Breaking Big!: The Mighty MONT (scrapping the world's largest ship)

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  • In 2010, Peter Knego went to India to rescue artwork and fittings from the WINNER 5, the former Italian liner AUSONIA of 1957. Next to the ship Knego went to visit was the MONT, the partially demolished supertanker that was the longest and largest ship ever built. Knego shares some extremely rare footage he shot on the beach and from the decks of the WINNER 5 as he recaps this fascinating ship's history. If you enjoy this video, please don't forget to hit like and subscribe. #worldslargest #worldslargestship #worldslongestship #mont #knocknevis #jahreviking #seawisegiant #happygiant #scrapyards #alang #ausonia #winner5

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  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What a beast of a ship she was. Thank you for documenting her inevitable demise.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you, Frank. She truly was a beast. :)

  • @busybillyb33
    @busybillyb33 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    It should have been preserved as a museum ship. It is a one of a kind vessel and we aren't going to see anything of this size class ever. Very unfortunate to see it scrapped.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      A shame to see the end of any type of ship, especially ones that broke records, etc. but it is the sad way of things. Merchant ships just don't seem to inspire the masses like planes, cars and trains.

    • @AbcAbc-ox6pg
      @AbcAbc-ox6pg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@midshipcinema A shame it was scrapped. Why did they do that?

    • @user-sj7nr4ki6s
      @user-sj7nr4ki6s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@AbcAbc-ox6pgcause they idiots

    • @fallenwt39
      @fallenwt39 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AbcAbc-ox6pgit was just to big it could barley dock anywhere and I think there was also a huge decrease in oil prices so there was no need to keep her

  • @jobson586
    @jobson586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mind blowing to think a ship that size in today's markets is fully paid off after its first voyage with millions going to very happy shareholders for years to come.

  • @JungleYT
    @JungleYT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    *Glad I found this... Just discovered this great ship today. Thanks*

    • @domanictoretto3689
      @domanictoretto3689 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you and welcome to the channel! :)

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome! :)@@domanictoretto3689

  • @peterfitz7157
    @peterfitz7157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a great video peter, although off what you normally produce a very important piece of video history, thanks peter, this is right up my street

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Peter. Yes, quite a different ship but fascinating, nonetheless. She dwarfed my little AUSONIA.

  • @TCadillacM
    @TCadillacM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Doomed on the beach! And history in the unmaking! Awesome

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Tony. It's nice when someone "gets" the nuances. :)

    • @TCadillacM
      @TCadillacM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@midshipcinema very clever sir! It's cool you got to see the big ship before it was totally erased.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TCadillacM Thank you, Tony. :)

  • @fury9973
    @fury9973 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video! I wish if there would be more videos like this. Thank you for this

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching and commenting. :)

  • @ErenTopcu
    @ErenTopcu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the most iconic and remarkable ship breaking video ever.
    It is sad that we will not be able to see these ULCCs anymore
    Thanks a lot my dear big brother

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My pleasure, Eren! Thanks for watching and for commenting! )

  • @md.sabberislam9385
    @md.sabberislam9385 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Big fan of Seawise giant. Really miss her 😞

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She really did have a following.

  • @cauldron938
    @cauldron938 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Some people say she should have been preserved as a museum, but i don't think any place out there could accomodate this beast...

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Small ships are almost impossible to properly maintain as a museum. I think people mean well but they don't realize the costs and labor it takes to preserve a ship, let along a giant one like this.

  • @ashegheaty
    @ashegheaty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wish some one with the resources have bought it and converted it to a musium .
    Great video thank you .

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much for watching. Ships, especially huge ones that were not fighting ships, are a tough thing to preserve.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great question. I wish I knew. @@dirtyharry5320

  • @JJMHigner
    @JJMHigner ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unique for sure. Nothin I don't think will overcome it in this type of ship.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed, Justin! Thanks for watching and posting. :)

    • @JJMHigner
      @JJMHigner ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@midshipcinema absolutely! The happy Giant always fascinated me. That and the Giant bulk carriers of the Derbyshire class. They had flaws but they were really interesting! Actually a cruise I would like to do is aboard a freighter. I would probably end up helping out the crew LOL.

  • @TAURON85
    @TAURON85 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh the Jahre Viking. I wish I never looked up what happened to it, although I thought it's gonnabe the inevitable.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sadly, it is the fate most ships meet.

