Hi Bryan, I've got some video footage of my family's cruise in 1970 of the entertainers on the ship. I wanted to share with people who served on her and not sure how to locate then. Happy to share the footage with you and if you can give guidance of how to get hold of any others
@@briangilder1119 how lovely to hear from you. Sadly lost touch with my old shipmates The couple I did sadly passed away . But please share your footage .
Many thanks for your diligent work. I joined 'Chusan' in the summer of 1961 as a Bellboy, for four Mediterranean cruises and the following Hong Kong voyage. Assigned to the ships Bureau I was the general dogs body and delivery boy for the team of Assistant Pursers. She was also known within the P&O fleet as the 'Happy Ship'.
I remember my late father talking about the Chusan back in the 1960's. He probably saw it in either Penang or Singapore back then. I never saw it myself (I don't think) so it's great to come across this video.
I had a tour around Chusan in a motorboat in Singapore in 1962 - so with me aged 8 she became my favourite liner. Then I saw her frequently in Aden (pronounced Ay-Den :) ) '65-67 - so special memories from my childhood.
Discovered your website quite by accident. A real gem to which I subscribed immediately. I was absolutely thrilled to find your video on the Chusan. She was a beautiful ship. A proper ship! Lol. With masts, a handsome funnel and a beautiful stern. I sailed on her in late 1961 from Hong Kong to the UK. I also sailed on the Canton, Oriana and Lloyd Triestino Victoria. 6 line voyages in all. I can hardly describe the thrill for a boy or young man to walk up the passenger gangway to a great white liners on embarkation day. I still remember the wonderful mixture of smells on deck. The smell of the sea, scrubbed teak, brass work, ropes, ships paint etc. Below deck, the delicious aroma from the dining salon permeating the endless corridors of the ship. I tried to recapture some of that adventure in later life on a couple of massive cruise ships but it wasn't the same. I will definitely try to get an example of your print of the Chusan. Please keep up your wonderful work and wishing you every success for the future. WFH
I was training at the NST school in Gravesend as a deck boy in 1953 and saw the Chusan and many others like the Himalaya and several more P&O ships opposite us in Tilbury docks …Happy Days ..My first ship was the SS Tregenna of the Hain Steam Ship Company, just a tramp steamer but it took me all round the world ….Many thanks for all these videos.
Hi Barry, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos: 1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html 2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html 3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html 4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
You are a natural at narration and making these videos interesting! (Also very easy on the eyes!). Great info and enthusiasm! Terrific drawings! Thank you for the wonderful stories and your wealth of info and histories. You cover so thoroughly and answer the smallest detail questions to the delight.of all us liner enthusiasts! Great job!
I'd absolutely love to see the TSS Olympia be drawn by you! She was an absolutely gorgeous ship (built in 1953 for the Greek Line) which survived until 2009.
My Aunt and her family emigrated to Australia sailing on the CHUSAN in around 1954. My favourite ship was the Orient Liner "ORONSAY" I loved that ship, which brought us out to Australia; landing in Port Melbourne on a rainy Sunday morning 23 April 1961. Our Captain on that voyage was Captain Roberts. My dad was her Chief Engineer in the early 1950s. Thereafter, she became part of the P & O and Orient Line ships, but as the 60s progressed; they changed her colour scheme from a buff hull and white super structure (Buff funnel with a Welsh Bonnet) to an all white ship; the colour scheme of the P & O Line. After the colour change she lost her appeal to me. I watched her comings and goings to Port Melbourne for many years until her final voyage in the 70s. I must say my eyes were moist on that final occasion as I knew I would not be seeing her again; except in a packet of safety razors. I visited many P&O Orient Line ships in the 1950s; Orsova, Orcades, Orion, Otranto. I miss my ships. Thanks for your presentation. I enjoyed it very much. Cheers
G'day Michael, Thank you for the tour of the Chusan and your magnificent drawing of her. This is a ship I'll always regret I missed sailing with; as I knew and met so many people who been passengers and never had a bad word to say about her. They all stressed she was a happy, friendly ship, much more like a smaller vessel where everyone gets to know most other people on-board. Her design was indeed stunning, in an understated way, and you've given Chusan a great tribute through your beautiful drawing. After looking at all the drawings on your website you have at the moment, I want to buy all of them but we'd have to build more wall space in our home! Even though I'm a RAAF type, I've always had a strong attraction to good looking ships from cargo vessels to 'tramp steamers' that the likes of Noël Coward and other famous people used to get away on, just so they could be 'anonymous'. But, like most people the big, classic liners of the golden years of Atlantic and Indian Ocean crossings are the pinnacle in 20th Century ship design. Cheers, Mike and thanks again. BH
1:44 As a Sri Lankan, I'm quite fascinated about this information. Its extremely rare to learn much about the maritime history of my country. It just leaves me wondering what other popular vessels of the time might have docked here, considering the fact that it was a British colony back then. Also another ship that I find quite interesting is the HMS Trincomalee, since that's the name of a natural harbor in Sri Lanka.
