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Just returned on QM2. Second time crossing First time P&O Iberia in 68

Sad and a tragedy that the Tories decimated not just british manufacturing, but our once massive historic maritime ship building too. Where a british ship now built in foreign yards 😖. Let's put it this way... Would the french, Italians or the Spaniards build their prestigious ship of national pride in a foreign yard.. No it would not happen!

Acabo de correr en ese circuito con mi grupo de amigos, y tu video nos sirvió para visualizar la trazada días antes de pisar el circuito. ¡Eres un máquina!

I was quite excited to watch this but as an engineer myself many red flags cropped up. A massive time crunch like this is extremely risky. Every assembly “section” has major weak spots at the joining. I heard a lot of “never before used” which makes me sweat a bit. God speed Queen Mary 2..

The captain of the QM2 looks ironically similar to Captain Edward John Smith of TITANIC lol.

I'm surprised that the QM2 is profitable it burns more fuel per passenger than a 747. Three million liters is equivalent to roughly about 12 747-8s full of fuel to their maximum capacity. That being said the QM2 has a passenger capacity of 2,691 that is roughly 6 747-8 worth of passengers the (747-8 carries 467 passengers including business and first class seats if they were all economy it would be even more) and 6 747 and each 747-8 carries a maximum fuel capacity of 64,225 gallons of fuel. 64,000/12=770,000 or roughly 3 million liters so 12 747-8 worth of fuel that being said the passenger capacity of the QM2 only requires 6 747-8 or 5 747-8 plus a smaller more efficient two-engine aircraft aircraft like an a330 or 787-8. That's not to mention the fact that the 747-8 does not require the full 64,000 gallons of fuel to cross the Atlantic from London Heathrow to JFK for example roughly the same distance as Southampton to New York (the QM2 makes several stops like in France to pick up passengers before crossing the Atlantic so it kind of all evens out) that's just the maximum capacity meaning the plane can fly much further distances. each 747 would require only about 36,000 gallons for a ten-hour flight. That's also not to mention that a lot of airlines don't fly four-engine jets anymore like the 747 and a380 and there are replacement aircraft that can carry roughly the same amount of passengers as the 747 family like the 777-300er and the upcoming 777-9x aircraft so even lass fuel consumption. I'm guessing the tickets even the cheapest economy tickets must be very expensive and there's a lot of competition with the airline industry especially as nobody want's to travel a whole week across the Atlantic when they can do it for cheaper and faster on a jet. If you care about your carbon footprint you would take a jet. Even though the ship is moving a lot slower than an aircraft it still burns more fuel because of the sheer weight and the fact that being in the water the water resistance makes it really inefficient as compared to an aircraft flying at high altitude where the air is thinner then at sea level the drag is significantly less then moving though water. Likewise, the ship burns more fuel going slow then a jet does moving through thin air at 35,000 feet at 600 mph not to mention the ship having a lot more electrical systems to power than an aircraft. P.S Even with 12 747s carrying 467 passengers each totaling 5,604 passingers for a ten-hour flight they would all burn only 432,000 gallons of full altogether that's still less than the QM2 and keep in mind that New York's JFK to London Hethrow is only an 8-hour flight vice versa is usually a little bit longer of eight and a half hours but not ten so they would burn even less.

The most beautiful and biggest ship in the world. QM2 can be sailing across 25 to 40 ft swells in the North Atlantic Storms and she rides so smoothly you can hardly tell you are on her.

I didn’t see many feminist welding designing and supporting this project. Haha

What the h*** do you mean one of the last cruise ships built yeah you're here completely ignorant

This is incredibly picky, but I am particularly upset that they showed the wrong Mauretania in the interview.

2:42 - That's an American Airlines passenger jet - they didn't fly international routes at the time. The first transatlantic crossing was by BOAC.

underwater propulsion pods back up - 300 tiny port holes near the waterline, at night you can see tiny oars glinting backwards and forwards in the moonlight - heave ho heave ho ..... true ..... ish .... ships cat - wheres the cream ?

Ariston means Mauritania 2. as the Mauritania 1 shown had already been broken up in 1936.

The Mauritania the guy sailed on in 1954 would have been the Mauritania II, if in fact it still ran, and not the one from 1907.

Shame it wasnt built in the UK

Just to point out: Micky Arison says he sailed on the Mauretania in 1954 when he emigrated to the US. Your video then incorrectly shows the four-funnelled RMS Mauretania, which was scrapped in 1935. Mr Arison sailed on it's successor, the two-funnelled RMS Mauretania launched in 1938.