    • @TAURON85
      @TAURON85 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@midshipcinema True. 😔

  • @benwilson6145
    @benwilson6145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is an interesting documentary with Jeremy Clarkson on the Jahre Viking.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, enjoyed it very much. Funny, too. :)

    • @benwilson6145
      @benwilson6145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@midshipcinema Technically the largest vessel ever built is the Prelude FLNG. I saw her in Samsung's yard, its unbelievable.

    • @JJMHigner
      @JJMHigner ปีที่แล้ว

      I still love the name Happy Giant. It worked on her!

  • @MartinDaBoi
    @MartinDaBoi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    R.I.P seawise giant

  • @john-ryanlangley8762
    @john-ryanlangley8762 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At 0:34 it states it took from 1974-1981 to build when actually it was completed in 1979. But still what a wonder of engineering to build such a mammoth ship

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the correction. My main focus and expertise is on passenger ships, so I appreciate the info. :)

  • @Sailor_yaash
    @Sailor_yaash 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was at alang last week ,we towed a bulk carrier...

  • @janvisser2223
    @janvisser2223 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In april 2010 my last ship was beached as BSLE Empress. Have you seen her as well?

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My interest and expertise is with passenger ships, so apologies here as I do not recall if I saw her.

  • @uriahbleue1947
    @uriahbleue1947 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where is the oil kept at in the oil tanker? The inside looks like a bunch of decks.

  • @smartiboo
    @smartiboo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Imagine going for a swim there.

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, it could be classified as a form of torture. Even walking in that water comes with risks...

  • @icezone5555
    @icezone5555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:40 what ship was that little bit of metal there?

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alas, I've long since forgotten.

    • @icezone5555
      @icezone5555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@midshipcinema oh

  • @ulasheena3777
    @ulasheena3777 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is it sea wise

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, at one time.

  • @user-jg7jy1ic6d
    @user-jg7jy1ic6d หลายเดือนก่อน

    Доброго времени суток)
    С кем я могу провести переговоры по вопросу покупки МЕТАЛА...
    С уважением
    Анатолий...

  • @grantmclaren888
    @grantmclaren888 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder how much a shipbreaker would pay for a mid size cruise ship. Would it be worth one million $+?

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is no set price per ship. It is all about tonnage and what the steel market prices are at the time.

    • @JJMHigner
      @JJMHigner ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@midshipcinema yes absolutely. It's all about the timing. A ship can lay up for years and the reason for that is to wait for the best optimum price. Ships are often the largest pieces of metal on the market to scrap and so timing is everything to make it worth the price of hauling it also.

  • @user-gv3bt5mi3o
    @user-gv3bt5mi3o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Converted it into a hotel complex

  • @Thetraveller411
    @Thetraveller411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so so sad like all historical things this man made created history has disappeared for future generations to see ‼️‼️👀😔😢 #shouldhavepreservedit #historygone #moneydictates

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว

      Very few ships manage to get preserved. Thanks for watching and posting.

  • @imnotwest8355
    @imnotwest8355 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why did they scrap her

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว

      Age and demand for steel are not good harbingers for old ships.

    • @tabsntoot
      @tabsntoot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lots of wages in the contract lots of work for locals

  • @duurnamets9678
    @duurnamets9678 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watch the Channel of Mark Cabets on TH-cam he was working on the Seawise Giant/Yahre Viking/Knock Nevis lot of video's of this great,great Ship.
    Great vid you made of this "Large Lady"
    Yes she was a Beast a Beautiful Beast😘

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Duur. I'll have to check out those videos. :)

    • @marcospereira2060
      @marcospereira2060 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've done ALL kinds of searchs for The Channel and found nothing. I'm Very interested in This magnificent Beat. Do you know if The Channel hás changed The name?

    • @marcospereira2060
      @marcospereira2060 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, when a used Knock Nevis in The search with The Channel name It Just appeared. Thanks man.

  • @jimhughes2621
    @jimhughes2621 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think i would be good at shipbreaking, I wish I owned a ship yard

  • @dianchandra5713
    @dianchandra5713 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why...😭😭

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema  ปีที่แล้ว

      Alas, it is the fate of most ships.

  • @MKIndia-jt7oq
    @MKIndia-jt7oq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice story ❤ #shippinginbox