When I was a young child growing up in Long Beach California, The Queen Mary was brought to the city in 1967 or so. My family had a small cabin cruiser and our parents took us out to the Queen after she'd been docked a few days. We all had our names scribbled on the side, so I imagine when she was painted they just painted right over all the names. She is huge. You dont appreciate it till your next to her, or aboard.
@@OceanlinerDesigns I loved your video and the detail- learned so much about the ship. Really must order a print or two from you! Thanks for your excellent work !
Hi Warren, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos: 1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html 2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html 3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html 4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for this video. My parents met on the SS Chusan in 1965, and have fond memories of this ship......so of course I've sent this video on to them to enjoy. Without the Chusan, I wouldn't be here today!
It's amazing to see your ongoing love for P&O for its service of taking your family to down under. Such a simple thing, but you clearly have a love for P&O that some people only get with the likes of White Star Line or Cunard (like myself). I love these P&O videos, they reveal so much about such a famous yet unknown shipping line. Keep it up. Also, just as a suggestion, could you potentially consider doing a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald? I understand that you mainly focus around ocean-liners (hint: your name) but I would ask you to consider it. Not only is it a very popular sinking, but it's very shrouded and not many people have many clear/ reliable sources from it, but you are reliable. It's all fine if you don't want to though :)
Gosh these videos are so good for just relaxing. I’ve been on an ocean liner designs binge for a while now and I’m really enjoying this. Soft rain outside, a little weed, and mark telling me about badass pieces of engineering
Fantastic drawings and really enjoyable video. I never sailed on the Chusan, but saw her regularly at Tilbury Docks and witnessed many departures and arrivals of her and sister ships, Arcadia, Iberia, Himalaya. That would have been mid to late 1960s when I was in my teens and my interest in merchant ships was at its greatest. I discovered a few years ago that my Great-grandfather served with the Orient Line in the early 1890s as a Quartermaster on the SS Orotava.
Superb, done with passion and attention to detail! Excellent choice of subject too, sadly under represented these days. I remember seeing her at Circular Quay as a kid. One interesting point with the funnel top- it included a slight coaming with a curved edge which saw the funnel top almost parallel to the deck, I guess to help blow smuts higher (got a shot of it being installed somewhere if you haven't seen it, helps to explain). Basically they trimmed the rake off the funnel top before installing the new cap. The buff P&O used had a hint of orange to it too, a lovely shade. Well done! ps the Iberia was a beautiful looking ship too.
After seeing your wonderful drawings of the beautiful Chusan and your explanations I have come to appreciate even more this ship. I immediately subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your work. Having voyaged on three passenger ships in the 50's and 60's I have always had a fascination for these classic ships and have built many models of them which reside in my specially made cabinets at home. Once again, well done.
I found this channel a couple weeks ago and it is rapidly becoming one of my favorites! Great presentation, a lot of wonderful information and magnificent art work. Keep up the great work! And that lifeboat nameplate.... Oh, yeah. That's a treasured item, alright!
In my teens I was a passenger on her, Southampton to Sydney via the Cape as the Suez Canal was closed. 6 weeks on board and loved every minute. So glad I was able to experience life on. board a real liner, not a cruise ship as we have today.
Imperator was a truly beautiful ship. All of those earlier German liners were especially beautiful works of art. It's just sad that the first World War not only saw the deaths of so many young men, but also Albert Ballin, and his visionary liners as they were handed to Cunard, White Star, and the United States Lines as war reparations after the fact.
Great video. I'd love to see one about the Canberra. Such a beautiful ship, especially the funnels! Second only to the Titanic, that was the liner that most enamoured me of these wonderful ships.
I'd like you to do Baltic, for intensely personal reasons. Back in 1919-1920, a young man travelled from Europe back to his home to Canada on that ship: Private Stanley Brown, 48th Highlanders of Canada. He would go on to marry, settle down and raise four kids, one of whom would grow up to be my mother. If when you could tell the tale you could include details of her troopship career, that would be even more fascinating Thanks!
Hi Emma, my family sailed on the Chusan in 1970, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan and if you recognise anyone (maybe even your dad??) please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos: 1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html 2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html 3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html 4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
Rest in peace to Ken Beard. I will definitely have to look up his experiences and see what stories he has to share from his years of service with P&O. God bless!
While my dad didn’t serve on Chusan, he did serve on the Strath ships in the late 50’s and early 60’s and Orcades and Orsova. He ended up marrying another English girl already living on a farm outside Melbourne and settled here. By the way wasn’t Chusan the sister ship of Chitral. They ran some sort of joint service. I remember in the 70’s we were going to go on one of those 2 ships when they ran a Sydney-Far East route but we never ended up on it. He’s told me tales of silver service in the dining rooms, the fun he got up to, the port’s.
Cathay was Chitral's sister. Chusan was larger than either. I always thought Chusan was the classiest of the early postwar P&O and Orient ships. I believe Cathay and Chitral replaced the much larger Chusan on the UK-Far East run when Chusan switched to the Australia run and cruising.
