Germany's Stolen Super Ships - The Evolution of Ocean Liners | Documentary Part 3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In 1913 a new ocean liner was introduced that changed everything. SS Imperator was the brainchild of the ingenious German shipping official Albert Ballin. He envisaged a trio of ships that would tackle and beat the reigning ships of the era; Lusitania, Mauretania, Olympic and Titanic. The Cunard and White Star Line had proved difficult rivals to beat - but Ballin's plan would see the construction of three massive ships, the largest passenger liners ever built in Germany. Imperator was followed quickly by Vaterland, both designed to be like the Ritz hotel at sea; but the first world war would end the dream. Imperator and Vaterland were confiscated by the allies, becoming Cunard's RMS Berengaria and United States Lines' SS Leviathan while the third, unfished sister Bismarck went to White Star Line and became RMS Majestic. It's an epic tale of hope, loss and rebirth.
Written by: Sarah Brenneman and Michael Brady
Animated by: Jack Gibson
Ballin trio ships by Colin W
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I love your videos, but what about the SS Ypiranga,? that was a ship with a very interesting history
Anxious for the next chapter hoping to show Paris, Ile De France, Augustus, Columbus, Bremen and finally my favorite liner: Rex, the perfect mix of modern and elegant exterior design with palacial classical interiors
When can we be expecting part 4? Eagerly awaiting..
Why don’t I get a documentary
Technically the oceanic three would be bigger if it was finished
It's storytelling like this is why I absolutely LOVE this channel! I'm an aviation enthusiast, but I'm beginning to really have a soft spot for historic oceanliners. Kudos to you Mike and everyone involved in the making of this incredible documentary. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I found this channel through aviation too! I'm leaning more towards ocean liner content lately. Somehow a ship on the ocean is more whimsical than a magic flying bus to me 😂
I’m a secret airplane nerd! Working on a video about the Lockheed Constellation over at the new channel Airliner Designs 😎
@@OceanlinerDesigns Ohhhhh! ... Stop it, I'm melting 😍
@@OceanlinerDesigns I grew up around airliners, having parents that worked in the airline industry. Thanks for the heads up on the new channel, just subscribed. Looking forward to the story of the "Connie" as told by our friend Mike Brady 😀.
@@OceanlinerDesigns No way!! I'm so looking forward to the new Airliner videos.
If only the first world war was deemed unnecessary, who knows what great heights our western world would have reached. Again a beautiful made documentary, with splendid narration. I'm so happy you're creating these videos, bringing the past back to life and available to those who didn't live to experience it. Thank you.
Yeah but as horrible as this sounds if WW1 didn’t happen and WW2 for that matter then technology wouldn’t have advanced anywhere near as quickly as it did, take the plane for instance before the war it was simply a novelty.. They were insane drivers of development, engineering, invention and evolution out of necessity they sped the whole process up immeasurably.
The Kaiser was itching to do something...someone once posited, jokingly, that if his yacht had won a few more races beating his royal relatives we might have avoided WWI. He was a childishly petty and vain man.
Somehow through Mike's storytelling abilities in depicting these incredible Ocean Liners, symbols of absolute grandeur and splendor of their time. i can't help but feel a sense of Nostalgia for an Empire in its hayday, at the height of its power and prestige, of an era long gone. Almost wistfully unaware of the great tragedy to come.
Germany was not a nation that needed to die...Germany was a Great Power, very much an equal of the British Empire and perhaps even can be considered one of the Greatest Nations on Earth, an Economic, Cultural and Scientific superpower of its time.
They may have been our rival...But they did not need to be our enemy.
I can't help but feel a sense of longing and regret for a nation of such great potential. especially when what came after was so much worse.
... and indeed how much worse things could get.
Perhaps then Germany's story will be seen as one of the greatest tragedies of our time i think...A story of lost potential, A people whose culture and prestige went from one of its greatest moments of achievement...to one of the very lowest in the history of humanity in the span of little over 20 years.
Perhaps its a lesson hard learned, of how very wrong things can go so quickly. when we let our guard down too much, when we become blissfully unaware of the dangers the world faces. Consign ourselves to the status quo and let our ignorance get the better of us. When history has taught us that you can never take anything for granted.
If History has taught us anything, is that Peace and Prosperity is Hard fought, we must never take that for granted.
I guess the lesson we can take is,
Our way of life is not for granted, the peace and stability we enjoy today is not a given, it is hard fought and hard maintained. And we must never let ourselves be fooled into believing otherwise. It is humanity alone in charge of its own destiny, ultimately we get to choose the fate of our species, be it for better of for worse.
