Rms Titanic Whistle

[akeames]

Yeah, that's what they sounded like we they blew in St. Paul. But they didn't sound just like that back in the day, because they are badly corroded and bent from water pressure, and they didn't blow them full power. And they were saying we might be able to hear them across the river in Minneapolis, but we never did. LOL

[03cryptic]

Was there any proper audio recording of this event?

[Firecloud500]

they used compresed air instead of steam because of its fragility

[hotelmario510]

It's like some kind of unearthly death-groan.

[cggage]

I happened to be there that day. It was sad to hear it. Frankly, as far as sound quality goes, it was kind of lackluster.  Still, very historically significant and really reminded one of the tragedy.

[0VAMK0]

They should make a 1:1 Scale replica and Blow if for a few audio recordings using steam.

[sweens06]

It doesn't quite sound the same because this was done using compressed air, while the titanic used steam. Still epic tho!

[GWRjim]

i have have been facinated about her and her sisters for 7 years and to hear her whistle words cannot describe how that made me feel it literly made the hairs stand up on my neck and make my heart throb! that was such a beutiful sound

[sexymn1984]

I was there for that :)



[WatchdogDisciple]

@sexymn1984 God I bet it was sureal.

[taffydavenport1965]

very nice....and a bit eerie....

[menslady125]

That is a beautiful sound, and really has the potential, I think, to touch one's heart.

[slammajama22]

sounds like a dead whale

[5115heath]

I used to not like the Titanic but now, if i could, i would want to go on her.

[RedtailFox1]

it is a somewhat chilling feeling to hear that whistle blow, knowing the history of the ship and that the last time that those whistles were blown prior to recovery and restoration people were going to die

[metalmaker43]

that is a chilling experience to hear that......amazing to hear her voice!

[pennyf9]

They should make a full size replica and blow it on steam

[Jonasluverch]

how the hell did they find those whistles? i thought they were attached to the funnels and the funnels were no where to be found ._.

[crss45yy]

AWESOME! Voice of real Titanic...

[kirkconway]

@crss45yy

that's not suprising that the horn's sound like that.

it was the beginning of whistle technology in the late 19th, early 20th century.

they had whistles that could be heard about a mile or two,

but nothing more than that.

Queen Mary's horn's are a flat sounding vibrating tone,

that were designed to be heard ten mile's away.

[maridia]

Really Amazing

[CJCA915]

I had a chilling feeling when I heard that.

[roustaboob]

What a beautiful voice, RIP beautiful lady and all that accompany you.......

[SSPoseidon846]

There is nothing more lovely than hearing the Titanic's actual voice.

[Jonasluverch]

what a beautiful sound!

[Chasedad]

I was there too. It was a fun day in St. Paul.

[Romerjon17]

I wish they design a new Titanic :)

Same Design

Same everything :)

Put that whistle on the Titanic will come true :)

[starball23]

@Romerjon17 The "Titanic 2" should look the same, only safer and bigger

[Gunny761]

@starball23 A South African tycoon named Sarel Gous had the same thought and tried to build one in 2000. He didn't get very far, since most people (including Titanic survivors) thought it was a bad idea, and current shipping regulations don't permit ships of that design any longer since there are too many fire hazards and the lifeboats are slung too far above the waterline, among other things.

[nicholswmj]

Fantastic thing to hear on this anniversary day of Titanic's last day in the sun.

[dagwood387]

Yes Shaanongreene that's Titanic's real whistles. They were recovered and cleaned up a bit, and sounded just this one time. They pumped air through them instead of steam though, because they thought the steam could possibly damage them.

[Titanic19127]

Awesome!

[shaanongreene]

is that it's REAL horn??

[SSPoseidon846]

@shaanongreene Certainly is my friend

[shaanongreene]

@SSPoseidon846  interesting.. thanks for replying! :)

[tweetsie12190fan]

@shaanongreene yes

[LNERMallard]

@shaanongreene Yep, it is the original, authentic WHISTLE from the RMS Titanic.

[crazyracer12]

@shaanongreene Yep, recovered from the wreck and blown one last time to commemorate her loss.