I first heard of P & O steamers from the 1942 film “Now, Voyager” w/ Bette Davis. One might assume that much of the romance on the ocean liner was inspiration in the ‘97 Titanic pic ✨
Hi James, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos: 1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html 2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html 3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html 4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
If you're open to suggestions on liners to research and perhaps create artwork for, I've got a rather unusual one for you: The SS Seeandbee Built in 1912, she was a four funnel paddlewheel steamship built for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company, or C&B for short, hence the name. In her heyday she was regarded as one of the most luxurious overnight steamers to ever ply the Great Lakes, and many photos and even some early film footage survive to show her opulent interior spaces, from a sweeping grand atrium to her magnificent aft dining saloon. She truly was a beautiful ship. Especially noteworthy was her ultimate fate. In 1942, Seeandbee was acquired by the US Navy for a particularly unusual conversion. All of her opulent passenger spaces were stripped off and a new flattop flight deck installed to transform her into USS Wolverine, one of the world's only two paddlewheel aircraft carriers. Based out of Chicago along with USS Sable, ex-SS Greater Buffalo, she was used as a training ship for carrier pilots, allowing them to practice taking off and landing from a ship before going to fight in the Pacific Theater. In this role she was mostly successful, though with some drawbacks; because of her speed of 19 knots, relatively slow for a carrier, she could only launch aircraft in high winds, so if the lake was too calm she couldn't carry out her mission. She also lacked a hangar deck and elevators, so all planes had to be carried on the flight deck. All the same, she served the Navy well until the end of the war, after which, with no further use for such an odd ship, she was sold for scrap in 1947.
Wow! Mike, you have done yourself proud: I am so impressed with the talent and self-discipline and attention to detail and with the amount of information that went into making this video. I've known of and have seen pictures of the Chusan but your video has given me so much knowledge of the ship and so much appreciation of her. Well done! I know I'll enjoy seeing and learning about any liner you feature. Two that I would especially enjoying seeing are the postwar Ile de France (also known as the S.S. Claridon!) and the Dominion Monarch.
Hi Mike, just caught your video on this ship. An attractive ship and I saw her berthed at Southampton in 1974 when I was taking a cruise on the Oriana. It struck me at the time as to just how neat a design this ship was. How about some Union Castle ships? Transvaal Castle perhaps, as that was also a pretty tidy ship that had a long life. Great video as always. JH
Great video and picture. I’ m a new subscriber, having recently found your website. My father served on two Orient ships as an AB in the mid fifties, namely Orcades and Orsova. Talking to him about those years is fascinating ( I am fortunate to still have him around). He later transferred to Blue Star line and continued to visit Australia quite often, before ending up on oil tankers as a bosun , before retiring in the mid eighties.
thank you for making this video! It feels very special because the ship is named after a small island off china (now called zhoushan) and it is my hometown.
Thank you Thank you I watch all your videos they are just wonderful and amazing I really enjoy watching them carry on the great work iam addicted to your channel now... Much appreciated.... Thanks from UK 👍👍👍
Hi mate just a question regarding aircraft carriers.... The island.. I mean the bridge and everything on an aircraft carrier is all to one side of the deck to make room for aircraft to takeoff and land... Is there counter weight on the opposite side to keep the vessel balanced if you understand what I mean?... Thanks Mark UK.... Brilliant videos and content from you...
Either that nameplate was copper-red and oxidized or it IS green XD. Good vid btw! I'd suggest MS Batory and Piłsudski for a new vid!(I know, they are a bit obscure but you may recognize Batory as the 'Lucky ship' form WW2.)
I am very sure you get thousands of requests, so, naturally, I have one, too. According to family lore, my grandparents for, their honeymoon, travelled on the Matson Line's SS Lurline in 1934 from December 22-27. Strapped to the deck was a Lockheed Vega owned by Amelia Earhart, who was also on board. The voyage prepared her for the record-breaking Honolulu-to-Oakland solo flight she made in January 1935. My grandmother became very close to Ms. Earhart and they wrote back and forth until Ms. Earhart went missing in 1937. Additionally, the SS Lurline was halfway from Honolulu to San Francisco on December 7, 1941, carrying a record load of 765 passengers, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The ship's alleged reception of radio signals from the Japanese fleet became part of the Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory. She arrived safely on December 10, traveling in a zigzag path under radio silence and blacked out at night. She soon returned to Hawaii with her Matson sisters, the Mariposa and Monterey, in a convoy laden with troops and supplies. Despite all this, I don't think she is particularly famous to anyone save those in my family. Nevertheless, here on the West Coast, the Matson line is somewhat famous, if only for the Filoli House and Gardens (www.filoli.org), and I think this is one of the more prestigious lines. My grandparents always spoke well of her.
These drawings are amazing. I would love to see you illustrate other types of ships. Lately I've been fascinated by the story of MS München. Maybe draw her or other famous freighters ?
This video just popped up. Absolutely nothing wrong with these drawings. Would be nice to see what technique you use to create so nice and detailed creations. It is also nice to hear that your maritime terminology is in place.
Very very cool! As always, a fantastic presentation! And your drawing? Man oh man that’s cool! How about maybe covering S.S. Independence and Constitution, for American Export Lines? Thanks so much!
