Not one, nor two but THREE pieces of (likely) never before recorded period, ship-specific music just for this little documentary? Absolutely outstanding.
The Pacific's story is fascinating, I wonder how long she took to sank, if and how she struck ice, and the evacuation efforts. If she had time to evacuate some of her passengers in her lifeboats, it must have been horrific experience for the survivors, seeing as they were never found. May the souls who perished rest in peace.
Great series on Collins line Matt! Always found the story had a bit of everything in it. Collins certainly went to both extremes of human experience during this saga, -poor bugger man. Loved the detailed drawings of the ships -and even a photo! Hard to come by stuff! Cheers 👍👍
No matter how she sank , it couldn't be crazier than the Arctic Sinking. I just came from that Vid , and that shit was just unbelievable ...... not one woman or child was saved from that sinking (may they rest in peace) Even though they could have been . So much for women and children first ..... some of the Crew "Ruffians" saw to that (may they rest in piss). And may the Crew that stayed true to the captain never be forgotten, especially the lady that maned the pump to her death and the signal boy (12) signaling till he also went under , true hero's.
I thought the message in a bottle they found in 1861 was fascinating/haunting. "On board the Pacific from Liverpool to N.Y. - Ship going down. Confusion on board - icebergs around us on every side. I know I cannot escape. I write the cause of our loss that friends may not live in suspense. The finder will please get it published. W.M. GRAHAM." They later found out that the dude who wrote its name matched that of a British sea captain who was riding the Pacific to take command of another vessel when it would have landed. So if he was confused, no doubt everyone on board was.
I was born and raised far from the ocean, however, I am a huge Maritime fan. I had never heard of the Collins Line, till I ran across this video. Very interesting, thank you!
The CGI helps so much with the story line, and it’s fun getting to see a glimpse into past life here in the United States. Exceptional work Tom, I enjoyed it very much.
I really hope you cover the Inman Line next. Those steam/sail ships with their clipper-style bows are a sight to behold. The most beautiful of the Inman, and arguably the most beautiful to ever cross the Atlantic was the SS City of Rome, who was really done dirty by her builders.
I think this would be the right call, seeing as they didn’t have the insanely high numbers of ships that the White Star Line had, let alone the still-increasing number of ships of the Cunard Line.
That photograph of the Adriatic at 15:22 was actually taken at George Steers yard in 1857 while she was being fitted. That other photograph of the Adriatic in ice was actually taken near Australia! There was an illustration published when that photo was taken showing the vessel stuck but at a different view. Also, there is a photograph of her at the Canal Street (Collins) dock during the civil war.
This is the second time that a steamship company has had a ship called “Adriatic” that i’ve greatly admired more than most others. Interesting video, and wonderful production quality! 👍
As always your documentary quality is exceptional. I’m especially impressed by your ability to recreate the music. Thank you for all your effort. Looking forward to the rest of your videos. 👍
I never really thought maritime history was all that interesting until I began listening to your videos. These are fascinating! Thanks for another great presentation!
Very nice video! Can’t get enough of these, the format is just fantastic. It’d be cool if you talked about the railroad ferry Gouldsboro, an ex civil war monitor. It’s still around albeit buried in mud.
mesmerizing documentation. the fact that you pulled the sheet music and actually recorded is phenomenal. somebody give this guy a slice of chocolate cake! Thank you for making my Sunday afternoon awesome.
I remember reading about the Arctic in a book about ship disasters many years ago. Fascinating, but sad story as well. Heartbreaking for Captain James Luce to have learned that everybody on his ship could have survived if he had stayed with the Vesta as it made it to shore two days later. Look forward to the SS Pacific video!
@@sorryi6685 You're right. The book which I read about the Arctic (and other shipwrecks) was for young readers and not very comprehensive about the Arctic. I didn't know many things about the Arctic until the video was put up. The Vesta barely made it to shore without taking any of the Arctic's passengers and crew onboard; given her condition she would have sunk if she tried.
12:12 "The first known recording of this song." THE LORD'S WORK 🙌🏽 Respect! ... Then you did it again at 14:26 ... Thank you for the gifts of your content.
This guy is underrated! Some next level story telling, U deserve more subs!. You could make a different channel with only these high quality documentaries and post the rest in the other one...
