe delaying the sinking a bit as a lot of coal was moved further back, away from the fire, thus giving some counter balance to the water pouring in after the collision. On another note, Titanic was actually quite safe for the day, it was really a bunch of really unfortunate events that lead to total disaster. Still, safety on ships did only get better learning from the disaster.
tyvm for this upload
My pleasure! Glad you liked it!
I look forward to seeing the videos you will take when you get the opportunity to visit Belfast! Thank you so much for showing us this video. Bruce in Boise Idaho
Thanks Bruce!
Went there October 2019 very nice to see!
00:05 I went there it was amazing, and I also seen the Nomadic, it looked really cool inside so anyone who hasn't gone I 100% recommend if your interested
I live in Northern Ireland and I went to the mueseum and nomadic and I love it thanks for visiting a landmark
Visited the Nomadic back in 2019. Excellent video bro,
Thanks!
I actually went to nomadic earlier this year and also visited the titanic museum it was a great trip and I loved my stay in Belfast
I also bought a captains hat at the museum and had a photo with the hat on pretending to steer the nomadic which was realy fun
10/10 would recommend
I need to go again. The last time I was there almost 10 years ago the museum itself was only half complete and the hotel wasn't open. It all looks great
Awesome ❤I could feel the people being there especially the Nomadic. Takes one back to the Edwardian time.😢
Awesome video 💯💯
That hotel looks great . I visited the museum a few years ago..
I have been to Liverpool, Southampton, Belfast, Cherbourg and Queenstown - all through work related reasons..
I won't however be going down to the wreck in any bathysphere I hasten to add ..
As I come from Northern Ireland this is in my back garden. Therefore I visit 7 or 8 times a year.
Dame! Now I got to go to Liverpool to see this. I am a big history and titanic neard. This is now on my bucket list to visit.
It’s in Belfast not Liverpool 😊
@busymom7729 wops, my bad!
@@Mr.Bigfoot-e2q , No problem. Liverpool also has an exhibition about the Titanic at their Maritime Museum. I will be putting it on my bucket list.😃
If I ever decide to go for a visit to the old country I would defintiely like to stay few days get to see the sights of the history of the great ship, this hotel has a lot to do with the White Star Line and the Titanic, WOW Blimey!!....
The Nomadic, the last remaining survivor of a by gone era one of the sisters to the Titanic as her tender, that would be a treat to go and see...
6:03 just imagine if the 3 sisters were still just outside the window in theyre slipways, all 3 as tall as the museum itself ❤
I LIKE IT
Alex, such a great video and especially liked the little haunted mansion line thrown in! Is this the type of video you want to do on your UK trip?
Lol 😂 I thought I'd take the opportunity to use a famous line.
Yes I want to make videos just like this for my UK trip, alongside documentaries, vlogs, and reviews. It looks like I might be going to New Orleans in a few months, so I'm going to practice the new content on things I film there, and use the ad revenue to help me quickly save up for the UK trip.
I wonder, with some modern refitting, (technology and energy wise) could she sail again?
With enough money, virtually anything is possible.
I am glad to see your videos are getting the views they deserve. Great job.
Thank you!
So cool!
Ok totally off topic, but i have been wanting to redo my bathroom for awhile now. Its currently a rustic beach theme. I like it but its 6yrs old. I DEF just found my new bathroom! Im in love with the black n white bathroom n a Titanic theme is perfect. I'm literally going to go search for that "white star line" sign at 2:39-2:41 as the main piece on the big wall in my bathroom n go from there! Lol😊11:15 my grandmother had that china. If I'm not mistaken i believe it is Royal Daulton china. She had quite a few different sets of Royal Daulton china..so beautiful!
If im not wrong the patterns of these tiles are identical to the ones seen on Olympic’s first class smoke room during 1911-1913 4:06 oh tho are they original from storage or just replica’s?
To be honest, I'm not sure, the official website says the tiles are from storage, but I may be mistaken on which tiles they are referring. I have my sources linked in the description if you wish to take a look.
Very Cool Video
Thanks!
The SS Nomadic was more of a little cousin than a sister to the Titanic. The Traffic was a slightly smaller vessel that was considered the Nomadic’s running mate/ sister ship.
Australian Billionaire Clive Palmer talked about building a new Titanic- called the Titanic 2. But that never came to be. I do hope someday they can build a complete replica of Titanic and put it on display at the Harland & Wolf shipyards alongside of the SS Nomadic. So, people can see first-hand what the real Titanic looked like in 1912
wow I am a little disappointed in myself as someone who has been interested in all things titanic since seeing the movie in theaters 11 times when it released, this is my first time ever knowing any of this existed!
Thank you for making me aware of this incredible addition to Titanic's legacy and lore. It looks so interesting and exciting overall and I imagine is beyond fufilling to explore!
Maybe someday you'll get to go there!
0:26 is that shape intentional? it looks like the shape of a hull
I think it is
It’s to represent the ice berg, the big 4 bow like shapes are the height the titanics bow would have been
1:15 what is going on with the proportions of that model, tiny propellers, stupidly tall smokestacks, etc
I'm not sure, I think it might be an "artistic impression" of Titanic.
The video is 19:12 long, very fitting.
Nice!
Cool
Also just a bit of clarification the Harland and Wolff still exist and the shipyards still exist. The titanic quarter was part of the shipyard that was sold off for development and of course as you mention includes the slipways where the Olympic class ships were made.
