It's amazing that from nothing, this ship evolved piece by piece, without modern technology. So many lives come and gone, so much hard work and diligence. Who remembers those people today? Sad how people are forgotten.
It would be more appropriate to be amazed at how little engineering skills it took to build ships like that. The techniques how everything was built were radically different, more akin to how wooden ships used to be built than how modern steel ships are built. Keep in mind, this was just a decade or few after the heyday of ironclads.
@@aleksandersuur9475 Wrong. A huge amount of engineering skill went into designing and building the structures and hulls of these ships. The junctions between frames, stringers and deck beams, the angled profile of frames at the bow and stern, even the design and drafting of the hull itself took a huge amount of engineering skill. And then laying up these structures in the yards to ensure they were absolutely square and stable during construction was in itself a huge feat. The fact that this was all done without computers, is staggering.
The musical accompaniment was ideal for this video: the bells or chimes made me think of the workmen's hammers. I've read that the Harland & Wolff yard had pictures taken of the work that went on there. I don't know if it was because they knew they making history, literally and figuratively, or if the photographs were for reference/business purposes but they are a gift to those of us generations later, giving us so much information. Too the quality of the photographs is excellent. What stands out the most for me is the pictures of the Oceanic's bow surrounded by scaffolding. Those views made me think of a medieval cathedral being built even further in the past. I was also especially impressed by the view at 2:39; it's a dramatic image that took me a little by surprise. I have much respect for what our ancestors could do back then. People were still using horses to get around but also had the engineering knowledge and machinery that the Oceanic could be built.
All those hard working young men, and old alike, you may be long dead, but not from our memories.This shipyard is probably the most famous in the world, Much of that eminating from the Titanic Disaster.R I P to all those brave souls.
This is 2019, When i look back at 1899. I see nothing but amazement ,at the incredible work and skill involved in such an undertaking, to build something so majestic and powerful, as the oceanic, Not realizing the enormity of the future task of building the biggest man made object known to man, The Legendary R M S Titanic.
Hard to believe that Titanic and Olympic were still 10 years out!!....Oceanic and Titanic hull design almost identical for 11 years in between the two ships....
The music alone deserves a thumbs up. Very cool video. As someone who spent over a decade in a major shipyard, it amazes me the way that they built these huge ships back in the late 19th and early 20th century (in-place, from the keel up).
Cunard ni el Lusitania ser tan bello como los barcos de la white Star line La white Star tuvo una carrera muy injusta cunard siempre ganaba y la white que le ponía corazón alma y acero a sus barcos tendría ese crédito que s merece Nunca fue reconocido Yo Vi los barcos de cunard pero la white Star destaca mas
It is interesting to see that the hulls of the steamships still had the classic form of cargo sailing ships at this time, which is particularly well seen in the shape of the stern. Only after the First World War were also civil ships built with the cruiser stern like the warships.
As always a beautiful composition of pictures and music. Very fitting for this beautiful vessel. The graceful hull lines of Harland & Wolff ships of that era never cease to intrigue me. The bow was slim and piercing like a sword, the side of the hull had a perfect, gently sweeping sheer line and the stern the most graceful curves ever seen on the ocean. From some angles, the Oceanic looks so narrow, you'd think the photographer used a distorting camera lens. With a length to width ratio of 10:1, she cut through the waves like a blade. Much of her design and interior fittings reflected prevailing Harland & Wolff/White Star convention, yet in many ways she was also unique, one of a kind. Her extreme proportions and super-tall funnels made her instantly recognizable. Her interior had a special style so distinctive, she was unlike any White Star liner before or since. However, one feature in her was almost literally copied over a decade later on Olympic and Titanic: The bookcase design in her Louis XIV-style lounge. That has me wondering why White Star chose to repeat this very specific feature so faithfully from a vessel built over a decade earlier. It would be normal if this feature had been continued in the "Big Four" but it was not. It was specifically re-visited for the Olympic Class and that made it unusual. There is probably an interesting story behind that.
The British sure knew how to build beautiful ships. It's great such a good photographic record was kept of the Oceanic's construction. I don't think as many pictures of the Olympic and Titanic exist. Maybe they were too busy to take pictures by then.
I've searched thru many of these early shipbuilding books and they never show the bottom plating before the floors and inner bottoms are shown built, such as 1:00 then to 1:03.
I'm amazed at the apparent CHAOS we see in the early stages of construction, How the hell do they know what does what , there seems to be no order at all.
For the only account of her wrecking, and an almost unbelievable account of her salvage, read "The Other Titanic" by Martin. It is an incredible story of determination, hardship and success.
