I first saw the Nomadic in Paris in 1996. I nearly cried because of the sorry state she was in. The second time was in Belfast in 2016, after her restoration - tears of joy that time! Another excellent 5 (white) star video - thanks again Jago
Thank you, Jago. Two things: Firstly, you can do much, much more than "just" the Underground and London Transport. Secondly, your French pronunciation was superb. Thank you for all your fascinating videos, the backchat, the puns and the interest you raise for so many things more or less on the doorstep. Merry Christmas
You literally went off the rails with this video Jago. What a brilliant story of a ship I hadn't previously heard of, thank you. I must do some research. Also, you must be the only person on the planet that makes an advert enjoyable to watch.
I knew of the Nomadic myself as apart from being a railway buff im also a titanic buff ( have been since a kid) so I knew she was the Titanic's and Olympics tender in Cherborg and the lst white star vessel in existence AND also the ONLY surviving vesslel designed by Thomas Andrews the titanic and Olympics designer who sadly perished on the titanics miaden voyage!
A hull of a video, Jago! Always amazed how you funnel your research into a concise production..a veritable bridge to the past. I bow to your creativity. You are an anchor to my UA-cam feed. Cheerio.
Thanks Jago-ic, I thought this Nomadic video would be all over the place based on the title but a very concise, terrific, and interesting historic biopic it proved to be
My grandparents sailed on the Georgic, the last white star liner. Nomadic is a classy little ship, I'm so glad she survived. It's not really possible to see the Titanic, but the wreck of the Brittannic isn't _that_ deep. You need to be an experienced diver (with the correct paperwork etc) but it is possible. Not that's much of her glamour to be seen, she was in a pretty bare bones war configuration.
The Titanic museum is made all the better for having her alongside. It’s a great place to visit and stepping aboard the Nomadic was an incredible part of the whole experience. I know at the end of the day it’s just metal and wood but it’s heartwarming to know she was able to survive and return to her “berthplace”. Great video!
She wasn't initially part of admission to Titanic Belfast as the people who rescued and restored her (Nomadic Trust) were a separate group. People used to point out it was crazy there wasn't a joint ticket. Once she was finally taken on by the Maritime Trust it became possible to include Nomadic in the standard ticket. On the other hand last time I was there they didn't have attendants to speak to anymore (maybe uneconomical) and the restoration is already showing its age in places. Hopefully they'll continue to look after her.
You hit the ground running with this one. I had to pinch myself to remember this wasn't a certain couple of other Titanic/shipping channels. Anyway, if you pass through Alnwick and visit The White Swan Hotel, a large amount of it comprises of fixtures and fittings rescued from the Olympic when she was scrapped in 1935 including a whole 1st class lounge complete with stained glass windows, staircases, plus many more bits and bobs.
One of those weird videos where my favourite things collide! There was a bit of aviation chat thrown in as well. 😁 Another one was Safiya Nygaard doing a train video this week. I'm used to her doing makeup and fashion related videos!
Its really worth the effort to visit. Stunning room, the work that those carpenters put into the panels is amazing. And you can’t miss the stairs, identical to titanic, albeit in a different layout to make it fit the hotel but 100% real, not reproduction. Nowhere else in the world has anything like it.
This delightful feature is a rather surreal blending of Mike Brady's territory with Jago Hazzard's delivery. As narrative villains go, Lord Kylsant is probably the maritime equivalent of Charles Yerkes. Thanks, Jago - this is an unexpected and very real treat!
It’s often lost in context with the Titanic disaster in April 1912, but Thomas Andrews wasn’t the main designer of the Olympic Class of liners. Alexander Carlisle was the initial designer hired by H&W. I believe (and correct me if I’m wrong) he finished drawing the plans for the three new ships, but left H&W when his initial call to have 64 lifeboats on Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic (called Gigantic before Titanic foundered, but WSL changed the name to Britannic after Titanic sank). Anyways, after WSL and H&W overruled his proposition to have 64 boats. I believe it was J Bruce Ismay who made the final call to only carry 20 lifeboats. Because at that time, 20 lifeboats were well over the standard requirement set forth by the British Board of Trade (I think it was this department). When they refused to put 64 boats on the ships, he left Harland & Wolff and the designs for the ships were handed down to Lord Pierre’s nephew, Thomas Andrews. He was named the designer of the ships only after Olympic was far into her construction phase. *Correct me if I’m wrong, people. 😂*
Brilliant episode! I’ve visited Nomadic twice, and it amazes me that anything survives in spite of what she’s been through. It has definitely lived up to its name. Poor little boat was going “in-Seine”, withering away in Paris, but it’s great to see her back home, restored. Strangely, the antiquated lock gate caisson parked next to Nomadic has always creeped me out. (Interestingly, that caisson was constructed by Harland & Wolff and assigned the yard number 50; it was completed in July 1867. It is believed to be the oldest surviving example of Harland & Wolff’s marine engineering.
