The Controversial Scuttling of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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In today's video... we talk about the controversial sinking and possible scuttling of the German super liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse!
CHAPTERS:
Intro: 00:00 - 00:48
Disclaimer: 00:48 - 01:01
Early History: 01:01 - 03:39
Building & Specs: 03:39 - 06:26
Design Features: 06:26 - 08:40
Career: 08:40 - 13:10
World War I: 13:10 - 15:23
Scuttling: 15:23 - 18:00
Outro: 18:00 - 18:31
Music:
"On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
"Poolside Radio" by Dyalla
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All that luxury at the bottom of the Ocean due to the folly of war. What a shame! Thank you for the great video as always!
Leggo! There's a surprising lack of coverage on her despite being one of the most iconic ships of all time. Good stuff as always amiga 😁
Thank you so much! I really enjoy Nautical Study's video on her, as well - he always is able to add a humorous twist!!
You think you can do Kongo next, and in the end to explain the wreck, place out the detail that her wreck cannot be found, due to sinking in the Tiawan strait, in shallow waters, her wreck may have been messed with by Chinese salvagers, like HMS Exeter,POW,and Repulse.
Elinore, with such narrated enthusiasm do you secretly long to reveal your royal lineage? Is that the end game of Shipwreck Sunday?
I can hear it now: Lord Lady Elinore Von Shipwreckstien Strauss the ll. Lol.
Lmao 😂😂😂 unfortunately I have no royalty in my family line, but I do have an enormous family with interesting stories!
@shipwrecksunday Hey, maybe it's destiny that you found the Shipwreck Empire!?
Anyway, all the best guys, you did well this video. Gg well played!
She is definitely a Shipwreckenstein…. She tries to deny it. If you love shipwrecks as much as she does, it’s definitely a DNA thing.
@@thereissomecoolstuff thanks so much!! ❤️❤️
Truly a classic Ocean Liner with so many firsts. Excellent research!
She was so beautiful! It's a shame she was scuttled!
Great Eastern was scrapped from 1888-1893. Took them five years to break her up.
Thank you for that correction ❤️
Very classic looking ship nice lines !!!! Would have loved to have seen it in person 👍Great Video Elinor !!!!!
Thanks so much, Rick! She really was such a beauty. It's a shame she sank the way she did!!
Elinore, your pronunciation of Bremerhaven was so spot on it made me think of The Sound of Music. Did you know that the Captain and Maria had a daughter named Eleonore, but they called her Lorli?
They had this in my restricted comments for some reason 🙄 but thank you so much, my friend! I really tried my best! ❤️ I love the Sound of Music, and I did not know that!!
I honestly wouldn't mind an episode on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Eastern. Her launching was a major debacle, then after weeks of pushing with hydraulic jacks the tide lapped up under the huge hull and she lifted. She failed at her intended role as an ocean liner, and her only true mark of distinction was helping to lay the Transatlantic cable. She helped to introduce ocean liners to the public before they were really a thing. Samuel Cunard had the Britannia which was on a scheduled crossing service. Also, Jack Binns (the wireless operator on the WSL RMS Republic when she struck the SS Florida) started his career for the Marconi Company on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse before they banned all foreign wireless operators on German ships.
I'd love to make an episode on her!
@@shipwrecksundayPlease do one of these days Elinor! I know that you would put together a beautiful video to show off the crazy new ideas and breakthroughs in maritime technology that Isambard incorporated into the Great Babe.
A fine story, and very well presented.
You may be interested in the Sinking of the Lake Illawarra on 5 January 1975. This sinking is also referred to as The Tasman Bridge Disaster.
I'll have to look into it, thank you so much!
a carved wooden plaque from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was given to the QE2 by the German shipyard that performed her conversion from steel to diesel. it hung in an alcove off one of the bars. I think i Chart Bar but i cant remember. but i do have pics of it that i took. i was shocked to hear during a ship tour how many historic artifacts from Cunard and other other ships like this wooden carved panel was staying with the ship when she was to go to Dubai. not sure if it actually happened or not. I was on the final transatlantic voyage of the QE2 back to UK from USA as we crossed tandem with the QM2.
