Hey man, I didn't know until this video how "boatswain" was pronounced, and that was pretty damn cool to learn

Beatiful. Just like recent Epic History video on Victoria

from user "edl617": Not a battleship. It’s a Ship of the Line. The Battleline which Is made of of ships of the line. The British Royal Navy rated ships of the line. 6th rate, 5th rate, 4th rate, 3rd Rate, 2nd Rate, and 1st Rate like the HMS Victoria. British Frigates had between 28 to 40 guns, then ships of the line 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 guns

from "jameshigh6481": Ships don't have floors. They have decks.

I'm a much older man and remember when color TV first came out. Yes, I'm that old. Anyway, it's a real pleasure to see an intelligent and gifted young person turn his talents to interesting subjects as you have done. I especially liked your videos on the WW2 aircraft but the others are great too. Fascinating. I grew up playing with those airplane models and you've done a fine job of explaining everything about them. I had a model of HMS Victory ages and ages ago. Fascinating. It's a shame to lose that tech from bygone days but time moves on. Well, keep on doing your best and follow your bliss and you can't go wrong.

rudimentary to us maybe, yet to elk, it is beyond fathom

When I was a kid, I built a plastic model of the Mayflower, one of the ships that brought the Pilgrims to America. You don't know just how many ropes and lines there are until you build a ship, whether it's an accurate model or a real ship. My dad never needed to help with any of my modelling because he and my mother made sure that each of us kids learned early how to read and follow an assembly guide. Dad did help me when it came time to mix paint colors for small one-off batches so that I didn't have to buy a whole bottle of paint for each of the very minor colors in any given model, only to use just a few drops for a part that was supposed to look like oak, or another part that was supposed to look like an off-white railing or something. LOL, all on my paperboy income, hehe! Oak is a tan color, while Mahogany is a darker brown. Once you know how to make the off-colors from your bottles of common colors, that gives you the real power of creativity. Today there's probably an app for that, right?

That technology was the culmination of centuries of development. We think of it as primitive because it's old but it required vast knowledge and skill to build, maintain, and operate.

There have always been incredibly clever humans to design this stuff, but technology advances slowly.

It took centuries of trial and error...

When it comes to warships, a phrase comes in mind, the more things change, the more they stay the same, sure in modern warships we have dedicated crew quarters, kitchens and such but a bilge pump and a water condenser and such as well as ammo storage still stays the same. Plus a random tidbit, despite the invention of brass cartridges when steel hull ships are being built, the cannon shells were dropped and instead are loaded via a block or sack of gunpowder, or another way. However the same aspect that still stays the same, despite materials and tech that changed, the idea and lay outs are still beyond similar.

This is nothing - just wait until you find out what AI can do. We're about 5 years away from a person being able to write a conceptual paragraph, and the result being 10x more detailed than this. Technically, you can do it now - but people are still working out the kinks.

@Dan Gee Hi thanks for your reply. I've been using text to image ai obsessively for about 6 months and can see the awesome power it promises, and I realize text to video can't be too far behind. Makes the skill and labor of work like this, like all of the skilled labor and taste involved in making great work, seem, sadly, tragically, like a thing of the past. Probably a year away. Cheers

Look at these Russian trollers

@Dan Gee We are nowhere near AI having the capability to reproduce Animagraff level quality, and when AI does reach that level, things will look different for all of us so I'll live out that reality when it comes. No worries. AI has proved useful to me right now, but in a serving capacity, and only if I know a lot about the subject so I can spot AI's many hallucinations, aka "making s**t up". It can be useful for writing code to improve my Blender 3D toolset, and yet, it often makes up commands that don't exist, or writes code that doesn't work, because at this point I often find myself deep into Blender's internals where synthesizing all of Stackoverflow (what AI has done, essentially) isn't going to help me since no one's talking about my specific use case.

@Animagraffs nobody can emulate you, my brother ;)

Huh, I never made the connection between that saying and ship cannons, but it makes a lot of sense.