I had a visit to Titanic Belfast myself back in October and had the opportunity to admire Nomadic in person. Even with a lifelong interest in the Titanic and the White Star Line story, I did learn a few things in this video about Nomadic so thanks for making this!
Thank you Mr H. We visited The Titanic Exhibition last summer. I’ve learnt more about the history of the little ship in the last twenty or so minutes that I did actually visiting the ship. Thank You
Interesting that other thing in the dry dock is a dam for the dry dock gate that could be filled with water to close the dry dock opening , its thought to be the oldest hull from h&w existing.
I visited te Nomadic back in 2019, when I visited the Titanic centre in Belfast. Also, the Ustler Transport Museum at Cultra, has an section on the Titanic. Also, worth a visit as well.
Who hadn’t heard of Titanic before watching this video? I guess we’d all heard of Titanic. Who’d heard of Nomadic before watching this video? I guess very few of us. I certainly hadn’t. Thanks Jago for this little gem of a video and a ship.
I'm so excited to see that you were / are in Belfast!!! I hope to see some railway related videos from Northern Ireland! I remember my Granda, who used to work in Harland & Wolff taking me aboard the Nomadic shortly after it arrived in Belfast before it was restored (it was open for a while in Hamilton dry dock prior to being moved to the other side of the river for restoration work). It was very barren before restoration. I've been on it twice since it was restored and it looks really good now. They've done an excellent job at turning it into a museum and I think I enjoyed walking around it more than the Titanic Belfast museum which is the main attraction of the area
Thanks for bringing back memories, I was in Belfast in 2019 & did the tour of the museum, the dry dock, where the bigger ships were fitted out ready for sea & also saw this beautiful & important ship. I'm planning to return in the next few years. Thanks Again
I visited Northern Ireland for the first time in July. My advice is that if you're ever in Belfast, shell out for the full tour* of the Titanic museum: it's really worth it in my opinion. The Nomadic is really interesting, and has been restored beautifully. And the guided tour of the former Harland and Wolff offices (now part of a hotel) is great, too. Also, while there, walk a bit further along the quayside to visit the preserved First World War cruiser HMS Caroline. This is also fascinating, and from the same period as the Titanic. She is the last surviving ship that was at the largest battle between fleets of Dreadnoughts: Jutland, in 1916. If you've visited HMS Belfast, you will find quite a difference from the Caroline, despite both being cruisers. * White Star Premium Pass.
@@thomasburke2683 That was to have been the name of what became the Britannic, the third and last of the Olympic class, but it was seen as too hubristic after the Titanic disaster, so the name was changed.
That.....was a rollercoasterride. Beside the devoplment of ports, ongoing wars and so on, it's amazing/astonishing how a ship survived, meander thru the decades and end up in it's birthplace. 👍
Awesome news :-) Am glad that SS Nomadic's survival into the future is now firm--and that her restoration was so comprehensive and competent--wonderful!
What a lot of work must have gone into this! I always know that a Jago Hazzard video will be worth watching, whatever its subject, for its content and its presentation. If you do a video about boiled eggs or paint drying, I'll be watching it!
What? Now Tube tale? That's alright because Jago has done a marvelous job in spreading the word about this fine little ship. Diversifying subjects now and then is a good thing.
Great video and thanks for sharing, my wife and I visited Nomadic in 2014 and donated a ship's bell and lanyard plus an inclinometer the original ones were probably looted of her and are now on display on the ship,a very memorable visit and we are hoping for a return visit this next year.