Perhaps then we should cherish and preserve the good, however little there may be no matter the cost.
I am reminded of the famous words by Carl Sagan: "In this Vast universe, there is no indication that help is coming from elsewhere, Therefore it is our responsibility to deal more kindly to one another and to cherish and protect the one home we ever had..."
Perhaps had we learned to cherish the great fortune and peace we had...we may have been more careful with it. And maybe we may well have seen Germany rise to New heights as the pinnacle of western civilization.
@@ericalbanyit was the British how made it a world war
& it was Serbia who started the war
Wilhelm ii did nothing wrong
@@livethefuture2492
Germany was never the equal of the British Empire and that was the problem. The Kaiser was jealous of his cousin, George V. You frequently get rivalries in families, where one branch feels hard done by, but most don’t lead to millions of deaths.
One of the most thoroughly entertaining and informative documentary series that I have ever seen! Amazing job, these documentaries truly honor the German trio of ocean liners.
Thanks! Glad you liked the series! 🌊
Than you for your Hommage to the work of a great german shipbuilder: Albert Ballin. He was his time ahead and made a revolution with his "big three".
I had no idea that Albert Ballin came-up with the concept of cruising, which, in the long-term, effectively makes him the saviour of the ocean liner after jet air travel killed-off their previous role in the 1960's. Ballin is so poorly remembered now, but is clearly a visionary who was decades ahead of his time. He deserves to get more attention than he does.
I love that his last name is 'Ballin' 😎
He is well known in Germany😊
The way Jet air travel, especially related to food and lack of leg space ( which in the 1960s was not the case ) is now I'm sure the ocean liner role might return in some scale
@@DodgyDaveGTX Albert Ballin green FN
It never could've lasted, jets killing cruises, at least, I dont think so. Flying, it's fast, not generally considered "leisurely" especially on big commercial flights with a whole bunch of other people's farts and armpits, y'know, RIGHT there intermingling with the air whistling up your nostrils. Ships, tho? Comfort. Privacy. Companionship when you want it, private rooms when you don't. Sure, jets killed the transportation of people side, but not the leisure cruise side. Now cruise ships are bigger than ever, and I hope to one day go on one....
Wow, I had just finished watching the other two yesterday, and I was wondering when the next would come. The boat people have been getting hugh quality video after high quality video, from you, Big Old Boats, and Part Time Explorer. This is adding to the list of great documentaries being released in November! Can’t wait to finish it!
Edit: Just finished, and it exceeds the standard set by the first two parts! Can’t wait for part four!
@00:28 - note how the tugboats' names were 'scratched' out. This was footage altered to make it seem like the Titanic was departing Southampton instead of a clip of the Olympic in New York...
Thanks, Mike! This is my favorite class of liners. Something Jules Verne about them. You've done a beautiful job and gave Albert Ballin a bit of justice. Good on You!👍
Imperator was originally planned to be called Europa. But the Kaiser took such an interest in the ship that they changed the name (Imperator means "emperor" in Latin).
Neat. It's such a cool word.
This channel keeps astounding me. The quality of content keeps increasing all the time. Truly impressive and my favourite channel on this platform. Bravo! 👏
“There’s a torpedo!”
*”THANK GOD”*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That must’ve been some hell of rolling!
Something that I think about a lot is that white star should have been given the Bismarck and Vaterland. While the United States line should have been given Columbus and Homeric. White star had lost titanic before the war and Britannic during the war. So they needed at least a third large ship to maintain their planned three ship service. While the United States line couldn’t offer a full service like that because they only had the leviathan. So it would have made more sense for white star to get the the two bigger ships and United States line to get the smaller ship. Especially since prohibition hit the USL hard and with a ship as big as the leviathan was nearly half empty. Having a smaller ship like Homeric would have not be as economically disastrous for USL.
Cunard did lose Lusitania and other smaller ships lost.
@@johnwalters4792 The Imperator was the compensation for the lose of the Lusitania.
Absolutely FANTASTIC video!
These three were the PEAK when it comes to beauty imo. In the 30s art deco were the rule and I absolutely HATE art deco lol.
Your channel is a true gift, thank you so much for making such amazing videos!
When majestic scene gives's me goosebumbs
What I wouldn't give to see a world where the First World War never happened, Titanic was the only casualty, and Cunard, White Star, and HAPAG all sailed their trios.
Could you imagine a world where Bismarck, Aquitania, and Britannic all raced one another?