What a wonderful video! I think a video about the differences between the Olympic Sisters would be super (and I reckon it would get a heck of views too). :) Have you thought about doing some of the Australian coastal liners? Some, like the Zealandia, were stunning ships and rather quirky. The Orungal and Ormiston would be fascinating too- so many quirky details! The John Oxley would also be a great choice, especially considering she's currently being restored to her former glory. Maybe a collab with Sydney Heritage Fleet? Keep up the great content :)
Is there any company offering cruises on old liners? I hate these swimming satellite towns they call cruise ship today, but traveling in 50ies or 60ies style would be a dream…
Radio callsign of the Southern Cross was GSWW. The callsign of her running mate Northern Star was GHZB. The NS had her engines aft and her 2 tall smoke stacks were cross beam, side by side. Quite a different design to the SC.
Two suggestions. 1) Please add the deck layouts below the exterior image of the ships. Not just what passengers see but all the decks and all the areas. 2) Make them interactive on your website. We move the cursor over a part and it at least tells what it is and ideally trivia, photos of the real thing, stories about it by passengers and/or crew, etc. Thanks for making this channel!
Do you think cruiseliners are less safe than a modernized 20th century oceanliner? I mean, I guess the cruises avoid open waters and rough seas. But have you ever considered making a video explaining design differences and the limitations of each? Like, do cruise ships rely on technological advances to stabilize themselves rather than focusing on the things an oceanliner would be better at. If you ever run out of ideas, could one to discuss!
You should try looking at the White Star Line's Oceanic Class of ocean liner from the 1870s when/if you get the opportunity to draw/illustrate any of them.
My mother sailed on chusan From India to the Philippines she had a wonderful time with some of her friends in the 70s however my mom was with her mom And some of yer freinds they had a wonderful time it’s sad this ship was scrapped because it was scrapped
..another great video..thank you. You have probably been asked many times, but, what software do you use in your art? ( If you say Microsoft paint, you might hear me laugh all the way from Chicago...)
Chusan was not the biggest to go on the Yokohama run. All the P&O Orient liners did the run at some time, often also doing a double or triple run across the pacific to Vancouver, San Francisco, LA and Honolulu. The only post war, in the early and mid 1960s, P&O ships to do exclusive runs to the far east that I am aware of were the Cathay and Chitral both classic style passenger cargo ships and quite pretty vessels, both far smaller than Chusan.
Wonderful memories, I served on Chusan early and mid sixties, going to Japan and cruising a happy ship
Brilliant!
@@shaonian I was on the Chusan then a catering officer
Happy memories thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing that bit of your history with us Bryan Pawley!
Hi Bryan, I've got some video footage of my family's cruise in 1970 of the entertainers on the ship. I wanted to share with people who served on her and not sure how to locate then. Happy to share the footage with you and if you can give guidance of how to get hold of any others
@@briangilder1119 how lovely to hear from you.
Sadly lost touch with my old shipmates
The couple I did sadly passed away .
But please share your footage .
What beautiful workmanship! I became a lifelong fan of liners after crossing the Atlantic on the Andrea Doria in 1953.
It did sink in 1956, three years later
Many thanks for your diligent work. I joined 'Chusan' in the summer of 1961 as a Bellboy, for four Mediterranean cruises and the following Hong Kong voyage. Assigned to the ships Bureau I was the general dogs body and delivery boy for the team of Assistant Pursers. She was also known within the P&O fleet as the 'Happy Ship'.
I really like these "A Look Around" videos and hope we get more of them.
I remember my late father talking about the Chusan back in the 1960's. He probably saw it in either Penang or Singapore back then. I never saw it myself (I don't think) so it's great to come across this video.
I had a tour around Chusan in a motorboat in Singapore in 1962 - so with me aged 8 she became my favourite liner. Then I saw her frequently in Aden (pronounced Ay-Den :) ) '65-67 - so special memories from my childhood.
Thanks for sharing Don! A truly special ship.
Discovered your website quite by accident. A real gem to which I subscribed immediately.
I was absolutely thrilled to find your video on the Chusan. She was a beautiful ship. A proper ship! Lol. With masts, a handsome funnel and a beautiful stern. I sailed on her in late 1961 from Hong Kong to the UK.
I also sailed on the Canton, Oriana and Lloyd Triestino Victoria. 6 line voyages in all. I can hardly describe the thrill for a boy or young man to walk up the passenger gangway to a great white liners on embarkation day. I still remember the wonderful mixture of smells on deck. The smell of the sea, scrubbed teak, brass work, ropes, ships paint etc. Below deck, the delicious aroma from the dining salon permeating the endless corridors of the ship.
I tried to recapture some of that adventure in later life on a couple of massive cruise ships but it wasn't the same.
I will definitely try to get an example of your print of the Chusan. Please keep up your wonderful work and wishing you every success for the future. WFH
I was training at the NST school in Gravesend as a deck boy in 1953 and saw the Chusan and many others like the Himalaya and several more P&O ships opposite us in Tilbury docks …Happy Days ..My first ship was the SS Tregenna of the Hain Steam Ship Company, just a tramp steamer but it took me all round the world ….Many thanks for all these videos.