[Bonygasse]

@shaanongreene it's not a horn, it's a whistel :)

[EGGFORT]

Titanic, Pearl harbor, Alcatraz, all the places are being put to rubble and Alcatraz might not survive.

[alexandthomas]

epicccc

[evilwarcow]

I wish that I could get me one of these to go creeping up to some one and make them mess them selves and mess them selves hard.

[kurtarmbruster]

Hey, Kurt, good to hear from you. Low note is C#, upper is G, but it seems to me that one of the three chimes isn't sounding, so what the full chord is is anybody's guess. Remember, too, that blowing these with air sounds VASTLY different than they would with expanding steam. Cheers!

[Peter43John]

I would love to blow that EVERY time one of the idiots goes down my street, especially in the summer, with their mobile noice poluters-I mean CAR STEREOS!!

[TheJoker38941]

very beautiful shape amazing how well they restored it. i am very impressed.

[JoshhLyons]

looks like hannukah candles

[MultiDollar1234]

cool

[4freespeech]

Talk about a VOICE FROM THE TOMB!

(Ballard brought this up from the original Titanic wreck, 12,000 ft down)

[afmara]

I was at this event in St. Paul. It was the first time the whistle was publicly sounded after its restoration. It was an amazing sound to hear...very, very moving.

[btomimatsucunard]

what would it have sounded like it it was at 100%

[ijnfleetadmiral]

@btomimatsucunard The whistles would have blown out every window in that building. On departure day they were literally heard for miles. These whistles can never again be blown at 100% due to how fragile they are.

[HGM1138]

@ijnfleetadmiral The whistles had a sound range of 10 miles, rattling the windows of Southampton when it left dock on April 10.

Probably broke the eardrums of everyone aboard, too.

[Notawesomeatall7]

Pretty moving

[vivienleigh1097]

Im sorry but we really need to get all the stuff that is donw their and bring it up becuase as that perosn down thurr said.. it will be gone soon..and theirs ALOT of history on it

[giantguy666]

My god, i have shivers in the back, ^^

[jtoache]

after many years under wather works very well, i imagine be infront of the whistle and ear was fantastic

[SouthshoreVice]

I saw some old newsreel from the 30s that had Olympic blasting its horns, would Titanic have the exact same horns?

[ijnfleetadmiral]

@SouthshoreVice More than likely.

[starball23]

@SouthshoreVice I would think so

[starball23]

is this the real whistle from Titanic or just a replica?

[NHSActor]

@starball23

That is the real thing, raised from the Ocean Floor in 1998, and shown here in 1999.

[penguintanic]

sweet



[SuperZardos]

The sound of the whistle hurts my heart. The voice of Titanic...

[VWman100]

How could they get it to work????? Thats amazing, and sad. :( The sound was just beautiful :)

[guitarsncarz]

There shouldn't be cheering after the whistle, there should be a moment of silence...

[Navi6351]

WoW

[PlanesTrainsAutos]

Should have ran it on steam like it was on the titanic itself

[CameraShyLimited]

@PlanesTrainsAutos Steam would have destroyed the whistle.

[bobojojo55]

the titanic had 4 working whistle's i wish they would make 4 of them and blow this one first o a live new's cast so the whole world could hear the R.M.S titanic whistle in H.D!!!

[kurtarmbruster]

Sounds like one of the three bells is not chiming in--I suspect with adjustment we'd hear a full chord of more majestic character. Glad this is being preserved and displayed. Thanks for sharing. Kurt.

[guitboxchicken]

@kurtarmbruster Does anyone know what chord her whistle was tuned to?

[bobojojo55]

i wish they would build a nother titanic with these whistles but first fix the whistles.

[ahnbra]

I wish I would have been there in person to hear it sound. I wish the ship had never sank. I wish it would have been damaged badly and had to be repaired and still brought about the saftey changes that the sinking brout fourth.

[gobcrane]

OMG ,I Am a HUGE Titanic FAN and this complied me , hearing the lost whistle of the titanic

[gobcrane]

OMG ,I Am a HUGE Titanic FAN and this complied me , hearing the lost whistle of the titanic

[MasterBattle2000]

Titanic's horn sounds ghostly

[xeronicus]

aye, almost like its crying in shame.

