MN Ernest Renan - Guide 441

All those funnels. You think she was compensating for something.

They weren't limited by conventional design.

Funnels (number, spacing, rake angle, and proportions) were an aesthetic element in ship design at the turn of the century. They are also related to engine power and therefore, to ship speed. There's a relationship with number of boilers but it's not one to one. Maybe this deserves another video? I think it's also related to steam conditions and whether you're burning coal or oil, but I haven't tried digging into the technical literature.

Builder: "How many guns do you need?"
America: "Yes!"

Builder: "How many funnels do you need?"
France: "Yes!"🤣

When you try your best to have more funnels than main battery guns

Which is worse?

"sold as scrap"

OR

"sunk as a target ship"?

That ship must be almost all engine. sm

French ships of this period remind me a lot of the Alliance "cruisers" from Firefly.

Still not quite as legendary as the unpronounceable French battleship Jauréguiberry!

When I saw the thumbnail I actually thought it was two three funnel ships with one ship just behind the other. But it is one ship with six funnels. Although I'll bet it could put up one hell of a smokescreen.

One of my favourite six-funnelled armoured cruisers!

I always think that these ships with two groups of funnels look like they have welded the front 2/3 of one ship to the rear 2/3 of another.

Amazing that that design lasted until 1930…. Definitely has an 1890 vibe to it

Informative that this warship was named for a famous antisemite.

Thank you, Drachinifel.

You do the Lord's Work in the rational way you present French ships. Many mock them simply for being French.

That was the result of the great funnel sale earlier that year.....

You see the stifling bureaucracy that was the cause of their downfall in World War II here

Do not mean to be picky but Ernest is very much pronounced in French as « earnest » is in English. Many thanks for your work in any case 😊

Christening this ship as Enest Renan is french gallic and also briton (from Brittany) idea .But it's , before all, a truely republican atheistic/agnostic symbol. Think that the RN would have christened a similar cruise as Charles Darwin (Descendance of man), Edward Gibbon (Decine Roman Empire) or George Razer (The Golden Bough ) or an author which matches better the polical idea.

I don't know why I have a sudden craving for funnel cake...?

Even The Great Eastern would blush at that number of funnels

Could someone explain to me why you'd want to have both 7.6" and 6.5" guns? Doesn't that seem rather silly?
Or is like the US Cleveland class cruisers that did something vaguely similar and it actually made sense there.

I don't like the channels that use AI reproductions, so I subscribe to your channel a while ago!

Yes, there's a poverty of funnels. Pity.

Its not a seagoing hotel this time... its a seagoing power station...

Awesome. I once again tender my request for a special on funnel design.
Keep up this awesome work. Thanks

Its in my top 3 best 6 funneled cruiser list!

At least she succeeded as a target ship and fish reef.

Great vid. Thank you

What an ugly ship, imo.

Oh Come On.... 25K views and only 3k likes?

And I thought 4 funnels was too many...

Fascinating!!

Imagine seeing that silhouette through a periscope? Hmm, vat ship is zis?

You can't spell "funnels" without "fun"! (I'll see myself out.)

Ah yes, the First of the French Funnel Farms!

Another incredibly weird French 🇫🇷 design,resembling a longer low hotel.

As Ian from Forgotten Weapons says: "The French copy no one, and no one copies the French."

One ship for the price of 2 !

I googled the ship to make sure I wasn't misled to think the thumbnail was a photoshop

My ADHD likes these 5 minute vids!! 😛😖🤯😂

Sunk as a target ship… The BIG question remains, did the funnels take any damage??

This is Her Majesty's Ship Defiant. What ship are you?

I'm Canadian, so I'll begin my comment by saying, : "I'm sorry to have to say, but... you so totally screwed the correct pronunciation of this name that my ears are hurting! And, maybe even bleeding!"
Try this: Ernest is pronounced like the German name Ernst. Only with an E between the n and the s... Ern"E"st Rommel. (The Romnel was planted there to remind you of who was called Ernst). Now, the Renan part is more difficult. Pay attention. Renan means "Rheiner" from the Rhein. With a name like that, the guy was probably from Alsace or Loraine. It's very Germanic for a French name. So, Renan. In French, and I know you have a good basic in French, when the letter A is followed by an N, the N is not pronounced, but the A is nasalized. If you are not able to nazalise an A, you are better pronouncing Renan as you read it. Ern'e'st Renan. Ernest Renā.
Sorry for the lecture. But after soooo many years listening to you butchering French names, I had to speak! Despite thar, I am, and will be in the future, a great fan of the channel.

Glad the old outro is still there, very nostalgic.

Hey Vern, I got a warship named in my honor…

Damn you and your oddly beautiful designs, France!

Pinned post for Q&A :)