I remember working this ship per radio in morse, perhaps 60s/70s.
Hi Barry, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos:
1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html
2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html
3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html
4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
You are a natural at narration and making these videos interesting! (Also very easy on the eyes!). Great info and enthusiasm! Terrific drawings! Thank you for the wonderful stories and your wealth of info and histories. You cover so thoroughly and answer the smallest detail questions to the delight.of all us liner enthusiasts! Great job!
Thanks so much Peter! So glad you are enjoying them :)
I'd absolutely love to see the TSS Olympia be drawn by you! She was an absolutely gorgeous ship (built in 1953 for the Greek Line) which survived until 2009.
That is a great suggestion!
The year my baby brother was born
My Aunt and her family emigrated to Australia sailing on the CHUSAN in around 1954. My favourite ship was the Orient Liner "ORONSAY" I loved that ship, which brought us out to Australia; landing in Port Melbourne on a rainy Sunday morning 23 April 1961. Our Captain on that voyage was Captain Roberts. My dad was her Chief Engineer in the early 1950s. Thereafter, she became part of the P & O and Orient Line ships, but as the 60s progressed; they changed her colour scheme from a buff hull and white super structure (Buff funnel with a Welsh Bonnet) to an all white ship; the colour scheme of the P & O Line. After the colour change she lost her appeal to me. I watched her comings and goings to Port Melbourne for many years until her final voyage in the 70s. I must say my eyes were moist on that final occasion as I knew I would not be seeing her again; except in a packet of safety razors. I visited many P&O Orient Line ships in the 1950s; Orsova, Orcades, Orion, Otranto. I miss my ships. Thanks for your presentation. I enjoyed it very much. Cheers
G'day Michael, Thank you for the tour of the Chusan and your magnificent drawing of her. This is a ship I'll always regret I missed sailing with; as I knew and met so many people who been passengers and never had a bad word to say about her. They all stressed she was a happy, friendly ship, much more like a smaller vessel where everyone gets to know most other people on-board. Her design was indeed stunning, in an understated way, and you've given Chusan a great tribute through your beautiful drawing.
After looking at all the drawings on your website you have at the moment, I want to buy all of them but we'd have to build more wall space in our home!
Even though I'm a RAAF type, I've always had a strong attraction to good looking ships from cargo vessels to 'tramp steamers' that the likes of Noël Coward and other famous people used to get away on, just so they could be 'anonymous'. But, like most people the big, classic liners of the golden years of Atlantic and Indian Ocean crossings are the pinnacle in 20th Century ship design. Cheers, Mike and thanks again. BH
1:44 As a Sri Lankan, I'm quite fascinated about this information. Its extremely rare to learn much about the maritime history of my country. It just leaves me wondering what other popular vessels of the time might have docked here, considering the fact that it was a British colony back then. Also another ship that I find quite interesting is the HMS Trincomalee, since that's the name of a natural harbor in Sri Lanka.
When I was a young child growing up in Long Beach California, The Queen Mary was brought to the city in 1967 or so. My family had a small cabin cruiser and our parents took us out to the Queen after she'd been docked a few days. We all had our names scribbled on the side, so I imagine when she was painted they just painted right over all the names. She is huge. You dont appreciate it till your next to her, or aboard.
Hi Mike, nice work. In 1958 I sailed on the Chusan as a 4 year old - can just about remember it - from Southampton to SIngapore. I loved it.
Sailed back from Cape Town to Durban on Chusan in 1972. I was 6 years old and remember her still! Kindled my lifelong love of ships !
I am very jealous!
@@OceanlinerDesigns I loved your video and the detail- learned so much about the ship. Really must order a print or two from you! Thanks for your excellent work !
Hi Warren, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos:
1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html
2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html
3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html
4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
What a beautiful ship! Great work!
Thanks Chelsic!
Beautiful work on a ship I knew almost nothing about!
Thankyou sir!
Thanks for this video. My parents met on the SS Chusan in 1965, and have fond memories of this ship......so of course I've sent this video on to them to enjoy.
Without the Chusan, I wouldn't be here today!
So glad I just stumbled on your channel
It's amazing to see your ongoing love for P&O for its service of taking your family to down under. Such a simple thing, but you clearly have a love for P&O that some people only get with the likes of White Star Line or Cunard (like myself).
I love these P&O videos, they reveal so much about such a famous yet unknown shipping line. Keep it up. Also, just as a suggestion, could you potentially consider doing a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald? I understand that you mainly focus around ocean-liners (hint: your name) but I would ask you to consider it. Not only is it a very popular sinking, but it's very shrouded and not many people have many clear/ reliable sources from it, but you are reliable. It's all fine if you don't want to though :)
Gosh these videos are so good for just relaxing. I’ve been on an ocean liner designs binge for a while now and I’m really enjoying this. Soft rain outside, a little weed, and mark telling me about badass pieces of engineering
Loving your videos and your illustrations!!!!
Cheers Kip!