[TheDarkmaster2040]

@xeronicus thats cause it probably is its sad

[TheDarkmaster2040]

@xeronicus thats cause it probably is its sad

[TheDarkmaster2040]

@xeronicus thats cause it probably is its sad

[TheDarkmaster2040]

@xeronicus it most likely is

[flocked]

I was there! I cried. Just thinking of all the lives lost and the last time it blew was when the RMS Titanic was sinking... so tragic.

[kaibcxkf]

Titanic's original whistle can't be blown at full pressure due to implosion damage, not age. The water pressure is so massive at Titanic's grave that the whistle's internal components were crushed. There is a recording of a "replica" whistle on YouTube. It's Mauretania's original whistle, blown at full pressure steam using modern recording equipment. Both ships' whistles were identical in 1912.

[mwang166]

cool

[SteelRainAssault]

my mom was there with my dad

[122cadet]

omg i was there that day i never seen downtown st.paul that crazy loads of people all over. my grand pa said that was not loud at all, ship horns in duluth are louder then that. well they are. it was fun to see that anyways.

[fonephat]

122cadet; they ddn't want to damage the whistle. so they blew it at low pressure. I was there also.I am from Duluth,your grand pa is right the boat horn are pretty loud in Duluth .

[Dolphindream15]

is that the oringal whistle from the titanic that they salavaged  from the ocean floor

[donaldengine9]

@Dolphindream15: It's one of the 3 whistles that Titanic had on-board when she sank, and this is the one they salvaged.

[MrTwinCities]

I was there in St. Paul when it happened

[Anie1987]

I was too! I was just about to say that. I was standing right next to that pillar in the background. I had to cover my ears partly because it was so loud.

[mcr0928]

where is the whistle now?

[five0fan]

It is in the Titanic Museum at NYC

[SDSpike]

I was there. Notice the woman plugging her ears at first. THey all instructed us to cover our ears that it was going to be deafenly LOUD!!! It wasn't. We had to uncover them tto hear it. There were somme guys in the apartmentsup above banging on drums ocasionally and hollering to "Blow the whistles". People were dressed in clothes of 1912. Ladies in big hats with feathers. men in old suits. And after the whitsles blew it was a mad rush getting out 2 smallish gates.

[bosser231]

they should raise the titanic!!

[fonephat]

bosser231; Go rent the movie;Raising The Titanic.

[Zebonka]

Raiiiiise the ship already ..... chop it to pieces if necessary.

[Sartori]

It's in pieces... and the entire stern half is completely pulverized.

[tkunkel4395]

@Sartori what do you expect? it's from 99 years ago!

[2011stockholm]

the stern was badly damaged because of the air trapped inside it caused it to rip apart on its way to the seafloor

[MCOvronnaz]

@Sartori Not completely; the stern bit is still quite recognizeable!

But it's true that most of it is completely crashed off.

[MissLanaDawson]

how did they restore the whistle?

[mrsobiwan18]

I am so happy someone took a video of this! I remember being there when this happened--I was only eight at the time--and it was still an amazing experience. There were soooo many people!

[stewie13]

they did not use steam for fear of cracking the caseing

[koffeF]

Amazing!

[TheNatedog2004]

so that is the original whistle from the titanic movie huh !??! :D

[Dirtboy101]

No... The original whistle from the Titanic.

[wonderglory]

Oh my word!

[Mitsugejl]

The sound of this horn in 1912 is supposed to be higher in pitch, they have reduced the airpressure because they were affraid of blowing the horn to pieces. Anyone who know if this is true?

[DCnightcrawler]

Yes. Actually, the tone would be louder and richer with full-pressure steam. The hot steam would heat and enlarge the chambers. The high tone would be higher and the bass deeper. The volume would be much louder also. This is still essentially what it sounded like. There was fear that decades of corrosion under water might have weakened the whistles, making them fragile under full pressure.

[Dirtboy101]

If they made working replicas, I would buy one in a heart beat! My neighbors would probably murder me though.

