The RMS Republic: White Star's Million Dollar Blunder

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  • The luxurious RMS Republic II was an ocean liner sent on the Liverpool to Boston route despite being worth far more than either of those cities. Her sinking brought widespread media attention and salvage efforts on her wreck have resulted in view gains and one bad documentary on the "History" Channel. Remember, I'm an idiot with a microphone, not an expert, so take everything with a grain of salt.
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  • @philip_bogart2665
    @philip_bogart2665 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    as an Italian I can confirm that we all wear cook outfits, always hold a plate of pasta or pizza and speak nonsense very loudly. 10/10 representation, keep it up

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a Scot I can confirm that literally everyone on earth already knew this to be true. Also, Italian men don't leave their mother's womb until 26. This is known.

    • @philip_bogart2665
      @philip_bogart2665 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cleverusername9369 my comment was a joke and you ruined it with your prejudices

    • @weskirkland5850
      @weskirkland5850 ปีที่แล้ว

      I suspected as much.

  • @Liam-man-93
    @Liam-man-93 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Glad to see another upload. Could you do a video on the Seeandbee and Greater Buffalo? Both were paddle aircraft carriers

    • @scoutnoli8620
      @scoutnoli8620 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah that would be great

  • @commodorezero
    @commodorezero ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Republic was built for the Dominion Line as the Columbus. It was smaller than the big 4 as well as White Stars Arabic which was taken over from ATL(maybe Arabic was margianlly smaller and Columbus was a little longer they were virtually same size) and was built as the Minnewaska. It was one of the bigger ships in the IMM family for sure but I don't know where the whole "the most luxurious White Star Liner in it's time was reserved for making trips to Boston from Liverpool" thing comes from.

    • @giovannirastrelli9821
      @giovannirastrelli9821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s an unfounded claim based on an unsourced Wikipedia paragraph. She was a pretty average ship for her time.

    • @commodorezero
      @commodorezero ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@giovannirastrelli9821 She was certainly above average. Top 10 biggest liner for sure (not counting but 15k in the 1900-1905 period was huge). Notable vessel don't get me wrong just not the "most luxurious White Star Liner in it's time". The Big 4 and Oceanic are big names in the ocean liner world he should know this.

    • @giovannirastrelli9821
      @giovannirastrelli9821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@commodorezero Perhaps I’ll throw them a bone and agree it was probably one of the most luxurious ships on the Liverpool to Boston route.

  • @sillyboatguy
    @sillyboatguy ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This man never fails to amuse me 💀

  • @alanh1406
    @alanh1406 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think the ice berg that sank the Titanic was also named Florida, as was the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs, the street Franz Ferdinand was shot on, Hitlers middle name, Stalins Mother in laws cats name, and Liz Truss’s tinder password.
    Ahhhh Florida.

  • @CJODell12
    @CJODell12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A great feat for the Baltic though. She not only took aboard the Republic’s and Florida’s passengers, but also at least some of Republic’s mail, according to Mark Chirnside’s book about the Big Four.

    • @IlovetheOceanic
      @IlovetheOceanic ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh hello I see you have great taste in ship videos

    • @CJODell12
      @CJODell12 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IlovetheOceanic Hey there Captain

    • @IlovetheOceanic
      @IlovetheOceanic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CJODell12 hello

    • @etoile_blanche
      @etoile_blanche ปีที่แล้ว

      Internal documentation of the New York US Attorney's Office, which handled the resulting Harter Act litigation, states clearly that the mail was lost. The "mail removal" was designed for public consumption to reduce interest in the recovery of valuable Registered Mail.

    • @CJODell12
      @CJODell12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@etoile_blanche Oh well she still rescued Republic’s and Florida’s passengers.

  • @EndlessPraiseEnsemble
    @EndlessPraiseEnsemble 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This ship carried my great great grandfather from Naples to New York in 1906. This is fascinating!

  • @railfox99
    @railfox99 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nautical History and Comedy all in one. I LOVE IT!