And you just put other people’s videos in your playlists fox star line
@@soniyaislam6628 Playlists are your favorite videos by other TH-camrs
Fantastic drawings and really enjoyable video. I never sailed on the Chusan, but saw her regularly at Tilbury Docks and witnessed many departures and arrivals of her and sister ships, Arcadia, Iberia, Himalaya. That would have been mid to late 1960s when I was in my teens and my interest in merchant ships was at its greatest. I discovered a few years ago that my Great-grandfather served with the Orient Line in the early 1890s as a Quartermaster on the SS Orotava.
Superb, done with passion and attention to detail! Excellent choice of subject too, sadly under represented these days. I remember seeing her at Circular Quay as a kid.
One interesting point with the funnel top- it included a slight coaming with a curved edge which saw the funnel top almost parallel to the deck, I guess to help blow smuts higher (got a shot of it being installed somewhere if you haven't seen it, helps to explain). Basically they trimmed the rake off the funnel top before installing the new cap. The buff P&O used had a hint of orange to it too, a lovely shade.
Well done!
ps the Iberia was a beautiful looking ship too.
Your drawings are amazing. They must be quite big to get in the huge amount of detail you show .
Beautiful and elegant ship! A proper ship!
I’m sorry for the loss of your friend. He seems like he lived a good life. Seemed like a happy guy
After seeing your wonderful drawings of the beautiful Chusan and your explanations I have come to appreciate even more this ship. I immediately subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your work. Having voyaged on three passenger ships in the 50's and 60's I have always had a fascination for these classic ships and have built many models of them which reside in my specially made cabinets at home. Once again, well done.
Good stuff, thanks for the kind comments and welcome aboard!
~Mike
I found this channel a couple weeks ago and it is rapidly becoming one of my favorites! Great presentation, a lot of wonderful information and magnificent art work. Keep up the great work!
And that lifeboat nameplate.... Oh, yeah. That's a treasured item, alright!
You're doing a marvellous work! Thanks and keep going!
In my teens I was a passenger on her, Southampton to Sydney via the Cape as the Suez Canal was closed. 6 weeks on board and loved every minute. So glad I was able to experience life on. board a real liner, not a cruise ship as we have today.
I would love to see a drawing of a HAPAG ship like Inperator. Great video, and great work.
Imperator was a truly beautiful ship. All of those earlier German liners were especially beautiful works of art. It's just sad that the first World War not only saw the deaths of so many young men, but also Albert Ballin, and his visionary liners as they were handed to Cunard, White Star, and the United States Lines as war reparations after the fact.
Great video. I'd love to see one about the Canberra. Such a beautiful ship, especially the funnels! Second only to the Titanic, that was the liner that most enamoured me of these wonderful ships.
I'd like you to do Baltic, for intensely personal reasons. Back in 1919-1920, a young man travelled from Europe back to his home to Canada on that ship: Private Stanley Brown, 48th Highlanders of Canada. He would go on to marry, settle down and raise four kids, one of whom would grow up to be my mother.
If when you could tell the tale you could include details of her troopship career, that would be even more fascinating Thanks!
My father worked on this ship as a musician in the 60s, thanks for the information
Very cool! Thanks for watching :)
~Mike
Hi Emma, my family sailed on the Chusan in 1970, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan and if you recognise anyone (maybe even your dad??) please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos:
1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html
2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html
3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html
4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
Rest in peace to Ken Beard. I will definitely have to look up his experiences and see what stories he has to share from his years of service with P&O. God bless!
While my dad didn’t serve on Chusan, he did serve on the Strath ships in the late 50’s and early 60’s and Orcades and Orsova. He ended up marrying another English girl already living on a farm outside Melbourne and settled here. By the way wasn’t Chusan the sister ship of Chitral. They ran some sort of joint service. I remember in the 70’s we were going to go on one of those 2 ships when they ran a Sydney-Far East route but we never ended up on it. He’s told me tales of silver service in the dining rooms, the fun he got up to, the port’s.
Cathay was Chitral's sister. Chusan was larger than either. I always thought Chusan was the classiest of the early postwar P&O and Orient ships. I believe Cathay and Chitral replaced the much larger Chusan on the UK-Far East run when Chusan switched to the Australia run and cruising.
I first heard of P & O steamers from the 1942 film “Now, Voyager” w/ Bette Davis. One might assume that much of the romance on the ocean liner was inspiration in the ‘97 Titanic pic ✨
Joined her as crew member in Southampton July 1967,had just over one year with her before joining Orcades then onto Himalaya until 1972,great times! ⚓
Hi James, my dad sailed on the Chusan, please find the links to his videos of entertainment on the Chusan in 1970 and if you recognise anyone please post their names and any other info in the comments of the videos. There are 4 videos:
1. th-cam.com/video/Vr7MQnuPllA/w-d-xo.html
2. th-cam.com/video/_xiel9SSVpM/w-d-xo.html
3. th-cam.com/video/Ts2ilhOb5no/w-d-xo.html
4. th-cam.com/video/hhI9NKQHNX4/w-d-xo.html
If you're open to suggestions on liners to research and perhaps create artwork for, I've got a rather unusual one for you: The SS Seeandbee
Built in 1912, she was a four funnel paddlewheel steamship built for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company, or C&B for short, hence the name. In her heyday she was regarded as one of the most luxurious overnight steamers to ever ply the Great Lakes, and many photos and even some early film footage survive to show her opulent interior spaces, from a sweeping grand atrium to her magnificent aft dining saloon. She truly was a beautiful ship.