Yeah you know, you'd almost be better off in a bad storm, if that cannon were to simply fall overboard. You'd lose a cannon, yes, but you'd save the crew and probably lots of damage!

"epic battles" were more like incoherent massacres of the poor youth of their respective country. Let's not romantisize naval war too much, living several months or years at a time on these ships was hell, let alone fighting in it, where it became an over-engineered casket.

@Joshua Rosemann I Massacres only happened on boardings. Not sure about 18th century, but at leat until the 16th on the warships that engaged in "massacres" there were professional soldiers, who definately weren't innocent. I think the guy was just admiring the sheer brilliance of the 18th century warships and how despite lack of technology, they were still prepared for basically any practical scenario at the time.

@Electric Speedkiller i as much as him am amazed by the advancement in naval transport technology and i think that ship is amazing. I would love to visit a real ship of this type one day let alone go on a voyage on one. Not so far of where i live there's a reconstruction of a roman ship wchich design is more than 2000 years old. It is fascinating that it basically used the exact same materials and mechanical systems (i.e the ropes, sails, shape and structure of the ship), minus the canons of course. The only real change is the complexity and sheer size and mass of the object (altough roman ships of similar grandeur existed). Anyway you're partly right, i'm just skeptical when i see someone idolizing something that underneath the impressive first glance, is just a giant war machine designed to destroy and take as many lives as possible and on which countless people drowned, died of sickness, of famine, were torn apart in explosions or died trying to fight for better conditions. Life on these ships was really hard. No privacy, tiny spaces with little to no light cramed with hundreds of unknown man, the hygiene was terrible, the weather unpredictible, the job itself often dangerous and the pay mostly miserable (depending on the position and time). Not to say all these men were innocent, but all were generally really young, with little to no other choices, on which the national and private marines relied on as disposable. If we ignore that we don't do justice to these men and we learn nothing from history.

If you’re into reading, there’s three great novel series set during this time in the Royal Navy. Hornblower, by C.S. Forester, there’s also a series of TV movies based off some of the novels, and a 50s classic Hollywood film “Captain Horatio Hornblower” starring Gregory Peck, based off some of the later novels (Peck can’t do a British accent to save his life by the way). The Aubrey-Maturin series, by Patrick O’Brian, which provided the base material for the 2003 Oscar-winning masterpiece of a film “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”. And lastly, the “Lord Ramage” series of novels.

I can understand and agree with your admiration from an engineering perspective. But that other guy had a point when he called out the glorification of ship to ship combat. Combat during the age of sail was gruesome, even at cannon range. Consider that grapeshot (shotgun) was common and chain shot, while meant for masts, would often take any unfortunate sailors in front of their target with them. Usually to messy results.

YES

And it is amazing, how advanced and detailed this perfect 3D animation is! 👌🏻

Very expensive to build and operate also. Would love to have seen it in action, what a show. Wouldn't want to stay on one but, to be on board to see, hear and smell the fury of those guns, would be incredible.

They were the most advanced equipment of their time

Yes, the naval dockyards and HMS Victory (even in refurb) is a must visit for everyone. I visited in 1974, when I was on a Royal Navy Seamanship for Youth Course. I’ll never forget the surgeon’s deck which was painted red…so sailors couldn’t see the blood. When you see the rudimentary instruments used in those days you can understand why carpentry was such a big thing!

Yes. Next time he should do the vasa ship (1628). Eller hur?

Outstanding effort. I thouroughly enjoyed that, and learned alot.

could not agree more.

Couldn't agree more.

Agreed!!!

"required great talent and imagination"....... and also nearly a millennium of practical experience (try and error)

Now imagine designing, building, and operating these with crews that are almost entirely illiterate, and you begin to see the miracle that these ships became for the world.

Agreed. When I visited the ship (it is at the Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth, England) it was unbelievable to me that such a huge and complex vessel could be made out of wood.

@McCleod I think a planned vacation from the states, she would be a great destination to visit.