[Trifu22]

i have a train whistle in my back yard :D se my youtube account

[bmoreravens12]

@Dirtboy101 LOL this just made my day. :)

[railsrust]

@Dirtboy101 There's a guy named Mike Daugherty in the United States who makes whistles for a living. He could make a replica for a few thousand dollars. Look up MDWhistles.

[lauriemama]

@Dirtboy101 thats the origanal. they brought it up from the wreck :D i was there

[ichammike]

How big are these whistles?

[ichammike]

What size are those whistles.

[playswithorgans]

Really the only difference in sound with steam blown whistles as opposed to whistles blown on compressed air is the fullness and richness of the sound. Hot steam has a density much greater than air alone, giving it more molecules in a tighter area to "rub" the metal. It's a much fuller sound with steam definitely great to hear them on air though especially the ones too special to subject to the heat and damage of steam.

[Pokazenybudik93]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[minicoop09]

I was also there that day. I was maybe 7. If that. Its cool to see/hear it again now that I can better understand what really happened with the ship.

[AceP40]

I was there in St. Paul that day, it's cool to see this video! thanks for posting! It was surprisingly quiet, everyone had their ears plugged, but once they started going, it was like "oh, that's not so bad!" It would be cool if they made some replicas and blew them with steam, that'd be cool to hear too.

[norpollo]

verga!

[Dynamitedeal123]

hey ibook3503332 the titanic is gonna be gone in 91 years from deterioration, dont you want a part of it to be preserved for the generations to come and learn about the people who died so they're never forgotten.

[thewillforpower]

do you know if the tone is right? they use high pressure air here, but steam is hot and im sure the metal had to expanded alittle everytime they blew them, its cool to hear it after all these years though

[2076839]

i wish they maid another titanic

[pieman97405]

As do I, and Olympic too.

[hopper1]

It has been contemplated. Popular Mechanics magazine had an article on it years ago.

[chibichan1701]

@2076839 They did, the Olympic, and the Britannic were sister ships to the Titanic, nearly identical in builds.

[darkhound891]

@2076839 that would be ba luck if tey do on the new titanic if they make it

[banjoman483]

@2076839 I would love for them to build one, but coming from experience working on a steam ship (coincidentally the engines on my ship were used in the movie titanic) it would not be feasable in this age to do it the techniques needed are not there any more some of the skills used in building titanic have been lost to time or are becoming lost. and it would cost so much to recreate an exact copy and also run it would not be in any way feasable.

[banjoman483]

@2076839 however I do wish they would build a full size working replica of one of her engines, that would be done at great expense but it still could be done today!

[NoThBand]

@2076839 They have. Actually two of them and they are both bigger.

The Titanic had two sister-ships: Olympic and Gigantic (later Britannic)

[1912RMSTITANIC]

@2076839 I think some one will in the future. Maybe Cunard could make a new Titanic.

[MrFelt1000]

log on to .titanic cruise

[cumminsturbofan101]

@2076839 talk to Cunard about that one lol, make it a modern day themed Titanic paint it original colors, use a replica of this whistle for the horn and of course let it trump the Allure of the seas and be nuclear power and jet propelled azimuth thrusters instead of props yes this ship would cost a fortune probably a easy 2-3 billion or so but honestly with as many Titanic geeks like us out there they would make their money back quickly

[sanderrodijk]

I disagree....put als many as objects to the surface to learn our mistakes in that time. In a few years the titanic will be gone except the ankers, who will last forever.

[Dynamitedeal123]

hey sanderrodijk the anchors are gonna be gone too, its gonna take a while longer, but nothing escapes time and decay.

[Lefty824]

amazing...

[TitanicaGirl96]

Wow incredible! I've herd this elsewhere before, but never saw video. where you there personally? and when and where was it? It is a very sad sound, considering I am a pure titanic freak. It's hard to think that was the first time it's been heard since April 10, 1912.

[TitanicaGirl96]

I also am one of the lucky few who go to touch it. I went to a titanic exibit when i was 3 with my family. My mother placed me next to the piece of hull and I wondered what it was, then, slapped my hand to it. I still remember the look on my mom's face. The greatest day of my life.

[snowblindburd]

Isn't it amazing to know you touched a piece of that beauty? I have once as well. It's surreal.