Visited the museum and "experience" a few years ago; highly recommend! Worth the trip to Ireland by itself.. standing on the old construction piers really drives home the scale Only when we were leaving did we notice the Nomadic and go aboard for a late tour - absolutely charming ship with a fascinating history. So so glad I was able to step aboard Incredible ❤
Extraordinarily interesting. You've helped me, I'm an educational tour director, we take US high school kids and almost always go to Belfast. Next time we do I've got something more to tell them. Nx
Thanks for this fascinating history, Jago. I think I saw this tender in the very early morning of Monday August 12th 1968. I was on the Queen Elizabeth, and had got up early to watch the process of dropping off passengers at Cherbourg. The tender that came out astonished me, as it looked quite ancient, and was emitting very black smoke from its funnel, which I guessed to be coal smoke. I was used to Clyde steamers, which by that time were all oil fired, mostly driven by steam turbines, and gradually being replaced by diesel ships like the Glen Sannox, which entered service in the summer of 1957. The Queen Elizabeth herself was oil fired, and produced light brown smoke. I have some aging colour slides from that trip, and when I get the time, I must review them and see if I have a good picture of the Nomadic.
I remember reading about this ship a few years ago and something that I thought was interesting was that since the engines had been stripped out for its conversion to a restaurant, the restoration people had a hell of a time finding authentic replacements. They ended up finding another ship of a similar design and era operating as a local ferry somewhere in central africa that was in danger of being scrapped and when I last heard they were still trying to get ahold of its boilers - but it looks like recently those plans fell through, though the ferry wasn't actually sold for scrap yet.
Many thanks Jago for this most inspiring historiacal maritime jaunt. I'd never heard of the 'Nomadic' before, and as always with your 'reportage' filled with humouristic anecdotes, wit and a smattering of ire raises your channel into the must see category; 'très bon boulot' as they would say on this side of 'la Manche'...! By the way your french pronounciation is better than you think, I've heard much much worse.
People are odd, they never have much of a tendency to visit the attractions in their own back yard yet think nothing of travelling the world (Europe in this case) and visiting those attractions. I live in Belfast yet have never been on Nomadic, however I have been on HMS Belfast, HMS Trincomalee, HMS Victory and Vasa. Great to see you over here Jago.
A nice side track from the tube and of particular interest as I wrote a bit about the Titanic's sinking and why it broke apart on the surface after hitting the iceberg, from an electrically charged weather perspective. Love all your output, thanx
Back in the 80s, I worked for a firm that had Harland & Wolff as a client. The first time I met them I was taken to one side and formally warned "No Titanic jokes. They don't find it funny." Now they seem to be prouder of the old girl than of anything else they ever built.
Great vid Jago as usual and yes a little off topic for you but im liking it ...I knew of the Nomadic myself as apart from being a railway buff im also a titanic buff ( have been since a kid) so I knew she was the Titanic's and Olympics tender in Cherborg and the last white star vessel in existence AND also the ONLY surviving vesslel designed by Thomas Andrews the titanic and Olympics designer who sadly perished on the titanics miaden voyage! the Nomadic is often forgotten about as OBV she was a work horse / tender for the the liners and wasn't opulent ect she was designed to do what she had to do as in ferry Mail (as both the liners were royal mail ships (hence the RMS prefix ....no air mail back then lol) to the liners and transfer Passengers from Europe at Cherborg whishing to go across the atlantic to America! Im glad she is preserved in Belfast as a lasting memory to the great golden age of Ocean liners ......much like the Queen mary has been in Long beach california ( but past few years i have been hearing Queen mary needs a LOT of work doing to her now ..mind you she is 97 years old now ..so a lot of upkeep even if she is a floating hotel) and NOMADIC pre dates her ....but nomadic has had a lot of restoration work done on her to preserve her!
Interesting side note about _Nomadic_ arriving into Belfast once more... She remained registered as a vessel during her towing and so when entering Belfast for the last segment of her trip was required to hoist colours... Rather then raise UK or French flags, somebody held up the White Star flag and that was accepted by the Belfast port authority and in she came. Incidentally, on April 15th, all Cunard vessels either at sea or in port will lower the Cunard house colours and replace with the White Star ones
We took a very early flight from Edinburgh to Belfast last month just for the day. Done the titanic and the nomadic plus a mooch about the city before flying back at tea time. This brought that exhausting but rather fun day trip back.
10:38 your pronunciation is almost perfect to my very much French ear, with only the tiniest of slips on "trANsbordEment". (highlighted the places that could be improved). No qualms at all about "sauvetage" and "remorquage", spot on.
Never heard of this ship, thank you Jago. Please continue your marine sojourn , i am sure there many historical/nautical tales that you can bring to us 🙂
What’s a little interesting is the “vessel” that’s in the dock with Nomadic it was this plug or stopper for the dry dock. It was a breach that allowed the dock to be refloated after maintenance was done.