That is incredible! Thank you for sharing that with me. There's a lost of interesting artifacts that I would love to see one day!
the plaque was about 5 to 6 ft long. and about 3 to 4 ft high. dark wood and highly detailed. There is also a beautifully carved white painted panel from the dining room from one of the other German Four Funnel Flyers in the Mariners Museum in Newport News VA. I also have pics of that i took recently. LOTS of ocean liner builder models in the museum. entry is only $1 so i HIGHLY recommend going. they also have the salvaged wreck of the USS Monitor the civil war ironclad salvaged off NC. @@shipwrecksunday
I like how one of the photos of her sister ship you used is when it was disguised as R.M.S Olympic 😭😭
Damn Elinor, I never heard you say damn so many times. 😮😮😮.
I am half German, coming from Milwaukee should explain all.
While this was interesting, I would prefer more on USA ships. Once again, I would love to hear about the aircraft carriers on the great lakes during WWII. Especially since at least one of them was a paddle wheeler.
I got a little "damn" happy didn't I 😅 Thank you very much! I'm about 40% German myself so I feel you on the German side of things! I can absolutely look into more American ships, especially those on the Great Lakes! Cheers!
Great Video but I was always of the understanding the RMS Lucania was the first ship to be installed with a marconi set
It's probably hard to debate which was exactly the first - they probably started installing Marconi Wireless Systems on multiple ships at once, and so either Laconia or Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was first but not by much. Based upon my knowledge of Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and my limited knowledge of the first Laconia, I'd say it was the Germans first but I could be wrong!
@@shipwrecksunday ok I must apologise I have done some research and it appears RMS Lucania was the first CUNARD ship to have wireless installed so the Keiser Wilhelm der Grosse is more than likely the first ocean liner as it is not the first ship the first ship to shore communication sent was by the Lightship no. 70 to a costal base in the US, The RMS Lucania, in October 1903, with Marconi on board, was the first vessel to hold communications with both sides of the Atlantic. It’s all very fascinating and I think you have made me stumble quite by accident onto another piece of fantastic ocean liner history. Keep up the good work.
@@jasonstray9582 that's fascinating! Thank you so much! Cheers, friend!
Even though Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sunk in the real world, I couldn't help but make an interesting alternate history where instead of the HMS Highflyer facing the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. But it's the Titanic as a heavily armed merchant cruiser and both ships clashed like wallowing drunken ships-of-the-line, but instead of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse being sunk or scuttled, she gets captured as a prize. Got to admit, it's sad that Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse didn't survive ww1, but it's fun to dream and admire how beautiful she is.
Interesting! I love the thought and creativity! Thank you so much for sharing that!
@@shipwrecksunday I was bored one day, but I just find the idea of two four-stacker ocean liners clashing in a Frigate style battle as something that would've been quite a sight to see.
laurentic 2 was not the last ship build for the White star Line: That was MV Britanic of 1929...
Thank you! Another listener corrected that, as well ❤️❤️
2:57 the great eastern, no matter which channel i watch on ships, somehow, just somehow ends up being mentioned. If you know, yoj know. I want your take on The Great Eastern
She really does! She's such a legend! I would love to cover her!
Alright E, on a cruise ship in Honduras. It is the best. The ship is about 15 years old and in great shape. You can see the safety systems all over the vessel. These ships run 24/7, 365. It’s amazing how well things go. It’s due to learning from shipwreck disasters. Your stories are very important. Keep it up. Btw I spent $6 on data to watch this video.
Damn! Sounds like fun! I'm so glad you could do it! Thanks for watching even while you're cruising!!
Of course it was scuttled. Just like Bismarck, Scharnhorst, the Imperial Neanderthal Line's flagship Grog's Raft, and 137,528 other German ships have been scuttled, because obviously no German ship could ever possibly be sunk by someone else.
Right? They have a tendency to sink their own stuff.
Oh, you gotta be a brit....😂😂😂