The RMS Oceanic was the pinnacle of 19th century shipbuilding and it was one of the last ships that J. Bruce Ismay's father authorised before his death.
I believe it was going to be Oceanic and Olympic? But after Morgan entered the scene the plan was charged and the Olympic became a new class of superliners instead
Definitely looks like an Alexander Carlisle design....he liked a long, lean, yachtlike silhouette on these liners. He bought this to its zenith in the Olympic class....
We’re did you get these awesome picture it would be cool to see them in color too (: wonder what two ships were next to her in construction one looked like a white star liner while the other looked like a union Castle Line ship
Just read a sad and amazing story on Wikkipedia, of Oceanic's sinking, off Shetland, in WW1, Seconded by the British Navy, with guns fitted, she ran aground and was stuck on submerged rocks, and sank after two weeks, atempts at salvage failed, On board was former Titanic Officer, LIGHTHOLLER, the last man off the ship.
All the men that worked hard, knowing they were building something special. But at the and of the day a paycheck was the only motivation. We do not know they're names or faces. But their legacy will never vanish as long as future generations inherit our history and preserve it
VERY reconizable features!! But if it ain't beoken don't fix it.(You get it?! XD) Note that the boats on the raised well deck would have saved alot of third class since they all would have known that they were there in case of a sinking.
The funnels were tall to provide enough draft for the smoke to rise high enough to clear the stern, to minimise soot particles falling on passengers. Notice that steerage class, or third class, the riff raff, were usually accomodated at the stern of the ship where most of the soot would fall. Ships of the era were extremely dirty from soot and ash. Later ships were oil-fired and much cleaner, so the design of ships changed accordingly including lowering of funnel height...
The finist craftsmanship shipping technology the world had ever seen Titanic hand made in Northern Ireland,the crew the most skilled professional and brave,once again good men die because of the greed of the Global elite and fast buck crowd, taking short cuts and using their power to break all the rules for a fast buck.
@@anormalcommentor9452 I've always wondered if Titanic had enough lifeboats would there have been time to launch them all? As it was only 18 out of 20 made it off the ship, the last one with just minutes to spare. Basically, no one was prepared to deal with a situation like that.
@@1940limited Honestly, no. Two of Titanic's lifeboats (Collapsable A and B or D, can't remember) only made it off of the ship due to the water rising on the deck. So two lifeboats were cut free but not launched and the water helped the boats drift away.
It's amazing that from nothing, this ship evolved piece by piece, without modern technology. So many lives come and gone, so much hard work and diligence. Who remembers those people today? Sad how people are forgotten.
Actually- At the time she was built, they used the very pinnacle of modern technology.
WELL, not forgotten by their families, surely ? Most people are creating family history now, and this era is well documented.
Im so amazed over the engineering skills they had 100+ years ago
121 years ago
It would be more appropriate to be amazed at how little engineering skills it took to build ships like that. The techniques how everything was built were radically different, more akin to how wooden ships used to be built than how modern steel ships are built. Keep in mind, this was just a decade or few after the heyday of ironclads.
Amazed that many nations nowadays still can't build ships like that...
@Fred RAM, Despite being surrounded by water other than the Egyptians, Africa has never launched anything other than a dugout canoe..
@@aleksandersuur9475 Wrong. A huge amount of engineering skill went into designing and building the structures and hulls of these ships. The junctions between frames, stringers and deck beams, the angled profile of frames at the bow and stern, even the design and drafting of the hull itself took a huge amount of engineering skill. And then laying up these structures in the yards to ensure they were absolutely square and stable during construction was in itself a huge feat. The fact that this was all done without computers, is staggering.
The musical accompaniment was ideal for this video: the bells or chimes made me think of the workmen's hammers. I've read that the Harland & Wolff yard had pictures taken of the work that went on there. I don't know if it was because they knew they making history, literally and figuratively, or if the photographs were for reference/business purposes but they are a gift to those of us generations later, giving us so much information. Too the quality of the photographs is excellent. What stands out the most for me is the pictures of the Oceanic's bow surrounded by scaffolding. Those views made me think of a medieval cathedral being built even further in the past. I was also especially impressed by the view at 2:39; it's a dramatic image that took me a little by surprise. I have much respect for what our ancestors could do back then. People were still using horses to get around but also had the engineering knowledge and machinery that the Oceanic could be built.
Andrew Brendan that is a rlly long comment
I'm amazed about the clear and sharp pictures, for being taken 1899
All those hard working young men, and old alike, you may be long dead, but not from our memories.This shipyard is probably the most famous in the world, Much of that eminating from the Titanic Disaster.R I P to all those brave souls.
'Olympic'
The same spot where 10 years later, the mighty Olympic class would be crafted.