The work that went into some of these great liners is amazing this is credit to harland and wolfe in belfast and john browns shipyard in clydebank near glasgow the french done wonders on the queen mary 2

Crazy that the gangway collapsed on the “open day” and took 16 people’s lives, not try to be superstitious about it, but I remember from one of the Titanic documentaries, 17 workers died during the construction of the Titanic, the casualty was soooo close to one another, not to mention it was the Cunard what ended up purchasing White Star Line after the Titanic disaster…

Nice video!

Fun fact: Jeff Bezos's new sailing yacht Koru cost as much to build as QM2

4:03 Wrong Mauretania, he has to be referring to the Mauretania II, not the one shown, which was scrapped in 1935

OMG... You'll still never beat the SS UNITED 🇺🇲 STATES with a top speed of 42 knots she was and still is the fastest ocean liner ever. It's a shame she wasn't restored.

That's horrible that so many people died and were injured on that one day. Very sad for the relatives and friends of all of them. Very beautiful 🚢 ship.

The Mauretania that Micky Arison sailed on was the 1938 two funnel ship. The 1909 four funnel Mauretania, shown in this documentary, had already been scrapped.

Wasn't Queen Mary 1 broadsided by rouge / freak wave during WW II atlantic crossing?

I mean bro wanted his balconies

Hard to believe that QM2 is 20.

I expect this has been said sometime ago, but there was a bit of history they got wrong. Micky Arison mentioned coming to America as a child aboard the Mauretania. The ship that appeared the screen was incorrect. They showed the first Mauretania entered service in 1907 and was scrapped in 1937 just before Queen Mary took her place. Micky's ship was commonly known as second Mauretania and did sail in the 50s and beyond. She was built before WWII and served during war as a troopship before turning to passenger service. An old friend of mine noted that his father had gone to Europe with the army aboard 2nd Mauretania. I would usually expect better curatorial work from Nat Geo.

Queen Mary2 is built very strong plus she is a Ocean Liner she can plow through huge waves of the N Atlantic.

Fascinating! I would love to sail on her some day.

The first jet passenger flights across the Atlantic took a lot less than fifteen hours.

Made in breizh

As a kid, I was obsessed with ships, and the QM2 always fascinated me as it is the last true trans-Atlantic ocean liners. This documentary was one of my favorites growing up.

This documentary would have been more interesting without all of the idiotic "and then another problem arose" cases. It's an insult to the designers to imagine that they started a billion dollar vessel without thinking of everything ahead of the construction phase. This show suggests otherwise, only to create a stupid sense of urgency. Tell the real story. We don't need to be led along from one mini design disaster to the next.

This guy Arison is full of shit. He says he and his family emigrated to the U.S. by sailing aboard Cunard's Mauretania in 1954. The Mauretania had been scrapped in 1935.

Unrivalled luxury?! Massive overstatement. We were bitterly disappointed. The class system is prevalent on this ship. Steerage is rammed with Chinese who’ve paid peanuts, the middle cabins are very expensive but limit to where you can eat etc. the only luxury experience is in the ‘grill suites’. You have to pay extra for EVERYTHING. COVID is rife. Gala nights are merely where u just dress up, nothing else is laid on. Platinum Cunard members on our trip were shocked and disappointed. This ship is awesome to look at from a port. But the whole ‘nostalgia’ thing is a fallacy. It’s just a huge ferry!

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Sounds sick

Micky sounds like he's a prick!

17:07 "Make way make way the Queen is here" 🛳 🌊 🚢

Cuál es el truco para hacer 36,3? Yo he sido capaz de hacer 37,6 hoy en mi primera vez pero no más

he ship is getting old and boring. Just came back from 16 days Cunard. It degraded a lot. food quality and quantity BAD. especially at the Lido. Super short handed. It is at the Carnival cruise style. No dance host, no queens room Hostess, no professional dancer exhibition, etc. will not recommend for this price ( we are diamond on Cunard, not a newbie)

The fuel on this ship was just to dirty for cars, being the dregs from the bottom of the oil tanks.

The French should feel fortunate that all of their industry hasn't been sold off and shipped abroad like British industry has. It's disgusting how industry and manufacturing barely exists in the UK anymore.

Why not just switch to nuclear. Cheaper to run.

With all the modern engines and technology she is still slower than the original Queen Mary and now were near as stylish.

The music in this documentary is amazing

At 22:38 when they talk about building her in blocks, they state “they opted for a technique never used in an ocean liner before” but this is NOT accurate. The SS United States was the first liner to be constructed using modular components that were then put together

can someone tell me the name of the music tracks used in the background they are great but I can't find any except Nebula

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