Am I right in thinking the actually grew the oak trees years in advance in the shape of the ship or have I made that up?

as if it's baffling for you to think that people 260 years ago could think, plan and engineer and were not ooga booga cavemen

@Marcus Aurelius Have you been to Yorkshire?🤔

And the Hornblower series by C. S. Forester! Need to reread all of these books with this video in mind! You start understanding many terms while you read, but this clarifies things further.

In many ways... indeed. However a quick history review shows a few boo-boos. On launching the ship listed to starboard significantly. and the lowest gunports were well below the shipwright/architects calculations- only ~4+ feet above the waterline! So gunports had to stay shut in rough weather.

Meh, bulkheads, who needs em

yeah, it like the Chinese repeating crossbow back in Han dynasty, the pinnacle of bow

Only up to recent this always used to be the case, and quality second to none

No surprise that nation which could build the best ships was the strongest on earht at that time.

I agree

And they had the guts to travel far.

I agree, with only the force of Mother natures wind to move something so incredibly heavy, just imagine the sounds that ship would make sailing at night while sleeping.

@Fastbikkel Smart, redundant compasses, without the knowledge of using the stars to navigate, having only one malfunctioning compass would be very perilous and could have you sailing into unfriendly territory, with deadly consequences.

I keep thinking that computers are complicated, and that we've reached a point where things are very complicated, but the engineering of such a ship is also very complex and I don't know which is more impressive!!! It opens my eyes to see we have a history of really complex devices spanning centuries, if not millennia. :)

@Christian A Same European people made both.

It just helps show that our ancestors were no less resourceful or intelligent than us. They were just born in a time where we knew less and had less.

Now we know how deforestation began...humans are discussing...but indeed is a great engineering

Well not really all the engineering was developed over time, specialized technologies used from other areas are joined together. The real feat is managing the sailors and everyone happy thus a strong discipline was very stringent, whipping….getting the ship to sail is a big feat but done with training over and over again…..now a lost technology

The script and narration, also super good! I'd love to see a "making of" video. Really blown away.

Absolutely, highly recommend checking out the salvaged warship Vasa at the museum w/ the same name n Stockholm if you ever have the chance. A 17th century Swedish empire warship. Really impressive to be able to see one IRL and how gigantic it was.. A real beauty & behemot. Like you said, so much effort and hard work went into these projects..

@Sveahborn lmao i agree but Vasa sailed like 1300 meters and sank 💀

​@Péter Popovics Haha yeah, makes it even better. A good story of legend.. Vasa was just one of several vessels that were built in similar size to Vasa but the others never got the intricate design choices meant to be flashy and impressive flag ship style. Amount of cannons differed. Anyway, great museum! love that kind of stuff!

It really is an astounding engineering work of art.

thats what happens when aliens help people out+

I'm so confused. Dealing with stress on metal structures is hard enough. With wood?? and friction? water exposure? this is just mind-blowing

​@KZhome Anything i mean with such a vast storage dedicated to just wood, it kinda makes sense

A wooden ship was flexible and "lived "in its element. The right kinds of wood and basic lubricants and sealants (i.e. tallow and tar) resisted water and weather exposure.

@KZhome Anything We still use wood in many watermanagement applications today. Like in groynes to keep rivers from miandering in corners and near sluice gates or even just to provide support to other wooden structures in case of collision when docking near them minimalising damaga to ships, just to name a few. The thing with proper wood you have to deal with mostly has to do with oxidation. The layer that might be both in and out of the water at certain times. This can be managed by regulating the water level and treating and of course properly maintaining those structures. Here in the Netherlands, river sluice gates are made of out wood some of the time to this day. I've personally even visited a company that made one for a sluice in Zaandam once some years ago. I have pictures somewhere, but they were something like 10 meters or 30 feet in height. It's still something reliable as a material, similar to steel depending on the application. Just like wood, steel needs to be treated and maintened properly. It's not a one for all purposes wonder-material. On top of that, determining the strength on the characteristics of some wooden structure is not that different from the difficulty the strength of pouring, casting, soldering, welding etc would be. It takes knowledge and tools either way. Hope this gave you some insight. If you really want to dive deep, look up some stuff about material mechanics. :)

@LSR that's some dense infos! thanks! can you tell me how they manage to prolong the wood at the point where they hook the beefy ropes of anchors? They literally pull it while sliding rope into wood. That's so much pressure..