This is 2019, When i look back at 1899. I see nothing but amazement ,at the incredible work and skill involved in such an undertaking, to build something so majestic and powerful, as the oceanic, Not realizing the enormity of the future task of building the biggest man made object known to man, The Legendary R M S Titanic.
Even the Titanic was dwarfed by ships yet to come.
Yes and only two years later, by the Germans
I forgot to mention the Titanic’s slightly bigger sister, the short lived Britannic.
Hard to believe that Titanic and Olympic were still 10 years out!!....Oceanic and Titanic hull design almost identical for 11 years in between the two ships....
The music alone deserves a thumbs up. Very cool video. As someone who spent over a decade in a major shipyard, it amazes me the way that they built these huge ships back in the late 19th and early 20th century (in-place, from the keel up).
I never get tired of watching this;I love the liners of this period. Thanks for posting.
White Star Line had the most beautiful ships.
Wrong wrong wrong cunard had the best ship in the world!
Cunard ni el Lusitania ser tan bello como los barcos de la white Star line
La white Star tuvo una carrera muy injusta cunard siempre ganaba y la white que le ponía corazón alma y acero a sus barcos tendría ese crédito que s merece
Nunca fue reconocido
Yo Vi los barcos de cunard pero la white Star destaca mas
@@iLOVEiLiKETRAiNSBoth had beautiful ships
It is interesting to see that the hulls of the steamships still had the classic form of cargo sailing ships at this time, which is particularly well seen in the shape of the stern. Only after the First World War were also civil ships built with the cruiser stern like the warships.
I read that they refered to it as a 'Yacht Stern'
She's so sleek and powerful looking.
The name of the piece is "Industrial Revolution" by Jean Michel Jarre. This is the symphonic version of that piece.
As always a beautiful composition of pictures and music. Very fitting for this beautiful vessel. The graceful hull lines of Harland & Wolff ships of that era never cease to intrigue me. The bow was slim and piercing like a sword, the side of the hull had a perfect, gently sweeping sheer line and the stern the most graceful curves ever seen on the ocean. From some angles, the Oceanic looks so narrow, you'd think the photographer used a distorting camera lens. With a length to width ratio of 10:1, she cut through the waves like a blade. Much of her design and interior fittings reflected prevailing Harland & Wolff/White Star convention, yet in many ways she was also unique, one of a kind. Her extreme proportions and super-tall funnels made her instantly recognizable. Her interior had a special style so distinctive, she was unlike any White Star liner before or since. However, one feature in her was almost literally copied over a decade later on Olympic and Titanic: The bookcase design in her Louis XIV-style lounge. That has me wondering why White Star chose to repeat this very specific feature so faithfully from a vessel built over a decade earlier. It would be normal if this feature had been continued in the "Big Four" but it was not. It was specifically re-visited for the Olympic Class and that made it unusual. There is probably an interesting story behind that.
It’s just incredible how people managed to create these technological masterpieces with such limited means.
They weren't limited.. they harnessed the power of their time which was the most advanced at that point in time
@@levyan4718 I know that, it’s just that early twentieth century’s technology and ingenuity never fails to amaze me.
Seeing this ship being built really humanizes the experience of these ships.
Beautiful Monsters of the Sea. So long ago.
Thank you, thank you! She sure was pretty.
What a beautiful ship!
Excellent work very nice.
Amazing feat of engineering, when you look at the technology available to them, (or lack of it ) at the time, this is remarkable .
The British sure knew how to build beautiful ships. It's great such a good photographic record was kept of the Oceanic's construction. I don't think as many pictures of the Olympic and Titanic exist. Maybe they were too busy to take pictures by then.
I've searched thru many of these early shipbuilding books and they never show the bottom plating before the floors and inner bottoms are shown built, such as 1:00 then to 1:03.
Such a beautiful ship in her time
I'm amazed at the apparent CHAOS we see in the early stages of construction, How the hell do they know what does what , there seems to be no order at all.
...sehr gute Bauwerk-Aufnahmen.
For the only account of her wrecking, and an almost unbelievable account of her salvage, read "The Other Titanic" by Martin. It is an incredible story of determination, hardship and success.
Que hermosas imágenes tan intacta Dios mío que lindo 👏👏👏
I wish 🤞 there were tours of this location.
The RMS Oceanic was the pinnacle of 19th century shipbuilding and it was one of the last ships that J. Bruce Ismay's father authorised before his death.
all the great old days
i call her "Little Olympic"
Lego toys She was to have a sister ship named the Olympic however the project was cancelled after the death of Thomas Ismay in 1899:(
3rdTk I call her that too now I guess cuz it’s a good idea
how about Empress of Ireland?