What a superb video. I went to Belfast and saw the titanic exhibition and it was brilliant. Congratulations Jago on a marvellous interesting and gripping video. And thank you. Happy Christmas.
Would have been perfect if the beloved CTY had some involvement in this, but he had left this mortal coil well before the liners (let alone their tenders) had even been conceived. Alas. Very enjoyable video, Jago.
I didn't know the Nomadic had been preserved. The tenders are such interesting little ships . I have been onboard the tug/tender Calshot at Southampton, which served the same function for liners calling at Cowes Roads instead of proceeding right up to Southampton. Another interesting little ship is the SS Shieldhall, a former Glasgow "sludge boat", that has reciprocating steam engines and was built dual-purpose with passenger accommodation for day trips on the River Clyde.
Very interesting and informative video, thank you. I will say this though, displaying the ship in a drydock like that is probably the worst possible way to store it for long term preservation. Ships are meant to be in water, with the force of the water distributed evenly around and under the hull. Out of the water, gravity pulling down on it will eventually cause major structural issues (pancaking), especially where it sits on the keel blocks. The hull plates will eventually start to bow out on the sides also, putting strain on the rivets securing them to the framework.
Just sailed Southampton to New York this week on the QM2. The advice before hand was watch out for icebergs! Cannot think why? Great video as always, seasons greetings.
Interesting video and full marks for the French pronunciation ! I've been to the Titanic centre on a family trip but missed out on the Nomadic for some reason. Will make it my business to get there this year ..... I can be there in 2hr 41min by car so no excuse.
I thought I knew all about the Titanic, but it seems I was short-changed in my education. So, yes, a most enjoyable lesson. By the way, 10:11, bottom centre right - Paddington Bear?
the museam is absoulutly fantastic. been there twice and stood where titanic and her sisters were built. jago, did you enjoy your irish trip? i took the ”enterprise” train service to belfast. 👍🏻
Fun fact, you can actually see a tender tug in the photo where Titanic and Olympic are at Harland & Wolff on the left, it's named 'Magnetic' and was scrapped in 1935, having been built in 1891.
Thanks for this jago. You deny being a historian yet you're great at it... particularly when you steer away from the underground. Thanks again
Indeed, rather like "Child of the Jago".
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I first saw the Nomadic in Paris in 1996. I nearly cried because of the sorry state she was in. The second time was in Belfast in 2016, after her restoration - tears of joy that time! Another excellent 5 (white) star video - thanks again Jago
Thank you, Jago. Two things: Firstly, you can do much, much more than "just" the Underground and London Transport. Secondly, your French pronunciation was superb.
Thank you for all your fascinating videos, the backchat, the puns and the interest you raise for so many things more or less on the doorstep.
Merry Christmas
You literally went off the rails with this video Jago.
What a brilliant story of a ship I hadn't previously heard of, thank you. I must do some research.
Also, you must be the only person on the planet that makes an advert enjoyable to watch.
Yes! Not a railway in sight, and still fascinating.
I knew of the Nomadic myself as apart from being a railway buff im also a titanic buff ( have been since a kid) so I knew she was the Titanic's and Olympics tender in Cherborg and the lst white star vessel in existence AND also the ONLY surviving vesslel designed by Thomas Andrews the titanic and Olympics designer who sadly perished on the titanics miaden voyage!
Excellent. I live in Belfast and have never even visited the Nomadic. But I will now.
Settle down, people for another entertaining and/or instructive tale from Mr Hazzard.
A hull of a video, Jago! Always amazed how you funnel your research into a concise production..a veritable bridge to the past. I bow to your creativity. You are an anchor to my UA-cam feed. Cheerio.
Thanks Jago-ic, I thought this Nomadic video would be all over the place based on the title but a very concise, terrific, and interesting historic biopic it proved to be
My grandparents sailed on the Georgic, the last white star liner. Nomadic is a classy little ship, I'm so glad she survived. It's not really possible to see the Titanic, but the wreck of the Brittannic isn't _that_ deep. You need to be an experienced diver (with the correct paperwork etc) but it is possible. Not that's much of her glamour to be seen, she was in a pretty bare bones war configuration.
A very tender video. Possibly your most tender ever Jago (I bet someone said it already!)
Well, the Titanic really did have an 'ic' ending!
Ba-dum, tish!
took me 4 seconds haha
True bro. True
Good one 😂
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I go to northern Ireland every year, Nomadic is one of my favourite places to go to, nice to know more of the story behind it.
