The Beautiful RMS Teutonic



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In today’s video… we get into the story of the gorgeous White Star Line ocean liner RMS Teutonic, which inspired great ships like SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and was Great Britain’s first armored merchant cruiser!

CHAPTERS:
Intro: 00:0000:44
Disclaimer: 00:4400:56
The 1880’s: 00:5602:01
Building & Specs: 02:0104:44
Spithead Naval Review 1889: 04:4406:46
Early Career: 06:4609:26
Second Boer War: 09:2611:07
After the Boer War: 11:0712:03
The Iceberg: 12:0313:18
World War I: 13:1814:37
Scrapping: 14:3715:00
Impact: 15:0015:23
Next Week Sneak Peek: 15:2315:54

Music:
“On the Beautiful Blue Danube”
“Poolside Radio” by Dyalla

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36 thoughts on “The Beautiful RMS Teutonic”

  1. Zuikaku struck a memory. Saturday morning, on a web cam, I watched Japanese carrier Kaga enter San Diego harbor. It was very foggy and there was something about watching a Japanese carrier, named after another carrier of WW2, sneak in, as if there was something sinister afoot. A Japanese carrier, entering an American port. WOW!! Mind blown!!

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  2. I find it interesting that ships often follow the same paths as human beings. They go from idea to blue print to construction to voyages to obsolescence to the grave yard. The only exceptions are the ships whose lives are interrupted by tragedy.

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  3. Not trying to be mean the flag you represented for Russia was the flag of the USSR and the imperial Russian flag of the Czar at that time. Again not trying to be mean, but Russia wasn’t the USSR u til their civil was over in 1921.

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  4. I built a Lego liner called LRS Tubetonic. She’s third class only, and has twin funnels, twin single ended, single furnace, coal fired marine boilers, and twin steam turbine engines.

    LRS stands for Lego Railway Ship, and Tubetonic is the younger sister to the much larger soon-to-be four funneled liner LRPS Bricktannic. Bricktannic notably has only three funnels currently, but there are plans to add a fourth, and the P in LRPS stands for Post, as Bricktannic, unlike Tubetonic, has an onboard mail and baggage room. Bricktannic is also notably first and second class only, and is much bigger than Tubetonic.

    Just thought I’d let somebody know, in case anyone cares.

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  5. Nice one Elinor. 1st British AMC, 1st Twin Screw, repeated Blue Riband holder AND taking `Kaiser Bill`s` fancy – say no more, a worthy Shipwreck Sunday commemoration, but WHAT, no Dazzle? Talking of the Blue Riband, how about covering Branson`s failed attempt to win the coveted title (Virgin Atlantic Challenger? {from failing memory!})?

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  6. I've always found the Teutonic a wonderfully charming ship. By the standards of the 1910s and interwar period that thrive in the modern imagination she's seen as a little underwhelming, but her elegance still manages to shine through! Clean, subtle lines, the Iconic White Star livery, all make for a timelessly beautiful ship.

    And as a side note: Her stern design and decorative metalwork always reminded me of a metal-hulled sailing ship with the way the lines run and the metalwork seeming to trace the outline of a Great Cabin.

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  7. Hey Elinor, love the channel and all your extensive research. Have you ever done a stream on the sailing schooner Fantome, lost in October 1998 during Hurricane Mitch? (If you have, sorry about the repetition.) If not, I think it would make an interesting one for Shipwreck Sunday. I sailed aboard her as a tourist a few years before its tragic loss with all of the crew. The schooner and its crew simply disappeared into the storm and were never seen again – except, as I recall, for a railing or two. Anyway, thanks again for the streams!

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  8. Teutonic was a major achievement in its day, marking the final transition from sail to steam. I'm curious about your music intro. It alternates between the Blue Danube and something unfamiliar to me, but which I suspect may be from the White Star Song Book. Can You elaborate?

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  9. Just pulled into puerto Vallarta and had to see what fate was bestowed to the liner. Excellent. Out dodging hurricanes. So far so good. Excited about the the carriers. Especially the “enemy” carriers that we know nothing about. Have a great week E.

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  10. She brought my wife's great grandparents to America in 1904. Therefore, a fabulous model of this charming ship is on prominent display in our house…which happens to have also been built in 1904! 😁

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  11. Finishing up this video now but a suggestion if I may not much content out there about the Ms Louis incident but while it didn't sink surely the 939 passengers mostly Jewish refugees onboard faced heartache or worse as a result of the incident as they were forced to return to wartime Europe in 1939 surely a sad topic but definitely historical one….. Nonetheless look forward to watching more of your vids

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  12. Wow! Iceberg incident… Opposite weather conditions of the Titanic accident… Goes to show how fickle the seas can be! Great episode. Keep it up! I’m a commercially licensed pilot, and temperature inversions are no joke when it comes to optical illusions and other visual phenomena.

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  13. Hey there! Just stumbled across your channel and I have to say I love your commentary! Just curious though, what sources do you use for your videos? I would recommend posting them when you make short documentaries like this so haters can’t say you’re wrong without proof and you can back yourself up! 🙂 Please keep up the good work! Looking forward to more!

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