Fun fact : this whistle is actually the same exact type of whistle that was on the Olympic class which were the ships Olympic Titanic and Brittanic. So if you were wondering what the whistle of the titanic sounded like in high quality this is it
@@buzzytrains9037 dumbass have you ever heard an old recording up close? It sounds way damn worse, examples , SS Bremen and the One of two Marutainia Recordings along with Aquitainia’s whistle
@Jake Folk I'd say the original olympic video was filmed at a correct distance but the quality isn't as good. in my opinion the one video of mauretania's whistle is better
There is something oddly chilling, yet melancholy, when the voice of a long dead liner is sounded out. For the whistle was and is a ships voice. This and the video of Titanic's whistles blowing instantly give you a feeling of what I may have been like to watch one of these liners depart in their heyday.
Back in the mid 1980s, a local lad who worked for a local mill took the whistle home with him when it shut down. One day he attached it to his steam engine and at noon let her rip. By and by about a half dozen retirees walked toward the whistle like pavlovian zombies, just like they had done for decades before.
R.I.P. Normandie. A mighty ship with a soul and even though she is physically gone, her figurative voice beckons through the world she once sailed through day after day, taking her guests to their new experiences and lives.
No. That is NOT a voice of a ship. That is a WHISTLE or HORN of a ship. The voice is actually when they speak. If you are wondering "What? Ships can't talk!" well, they actually can. They are just hiding their faces from you to make you think that they are an inanimate object. And they actually want you to know that. Until... THREE SISTERS eventually comes out.
This is the closest we could ever get to the Olympic/Titanic/Britannic, and Lusitania in full steam, at close range, since this is the same type of whistle.
Just found this out, if you watch the video of the Olympic sailing into NYC in 1934, when see calls out, the whistles on her sound similar to the whistles in this video
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial 20 years manufacturing difference, 150 pounds lighter check out the aquitania whistle for a better comparison ruclips.net/video/dDzPIJrLYWA/видео.html
+Harrison Taylor (ARC9652) No, the closest thing would be the Titanic's actual whistle which was salvaged from the ocean bed. They blew it once at the Union Hall after salvaging it so that everyone could hear it. They said they have no plans to blow it ever again. :(
MetalGoby I've already seen the videos. The Titanic's whistle was found in 1997 and had it run on compressed air, not steam. Because there was a possibility that the whistle would be severely damaged by steam because of it being almost 100 years old and was underneath the surface of freezing cold water and immense pressure of the c-level.
This is the same whistle as was used on the Titanic, RMS Lustitania and RMS Mauretania, among other large ships from the UK. The Titanic whistle was assembled from parts of the whistles on the ship's stacks which broke up upon impact with the ocean floor. These parts were sent to Kahlenberg Brothers in Two-Rivers WI., blueprinted, checked fully and assembled. Good news is you can now purchase replicas of this whistle directly from Kahlenberg. At $28,000 a pop, good deal. I will be purchasing one to display in my livingroom and take to whistle blows here on the east coast. Although they weigh in at 700+ pounds, they can be disassembled for transport.
I remember reading somewhere that the Normandie's boilers had a pressure of 200-300lbs per square inch each, so there used to be quite a lot of steam behind these whistles. Not sure on the flow rate, but I'm sure it could be quite a lot, particularly if these were used during fog, when they'd be sounded every few minutes. Incidentally, the Normandie had both whistles and tyfon-style horns, all run by steam. It was the case then, as was now, to have more than one sounding device, just in case the main one failed, and in a lot of cases many had a dedicated foghorn too. Shipping regulations demand you have a working horn or whistle, so if you get caught without one, the fines can be stiff and it's just unsafe anyway, so it pays to have a backup. I suspect these whistles were included on the ship as a nod to tradition by the shipbuilders, for all the sounding devices could've just been steam horns, but the Normandie was very much the pride of France, so they went that extra mile to give her a good set of whistles, and they certainly have a unique tone, so if they went off in harbor, you'd know it was the Normandie.