5:53 I’m living for the British Pathé voice.
The Titanic museum is made all the better for having her alongside. It’s a great place to visit and stepping aboard the Nomadic was an incredible part of the whole experience. I know at the end of the day it’s just metal and wood but it’s heartwarming to know she was able to survive and return to her “berthplace”. Great video!
She wasn't initially part of admission to Titanic Belfast as the people who rescued and restored her (Nomadic Trust) were a separate group. People used to point out it was crazy there wasn't a joint ticket. Once she was finally taken on by the Maritime Trust it became possible to include Nomadic in the standard ticket. On the other hand last time I was there they didn't have attendants to speak to anymore (maybe uneconomical) and the restoration is already showing its age in places. Hopefully they'll continue to look after her.
Actually your prononciation of french is top notch !
You hit the ground running with this one. I had to pinch myself to remember this wasn't a certain couple of other Titanic/shipping channels.
Anyway, if you pass through Alnwick and visit The White Swan Hotel, a large amount of it comprises of fixtures and fittings rescued from the Olympic when she was scrapped in 1935 including a whole 1st class lounge complete with stained glass windows, staircases, plus many more bits and bobs.
Never yet visited Alnwick, this may persuade me to rectify that deficit.
One of those weird videos where my favourite things collide! There was a bit of aviation chat thrown in as well. 😁
Another one was Safiya Nygaard doing a train video this week. I'm used to her doing makeup and fashion related videos!
Its really worth the effort to visit. Stunning room, the work that those carpenters put into the panels is amazing. And you can’t miss the stairs, identical to titanic, albeit in a different layout to make it fit the hotel but 100% real, not reproduction. Nowhere else in the world has anything like it.
This delightful feature is a rather surreal blending of Mike Brady's territory with Jago Hazzard's delivery.
As narrative villains go, Lord Kylsant is probably the maritime equivalent of Charles Yerkes.
Thanks, Jago - this is an unexpected and very real treat!
Nice to see old ships preserved.
Iceberg avoided Captain Jago Sir ❤
It’s often lost in context with the Titanic disaster in April 1912, but Thomas Andrews wasn’t the main designer of the Olympic Class of liners.
Alexander Carlisle was the initial designer hired by H&W. I believe (and correct me if I’m wrong) he finished drawing the plans for the three new ships, but left H&W when his initial call to have 64 lifeboats on Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic (called Gigantic before Titanic foundered, but WSL changed the name to Britannic after Titanic sank).
Anyways, after WSL and H&W overruled his proposition to have 64 boats. I believe it was J Bruce Ismay who made the final call to only carry 20 lifeboats. Because at that time, 20 lifeboats were well over the standard requirement set forth by the British Board of Trade (I think it was this department). When they refused to put 64 boats on the ships, he left Harland & Wolff and the designs for the ships were handed down to Lord Pierre’s nephew, Thomas Andrews. He was named the designer of the ships only after Olympic was far into her construction phase.
*Correct me if I’m wrong, people. 😂*
Brilliant episode! I’ve visited Nomadic twice, and it amazes me that anything survives in spite of what she’s been through. It has definitely lived up to its name. Poor little boat was going “in-Seine”, withering away in Paris, but it’s great to see her back home, restored. Strangely, the antiquated lock gate caisson parked next to Nomadic has always creeped me out. (Interestingly, that caisson was constructed by Harland & Wolff and assigned the yard number 50; it was completed in July 1867. It is believed to be the oldest surviving example of Harland & Wolff’s marine engineering.
I had a visit to Titanic Belfast myself back in October and had the opportunity to admire Nomadic in person.
Even with a lifelong interest in the Titanic and the White Star Line story, I did learn a few things in this video about Nomadic so thanks for making this!
Thank you Mr H.
We visited The Titanic Exhibition last summer.
I’ve learnt more about the history of the little ship in the last twenty or so minutes that I did actually visiting the ship.
Thank You
Interesting that other thing in the dry dock is a dam for the dry dock gate that could be filled with water to close the dry dock opening , its thought to be the oldest hull from h&w existing.
Nomadic is the only White Star Line vessel left! This is both sad snd amazing.
Hollywood couldn’t do justice to the Nomadic story. The little tender that could.
I need this as a movie.
I visited te Nomadic back in 2019, when I visited the Titanic centre in Belfast. Also, the Ustler Transport Museum at Cultra, has an section on the Titanic. Also, worth a visit as well.