There is a Titanic exhibit nearby where I am right now and I have been aching to go again.

[microbusss]

SWEET! I wondered if they blew that whistle! should get a steam generator & hook it up to that!

[elrodjones]

Such a sad sound....

[raymondleeleggs]

they should bring up the Britannic's whistle, along with one of her funnels!

[pieman97405]

It probably was cut up with the rest of the ship, but by some off chance was the whistle from the Olympic saved?

[Ourumov66]

that truly was incedible to hear that never thought i would nice job

[mmichaelc]

It sounded nice but where's the steam? I didn't see any.

[OlympicClassDandy]

The whistle is running on compressed air in the video, which is actually typical when you're testing only the whistle on a steam engine. And plus, considering the age of this beauty, perhaps it would have been a bad idea to put steam through her pipes again.

[mmichaelc]

Here in Port Huron,MI every fall they have a steamship whistle show. They use steam to sound the whistle's. I missed the show last year. One of the whistle's is from the former Bob-lo Boat S.S.Columbia built in 1902 that would make her 107 years old. The Ste Clair was her sister ship built in 1910 she is being restored. In the summer of 07 we had ran the steam whistle on compressed air in our case she didn't sound the same as she did with steam but it was GREAT to hear her again!

[mmichaelc]

Too feel her deck plates shake is a feeling I just can't put into words just a tear to my eye. I'm planning to go up north for the Steamship Whistle Show this year. Thanks for posting this video.

[OlympicClassDandy]

That sounds wonderful! I wouldn't mind trying to make it there one of these years... Live steam is great. Thanks for sharing that!

[mmichaelc]

When I find out the date you like my to forward it to you ? It would be no problem

[OlympicClassDandy]

That would be great, thanks!

[carsbuff]

what a mighty voice!

[OlympicClassDandy]

Indeed! Thankfully, a lot of technology such as this steam whistle featured on the the Titanic didn't require electricity (unlike today), so it was all mechanical, which enables artifacts like this to still work when they're in good enough condition!

[Zaktan12]

AWESOME!!!

[linkfan95]

they recovered this from the ocean and it still works after its been down there for about 96 years???HOLY CRAP.....

[DeltaPhi79]

Whistles tend to be blown on steam and i see none so i assume this was done on air. Sounds nice, but if only it could sound like the one in the 1997 movie!

[firestar124]

The one in the movie sounds nothing like a steam whistle.

[DeltaPhi79]

Just mentioning it. I don't know what a whistle THAT big would sound like.

[darthsentinel]

Although the sound is beautiful, it's also strangely haunting... It sounds almost like a ghostly echo emanating out of a grave in a misty, long forgotten cemetery... As stated below, creepy.

[tsuyoshi15]

or a ghost ship

[prego666]

its just creepy...makes me cry a bit...

[dking987]

lol thats the sound of the titanic

'look at the size of the ship!'

'booooooop >:-)'

'... lets not go on that ship'

[Mewtario]

Actually, the ship sounded different then. MUCH different. Much higher.

[steveoflyz]

were you even alive when it was still afloat?

[Mewtario]

No, but I get information from some of the best sources of Titanic info out there. The Titanic Research & Modeling Association, their trustees, and their books and plans set some pretty high standards for Titanic info.

[seattlespartyguy]

When Titanic was sinking, and they could clearly see the lights of the "californian" why didn't they (while sending up distress rockets) sounds all of Titanic's whistles? Clearly....being a quiet night and being less tan 5 miles away... the other should would have heard and perhaps made more notice?

[stewie13]

but you have to remember the whistle was blown with steam and at the time they saw the Californian she had no steam in her boilers so even if they needed to they could not

[Caspinovish]

It is beautiful! But at the same time its som sort of scary.

[Motorfordtoyota]

That sound is the 8th wonder of the world,

Very Beuatiful

[GreatBroly]

is it the real sound of the titanic?

[mickeymoose76]

yes...

[jmarch890]

Way Cool

[theshipman]

Titanic's voice reaches my ears for the first time. Beautiful.....

Should'ive used steam though.

[mazekyle]

man....that horns a BLLLLOWIN!!!!!!!!!!!!