  • @thesketchydude1315
    @thesketchydude1315 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the only thing I think of when I think of Boston is
    "Oh Cool!, worse New York accent"
    oh also Fallout 4 I guess
    great vid as always bud

  • @CaptainJZH
    @CaptainJZH ปีที่แล้ว

    Your sarcastic line delivery is something I've been craving so much from ocean liner TH-camrs lol

  • @DerpyPossum
    @DerpyPossum ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That ending frame will never not be art.
    Also the History Channel can suck it.

    • @usseaglencc956
      @usseaglencc956 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That so-called "documentary" was awful. It didn't even focus on the ship most of the time!

    • @Ricklet0ons
      @Ricklet0ons ปีที่แล้ว

      @@usseaglencc956 all documentarys the history channel does is sometimes garbage tbh

  • @epicgru
    @epicgru ปีที่แล้ว +4

    POV: you think your first but when you refresh your like 191th

  • @anthonylowder6687
    @anthonylowder6687 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes the R.M.S. Republic did indeed send out a CQD distress single….BUT you failed to mention that she was the first ship to send out an SOS. This has been attributed to the Titanic which was not the first ship to send out an SOS but the Republic did.

    • @DerpyPossum
      @DerpyPossum ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure the SS Arapahoe sent one first.

    • @sorrenblitz805
      @sorrenblitz805 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasn't even the first CQD signal, CQD was the original telegraph distress call. C meaning Calling Q meaning Everyone D meaning distress. He goofed it and I think he meant to say world's first SOS, even though SOS was kind of already in use by that point.

  • @johannesbols57
    @johannesbols57 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jack Binns is pleased you didn't mention his role in the rescue. As you know, even in Heaven he's publicity shy...

  • @geographyRyan
    @geographyRyan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a Bostonian, nothing at the beginning is wrong about Boston

  • @giovannirastrelli9821
    @giovannirastrelli9821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everything that went right with the evacuation and rescue of the Republic went completely off the rails with Titanic just three years later. If anything, the successful rescue operation of Republic’a passengers and crew helped doom Titanic because it was taken for granted the same scenario would play out whenever a large ocean liner would be in distress.

  • @OceanChannelProductions
    @OceanChannelProductions ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:18 love it! great video

  • @Cremer_daReal
    @Cremer_daReal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah yes the Republic, the proud sister ship of the Olympic class

  • @foxstarline4997
    @foxstarline4997 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Finally!! Where have you been???

  • @WhiteCamry
    @WhiteCamry ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a curious name for a Royal Mail Ship.

  • @bradfry5403
    @bradfry5403 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a souvenir plate bought onboard her , I didn't know she had gold in her very much like the Laurentic then.

  • @carlg.7882
    @carlg.7882 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm from Boston too and I've been learning about ship disasters. I'm trying to find a full passenger list of the 1909 Republic during the collision. I only heard of this tragedy when I watched an episode of the 2012 tv series Titanic.

  • @michaelfrazierjr1282
    @michaelfrazierjr1282 ปีที่แล้ว

    i was born in boston so this video feel speical to me, i suggest doing a video on the coptic class of white star liners, also i love ships myself and i really enjoy channells like you and big old boats as well as ocean line designs, just ask me a question about a ocean liner and i could answer it, great video and thank you for uploading it nautical study!!!

  • @Nickolby123
    @Nickolby123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gold

  • @patrickracer43
    @patrickracer43 ปีที่แล้ว

    What I think of when I think of Boston is "Hey I've been there! Nice town"

  • @xQueenTx
    @xQueenTx ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone else hoping the reason there hasn’t been a video in ages because we are getting something tasty for the two year anniversary of the channel on the 28/12?

    • @NauticalStudy
      @NauticalStudy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It will be a very Maury Christmas....

    • @xQueenTx
      @xQueenTx ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NauticalStudy YEY ship daddy is still alive 🖤

  • @alexthegamer2603
    @alexthegamer2603 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do a video of the SS Oregon (1883)

  • @ladymeghenderson9337
    @ladymeghenderson9337 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had never heard of the Republic

  • @AndyHappyGuy
    @AndyHappyGuy ปีที่แล้ว

    OH OH FUCK HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS UNTIL A MONTH LATER FUCK
    UH, HELLO.