Hello, just wanted to say that I love your vids. Well narrated and to the point. I was wondering if you planned on posting the songs composed for the ships? Well done once again 🎉
You should do a video exploring the SS United States sometime, she is right in philly and you can supposedly schedule access(I hear they finally found someone to do something with her, a real estate use that will preserve the profile and exterior of the ship, which, honestly given the need for real estate, and the sorry of seeing her slowly rot in the harbor, would be a fairly good retirement for the good old ship, much better than getting scrapped)
I love these little snips of history. I am enjoying your channel immensely! Question though, Pre-Marconi days, how did the ships communicate back to land that they would arrive on time? Or, was it just a "Wait and see" thing? And, was the Atlantic responsible for starting the idea it? Thanks!
The caloric ship Ericsson was built in 1852. It was named after the swedish inventor John Ericsson who designed her caloric engines. The caloric engines are powered by hot air rather than steam and Ericcson was the only ship built this way. The ship was operating at a loss because of her slow speed of 9 knots and was later chartered by the Collins line in 1856 where she would be the slowest vessel in their line and returned to Bremen Service in 1857. In 1861 Ericcson sailed with Samuel F. DuPonts invasion fleet. In 1867 she was put up for auction and purchased by W.W. Sherman who removed her engines and rebuilt and rerigged her as a three masted sailing ship. In 1892 She went ashore during a gale near Barclay sound, British Columbia. The remains of the wreck can be found at 6-28m meters deepth between Leach and Folger islands off Cape Beale.
Kicking out the jams - thumbs up for an effort, beyond most folks' scope of thinking today. Music not shoved down throats - till they can't make it through the weekend without it, huh!? No link to those Jams?!
@@PartTimeExplorer Thanks for the video! As always, I know you're busy, but do you have a ballpark date as to when the music will be posted? Take your time, seriously.
Back at it again poking fun at Brunel's ships I see. 😂 To sum it up briefly, the Atlantic was a pioneer, the Pacific was a hero, the Arctic was unfortunate and, in my eye, spelled the beginning of the end for the Collins Line, the Baltic was a beast, and the Adriatic came too late. The Baltic is especially fascinating to me: so this was the last American ship to hold the Blue Riband until the Big U stormed onto the scene a century later. Fitting that this was done by a Collins liner. True American pioneers and visionaries once again. :)
Iv been watching the old TV drama Dark Shadows, not that there is any real connection I guess, but the family in that show are the Collins and they do seem to own a fleet of ships. . .
It's probably in the works, but Cunard has a massive history and is still operational today. That video (series?) is going to take a massive amount of time and effort to put together.
What source did you use for the 3-D models in this video? I've been looking for a while now and haven't been able to find any plans of the original four. Or did you just base it off drawings of them from the period? Fascinating video, and it very much seems that the Great Western Steamship Company had quite a reputation for building massive ships that weren't ever in service for one reason or another.
would it be fair to say that the collins line ships were the concordes of their time? Luxurious passenger transport, which broke several speed records, which ultimately proved to expensive to maintain.
A great story, as i always have seen this time in the perspective of the great western and great Britain, everything else doesn't get a look in. So to see these 4 ships were also of reasonable size was new to me. It is also odd they look more modern than the Great Britain in styling, though were structurally less advanced. Having said that, i believe early iron ships did not fare well in cold seas, becoming brittle, so maybe that is why wood still worked, or you massively over design the iron ship like the Great Britain, making it rather heavy? Also despite looking quite modern and large these ships were still at the mercy of the sea, making the Atlantic crossing still a risky affair, with losses to proove this. And finally i didn't know ships of this era cold steam all the way across the Atlantic, i though their coal use was too great?
WHERE IS LUSITANIA⁉️ Here I’ve been waiting for 7 days and still no virtual museum of LUSITANIA? I’m very excited for LUSITANIA and when will you bring her to us! Remember LUSITANIA was our new Titanic disaster of the First World War and I really want to see her be resurrected to this day!
as sad as the story about Collins is, I find it weird that they name the ships after seas/oceans where they never sailed. That bit is very odd and unusual.
Biggest ship in the world, except for a bigger ship the British had but otherwise, biggest in the world. Only joking. Great videos. Watch the Arctic video....harrowing.
Not one, nor two but THREE pieces of (likely) never before recorded period, ship-specific music just for this little documentary? Absolutely outstanding.
The Pacific's story is fascinating, I wonder how long she took to sank, if and how she struck ice, and the evacuation efforts. If she had time to evacuate some of her passengers in her lifeboats, it must have been horrific experience for the survivors, seeing as they were never found. May the souls who perished rest in peace.