Especially noteworthy was her ultimate fate. In 1942, Seeandbee was acquired by the US Navy for a particularly unusual conversion. All of her opulent passenger spaces were stripped off and a new flattop flight deck installed to transform her into USS Wolverine, one of the world's only two paddlewheel aircraft carriers. Based out of Chicago along with USS Sable, ex-SS Greater Buffalo, she was used as a training ship for carrier pilots, allowing them to practice taking off and landing from a ship before going to fight in the Pacific Theater. In this role she was mostly successful, though with some drawbacks; because of her speed of 19 knots, relatively slow for a carrier, she could only launch aircraft in high winds, so if the lake was too calm she couldn't carry out her mission. She also lacked a hangar deck and elevators, so all planes had to be carried on the flight deck. All the same, she served the Navy well until the end of the war, after which, with no further use for such an odd ship, she was sold for scrap in 1947.
Interesting one sirrliv. I like Seeandbee's design, I think she would make a very unique drawing! So many ships, so little time...
It's always Interesting scrolling through the comments and reading the ones who have actually sailed on these ships.
Another superb video. Thank you for creating it. Thank you for the video!
Wow! Mike, you have done yourself proud: I am so impressed with the talent and self-discipline and attention to detail and with the amount of information that went into making this video. I've known of and have seen pictures of the Chusan but your video has given me so much knowledge of the ship and so much appreciation of her. Well done!
I know I'll enjoy seeing and learning about any liner you feature. Two that I would especially enjoying seeing are the postwar Ile de France (also known as the S.S. Claridon!) and the Dominion Monarch.
You are just too kind mate! I LOVE Dominion Monarch and definitely intend on featuring her soon, Ile de France too :)
~Mike
Another top shelf video! Keep up the great work. Thanks for bringing this to world.
Thanks for watching texcal!
A beautiful ship, and one that I hadn't heard of before. Liked.
Beautiful illustration!
Hi Mike, just caught your video on this ship. An attractive ship and I saw her berthed at Southampton in 1974 when I was taking a cruise on the Oriana. It struck me at the time as to just how neat a design this ship was. How about some Union Castle ships? Transvaal Castle perhaps, as that was also a pretty tidy ship that had a long life. Great video as always. JH
Great video and picture. I’ m a new subscriber, having recently found your website. My father served on two Orient ships as an AB in the mid fifties, namely Orcades and Orsova. Talking to him about those years is fascinating ( I am fortunate to still have him around). He later transferred to Blue Star line and continued to visit Australia quite often, before ending up on oil tankers as a bosun , before retiring in the mid eighties.
Nice drawing. Keep up the good work.
thank you for making this video! It feels very special because the ship is named after a small island off china (now called zhoushan) and it is my hometown.
Surprised that I've never heard of this ship! I really like how spacious everything looks on her. She kind of looks like a smaller Queen Mary to me.
Thank you Thank you I watch all your videos they are just wonderful and amazing I really enjoy watching them carry on the great work iam addicted to your channel now... Much appreciated.... Thanks from UK 👍👍👍
Hi mate just a question regarding aircraft carriers.... The island.. I mean the bridge and everything on an aircraft carrier is all to one side of the deck to make room for aircraft to takeoff and land... Is there counter weight on the opposite side to keep the vessel balanced if you understand what I mean?... Thanks Mark UK.... Brilliant videos and content from you...
Hello Mike - love your videos and your artwork! Great job with both!
The details you share are impressive, thank you!
Either that nameplate was copper-red and oxidized or it IS green XD. Good vid btw! I'd suggest MS Batory and Piłsudski for a new vid!(I know, they are a bit obscure but you may recognize Batory as the 'Lucky ship' form WW2.)
Beautiful ship, beautiful artwork and great vid. Nicely done Mike.
You're too kind mate, thanks for watching :)
How did TH-cam know I wanted these videos?
Never heard of the Chusan until a few minutes ago. Built a model of one of the Orianas before I was old enough to drive (14 in Idaho at the time)
I am very sure you get thousands of requests, so, naturally, I have one, too. According to family lore, my grandparents for, their honeymoon, travelled on the Matson Line's SS Lurline in 1934 from December 22-27. Strapped to the deck was a Lockheed Vega owned by Amelia Earhart, who was also on board. The voyage prepared her for the record-breaking Honolulu-to-Oakland solo flight she made in January 1935. My grandmother became very close to Ms. Earhart and they wrote back and forth until Ms. Earhart went missing in 1937. Additionally, the SS Lurline was halfway from Honolulu to San Francisco on December 7, 1941, carrying a record load of 765 passengers, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The ship's alleged reception of radio signals from the Japanese fleet became part of the Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory. She arrived safely on December 10, traveling in a zigzag path under radio silence and blacked out at night. She soon returned to Hawaii with her Matson sisters, the Mariposa and Monterey, in a convoy laden with troops and supplies. Despite all this, I don't think she is particularly famous to anyone save those in my family. Nevertheless, here on the West Coast, the Matson line is somewhat famous, if only for the Filoli House and Gardens (www.filoli.org), and I think this is one of the more prestigious lines. My grandparents always spoke well of her.