Word.

Hear! Hear! 👏👏

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ wow. I saw 1:11 on my phone earlier and thought that had to be a scripture. Thanks

I admire sailors living there for months

I don't think they would give a fuck tbh xD

@Mvb A ship designer would not be interested in a video about ship design... sounds likely.

My dad worked on it👍👍👍

@Mvb epic troll bro

Yea they wouldn't, they don't even know what a video is. Once explained they would propably appreciate it, and think it's nice how someone spend time on working out one of their designs so far in the future, but "appreciate it more than words can even describe"? Hell no. This video wasn't their life purpose. They just did their job and designed a ship. They probably designed a ton of projects in their lifetime. They would care a lot more about suddenly being 200+ years in the future and finding out how the world developed, how history went down, how their distant family is doing and what new technologies are around.

Amazing, explained everything I had questions about.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Yeah, on this channel views skyrocket once released

Sailor?

@Luke B someone who sails?

It’s also great for falling asleep

It's inspiring to see you think so :) My brother and I aren't really into the "growth at all costs" model of modern business, so I imagine the channel will grow slow and steady. But I'm happy to have us all along for the ride! :D

@Animagraffs I think slow and steady is good as I think it is stressful to try and work to the algorithm

With this astounding level of quality you are bound for greatness.

Wow I can’t imagine how much work went in to creating that animation. Thanks for sharing!

Nothing to say but BRAVO

The Rating system was based mostly on the amount of guns the ship was designed to carry. First-Rates carried 100+ Second-Rates had 80-98 Third-Rates had 74 Fourth-Rates had 40-50 Fifth-Rates had 32 Sixth-Rates had 28 First through Fourth were a Ship-of-the-Line Fifth and Sixth were a Frigate

steve jette I was introduced to the Regina Maris by the novel Tuning the Rig by Harvey Oxenhorn. I stumbled across her when by chance in the late 90s I was in Greenport NY and walked by her. I had finished reading the book just weeks prior and was stunned to just happen by her like that. She was closed for repairs, so I left a donation and moved on. I was dissapointed to read of her being scrapped. Congratulations on being so blessed to have sailed aboard her.

Just trivia but my ex wife's grandfather was the last captain of the Balcutha. He sailed it to its current berth in SF.

@Pat Nitzel Do you know the year ?

Imagine having to organise a crew of over 700 souls (74 gun 3rd rates) or 900 in the case of 100 gun 1st rates like Victory. It must have needed constant drilling and iron discipline to whip a crew like that into a well oiled machine for battle, hauling in or unfurling the sails, or dropping and weighing anchor.

@Brother Vibius Right. With all communication being oral. It's insane to think about. Also, all these mean eat/slept/shit on that boat. It's nearly impossible to believe.

you aren't a history buff. we're all laughing at you.

"as a history buff"...do you *need* to say this?

@bkbj8282 Really?

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Marcus - Couldn't have said it better myself!

Dream come true ?? Seriously, how long have you been awaiting said dream ?? 🤔🙄

I sometimes wonder how different my life would be had I access to the vast information of the web when I was growing up in the 70s, I remember card catalogs at the library, and if it wasn't taken out, still in readable condition, some books just aren't as user friendly as the information forms on the web for a visual learner.

@Jimmy Ohara Sounds like this video presentation was so detailed his dreams happened 3 days ago.

@02markcal what about how different for persons living in the 1870's having a vast internetwork web ?? why just you in your era ?? 🤔🤐

@Jimmy Ohara My posting was in response to the original comment about the person growing up in the 60s, only dreaming of the details put into books/movies as this video had, but my comment can apply to all past generations.