Great series on Collins line Matt! Always found the story had a bit of everything in it. Collins certainly went to both extremes of human experience during this saga, -poor bugger man. Loved the detailed drawings of the ships -and even a photo! Hard to come by stuff!
Cheers 👍👍
No matter how she sank , it couldn't be crazier than the Arctic Sinking. I just came from that Vid , and that shit was just unbelievable ...... not one woman or child was saved from that sinking (may they rest in peace) Even though they could have been . So much for women and children first ..... some of the Crew "Ruffians" saw to that (may they rest in piss). And may the Crew that stayed true to the captain never be forgotten, especially the lady that maned the pump to her death and the signal boy (12) signaling till he also went under , true hero's.
I thought the message in a bottle they found in 1861 was fascinating/haunting.
"On board the Pacific from Liverpool to N.Y. - Ship going down. Confusion on board - icebergs around us on every side. I know I cannot escape. I write the cause of our loss that friends may not live in suspense. The finder will please get it published. W.M. GRAHAM."
They later found out that the dude who wrote its name matched that of a British sea captain who was riding the Pacific to take command of another vessel when it would have landed. So if he was confused, no doubt everyone on board was.
@@yelloweyeball sounds like she sank very quickly.
Maybe the passengers are on a desert island and made a new country there
Outstanding, Tom. You're making your channel into an entertaining but solidly documented reference source that will last decades.
I was born and raised far from the ocean, however, I am a huge Maritime fan. I had never heard of the Collins Line, till I ran across this video. Very interesting, thank you!
The CGI helps so much with the story line, and it’s fun getting to see a glimpse into past life here in the United States. Exceptional work Tom, I enjoyed it very much.
I really hope you cover the Inman Line next. Those steam/sail ships with their clipper-style bows are a sight to behold. The most beautiful of the Inman, and arguably the most beautiful to ever cross the Atlantic was the SS City of Rome, who was really done dirty by her builders.
I think this would be the right call, seeing as they didn’t have the insanely high numbers of ships that the White Star Line had, let alone the still-increasing number of ships of the Cunard Line.
A simple switch from iron to steel doomed City of Rome
That photograph of the Adriatic at 15:22 was actually taken at George Steers yard in 1857 while she was being fitted. That other photograph of the Adriatic in ice was actually taken near Australia! There was an illustration published when that photo was taken showing the vessel stuck but at a different view. Also, there is a photograph of her at the Canal Street (Collins) dock during the civil war.
That’s very interesting. Do you know who took that photo of Adriatic in the ice?
This is the second time that a steamship company has had a ship called “Adriatic” that i’ve greatly admired more than most others.
Interesting video, and wonderful production quality! 👍
A shocking upgrade in all things production quality in the last year, subbed and sharing, thank you!
Thank you for putting these videos out Tom. Know your work is greatly appreciated, aswell as all those that help behind the scenes.
Nicely done Tom. I find it cute that the Collins Line ships basically had their own theme songs
As always your documentary quality is exceptional. I’m especially impressed by your ability to recreate the music. Thank you for all your effort. Looking forward to the rest of your videos. 👍
I never really thought maritime history was all that interesting until I began listening to your videos. These are fascinating! Thanks for another great presentation!
Thanks Tom and the Part-Time Explorer team :) Been looking forward to this since you announced it a few weeks ago! Many thanks again :)
Very nice video! Can’t get enough of these, the format is just fantastic. It’d be cool if you talked about the railroad ferry Gouldsboro, an ex civil war monitor. It’s still around albeit buried in mud.
mesmerizing documentation. the fact that you pulled the sheet music and actually recorded is phenomenal. somebody give this guy a slice of chocolate cake! Thank you for making my Sunday afternoon awesome.
I remember reading about the Arctic in a book about ship disasters many years ago. Fascinating, but sad story as well.
Heartbreaking for Captain James Luce to have learned that everybody on his ship could have survived if he had stayed with the Vesta as it made it to shore two days later.
Look forward to the SS Pacific video!
Vesta couldn't carry another 400 people. That's a lot of weight
@@sorryi6685 You're right. The book which I read about the Arctic (and other shipwrecks) was for young readers and not very comprehensive about the Arctic. I didn't know many things about the Arctic until the video was put up.
The Vesta barely made it to shore without taking any of the Arctic's passengers and crew onboard; given her condition she would have sunk if she tried.
