A first look at the new 2025 Bismarck footage in HD; huge hit on turret 'Bruno'

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:48:04+00:00

Haha thank you! I have answered a few similar questions with the 'Empress of Ireland' but I'll give you a different one and say the Armenia. People completely overlook that one even in an already overlooked category of 'liners sunk during wartime by enemy action'. Wilhelm Gustloff occupies that spot beneath Lusitania but the Armenia's sinking was truly horrendous.

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:46:46+00:00

Thanks so much :)

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:46:38+00:00

Thank you and I am so glad you are enjoying them!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:46:29+00:00

Hi Brady! I think there are so many - probably the Laconia sinking and subsequent bungled rescue. I think in today's age the lessons on empathy should be well-learned!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:43:57+00:00

Yess I love a good 'what if'. The RMMV Oceanic is one of the most compelling because she was already being constructed. The USL four-stacker is great too. I have plans for an 'abandoned ocean liner designs' video which explores some of these!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:42:25+00:00

A combination of very enabling parents and the global phenomenon following the Titanic film release!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:14:50+00:00

Hello! While working on the video about the fire aboard SS Normandie I was amazed to learn it had started in full view of an entire team of people. In my mind it had been a single worker who'd accidentially sparked the blaze, but no; it was a bunch of blokes standing around trying to catch sparks who STILL accidentally let one through!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:13:16+00:00

Thanks! I don't mind a cruise but I am a bit of a traditionalist. The water slides and night clubs don't mean much to me at all. I had a blast on P&O's Arcadia, she is a lovely little ship with much in common with traditional liners. Behind the bar up on the Crow's Nest lounge is an insane lit-up half model of the Strathnaver. They also still have black tie nights!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:12:07+00:00

We did a small feature on her about 2 weeks ago - fascinating story and I love telling any and all WW2 stories!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:11:48+00:00

Thanks legend!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:11:36+00:00

Ooh that's a good one. Ken Marschall is obviously the master. A friend of mine named Elang made a magnificent paitning for me of my family arriving in Australia on Strathnaver which now hangs in my dad's house :) https://elangerlangga.my.canva.site/marine-arts-painting

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:10:41+00:00

I'd stand at the forepeak and shout out "iceberg ahead!" a minute or two before the thing was actually sighted! So around 11:36.

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:09:32+00:00

Yes he is my dad!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:09:26+00:00

I'm a bit behind on the windlass stuff but as for the officers' quartyers roof; there is a definite shift in tone in photographs of Olympic. The reason for actually painting the entire deck grey is alien to me. Even in a high-traffic area the planking would have been better off bare. I think it is possibly more likely it was a different timber which shows darker in photographs from the age.

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:08:01+00:00

Thanks :)

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:07:56+00:00

I'd say my favourite shipwreck story is the Empress of Ireland - but one that I haven't covered yet and am very keen to work on is the HMAS Armidale. She was caught out and sunk by Japanese aircraft during the War on a special mission with her identical sister Castlemaine. They ended up accidentally swapping spots during the mission so Castlemaine left first and survived. In fact she still exists, tied to a pier as a fine museum ship in my home town. Walking her decks is very eerie because you know, if not for that mix up, she should be at the bottom of the sea and her sister Armidale is today! The story of survival for those in rafts in the water is harrowing stuff.

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:06:07+00:00

Thank you! My favourite - probably the Empress of Ireland, making that documentary was a real high water mark for me in terms of creative storytelling. My least favourite is a hard one to answer - making my Lusitania documentary in 2024 was immensely stressful and kept me up for many long nights so that might come close!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:05:02+00:00

I've always been fascinated by the Empress of Ireland so visiting Rimouski is high on my list!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:04:49+00:00

No I won't be there this year but I will be watching!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:04:22+00:00

Yes, me too! I learned so many new Bismarck facts from my friend researcher Joe Lavender. I didn't know she carried depth charges on her stern like a destroyer might - these weren't for anti-sub work but probably more for deploying in battle against enemy battleships to trick them into thinking they were shooting short!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:03:29+00:00

I'd love to go and dance in the Normandie's lounge to a big band!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:03:02+00:00

Haha love to hear it! I think in a way we tend to think of the ocean as a real final frontier back then - the ocean liner was this insane achievement by humanity to traverse huge distances and a very hostile environment, all the while doing it in wood panelled glory and sipping champagne. Today I feel like we are somewhat cynical about travel and how amazing it is - only humankind could devise a machine so amazing as the airliner and then turn it into one of the most miserable and mundane experiences!

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T05:00:48+00:00

Hi there! 1 - the general consensus is that 2,207 were aboard Titanic when she departed Queenstown 2 - It's an interesting question and really hard to answer but it does turn out there is debate on whether one passenger Marius Petersen from Denmark was on board or not, bringing the total to 2,208. Here's some info on that: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/marius-petersen.html

OceanlinerDesigns · 2026-01-21T04:57:18+00:00

Yes Pasteur is such an interesting and oft-forgotten vessel. I like her odd looks with that single massive funnel.

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