Alas. Like the rest of the world, the First World War wrecked this, too.
Very beautiful for you to mention the human aspect. I hadn't really connected ships with the stories of hotels, but it makes perfect sense. Like a floating hotel, stories will happen.
Also, for the curious, Berengaria was the wife of Richard the Lionheart.
Another excellent video! This series is my favorite of yours, I think, and every new episode brings me joy! They're always so well-done and will, I believe, stand the test of time!
I would say this was your best so far and wow lots of work went into this. Broadcast quality.
Danke Kamerad!
I am sure he will be very happy to see your comment and gain motivation from it. Do you also like sailing?
Greetings ocean liner design, sir. I find your documentaries on Marathon ships absolutely fantastic for all the work and research you put into is superb and you do a good quality job. Well done once again yours Jeff I’m a train buff. I’m not a Maritime person but I do appreciate good stuff well done once again, Jeff Rosebud
Nice job Mike. Fun little fact, at 33:24 the deck hand signals to the camera HOW MUCH IS BEER.
these German ocean liners are even cooler I wish they would still be used I hope they're used as museums like the Queen Mary.
That globe with its eagle perched on it was hilarious in a similar way to Kaiser Bill's love of comic opera theatrical uniforms.
I don't care what anyone says, but the Imperator's figurehead is lovely
The designer's name is fitting. These ships were ballin.
Brilliant video Mike. Can't wait for the 1930s video
Excellent work!
Maybe one day having one rebuilt as a museum can happen, I know that’s a pipe dream but would be cool to see 1 liner from each company built so we could enjoy their majestic design.
I do understand no one wants to do this with any kind of wealth
There was another German ship that carried the name Bismarck. and was noted for it's massive size. however it was a famous and feared battleship that sailed during WWII up until it was sunk. which was no easy task because it was equipped with the largest guns of any battleship that sailed during WWII. which meant that any other battleship that could get close enough to it to hit it? would have been well within the range of it's massive guns. there was even a popular song that was written about it in the 1960s. by country music artist Johnny Horton.
It would have had long range guns, but they were so big they destroyed their own fire control system. Really sums up the German philosophy of the time.
@@silentdrew7636 Being able to destroy the pride of the Royal Navy, the HMS Hood with a single shot?
Very informative. You've got a great narration style.
Very informative and well done. Thank you for all of the hard work that went into producing this film.
as a german I can say this video is fantastic
and it brings pain to our collective hearts
Da hier von verwerflichen Handlungen fremder Mächte wider Deutschem Gut gesprochen wird.
Jo jo. What exactly are you referring to ? Just generally lamenting the past?
Nein nein mein Freund ich meine halt die guten Animationen und Das auch mal die deutschen Schiffe gezeigt werden und nicht die Britischen oder Amerikanischen@@HrLBolle
@@Nico20092
Ist schon irgendwie Traurig nicht zu wissen( Bezug auf mich) was für Meisterwerke unsre Ur und Ur-Ur Großeltern Generationen mit schweiß in Gesicht und an den Händen erschaffen haben.
ist aber auch als thematischer Abschnitt mit eingebunden.
@@annelbeab8124 If your question is directed at me/ my comment:
I would be how some of the greatest achievements in History were made or built by People of German heritage, only to be claimed by some foreign entity as their own .
Prime example of the top of my mind would be the Group Engineers at the very core of what would become NASA, many of whom where born in Germany and taken from us after their surrender in the closing days of the war
I can't thank you enough for such amazing story telling and EVERYTHING about this video! White Star Class contents! I, like thousand others wish that you never stop making these videos!🖤💛♥️
Majestic by far looks the best , then the Leviathan, then the Berengaria. It’s the only one that looks good it it’s new livery, and I think it looks amazing, but not the other sisters.
I agree 100% with you
I think Berengaria looks quite good with red stacks but only in the intermediate phase before the changes that Cunard made to her lifeboat placement and the forecastle. The final version looks unbalanced
Thats true
3:14 lol... hahhahaha... "we must have some of these!" I love it. So matter-of-fact, but simple.
The animation is just magnificent idk how mike do this✨✨✨✨
These 3 German liners were among the finest in the world.
No wonder the other countries wanted them.
NOT
sorry to ask.... whens part 4 coming?