How wonderful to see this..and for more people becoming aware of this magnificent liner, which really was the most advanced and beautiful vessel of the 20th century. There is nothing like steam to make a whistle sound 'alive' Modern air horns.... well you know...
Wow Wow Unbelievable Sound To Hear The Voice Of This Beautiful Ship After All The Years The Ship Has Gone (Excellent) To Have Heard These Powerful Ship's Horn's Of The SS Normandie
History aside.Want i love about these videos,is how passionate people come across when they talk about it in comments.going to steam engine vids,it's the same.It's a fascinating part of sociology.One man's passion is another man's boredom.Marvelous :D
Most beautiful Oceanliner of ALL TIME! Today's cruise ships (and of course I know the difference between the two) look like a building floating on her side!😳
I recall that this was the whistle from that aft funnel. The forward funnel had the main twin Tyfon whistles which were incredibly loud. This may be the aft docking whistle.
+Chris Shippam Yes, The two main whistles were on the forward funnel and much louder and deeper than this whistle. As posted, this whistle was placed on the aft portion of the 3rd funnel.
For those unaware, Titanic II is being built by an Aussie billionaire and set to launch in 2022. You can be sure she’ll have the same sound as the original. Even period clothing will be provided to passengers to wear during the voyage.
@collins113061 The ship this whistle is off is a very famous ocean liner called the S.S. Normandie, while being converted to carry troops over seas to fight WWII, she caught fire and was destroyed. The whistle must've been salvaged from the wreck.
The way I look at it, this is Normandie’s way of telling the us navy “YOU HAVENT SEEN THE LAST OF ME”!!! Bunch of thieves.. I will never EVER regard her as USS Lafayette. Ever. Always SS Normandie. May she rest in eternal peace. 💙💙💙 May her voice live on.
@@CheesyDud since a lot of ships at the time used parts of very similar origin, the possibility of this being the "same" as the whistles on Titanic is very high
Becuase it was blown using compressed air, titanic's whistle would sound alot more like this if it was used on steam, but it would cause damage to the whistle.
I don't really like how all these videos are all up close because the camera's audio sounds distorted due to just how loud it is, so you never know how it truly sounds
If this had been Normandie's horns, there's no way they would have allowed anyone that close. Such proximity would create serious and permanent hearing damage.
how does it exist? the story i heard was that someone grabbed it out of the scrap pile and got it to an aficionado of whistles--who recognized its value and saved it. brings it out at most twice a year. in the youtube search window, type in ( pratt steam ) and you'll see a bunch of videos from the once /year use. pratt is a college in brooklyn.
If they would have had some more experienced "pullers" they could have gotten a much more wonderful whistle sound out of it...It is a balance of pull and release, with a gentle touch, and your can just make those whistles "sing." Hopefully that will happen next time.
It's from Normandie. The person who said it came from Titanic is just wrong. Its history is in the comments i posted below, and the "custodian" of the whistle is reliable with facts, IMHO.
Poor S.S. Normandie. She was a truly marvelous ship, in my opinion one of the most beautiful ever built. It’s sad that she suffered such a premature end to her career. It’s nice to get to hear her whistles though.
This is the closet to the original titanic horn you can pretty much get it was steam like the original so it’s a lot better then that one from 1999 this is pretty much almost exactly what the titanic sounded like when it left port in Southampton
similar, 20 years manufacturing difference, and a bit smaller in size. i think titanic's would sound more like aquitania ruclips.net/video/dDzPIJrLYWA/видео.html
Fun fact : this whistle is actually the same exact type of whistle that was on the Olympic class which were the ships Olympic Titanic and Brittanic. So if you were wondering what the whistle of the titanic sounded like in high quality this is it
high quality my ass, they should have filmed this like a block or 2 away...