She was designed and built by many of the same people as the Olympic
I believe it was going to be Oceanic and Olympic? But after Morgan entered the scene the plan was charged and the Olympic became a new class of superliners instead
Definitely looks like an Alexander Carlisle design....he liked a long, lean, yachtlike silhouette on these liners. He bought this to its zenith in the Olympic class....
many legends were built so locally to me.
Hi Georg Nice video Les
so cool to finally see the ship that brought my ancestor to America
44,000 ton resting on mud, got to admire them.
Ballins Dampfer Welt, what is the music? Thanks!
Just amazing
What were the lifeboat regulations back then?
We’re did you get these awesome picture it would be cool to see them in color too (: wonder what two ships were next to her in construction one looked like a white star liner while the other looked like a union Castle Line ship
This is so....
COOL!
How do you know, it was a huge shipyard?
Epic
1:10 which one is the oceanic? and what is the two ship that was building?
Not sure but around that time they were also building the Big four class ships.
Fantastisch
Just read a sad and amazing story on Wikkipedia, of Oceanic's sinking, off Shetland, in WW1, Seconded by the British Navy, with guns fitted, she ran aground and was stuck on submerged rocks, and sank after two weeks, atempts at salvage failed, On board was former Titanic Officer, LIGHTHOLLER, the last man off the ship.
This ship is like a mini Titanic xD
Alles genietet😮
All the men that worked hard, knowing they were building something special. But at the and of the day a paycheck was the only motivation. We do not know they're names or faces. But their legacy will never vanish as long as future generations inherit our history and preserve it
is this white star line
HellCat 4323 white star indeed, RMS oceanic of 1899.
Remember if there "IC" ending is White Star line ships...
Jackie Fisher That started when the R.M.S Oceanic [1] was built
yes people who say its cunard are frikin stupid
The shape of the hull looks just like Olympic class.
How long it took to build it?
What we once were, a great ship building nation , and now ????
Her screws were gargantuan.
VERY reconizable features!! But if it ain't beoken don't fix it.(You get it?! XD)
Note that the boats on the raised well deck would have saved alot of third class since they all would have known that they were there in case of a sinking.
Am I correct- Titanic, Sister Britanic and Oceanic- all related?
Olympic, Titanic and Britannic were the sisters. Britannic was the biggest.
Oceanic wasn't related
They were related insofar as : same builder, same yard & ship way, same owner - White Star Line, & Oceanic was 10yrs older.
Oceanic was a bit goofy looking. I wonder why they chose to make the funnels that tall.
No! She was a great beauty.
The funnels were tall to provide enough draft for the smoke to rise high enough to clear the stern, to minimise soot particles falling on passengers. Notice that steerage class, or third class, the riff raff, were usually accomodated at the stern of the ship where most of the soot would fall. Ships of the era were extremely dirty from soot and ash. Later ships were oil-fired and much cleaner, so the design of ships changed accordingly including lowering of funnel height...
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The finist craftsmanship shipping technology the world had ever seen Titanic hand made in Northern Ireland,the crew the most skilled professional and brave,once again good men die because of the greed of the Global elite and fast buck crowd, taking short cuts and using their power to break all the rules for a fast buck.
1000% correct
3 masts and massively tall funnels
Crazy to think this was made by people in the 19th century
Interesting that it's a smaller ship but appears to have more lifeboats than the Titanic!
She had 2 less
@@anormalcommentor9452 But that was probably more than enough for the size of the ship.
@@1940limited She wasn't much smaller than titanic, so it would be not quite enough
@@anormalcommentor9452 I've always wondered if Titanic had enough lifeboats would there have been time to launch them all? As it was only 18 out of 20 made it off the ship, the last one with just minutes to spare. Basically, no one was prepared to deal with a situation like that.
@@1940limited Honestly, no. Two of Titanic's lifeboats (Collapsable A and B or D, can't remember) only made it off of the ship due to the water rising on the deck. So two lifeboats were cut free but not launched and the water helped the boats drift away.
So I'm not the only one that thinks this looks a little similar to titanic right?
I wish Olympic was built :(
But- ohh right
What
@@rodrigolefever2426 her canceled sister was named Olympic
İm gonna call her "the mega Oceanos"
No
Everything is is very heavy and there's only one way to move most of it.
would have been much better with narration. good pics though
👍👌👏😊❤️🇺🇲
Weird looking thing, she was, from her too-tall funnels and toothy superstructure. Still, I like it.
I love her because of her towering funnels!
yassssssssssssssss
She's in the scrap pile now!
Too bad about the music.