Another classic by the man the legend tom Lynskey!
I love this channel! I'm excited for more videos on obscure ships like this and the videos of how they sank.
12:12 "The first known recording of this song."
THE LORD'S WORK 🙌🏽 Respect!
... Then you did it again at 14:26 ...
Thank you for the gifts of your content.
Fascinating Video! Thank you for your work keeping the memory of these early steamers alive!
I do find the patron "Kaiser Wilhelm II" amusing. I know he's (probably) not the actual deposed king of Germany, but it's a funny mental image.
And now there's another patron named Kaiser Friedrich III.
This guy is underrated! Some next level story telling, U deserve more subs!.
You could make a different channel with only these high quality documentaries and post the rest in the other one...
Great content as always. Fascinated by the Collins Line history. Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you!
14:05 That’s Cape May Point, New Jersey!
Terrific piece, Tom, congratulations!
Wonderful!!!
I've heard of White Star and Cunard, but never heard of Collins line. Thank you for sharing this information.
Incredible!!! If this keeps up, I may exchange my hobby interest in aircraft for that of historical ships and shipwrecks!!!
Many thanks! Must have taken a good deal of research and video skills to do this.
Thank you!
Thanks
Thank you!
Thanks for showing me the Collins Line. The older technology is fascinating to me & i had never of them before your efforts 👍
Thank you for another excellent and informative video on what is largely a forgotten history.
Magnificent historical recollection regardless if it’s 100% accurate, it’s interesting. Very much so .
Wonderful graphics 👌 👏
Always a top-shelve video. Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Ahhh yes, the Collins line, I've never heard of it until now
2:50 my favourite ship, mostly because I walk past it every morning!
Great video as always!
what a fantastic channel
This channel is so relaxing. Thanks for the awesome videos :)
Such a good video. Would love to see a video on the old SS GREAT EASTERN
Fascinating stuff all around. Thanks
Hello, just wanted to say that I love your vids. Well narrated and to the point. I was wondering if you planned on posting the songs composed for the ships? Well done once again 🎉
Thats some amazing effort gone into this video! Hats off!
You should do a video exploring the SS United States sometime, she is right in philly and you can supposedly schedule access(I hear they finally found someone to do something with her, a real estate use that will preserve the profile and exterior of the ship, which, honestly given the need for real estate, and the sorry of seeing her slowly rot in the harbor, would be a fairly good retirement for the good old ship, much better than getting scrapped)
Very interesting Tom, you're a great narrator.
I love these little snips of history. I am enjoying your channel immensely! Question though, Pre-Marconi days, how did the ships communicate back to land that they would arrive on time? Or, was it just a "Wait and see" thing? And, was the Atlantic responsible for starting the idea it? Thanks!
The caloric ship Ericsson was built in 1852. It was named after the swedish inventor John Ericsson who designed her caloric engines. The caloric engines are powered by hot air rather than steam and Ericcson was the only ship built this way. The ship was operating at a loss because of her slow speed of 9 knots and was later chartered by the Collins line in 1856 where she would be the slowest vessel in their line and returned to Bremen Service in 1857. In 1861 Ericcson sailed with Samuel F. DuPonts invasion fleet. In 1867 she was put up for auction and purchased by W.W. Sherman who removed her engines and rebuilt and rerigged her as a three masted sailing ship. In 1892 She went ashore during a gale near Barclay sound, British Columbia. The remains of the wreck can be found at 6-28m meters deepth between Leach and Folger islands off Cape Beale.
You deserve 1 million subscribers
Wonderful work sir!
Wonderful videos. Really fascinating.
Well done, enjoy the video and historical content.
Kicking out the jams - thumbs up for an effort, beyond most folks' scope of thinking today. Music not shoved down throats - till they can't make it through the weekend without it, huh!?
No link to those Jams?!
P.t.e. you do an awesome job! Thanks
Fascinating
Would you be willing to post the recordings of those ship-specific pieces?
Yes, they will be published
@@PartTimeExplorer Cool, thanks. Great video as always.
@@PartTimeExplorer Thanks for the video! As always, I know you're busy, but do you have a ballpark date as to when the music will be posted? Take your time, seriously.
@@PartTimeExplorer Any news on that?
@@benstrong4497 They’re part of a music album that I’ll be publishing around the same time as our Lusitania experience
Amazing video
Great job! Bravo! And could you update all or most of the Collins line songs to Spotify? Thanks.