@@buzzytrains9037 dumbass have you ever heard an old recording up close? It sounds way damn worse, examples , SS Bremen and the One of two Marutainia Recordings along with Aquitainia’s whistle
@Jake Folk it's not the realism it's the sound quality. microphone dies if you have a super loud ship steam whistle going off 2 meters away
@Jake Folk it's high quality distortion. which is y'know kinda crappy...
@Jake Folk I'd say the original olympic video was filmed at a correct distance but the quality isn't as good. in my opinion the one video of mauretania's whistle is better
There is something oddly chilling, yet melancholy, when the voice of a long dead liner is sounded out. For the whistle was and is a ships voice. This and the video of Titanic's whistles blowing instantly give you a feeling of what I may have been like to watch one of these liners depart in their heyday.
bmused55 Well the ship the whistle here belonged to did burn and sank at one of the piers in new york so
It's so true, I imagined how it must've sounded in NY harbor.
Ships are the closest an inanimate object can come to having a soul.
@@TheNightWatcher1385 Well, maybe a steam train as well.
@Derekanic : Owch
The fact they actually did it on steam makes it so much better
Oh yes.
Back in the mid 1980s, a local lad who worked for a local mill took the whistle home with him when it shut down. One day he attached it to his steam engine and at noon let her rip. By and by about a half dozen retirees walked toward the whistle like pavlovian zombies, just like they had done for decades before.
They did it on steam too, absolutely beautiful.
I'm glad cause they don't have the same sound
I'm on a ship horn spree. Needless to say, this is the weirdest, yet greatest you tube spree I have ever been on.
same
same here
in trying to get on a lifeboat lowering one.
R.I.P. Normandie. A mighty ship with a soul and even though she is physically gone, her figurative voice beckons through the world she once sailed through day after day, taking her guests to their new experiences and lives.
I thought the Normandie used 575 Tyfon steam horns.
It never occurred to me ocean liner whistles were salvaged. I'm glad this stuff has been preserved.
g bridgman Mauretania’s whistle is intact. It was put on a mill then bought by a private collector.
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial wish he would take it out to whistle blows and give us a high quality recording unlike the one in the 80s
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial NORMANDIE Never Actually had this type of whistle it was more like the queen marys
The voice of a ship
A deep voice
Yree
If the ship is a heavy metal screamer
Not just any, the mother of all super ocean liners
No. That is NOT a voice of a ship. That is a WHISTLE or HORN of a ship. The voice is actually when they speak. If you are wondering "What? Ships can't talk!" well, they actually can. They are just hiding their faces from you to make you think that they are an inanimate object. And they actually want you to know that. Until... THREE SISTERS eventually comes out.
This is the closest we could ever get to the Olympic/Titanic/Britannic, and Lusitania in full steam, at close range, since this is the same type of whistle.
Just found this out, if you watch the video of the Olympic sailing into NYC in 1934, when see calls out, the whistles on her sound similar to the whistles in this video
Made by the same company and also what titanic would have sounded like :)
thweepz Nope, these are a bit higher in pitch than Titanic/Olympic’s.
@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial 20 years manufacturing difference, 150 pounds lighter check out the aquitania whistle for a better comparison ruclips.net/video/dDzPIJrLYWA/видео.html
It’s the same one just from a different ship
Oye
Wow, wow, wow, the voices of the dead. How they can still speak to our hearts!
but they can indeed ! It reminds me a poem from Lamartine saying "inanimated objects, do you have a soul that links to our soul and force us to love"
Thoroughly enjoyed that a true BLAST FROM THE PAST from a great liner that didn't have to die in the way she did.
Nice to see steam being used
@Derekanic the Titanic’s salvaged whistle used compressed air instead of steam when recovered for fear of damage.
@Derekanic i just put it in more detail
Remember these parts of an ship:
Whistle: Voice
Bell: Heart
Thats all I can think off :/
propellers:legs or wings,I don't knew
Ship: the body itself
Bridge: brain or eyes
Nah the engines are the heart
@@romaniaball3084 it'd say that the boilers are.