& also will there be a documentary on the ss great britain?:)
Just imagine if WWI had just not happened, what kind of marvels of civilian engineering might have been born from this rivalry between Britain and Germany
Out of curiousity, how problematic were Berengaria and Majestic (in terms of their electrical fires, stability, hull cracking, etc.) in the early/mid-1930s compared to Mauretania and Olympic at the same time? I can see why the latter two went to the breakers first given their smaller size and less luxurious interiors, but it seems like by 1934/35 the Ballin sisters were perhaps in worse material condition.
Semaphore at 33:25... Respect to Herr Ballin.
Really good story-telling, you certainly have a knack for this
In regards to the siezure etc.. The old saying goes: "To the victor go the spoils of war"
Excellent! Fascinating! Interesting!
Another enjoyable video. Thanks
Apsolutly fantastic!!!!!! What a brilliant, well made film!!!
Amazing stuff. Never realized how grand the German Liners were, just beautiful craftmanship & engineering (well besides the listing on Imperator 😅
Sounds like Germany in the first half of the 20th century.
Aquitania: *1 foot longer than Emperator*
Germany: Screw you! See our giant eagle! WE OWN THE WORLD, BRITAIN!
Britain: Okay, Jeez.
Great documentary. What was missing though was to give credit to Albert Ballin's influential brother Albert Dwallin.
Thank you for these videos! Keep it up :)
Wow. Just wow. Completely unexpected but yet another great Documentary video from your History of Oceanliners series! Such a forgotten class of beautiful ship, and Jack, your 3D Modeler has done a fantastic job at showing them off in 3D Form! Man, these videos just keep getting more and more astounding.
Would be cool to see a video on the Swedish America line in the future!
loving this series!!!! i see the next episode includes Europa, which i love, but that can only get me excited for something else that happened 3 years later
i saw the 3D model of the Queen Mary and get all excited, and then you mention the thing i've been waiting for all this time, her rival!!!!!!!!
im gonna cry if Normandie doesn't get a 3D model, i love her so much
I’m so proud of you, you have gotten so far in just this much time. Been here since 17ish thousand subs.
This video filled me with rage and I'm not even German. I find it poetic that the HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, got sunk by a ship named Bismarck...except not the one they confiscated like cowards, but a battleship hellbent on revenge.
Confiscated? They were war reparations for a disastrous war that Germany started and that millions of people died in.
A dozen such liners would have been insufficient reparations
Reparations
Is there any chance of part 4 of this lovely story?)
Never been a ship fan , but have spent the last week binging all the video's on this channel after watching sinking of the sharnhorst, what lucky find. The videos and information is outstanding, thanks to all who work on this great channel, I'm a fan now.
That’s awesome, thanks! :)
I'm thoroughly convinced that we passed peak ship designs for liners 100 years ago.
Thank you for producing these. I always wondered what came after the Oceanic trio and how the liners evolved.
Interesting that the loss of Titanic also led to significant changes to the safety of these ships. If Titanic hadn't sunk, how many more ships would've sailed with inadequate lifeboats, single skin hulls and complacency...maybe we would be making films about a different ship.
Now I am thinking what if WW1 didn't happen and these sailed as intended competing against Cunard and White star line, was there really enough demand for 7 gigantic liners?
so glad aquitania and the eagle were mentioned, it's such a funny and odd footnote in history
Forty-six boilers on the Imperator. What a nightmare.
Quality choices in drink and sweater! Be well!!
It honestly fascinates me that we build these massive ships, waaaay bigger than most buildings.. if you plopped one of these ships horizontally with the bow on the ground, into a neighbourhood, it would take up multiple city blocks, yet they only last 20-30 years, if their lucky lol.. that’s like knocking down and replacing entire city blocks every 20 years.. a ship is literally a floating neighbourhood that can move at 20-25 knots
I get that salt water is extremely hard on steel hulls, and we can’t keep every ship (I always wondered why the American navy just scraps ships like they’re an old toy, especially when the ships are fairly new, but if we kept them all, our coastlines would be jam packed with unused ships), but things like operation crossroads just makes me cringe, seeing all those ships that served valiantly in the face of combat getting destroyed just to see what happens..
like uss Shaw having its entire bow blown off, then outfitted with a temporary bow and a mast with a crows nest as the bridge, sailing from pearl all the way to san Diego to get a new bow, serving the rest of the war gracefully, then being scrapped at the end of the war, or all the battleships sunk at pearl that were painstakingly patched and re-floated.. all the man hours and engineering that went into building the ship in the first place, to all the work and engineering that went into re-floating and repairing them after they sunk, just to have them scrapped at the end of the war as well, even though those battleships were literally now a part of history, none of them were saved for museum ships..
it just seems like such a waste of man hours and engineering to build them, only to scrap them a couple years later, or worse, blow them up and watch them sink without even harvesting all the precious metals and valuable equipment .. no remediation either, lead paints, asbestos, residual oil still in the fuel tanks, and PCBs all in tact and on-board
To be fair, the Imperator could've had a fourth dummy/ventilation funnel, similar to the Olympic-class ships. But I guess having only three stacks made her more distinctive...