This is fascinating
This is great. I have an original painting by Harry Chase of the SS Adriatic from 1878. I want to consult with you and your advisors on this.
Love your videos keep it up
4:45
"There are two ways, the great western way, or the wrong way"
Duck (from the GWR)
Back at it again poking fun at Brunel's ships I see. 😂 To sum it up briefly, the Atlantic was a pioneer, the Pacific was a hero, the Arctic was unfortunate and, in my eye, spelled the beginning of the end for the Collins Line, the Baltic was a beast, and the Adriatic came too late. The Baltic is especially fascinating to me: so this was the last American ship to hold the Blue Riband until the Big U stormed onto the scene a century later. Fitting that this was done by a Collins liner. True American pioneers and visionaries once again. :)
Your videos were well done made. Keep up the good work
Iv been watching the old TV drama Dark Shadows, not that there is any real connection I guess, but the family in that show are the Collins and they do seem to own a fleet of ships. . .
You should do the evolution of the Cunard line fleet next
Could you post a video with just the piece of music written for Captain West? I would love to put it into my music playlist
Would love to see a Cunard one (unless there's more lesser known lines that deserve more attention first).
It's probably in the works, but Cunard has a massive history and is still operational today. That video (series?) is going to take a massive amount of time and effort to put together.
What source did you use for the 3-D models in this video? I've been looking for a while now and haven't been able to find any plans of the original four. Or did you just base it off drawings of them from the period? Fascinating video, and it very much seems that the Great Western Steamship Company had quite a reputation for building massive ships that weren't ever in service for one reason or another.
Can the next one of these be on the cunard line?
Love the vid but can you please make a video about the Layland line? 🚩
would it be fair to say that the collins line ships were the concordes of their time? Luxurious passenger transport, which broke several speed records, which ultimately proved to expensive to maintain.
Ca you make a full video explaining every Cunard ship?
Me and the Arctic have the same birthday, just 151 years apart.
Did Ismay get the idea from ending their ship names with "ic" from this line?
do we have any idea of the deck plans or interior fitting of these ships?
Can you makea video of just the musical pieces that are in the backround?
Does anything from any of these ships still exist?
could you make a video like this for the cunard line
Very impressive CGI models. Did you build them from the ship's plans?
12:06 The SS United States got that in 1952 so 96 years later
Wasn't the SS Adriatic built in 1856?
Think you can upload the never before heard music recordings you did on a Sound Cloud?
They will be published
up a creek ~ with a paddle
Why did Pacific disappear and how long did it take to make this it must have taken a week's to do it
was the adriatic even bigger than later ships???
A great story, as i always have seen this time in the perspective of the great western and great Britain, everything else doesn't get a look in. So to see these 4 ships were also of reasonable size was new to me. It is also odd they look more modern than the Great Britain in styling, though were structurally less advanced. Having said that, i believe early iron ships did not fare well in cold seas, becoming brittle, so maybe that is why wood still worked, or you massively over design the iron ship like the Great Britain, making it rather heavy? Also despite looking quite modern and large these ships were still at the mercy of the sea, making the Atlantic crossing still a risky affair, with losses to proove this. And finally i didn't know ships of this era cold steam all the way across the Atlantic, i though their coal use was too great?
It is very sadly that this company had a short carrier.
I heard that the Collins Line ships served during the Crimean War, or rather, participated in it
absolutely love your channel! keep up the good work
Thank you! Very informative and interesting! Can you please make a video about "Black Ball Line"?
WHERE IS LUSITANIA⁉️ Here I’ve been waiting for 7 days and still no virtual museum of LUSITANIA? I’m very excited for LUSITANIA and when will you bring her to us! Remember LUSITANIA was our new Titanic disaster of the First World War and I really want to see her be resurrected to this day!
Someone should go digging for parts of the Adriatic..
as sad as the story about Collins is, I find it weird that they name the ships after seas/oceans where they never sailed. That bit is very odd and unusual.
8:35 Titanic all over again.
I can't hearcany of the music that accompanies your videos.
It would be interesting to know how 85 tons of coal was moved every day on one of these ships.
Biggest ship in the world, except for a bigger ship the British had but otherwise, biggest in the world. Only joking. Great videos. Watch the Arctic video....harrowing.
these names sound familiar like they were taken from white star line
Other way around, but yes
When does the great eastern enters the world?