Cultra is fabulous.
Your pronunciation sounds pretty good, mon brave. Great story too.
Who hadn’t heard of Titanic before watching this video? I guess we’d all heard of Titanic. Who’d heard of Nomadic before watching this video? I guess very few of us. I certainly hadn’t. Thanks Jago for this little gem of a video and a ship.
Lord Kylsant, the Yerkies of the shipping industry. This is a great video.
I'm so excited to see that you were / are in Belfast!!! I hope to see some railway related videos from Northern Ireland!
I remember my Granda, who used to work in Harland & Wolff taking me aboard the Nomadic shortly after it arrived in Belfast before it was restored (it was open for a while in Hamilton dry dock prior to being moved to the other side of the river for restoration work). It was very barren before restoration.
I've been on it twice since it was restored and it looks really good now. They've done an excellent job at turning it into a museum and I think I enjoyed walking around it more than the Titanic Belfast museum which is the main attraction of the area
I don't think I could bear a video about Translink!
Thanks for bringing back memories, I was in Belfast in 2019 & did the tour of the museum, the dry dock, where the bigger ships were fitted out ready for sea & also saw this beautiful & important ship. I'm planning to return in the next few years. Thanks Again
This was so comprehensive and interesting. Well done 👏🏽
I visited Northern Ireland for the first time in July. My advice is that if you're ever in Belfast, shell out for the full tour* of the Titanic museum: it's really worth it in my opinion. The Nomadic is really interesting, and has been restored beautifully. And the guided tour of the former Harland and Wolff offices (now part of a hotel) is great, too.
Also, while there, walk a bit further along the quayside to visit the preserved First World War cruiser HMS Caroline. This is also fascinating, and from the same period as the Titanic. She is the last surviving ship that was at the largest battle between fleets of Dreadnoughts: Jutland, in 1916. If you've visited HMS Belfast, you will find quite a difference from the Caroline, despite both being cruisers.
* White Star Premium Pass.
LOVED this thorough examination of the Nomadic. Thanks Jago and have a Merry Christmas!
I’ve been to the Nomadic. She is quite lovely. it was when I visited the Titanic Visitor Centre back in 2017.
Other elements of the White Star Line fleet were Myopic, Chaotic, and Tragic.
What about Drastiic ,Elastic and Plastic.
Did they have a Gigantic?
You are being sacastic.@@thomasburke2683
@@thomasburke2683 That was to have been the name of what became the Britannic, the third and last of the Olympic class, but it was seen as too hubristic after the Titanic disaster, so the name was changed.
But who can forget Oceanic, Majestic, and Atlantic? ;)
So glad this little tender was saved and restored! So much history has been lost. It's nice to see a happy ending for once.
That.....was a rollercoasterride. Beside the devoplment of ports, ongoing wars and so on, it's amazing/astonishing how a ship survived, meander thru the decades and end up in it's birthplace. 👍
Love the way you introduced the advert and your wording for it all. You are the wordsmith to my dyslexic jottings.
Votre prononciation française est excellante, M.Jago, at least speaking as one who ceased A Level French in 1960!
Awesome news :-) Am glad that SS Nomadic's survival into the future is now firm--and that her restoration was so comprehensive and competent--wonderful!
What a lot of work must have gone into this! I always know that a Jago Hazzard video will be worth watching, whatever its subject, for its content and its presentation. If you do a video about boiled eggs or paint drying, I'll be watching it!
Thank you, Jago, for telling this remarkable tale.
What? Now Tube tale? That's alright because Jago has done a marvelous job in spreading the word about this fine little ship. Diversifying subjects now and then is a good thing.
Always great to see steam boat content. I need to run over to Belfast and visit Nomadic in person.
Great video and thanks for sharing, my wife and I visited Nomadic in 2014 and donated a ship's bell and lanyard plus an inclinometer the original ones were probably looted of her and are now on display on the ship,a very memorable visit and we are hoping for a return visit this next year.
Merry Christmas and Happy / Prosperous New Year Jago, greetings from South Africa
Brilliant video sir JH does it again!