The Belfast skyline is still dominated by Samson and Goliath. The 2 gantry cranes
7:30 I thought they didn't go into cherbourg because they would have to pay a hefty sum of money for how big the olympic class liners were (the bigger the ship, the bigger the tax) so they sent traffic and nomadic there so they could transport passengers without having to pay much
No, the ships were simply too large and couldn't physically fit.
@@AlextheHistorian ok 👍
@@AlextheHistorian I think I got the Olympic confused with the SS Atlantic (another white star line ship)
Quite the career - good on you Nomadic
What is the other hull in the dry dock?
It's actually the original gate of that dry dock.
Cool. I just saw a glimpse in the video and it looked like the bow of a hull.
Jack Phillips saw his birthday, April 11th, on the Titanic
Titanics little sister!
Did you make the video 19:12 on purpose?
😉 yep
I live not too far away from Nomadic but I haven't been on her in years
“Um actually Titanics sisters are olympic and britannic”
Check the pinned comment at the top of the comment section
Very nice.
I remember the controversy of purchasing the SS Nyanza (retired sister of the MV Liemba) engines to put aboard Nomadic as they were the same type as ones that the Nomadic had, I can understand why people wanted them to do it and I can also understand why the museum would decline.
Do you think you could do a video further explaining SS United State's court case, and what we can do to support her conservation please? Btw I LOVE ur vids keep up the great work!
A bit of Local Lingo from me, Your Friendly Neighbourhood Ulster Scots Man:
When we say "Hows the craic?", it's really another way of saying "How's it going?" as the word "Craic" used in Scotland and Ireland usually means to say how are you.
Not titanics sister.
This is titanics TENDER.
Her boat that brought folks from shore to titanic cuz titanic couldnt dock in certain places.
Titanics sisters are brittanic and olympic
Titanic had two sisters..... Oceanic & Britannic. Nomadic was a tender to these liners.
Yep, a little sister.
Olympic not oceanic
In james cameron movie, called titanic the ss nomadic was used for filming
Not heard of that before, the ship model large of titanic was in new Mexico
Dude I’ve been there too!
Sister of titanic is
titanic, britanic and Olympic
Where is this hotel? I wanna go there! Is it in the UK?
I was just wondering has new stuff been added to the ship?
I’ve been there
Wow did you travel by translink metro or glider🤨
I had no idea the Titanic needs a mega-yacht size ship just to ferry passengers to and from shore. It's a bit unintuitive since they can build it in dock but doesn't have docks big enough for its normal operation.
Well it was built specifically for the harbor at Cherbourg, France. That harbor was too shallow for ships like Titanic to sail in, they would have become grounded on the harbor bed. So that's what NOMADIC and TRAFFIC were for. In the 1930s France dredged the harbor at Cherbourg to make it deeper, and RMS Olympic was finally able to dock there, but then RMS Queen Mary came into the picture, a ship owned by the now merged "Cunard White Star" company. RMS Queen Mary is much larger than Titanic and the harbor of Cherbourg wasn't deep enough for it, nor did they have wharfs large enough for Queen Mary, so NOMADIC and TRAFFIC continued to be used until both RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth were retired.
Hey Alex! I'm currently in the planning stages of a documentary type video on the Queen Mary for her upcoming 90th birthday, and I would love to have you as help on this project! If you're down to help out, what would be the best way to get into contact with you? Best regards
I feel like if the titanic didnt sink it probbaly would've ended up with the same situation as the Nomadic being turned into a floating museum maybe that could've been cool
both titanic and britannic most likely would have rather ended in a similar fate to olympic where the depression was a good reason to scrap all 3 of them, or at least olympic and titanic. too expensive to keep up, and there wouldnt be all the fame around them either as there is today, or at least nearly as much
Thank you so much for this glimpse into the White Star past. With $$$$ being tight in today’s economy this will most likely be my only opportunity to view this historic location. WILL DONE!!!
The nomadic isn’t the titanic sister, it was a tender hope this helps
It wasn't a tugboat, it was a tender, it ferried passengers from Cherbourg docks to the ships.
The titanic hotel is not a hotel ship like the queen mary?
Is that what the linoleum would have looked like at its peak? Whenever I hear "linoleum" I tend to think of the oldest, rattiest, and probably cheapest stuff that was applied as a quick fix and is already partially peeled up, so it's hard to imagine that it may once have looked stylish and appealing on old ships, but seeing the flooring on the Nomadic, I think I can picture it better. (If it's indeed linoleum)
Yes that is linoleum. In the early part of the 20th century, linoleum was considered a luxury material. The interesting part is that it could be cut in any pattern, it was slip resistant, sound dampening, and biodegradable!
Ships like RMS Queen Mary didn't just use a repeating pattern, but they could cut long curvy strips of it to be hand laid into large beautiful Art Deco motifs for the floor.
I'd say linoleum got ugly after the 1950s, that's when they manufactured it in repeating patterns with earthy colors like pea green and urine yellow. And the quality wasn't the same, it was made inferior and with plastic as an ingredient.
@@AlextheHistorian That makes a lot of sense! My image of it was so poor that I couldn't understand how it would be used in luxury ships even despite the practicality, but I assumed "idk it must have looked pretty at one time." But it makes sense that it WOULD have looked much better with better materials and production, and your video here of the Nomadic made it so easy to see.