So this is physically the closest thing to the Titanic's whistle
+Harrison Taylor (ARC9652) No, the closest thing would be the Titanic's actual whistle which was salvaged from the ocean bed. They blew it once at the Union Hall after salvaging it so that everyone could hear it. They said they have no plans to blow it ever again. :(
2509SilverLink I know. What I meant was closest sound to the Titanic's whistle on steam
ARC9652 Productions the closest is Titanic own whistle. You can search it on You tube "Titanic horn" :)
MetalGoby I've already seen the videos. The Titanic's whistle was found in 1997 and had it run on compressed air, not steam. Because there was a possibility that the whistle would be severely damaged by steam because of it being almost 100 years old and was underneath the surface of freezing cold water and immense pressure of the c-level.
This is the same whistle as was used on the Titanic, RMS Lustitania and RMS Mauretania, among other large ships from the UK. The Titanic whistle was assembled from parts of the whistles on the ship's stacks which broke up upon impact with the ocean floor. These parts were sent to Kahlenberg Brothers in Two-Rivers WI., blueprinted, checked fully and assembled. Good news is you can now purchase replicas of this whistle directly from Kahlenberg. At $28,000 a pop, good deal. I will be purchasing one to display in my livingroom and take to whistle blows here on the east coast. Although they weigh in at 700+ pounds, they can be disassembled for transport.
I remember reading somewhere that the Normandie's boilers had a pressure of 200-300lbs per square inch each, so there used to be quite a lot of steam behind these whistles. Not sure on the flow rate, but I'm sure it could be quite a lot, particularly if these were used during fog, when they'd be sounded every few minutes.
Incidentally, the Normandie had both whistles and tyfon-style horns, all run by steam. It was the case then, as was now, to have more than one sounding device, just in case the main one failed, and in a lot of cases many had a dedicated foghorn too. Shipping regulations demand you have a working horn or whistle, so if you get caught without one, the fines can be stiff and it's just unsafe anyway, so it pays to have a backup.
I suspect these whistles were included on the ship as a nod to tradition by the shipbuilders, for all the sounding devices could've just been steam horns, but the Normandie was very much the pride of France, so they went that extra mile to give her a good set of whistles, and they certainly have a unique tone, so if they went off in harbor, you'd know it was the Normandie.
How wonderful to see this..and for more people becoming aware of this magnificent liner, which really was the most advanced and beautiful vessel of the 20th century.
There is nothing like steam to make a whistle sound 'alive' Modern air horns.... well you know...
Wow Wow Unbelievable Sound To Hear The Voice Of This Beautiful Ship After All The Years The Ship Has Gone (Excellent) To Have Heard These Powerful Ship's Horn's Of The SS Normandie
It's not the Normandie's. It used tyfon 575 steam horns.
Well that is her refitted horns she actually used the whistle before she got refitted with tyfon horns
all steamers have allmust have a same whistle
and wow it feels like normendies soul is still in that whisle :)
History aside.Want i love about these videos,is how passionate people come across when they talk about it in comments.going to steam engine vids,it's the same.It's a fascinating part of sociology.One man's passion is another man's boredom.Marvelous :D
Just wonderful!!
The most beautiful ship of her time
Most beautiful Oceanliner of ALL TIME! Today's cruise ships (and of course I know the difference between the two) look like a building floating on her side!😳
@SlayFNX SS Normandie, SS United States, RMS Titanic, RMS Queen Mary are my personal favorites.
@@EskimoCanadian44 My personal favorite is the SS Rex
I recall that this was the whistle from that aft funnel. The forward funnel had the main twin Tyfon whistles which were incredibly loud. This may be the aft docking whistle.
+lasuvidaboy Were the forward whistles a low blast horn sound like a tuba blowing a low note?
+Chris Shippam Yes, The two main whistles were on the forward funnel and much louder and deeper than this whistle. As posted, this whistle was placed on the aft portion of the 3rd funnel.