Visited the museum and "experience" a few years ago; highly recommend! Worth the trip to Ireland by itself.. standing on the old construction piers really drives home the scale
Only when we were leaving did we notice the Nomadic and go aboard for a late tour - absolutely charming ship with a fascinating history. So so glad I was able to step aboard
Incredible ❤
Extraordinarily interesting. You've helped me, I'm an educational tour director, we take US high school kids and almost always go to Belfast. Next time we do I've got something more to tell them. Nx
Thanks for this fascinating history, Jago. I think I saw this tender in the very early morning of Monday August 12th 1968. I was on the Queen Elizabeth, and had got up early to watch the process of dropping off passengers at Cherbourg. The tender that came out astonished me, as it looked quite ancient, and was emitting very black smoke from its funnel, which I guessed to be coal smoke. I was used to Clyde steamers, which by that time were all oil fired, mostly driven by steam turbines, and gradually being replaced by diesel ships like the Glen Sannox, which entered service in the summer of 1957. The Queen Elizabeth herself was oil fired, and produced light brown smoke. I have some aging colour slides from that trip, and when I get the time, I must review them and see if I have a good picture of the Nomadic.
Thanks so much for covering a bit of the WSL's history :)
I remember reading about this ship a few years ago and something that I thought was interesting was that since the engines had been stripped out for its conversion to a restaurant, the restoration people had a hell of a time finding authentic replacements. They ended up finding another ship of a similar design and era operating as a local ferry somewhere in central africa that was in danger of being scrapped and when I last heard they were still trying to get ahold of its boilers - but it looks like recently those plans fell through, though the ferry wasn't actually sold for scrap yet.
Many thanks Jago for this most inspiring historiacal maritime jaunt. I'd never heard of the 'Nomadic' before, and as always with your 'reportage' filled with humouristic anecdotes, wit and a smattering of ire raises your channel into the must see category; 'très bon boulot' as they would say on this side of 'la Manche'...! By the way your french pronounciation is better than you think, I've heard much much worse.
I quite like these old boats. Do you have a video on the SS great Britain?
Not yet…
Informative and thoroughly enjoyable - thank you!
People are odd, they never have much of a tendency to visit the attractions in their own back yard yet think nothing of travelling the world (Europe in this case) and visiting those attractions. I live in Belfast yet have never been on Nomadic, however I have been on HMS Belfast, HMS Trincomalee, HMS Victory and Vasa. Great to see you over here Jago.
Very true. I’ve never been on the Cutty Sark and I’ve only been on the HMS Belfast because my brother went.
I even found the ad entertaining. Good job
One of you best recent videos, Jago. Thank you so much
A nice side track from the tube and of particular interest as I wrote a bit about the Titanic's sinking and why it broke apart on the surface after hitting the iceberg, from an electrically charged weather perspective. Love all your output, thanx
Back in the 80s, I worked for a firm that had Harland & Wolff as a client. The first time I met them I was taken to one side and formally warned "No Titanic jokes. They don't find it funny." Now they seem to be prouder of the old girl than of anything else they ever built.
They didn't want to sink their chances
At least the Nomadic isn’t a tender subject, or is she?
Great vid Jago as usual and yes a little off topic for you but im liking it ...I knew of the Nomadic myself as apart from being a railway buff im also a titanic buff ( have been since a kid) so I knew she was the Titanic's and Olympics tender in Cherborg and the last white star vessel in existence AND also the ONLY surviving vesslel designed by Thomas Andrews the titanic and Olympics designer who sadly perished on the titanics miaden voyage! the Nomadic is often forgotten about as OBV she was a work horse / tender for the the liners and wasn't opulent ect she was designed to do what she had to do as in ferry Mail (as both the liners were royal mail ships (hence the RMS prefix ....no air mail back then lol) to the liners and transfer Passengers from Europe at Cherborg whishing to go across the atlantic to America!
Im glad she is preserved in Belfast as a lasting memory to the great golden age of Ocean liners ......much like the Queen mary has been in Long beach california ( but past few years i have been hearing Queen mary needs a LOT of work doing to her now ..mind you she is 97 years old now ..so a lot of upkeep even if she is a floating hotel) and NOMADIC pre dates her ....but nomadic has had a lot of restoration work done on her to preserve her!
Interesting side note about _Nomadic_ arriving into Belfast once more... She remained registered as a vessel during her towing and so when entering Belfast for the last segment of her trip was required to hoist colours... Rather then raise UK or French flags, somebody held up the White Star flag and that was accepted by the Belfast port authority and in she came.
