The Ocean Liner: Evolution and Design Explained

What is an Ocean Liner? This video explains what makes a ship an Ocean Liner and how it is DIFFERENT to a Cruise Ship. This applies to when you compare Queen Mary 2, QE2 or even the RMS. Titanic to modern cruise ships such as those in the fleet of Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean or even the rest of the Cunard fleet. --- ✓ Join the channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgk7SzYDkiXWWBfMqXYH0cA/join 🚢 Cunard History Website: https://www.chriscunard.com/ 📚 Buy books: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/books 👕 Buy cruise merch: https://chrisframeofficial.Teemill.com/ 🛳️ Learn about cruising: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/ 🌐 Frame & Cross Consultancy: https://frameandcross.com/ ✔️ A huge thank you to Andrew Sassoli-Walker for the thumbnail image. Check out Andrew's photography at https://www.solentphotographer.com/ --- I am often asked the question: “what’s the difference between an ocean liner and a cruise ship?” The vast majority of ships offering cruise voyages today are cruise ships, designed to undertake pleasure voyages largely in coastal waters. Ocean Liners, on the other hand, are passenger ships that are designed to regularly undertake a line voyage, sailing between point A and point B across an expanse of open ocean. What makes Ocean Liners different to Cruise Ships? 00:00 The Last Ocean Liner 00:56 Ocean Liner vs Cruise Ship 01:22 What is a ‘line voyage?’ 02:03 The First Ocean Liner 03:08 What is an Ocean Liner? 04:05 Evolution of the Passenger Ship 04:37 How to identify an Ocean Liner? 04:42 The Bow 05:26 Strength 05:52 The Bridge 06:35 Freeboard 07:26 Speed 08:36 Notable Cruise Ships 08:56 Dual Purpose Liners 09:27 Laid Up Liners 09:47 Outro Image References: Thanks to Andrew Sassoli-Walker, Robert Henderson, Alex Lucas and Patricia Dempsey who assisted with Ocean Liner & Cruise Ship pics. Other references include: 1.Carpathia: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2Vkd9qc 2. Titanic: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2V5G2aK 3. Imperator: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2Yom6C4 4. Great Western: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/35s6G1d 5. Steam Ship Scene: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/35j7DsK 6. Sirius: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2zL0BkF 7. Mauretania Bridge and Cargo: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 The Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W87DZL 8. Mauretania at Sea: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W5maVZ 9. Turbine from Mauretania: 'Tyne & Wear Archives' CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2zcGLhS 10. Britannia in Ice: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2W0zuKZ 11. Parsons Turbine: 'US Public Domain Tag': CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3d7zAGm 12: Normandie: 'San Diego Air & Space Museum': CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2xBuwey 13: Queen Mary Bridge: CC BY SA Foremast: https://bit.ly/2L0dERz 14. Olympic: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3db6ypH 15. SS. United States: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/2KOlfTj 16. Campania: CC.0 Commons License: https://bit.ly/3c5M9BW 17. MV ASTORIA CC BY SA 4.0 NIELS JOHANNES: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astoria_(IMO_5383304).jpg 18. Stockholm CC.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MN_Stockholm.jpg 19. Stockholm CC.0 Australia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StateLibQld_1_171275_Stockholm_(ship).jpg 19. PENDENNIS CASTLE CC BY SA 4.0 JIM EVANS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Pendennis_Castle%22_-_Cape_Town,_1969.jpg 2024 Alt Thumbnail of 3 Queens: Cunard Line Tags: #cruisenews #oceanliner #QM2 #QE2 #cruiseline #cunard #history