I can’t get over how great these shows are. Great job, Mike!
Mike, Excellent video really!!!
Thank you ⭐️
History always fills people with yearning. Do you also like watching programs about history?
Outstanding. As always.
My Great Grandfather was a crewman on the SS Abraham Lincoln of the Hamburg Line. I have his merchant marine log book.
Fun fact: The "Imperator" was not referred to as "she," like other ships, but as "he" - "Der Imperator".
Maybe they switched depending on whether the name was directly addressed or not, I wonder. Kudos from Augsburg to ... Augsburg:)
@@annelbeab8124 No, this was the only ship that was given a male article, at the personal request of the Emperor.
Haha, Grüße zurück aus dem Stadtjägerviertel!
They weren't stolen. They were more than fair war reparations.
Both Cunard and White Star suffered terrible losses to the U-Boats. Cunard lost 22 ships including Lusitania, while Britannic was the largest of 8 ships White Star lost.
Mike, thank you for a wonderful video as a continuing chapter in your evolution of the ocean liner series. My query goes back to an earlier Q and A video on the channel which you filmed from your cabin on the QM2 wherein you answered a question asking which was your least favorite ocean liner. At the outset, you demurred saying you loved all ocean liners, even the ugly ones but elaborated if having to choose a least favorite, you said the Ballin trio. While acknowledging the magnificent interiors, you said the exterior was boxy and very Teutonic. You also commented that the ships were poorly designed being top heavy causing rolling and generally poor handling, plus the documented history of popped hull plating. In the present video everything you said about the ships was glowing, to say the least. Have you changed your tune?
Awsome stuff mate love your vidioes fascinating stuff
When will part 4 come out?
This was fascinating!
Could you imagine if they do a Imperator/Vaterland II?
"nothing short of majestic"
i see what you did there
For a change--you should do chapters on the Graff and Hindenburg Zeppelins. Not about the danger and disasters but emphasizing the passenger experience.
Did the Imperator have two forward well decks???
Somehow through your storytelling abilities in depicting these incredible Ocean Liners, symbols of absolute grandeur and splendor of their time. i can't help but feel a sense of Nostalgia for an Empire in its hayday, at the height of its power and prestige, of an era long gone. Almost wistfully unaware of the great tragedy to come.
Germany was not a nation that needed to die...Germany was a Great Power, very much an equal of the British Empire and perhaps even can be considered one of the Greatest Nations on Earth, an Economic, Cultural and Scientific superpower of its time.
They may have been our rival...But they did not need to be our enemy.
I can't help but feel a sense of longing and regret for a nation of such great potential. especially when what came after was so much worse.
... and indeed how much worse things could get.
Perhaps then Germany's story will be seen as one of the greatest tragedies of our time i think...A story of lost potential, A people whose culture and prestige went from one of its greatest moments of achievement...to one of the very lowest in the history of humanity in the span of little over 20 years.
Perhaps its a lesson hard learned, of how very wrong things can go so quickly. when we let our guard down too much, when we become blissfully unaware of the dangers the world faces. Consign ourselves to the status quo and let our ignorance get the better of us.
If History has taught us anything, is that Peace and Prosperity is Hard fought, we must never take that for granted.
I guess the lesson we can take is,
Our way of life is not for granted, the peace and stability we enjoy today is not a given, it is hard fought and hard maintained. And we must never let ourselves be fooled into believing otherwise. It is humanity alone in charge of its own destiny, ultimately we get to choose the fate of our species, be it for better of for worse.
Perhaps then we should cherish and preserve the good, however little there may be no matter the cost.
I am reminded of the famous words by Carl Sagan: "In this Vast universe, there is no indication that help is coming from elsewhere, Therefore it is our responsibility to deal more kindly to one another and to cherish and protect the one home we ever had..."
man! that golden eagle on the bow of the Imperator was really cheesy.
The USA should have replaced it with a bald eagle!
Fantastic video 😎👍👏
Sir I must say you're German Annunciation is very good
Why are there different volumes?