These drawings are amazing. I would love to see you illustrate other types of ships. Lately I've been fascinated by the story of MS München. Maybe draw her or other famous freighters ?
This video just popped up. Absolutely nothing wrong with these drawings. Would be nice to see what technique you use to create so nice and detailed creations. It is also nice to hear that your maritime terminology is in place.
Lovely episode .
Thanks for the information 👏
“Just so happens… IVE GOT ONE!” 🤣🤣 5:30
Really enjoyed this......l sailed on her from Singapore back through the Suez to Southampton .....1962 ?
Great work! 😀
Thank you!
Very very cool! As always, a fantastic presentation! And your drawing? Man oh man that’s cool! How about maybe covering S.S. Independence and Constitution, for American Export Lines? Thanks so much!
What a wonderful video! I think a video about the differences between the Olympic Sisters would be super (and I reckon it would get a heck of views too). :)
Have you thought about doing some of the Australian coastal liners? Some, like the Zealandia, were stunning ships and rather quirky. The Orungal and Ormiston would be fascinating too- so many quirky details! The John Oxley would also be a great choice, especially considering she's currently being restored to her former glory. Maybe a collab with Sydney Heritage Fleet?
Keep up the great content :)
Cheers Bryce!
Great ideas, I will definitely expand the range to include some rarer Australasian ships.
~Mike
Is there any company offering cruises on old liners? I hate these swimming satellite towns they call cruise ship today, but traveling in 50ies or 60ies style would be a dream…
Great Vid...excellent Period Shirt 😉
SO interesting.
Great video, subscribing!
Great drawings. I’d love one of Canberra. I’ll check the website. Thanks. Nice video.
The S.S. Azure Seas will make a nice topic, I traveled on her to Mexico back in the 80's. She is the former S.S. Southern Cross, a trendsetting ship.
Radio callsign of the Southern Cross was GSWW. The callsign of her running mate Northern Star was GHZB. The NS had her engines aft and her 2 tall smoke stacks were cross beam, side by side. Quite a different design to the SC.
Two suggestions.
1) Please add the deck layouts below the exterior image of the ships. Not just what passengers see but all the decks and all the areas.
2) Make them interactive on your website. We move the cursor over a part and it at least tells what it is and ideally trivia, photos of the real thing, stories about it by passengers and/or crew, etc.
Thanks for making this channel!
The Alaska Marine Highway ferries will make an interesting youtube video topic. I sailed on the M.S. Taku back in the 1970's
I’d love you to do SS Normandie
Do you think cruiseliners are less safe than a modernized 20th century oceanliner? I mean, I guess the cruises avoid open waters and rough seas. But have you ever considered making a video explaining design differences and the limitations of each?
Like, do cruise ships rely on technological advances to stabilize themselves rather than focusing on the things an oceanliner would be better at. If you ever run out of ideas, could one to discuss!
I really would love to see the MV Adriana. I love small exploration ships like that
Good one Sean! I got to draw her for her owner. It is a shame she has only recently been sent to the scrapyard.
You should try looking at the White Star Line's Oceanic Class of ocean liner from the 1870s when/if you get the opportunity to draw/illustrate any of them.
Any interior details? She looks like a fascinating ship.
Suggestion, maybe draw up the RMS Andes from the Royal Mail Line?
You should do great Lakes Freighter
Interesting video Mike! How about the America for the next video?
Ooh that would be good personally America is my favourite ship too
Great idea Matthew, I know you'd be a big fan of that for sure!
Little correction tilbury is not in London it’s actually in the county of Essex. But love the channel!
Mike could you possibly do a video on the RMS Franconia?
Nice video.
Cheers Tad!
My mother sailed on chusan From India to the Philippines she had a wonderful time with some of her friends in the 70s however my mom was with her mom And some of yer freinds they had a wonderful time it’s sad this ship was scrapped because it was scrapped
A regular at Tilbury Riverside in the 60s
4:18 And also from falling
Good point!
Do you have a link to the blog posts mentioned towards the end?
P&O ships after O'rourk are all designed after his ship (Orion?) With the forward screened deck.
..another great video..thank you. You have probably been asked many times, but, what software do you use in your art? ( If you say Microsoft paint, you might hear me laugh all the way from Chicago...)
Neat
Cheers mate!
Could you do a look around Oceana‘s
Have you not drawn Canberra yet. I’d love a copy if you can. Thanks. Robert
Chusan was not the biggest to go on the Yokohama run. All the P&O Orient liners did the run at some time, often also doing a double or triple run across the pacific to Vancouver, San Francisco, LA and Honolulu.
The only post war, in the early and mid 1960s, P&O ships to do exclusive runs to the far east that I am aware of were the Cathay and Chitral both classic style passenger cargo ships and quite pretty vessels, both far smaller than Chusan.
Excellent naval architecture!
Britain rules the waves!
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