Incidentally, on April 15th, all Cunard vessels either at sea or in port will lower the Cunard house colours and replace with the White Star ones
thats cool to know! i hope the carpathia, lusitania, and all other lost Cunard and WSL ships are proud
"The solution was to try a little tender fleet." /* FIXME: that meme with Cary Grant going "get out." goes here */
We took a very early flight from Edinburgh to Belfast last month just for the day. Done the titanic and the nomadic plus a mooch about the city before flying back at tea time. This brought that exhausting but rather fun day trip back.
Outstanding non train video what was more fun I watched it while on a cruise ship in the Caribbean well done Sir
I love that you are doing ships now, the Cutty Sark would be a great subject to cover.
10:38 your pronunciation is almost perfect to my very much French ear, with only the tiniest of slips on "trANsbordEment". (highlighted the places that could be improved). No qualms at all about "sauvetage" and "remorquage", spot on.
Your videos are so informative. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hi Jago. A delightful deviation from your usual menu. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Xmas and all best wishes for the New Year.
My 15 year old daughter, a keen examiner of the story of the Titanic, is now a fan, Jago!
Good stuff Jago, a nice companion to your Royal Iris vid.
Never heard of this ship, thank you Jago. Please continue your marine sojourn , i am sure there many historical/nautical tales that you can bring to us 🙂
What’s a little interesting is the “vessel” that’s in the dock with Nomadic it was this plug or stopper for the dry dock. It was a breach that allowed the dock to be refloated after maintenance was done.
They have done a amazing job in the resration
What a superb video. I went to Belfast and saw the titanic exhibition and it was brilliant. Congratulations Jago on a marvellous interesting and gripping video. And thank you. Happy Christmas.
Would have been perfect if the beloved CTY had some involvement in this, but he had left this mortal coil well before the liners (let alone their tenders) had even been conceived. Alas.
Very enjoyable video, Jago.
I didn't know the Nomadic had been preserved. The tenders are such interesting little ships . I have been onboard the tug/tender Calshot at Southampton, which served the same function for liners calling at Cowes Roads instead of proceeding right up to Southampton.
Another interesting little ship is the SS Shieldhall, a former Glasgow "sludge boat", that has reciprocating steam engines and was built dual-purpose with passenger accommodation for day trips on the River Clyde.
Interesting story! Thanks for entertaining us with this ship’s tale.
Brilliant, thank you! I'd no idea about the tenders, and this was fascinating
Very interesting and informative video, thank you. I will say this though, displaying the ship in a drydock like that is probably the worst possible way to store it for long term preservation. Ships are meant to be in water, with the force of the water distributed evenly around and under the hull. Out of the water, gravity pulling down on it will eventually cause major structural issues (pancaking), especially where it sits on the keel blocks. The hull plates will eventually start to bow out on the sides also, putting strain on the rivets securing them to the framework.
Just sailed Southampton to New York this week on the QM2. The advice before hand was watch out for icebergs! Cannot think why?
Great video as always, seasons greetings.
What a great piece of history, I had no idea of the tenders existence or function
Super well put together video!! Thanks Jago
I've been interested in Nomadic since the first reports of her return.
You did a very good job on her!
Had a good mooch around Nomadic in July this year, I enjoyed it more than the museum.
Thanks Jago. A lovely diversion from your usual videos. Happy Xmas!
Interesting video and full marks for the French pronunciation ! I've been to the Titanic centre on a family trip but missed out on the Nomadic for some reason. Will make it my business to get there this year ..... I can be there in 2hr 41min by car so no excuse.
3:54 What a relief that ships no longer need to be powered by boiling Scotch!
I thought I knew all about the Titanic, but it seems I was short-changed in my education. So, yes, a most enjoyable lesson. By the way, 10:11, bottom centre right - Paddington Bear?
the museam is absoulutly fantastic. been there twice and stood where titanic and her sisters were built. jago, did you enjoy your irish trip? i took the ”enterprise” train service to belfast. 👍🏻
Thank you for the research. Very nice video!
Great bit of research, very interesting.
Your pronunciation of french names is extremely cute.
Also, never knew we french had this historic ship in Paris...
That looks really well taken care of. I don't envy anyone restoring and maintaining a ship as it sounds like a massive money hole.
Fun fact, you can actually see a tender tug in the photo where Titanic and Olympic are at Harland & Wolff on the left, it's named 'Magnetic' and was scrapped in 1935, having been built in 1891.
I've visited Nomadic and the Titanic Exhibition - both fascinating and well worth your while if you're in Belfast!
Fab video again and no mention of Yerkes! ;)
"Try a little tender fleet"..groan....