Bussard, 102 year old steamship blowing her whistle

[123retrogamer]

beautiful



[Squarerig]

Wait until you see the Twin Screw tug Portwey.Built in 1927 and still going strong-still coal fired.

[MultiDollar1234]

nice



[Fatstratmatt96]

What I wouldn't give to sail on a ship like that. What a beautiful piece of machinery!

[mccarthymcfamily]

cool i'v allways wanted to do that

[jonagilly]

Loved your quick video.

[druisteen2]

cargo ?

[selenabieberbabe]

its funny whean the horn blows thean the the whistle

[GoVNO1998]

I watch this almost every day,gotta love that sound...

[Tundraboy05]

xD I want it.

[Classicalguy12]

Thats nice.

[raymondleeleggs]

thats how the nomadic could be if they finish restoring her

[coolbeans1216]

that sounds like the titanic horn.

[BarryDennen12]

Come on Thunder Chiiiiiild!

[ursa41]

Now THAT is a classic!!! She sure has beautiful lines. They did an outstanding job in the restoration of this graceful steamship. I'm glad, because they sure don't built them like that anymore...

[granskare]

she looks to be in great shape!

[UBIQUEROL]

truely beautiful

[WhyAyeMann]

I like the little "tewt" at the end :)

[Oldsteamer2]

@WhyAyeMann "Bussard" served as a buoy-tender from 1905 till the 1970s, therefore the big crane on her foredeck. She was decommissioned and moored at the local maritime museum. Sadly they cut the prop off and welded the sterntube tight. After many years the idea took shape to steam her up again. Parts of the propshaft had to be rebuilt, which was very costly. Boiler and triple-expansion engine are still the original ones.

She is steamed up regularly in summer.

[bundytrombone]

That is really old for a steamship i hate to see them all either sunk or scrapped

[bugsier5]

gruss aus die niederlande!

von der bugsier 5 (1887 baujahr)

[gunther627]

At first i thought it was a train...

But thats just amazing!!

[BarryDennen12]

Hahah! ship whistles are so cool

BOOOOO BOOOOO BOOOOO

HOOOOOT HOOOOOOOOOOOT

[ilikepiex101]

that was so cool