@@lasuvidaboy The front funnel as you say had two Typhon whistles (horns) and a triple bell set like these but larger
@@shangani743 This is the triple bell set
For those unaware, Titanic II is being built by an Aussie billionaire and set to launch in 2022. You can be sure she’ll have the same sound as the original. Even period clothing will be provided to passengers to wear during the voyage.
Yes they said that since 2012 then just throw some low tier CGI interior space at you
yes but we only know what the original sounded like through olympics sound on youtube - and it was very distorted due to it being recorded on old tech
This sounds a tritone A-Eb, the Olympic/Titanic whistle only a step higher, B-F; not much difference!
I'm hearing one higher note in it
what would all 3 play together? now I'm curious, because you only listed two
this would have sounded so awesome if it was about a half mile away. way too close to even sound good ) :
Your right
Yes, probably sounds better at a distance and accross water
i suppose this is what Titanic's whistles were to sound like if they used steam.
It is the same design of whistles so other than potential changes, ya I guess so.
Yes.
Titanic and Olympic had a deep tone
Yes
If you want to hear what the Titanic actually sounded like here's a video
ruclips.net/video/YPnWFIi_k0A/видео.html
@collins113061 The ship this whistle is off is a very famous ocean liner called the S.S. Normandie, while being converted to carry troops over seas to fight WWII, she caught fire and was destroyed. The whistle must've been salvaged from the wreck.
Woaaah!! The Power of the Normandie!!!
The voice of a beautiful lady...what a privilege.
Beautiful
So beautiful that was
Fantastic!!!!
The way I look at it, this is Normandie’s way of telling the us navy “YOU HAVENT SEEN THE LAST OF ME”!!! Bunch of thieves.. I will never EVER regard her as USS Lafayette. Ever. Always SS Normandie. May she rest in eternal peace. 💙💙💙 May her voice live on.
Cameras after 2009 look so good but a year before it was like the same as the 90s
If you're referencing for video on youtube, I believe that was the year they made the switchover to allowing HD
It sounds like RMS titanic whistle
Almost identical and same pitch. This is what Titanic would sound like.
The Emerald Men Official Probably the same type of whistle
@@CheesyDud since a lot of ships at the time used parts of very similar origin, the possibility of this being the "same" as the whistles on Titanic is very high
The titanic sounded way calmer
Becuase it was blown using compressed air, titanic's whistle would sound alot more like this if it was used on steam, but it would cause damage to the whistle.
Awesome thank you
thank you for it
I have a large vintage framed b/w photo of SS. NORMANDIE entering New York harbour in my living room.
Me too !! It’s in my bathroom
The Perfect Whisle for the Coffee Pot Engine at My train station In 2021.
I don't really like how all these videos are all up close because the camera's audio sounds distorted due to just how loud it is, so you never know how it truly sounds
The 3 bell Smith-Hyson super whistle was standard on ships of that time. Titanic had it.
That’s cuz funnily enough this is to be a repost that’s is titanics whistle look it up
When this video was recorded, I wasn’t born yet.
*The very hooray of its soul lives on.*
Thats Amazing
I would like one of those whistles on my electric mobility scooter. That would make shopping an absolute pleasure.
lol, but you really want it to fall apart!? 750 pounds of brass would go nice on a trailer truck though
1:02
i need this as my alarm
Daammnn thats loud!
I like it
That had to be more awesome seeing that in person.
Dude, i would be wearing 2 forms of hearing protection for that
You could cook off of this one !
Yes in fact like the ship it self this whistle Caught on fire from being so hot! It was out out quickly Though.
WOW!!!
lol daaaamn. That’s louder than the RMS queen Mary’s whistle
Hermoso
The freakin smoke is big!
Still The SAMMMEEE... she has not died
the fact there's no footage of this whistle being blown from a distance that wouldn't result in distortion of the sound really bothers me
If this had been Normandie's horns, there's no way they would have allowed anyone that close. Such proximity would create serious and permanent hearing damage.