  • @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band
    @That_One_Guy_In_A_Band ปีที่แล้ว

    0:10 that's not Boston, that's New York. I know, because that's the Gino's in my town. I'd recognise it anywhere.

  • @alfredosoto8253
    @alfredosoto8253 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey you finally returned!

  • @raymondhmuifoo11
    @raymondhmuifoo11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informing!

  • @Robloxity_News
    @Robloxity_News ปีที่แล้ว

    He is back

  • @peregrinemccauley5010
    @peregrinemccauley5010 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Industrial Revolution emanated from Britain . I wouldn't knock her too much . America has contributed phuck all .

  • @etoile_blanche
    @etoile_blanche ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done video. But, inaccurate in your conclusion. With a $5 billion cargo, and only $25 million cost to recover, plans are indeed underway to recover her cargoes - of course! Those numbers make the ultimate recovery a certainty.

  • @sorrenblitz805
    @sorrenblitz805 ปีที่แล้ว

    You goofed. CQD was already the standard Distress call, Republic is claimed to be the first SOS.

  • @auramint
    @auramint ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve just met Oversimplified but with ships

    • @user-gu8qi4me8x
      @user-gu8qi4me8x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually genuinely agree with you.

  • @VorexVr
    @VorexVr ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey mate, have you heard of the million dollar blunda? Oy mate yes I did, it was so bloody dangerous. Almost everyone’s trousers looked rather ridiculous. Ha. Ha. Ha.

  • @starrsmith3810
    @starrsmith3810 ปีที่แล้ว

    The second hand embarrassment I feel about Republic being called Titanic’s sister ship-

  • @contantknots
    @contantknots ปีที่แล้ว

    Solid video

  • @harvest9111
    @harvest9111 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is worse than the time there were 6 casualties on the republic

  • @banjo3960
    @banjo3960 ปีที่แล้ว

    I forgor I was subbed to this channel

  • @orange-sailor
    @orange-sailor ปีที่แล้ว

    maybe ss nomadic and ss traffic?

  • @ExAnimoPortugal
    @ExAnimoPortugal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omg the italians :D

  • @katiwithoutthee
    @katiwithoutthee ปีที่แล้ว

    ARKANSAS MENTIONED!!!! 🎉

  • @IlovetheOceanic
    @IlovetheOceanic ปีที่แล้ว

    Dammit I was making a video on her

  • @J685C
    @J685C ปีที่แล้ว

    🦀

  • @oklano_menobi7946
    @oklano_menobi7946 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jaw reveal soon?

  • @FMJIRISH
    @FMJIRISH ปีที่แล้ว

    You live in New York or something?

    • @NauticalStudy
      @NauticalStudy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Born and raised southerner. I articulate a lot in my videos and my accent gets lost.

    • @FMJIRISH
      @FMJIRISH ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NauticalStudy so that's where the Boston hate comes from haha
      Thought we had a Yankees fan on our hands here, God help us

  • @reallyneed2know
    @reallyneed2know ปีที่แล้ว

    Its t SS republic that hás gold...

  • @Ricklet0ons
    @Ricklet0ons ปีที่แล้ว

    That was some wack history

  • @PizzaGuy2001
    @PizzaGuy2001 ปีที่แล้ว

    What next

  • @scharnhorstkaisarbeethoven
    @scharnhorstkaisarbeethoven ปีที่แล้ว

    Republic as a name of a British seems hystarical

  • @vet-7174
    @vet-7174 ปีที่แล้ว

    I park my cah down by the harbah

  • @adamhauskins6407
    @adamhauskins6407 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boston has always been a terrible city

  • @TheCanalBridge
    @TheCanalBridge ปีที่แล้ว

    Good info, but what an annoying narrator......better off skipped or viewed with the SOUND OFF !!!!!!

  • @RankKnight16
    @RankKnight16 ปีที่แล้ว

    so nautical when are we going to raid wyoming

  • @gregderozier3846
    @gregderozier3846 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please…less attempt at humour!

    • @DerpyPossum
      @DerpyPossum ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s his channel’s thing. If you don’t like it, go to literally any other nautical history channel.

    • @johannesbols57
      @johannesbols57 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DerpyPossum

  • @harrypenn611
    @harrypenn611 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely brilliant