If the imperator was leaning over - I would have scrapped the vessel after a few years and called it a practice vessel - can’t exactly have a liner leaning over - and I would have made a vessel after the Bismarck to complete the trio after scrapping the faulty imperator
(This is all assuming that ww1 never happens in some other timeline)
Will you also make a Video on Turbineships Europa and Bremen?
I glad you did this video
I feel Germany is over look for great ships
You get more information about ships from France and United Kingdom
You gotta love the Germans of this period. A liner with a constant list and fronted by a gargoyle is considered a success. An absolute ruler as stable as the Imperator is considered fine. And a two front war quite doable.
It's amazing how they built these ships without computers!
Thank you so much. Your videos are nothing short of incredible.
An eagle with the talons holding the stylized world in its grip: "Mein Feld ist die Welt" - "My field/dominion is the world!"
...what a horrible foreshadowing for the following years to come!
😩🥺😫
This was the Motto of the HAPAG under Ballin's leadership and was meant to show the vision of the company to provide global services and to think and act on a global scale. It was a common phrase well know by Hamburg merchants. It still can be seen today as an inscription inside the HAPAG- Lloyd house (Ballin- Haus) in Hamburg.
@@klaustomczak9083 Thank you for that information/clarification! 🥰
What a fantastic video. I had no idea the German liners were so important. I completely dismissed them as inferior to Cunard or White Star.
In our day, a guy like Jeff Bozos can have one of those bad boys for himself.
Hey, uh, quick question. I seem to have forgotten the name of a particular ship that I saw on your channel, and was wondering if you could remind me what ship it was? The only thing I can remember about it was that it had it's name spelled out in big electric lights on at least one side of the ship. Does, uh, anybody actually know what ship that would be? Thanks.
I always thought there was something fundamentally... off about the scale and proportions of those German mega liners
One of a couple of Aussie uploaders that I have any interest in following,!!! Keep up the content mate 🎉🎉
The ships taken as reparations were nearly the only reparations that Germany paid, small compensation for the damage Imperial had done, in violation of the Hague Conventions.
And almost two decades later, an entirely new shape christened _Bismarck_ rolled down the slipway into the water, overseen by Germany's new leader, who had promised his people a path of vengeance for what had been taken from them...
Well presented information but how WERE these ships "STOLEN?" These ships were lost by Germany as legitimate war reparations, just as you noted in the presentation.
Yaay! A new one! I love it
Ocean liners look so much better than modern ships and cruises
Maybe, but how do the accommodations and amenities of either one compare?
yeah, ocean liners look like a wedge of cheese, while modern cruise ships look like some child art
agreed
@@nursestoyland Their interiors are far more luxurious than you think, they’re not just what you call ‘Child Art’ they were designed more complicated than you think.
@@ChickenUltraPro i mean the exterior, sorry i didnt mention that
Thank you very much for highlighting the moving history of these German super liners. The Imperator Class is often overlooked a bit, but cannot be forgotten for their important roles in the 20s. The Vaterland until this day is the biggest ship to ever wave the German flag, so she definitely was impressive. It's always a bit sad to see that the three ships never made it into commercial service as a German trio. 🚢
I’m glad someone finally talked about Ballin. He was one of the most visionary and genius businessmen of the 20th century, and it’s sad that he died only a few days before the war that he hated so much ended
As a German ship fan, I am very pleased to see such a great and detailed video about these ships, because the German oceanliners of that time usually don't gain so much attention, even in the community. Would be great to see more videos the German oceanliner history. Especially a video about the Wilhelm Gustloff desaster would be interesting and a great addition to the videos about the loss of Britannic or Empress of Ireland
As an American, I had never thought of Germany being a sea fairing nation. I knew, of course, of its Naval ships, but didn't know about its civilian ships. I don't know why I didn't realize that Germany was an important player in ship building. I am 82, so it is good to learn something new. This was a very informative video. I only recently discovered this channel, and I am glad I did.
I'm part German and happy to learn more about the positives Germany has contributed. 😊
It never occurred to me just how similar they look, they really just added some paint on top of it and called it a day.
if WW1 never happened i would like to see how they would have compete with the likes of ss france olympic britannic.
The vaterland and Bismarck virtually identical. They were both quite different at least internally to the imperator.
Except Vaterland and Bismarck are almost identical. Imperator was different (design of the front superstructure where the bridge and wheelhouse is).
@@zeddeka Makes sense. Imperator was the first of the trio and had some major flaws that needed resolving. These solutions were adapted to Vaterland and Bismarck as they were built, resulting in a quite different layout.
@@Intrusive_Thought176you are less than nothing