Earmuffs.
either the horns were damaged in the wreck, or some private collector owns it
I'm curious about steam pressure, and steam flow. It seems to spit 2 or 3 tons/hour !!
how does it exist? the story i heard was that someone grabbed it out of the scrap pile and got it to an aficionado of whistles--who recognized its value and saved it. brings it out at most twice a year. in the youtube search window, type in ( pratt steam ) and you'll see a bunch of videos from the once /year use. pratt is a college in brooklyn.
"You can't make the dead talk"
but in the 1936 video of last voyage the ss normandie has different horns I say that those horns are from the rms olympic right...?
It's too bad that on the anniversary they cannot use those whistles so often
Wow!!!!
1:00 Here we go
The sound of the whistle is drowned out by the sound of the steam blast.
love that sound. How could i make one of those?
With a lathe
about 200lbs of yellow brass, IE cartridge cases, some plans and a machine shop.
Are these smaller than the titanics? When they tested the titanic whistles it was at a lower pressure and I really want to hear the real pitches
a bit smaller in size, true size of titanic whistles blown on steam here ruclips.net/video/YPnWFIi_k0A/видео.html
I love steam horns, all the old coal mines here used air/steam horns for shift changes and emergencies, harkens back to a bygone era
DANG BOI!
What a beautiful sound
Disney Cruise Line Probably
Disney Cruise Line probably not to close the closest I’d say would be Olympic there may be old footage of it but idk
@@yamahaguy1732 footage right here ruclips.net/video/YPnWFIi_k0A/видео.html
Cool
1:02 the horn starts
Hora del almuerzo!!!!😅👌
That is the loudest whistle in my life!!!!!
Its brand new practically. so its very load! Now its not as load since its been blown so mu h
The power of steam ....
Soy fanático del Titanic pero el Normandie sin dudas es el mejor transatlántico de la historia...😍
esos cuernos no son del normandie
son del olympic
So happy they used steam!
Indeed. But to produce steam they needed to boil water by burning oil !
@@brunosertier4792 which is even cooler!!! Wish they would have used Coal!!!
Sounds noice
it's really jentil is caring to have price care of the normandy whistle is to revive it through the whistle message from france
If they would have had some more experienced "pullers" they could have gotten a much more wonderful whistle sound out of it...It is a balance of pull and release, with a gentle touch, and your can just make those whistles "sing." Hopefully that will happen next time.
Listening with head phones on now ears are ringing Lhh
Thx, Aromanze.
Nice
WOAH 😲
Thank you US. Government for destroying her. She sounds almost as beautiful as the Titanic.
By any chance do you know what organization looks after these whistles
they belong to a private individual who is old and infirm.
who else got this in their recomemded?
(13.Jun.2020)
the title says the whistle is from the "Normandie" but the comment says its from the "Titanic"
Where did it come from?
It's from Normandie. The person who said it came from Titanic is just wrong. Its history is in the comments i posted below, and the "custodian" of the whistle is reliable with facts, IMHO.
Does her whistles sound, just like Titanics, if they were blown using steam, at 200 psi?
Big boy whistle be like: 1:01
Interesting - In her distress, the Titanic didn't even sound her horn (Cameron)
but the normandie's horns in 1935 were like a tyfon style and there those horns look like those of the olympic
This is the exact same whistle the titanic used too!
How many miles can this be heard?
Poor S.S. Normandie. She was a truly marvelous ship, in my opinion one of the most beautiful ever built. It’s sad that she suffered such a premature end to her career. It’s nice to get to hear her whistles though.
agreed. too soon gone.
This is the closet to the original titanic horn you can pretty much get it was steam like the original so it’s a lot better then that one from 1999 this is pretty much almost exactly what the titanic sounded like when it left port in Southampton
"it’s a lot better then that one from 1999" This is Normandie's whistle and the one from 1999 was raised from the wreck of the Titanic
similar, 20 years manufacturing difference, and a bit smaller in size. i think titanic's would sound more like aquitania ruclips.net/video/dDzPIJrLYWA/видео.html
Noice