The 3-Bell Smith Hyson Super Whistle, is made by Smith Hyson Bros company, these were applied to many ships along 1908-1935. Variants were made from 600 pound sets to 750 pound sets of brass. Since The RMS Titanic is the most popular 4 stacker online, its whistle is wanted to be heard. But the Titanic's whistle was not blown properly. As it was blown with 100 pounds of air. These whistles were designed for 200psi steam. There are lots of videos of these whistles blown properly. I just made a montage for every video i can find of them blown on steam.
I had the honor of hearing Titanic's whistles. A set was recovered from the ocean floor in 1993. In 1999, friends gifted us with St. Paul, Minnesota, Titanic Exhibit tickets. All the artifacts and the “Big Piece” were amazing to see. After 87 years, the voice of Titanic was once again heard when they were blown publicly to a standing-only crowd established to be over 10 thousand. They only expected 2 thousand. There was such a great response from the crowd that they blew them a second time. They stated that they would never be heard again. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
I seriously wonder if the people of Cherbourg, New York, and Southampton ever could ever tell that Olympic was in port just by her whistle without even seeing her iconic appearance
Almost every Transatlantic Liner had them so doubtful from just the whistle. It's not like with steam locomotives where each engineer had their own personal way of whistling(this practice is known as Quilling).
On a side note of recognizable horns. The James R Barker has one of the most recognizable ship horns I've ever heard and if you haven't heard it go look her up arriving in Duluth.
The sound of Olympic is pretty much what Titanic could've sounded like, since that was her sister ship. Those old whistles are really cool to hear. They sound like a train or semi truck.
Just in case you didn't know. If you want to hear the "real voice of Titanic", there is a clip of the event in 1999 where they blew the original whistles of Titanic, recovered from the seafloor.. It's both spooky and awe-inspiring.. 👍Sadly they had to use compressed air, because they feared the steam might damage the wistles, so it's not totally authentic but close enough! 😍
Fun Fact: The clip on the end with RMS Olympic was recorded on May 15, 1934. The clip shows the Olympic about to crash into Nantucket LV-117 in the New York City Harbor.
Exaxtly! The movietone newsreel broadcasted the ship coming into the harbor as the damage and crewmen were interviewed! ruclips.net/video/4Jaq9fnmMNI/видео.html&ab_channel=WilliamMurdochDotNet
@@TackyFlamingoI’m not qualified to understand/explain but it does make sense to me. They pick very specific frequencies (sound waves? Told you im unqualified…) that travel a certain way. As in, its not so loud that it destroys your ears, but its a certain frequency that travels *extremely* well for a long distance. A lot of research went into it im sure. Audio is very fascinating to me. Specifically the way that sound travels. It makes sense and yet I cant explain it.
Olympics and Mauritania sound good because they were recorded at a distance. You can't record these whistles close by right next to them. Recording equipment just vibrates. Ideally you stick you mics like at the back of the crowd or further and place the camera up close. This way you get the picture but your sound isn't ruined. This applies when doing video of steam tractors and locomotives. You don't want to be standing right next to it there either. My rule of thumb is about a semi length away from the tracks or whatever with my microphones.
Why are there no modern recordings from a mile away so the sound isn't distorted? I swear it's like these geniuses think that their video is better from inside the whistle 🙄
Because noone think these videos would make history or that these were *identical* to the titanic ones. Or they do have videos but they are not uploaded to youtube.
@@cmplx6114 That’s like saying that because a person sounds different between a recording done when they were 10, and a another when they were 30, it’s not the same person!
@@cmplx6114 actually, they do. Ship's whistles back then are like how car parts are today, contracted out to a company that specializes in manufacturing it. The shipbuilder simply assembles the parts and bolts them to the funnel. Also, the difference you're hearing between the Titanic and Aquitania recordings is 100 psi of air (Titanic) and 200 psi of steam (Aquitania). Kahlenberg, the company who was responsible for setting up the Titanic whistle blowing exhibition, decided that compressed air was best due to the whistles being submerged 2 and a half miles under the ocean for 96 years, and they didn't want to risk damaging them with steam. Hence why the sound is so different. If you compare Olympic and Aquitania, they sound very similar. Olympic's recording is most likely the closest we will get to what Titanic's whistles actually sounded like under steam
Thanks for these. First time a vid has brought tears to my eyes. I can't, don't want to, be piece we'll see or hear the likes of these again. The new liners may be bigger, more powerful - not to mention safer - than these ships ever were but.… God, were they beautiful.
From what I know The Titanic had a whistle on each stack the forward stack was the only working whistle, Just a thought did each set of boilers have a whistle , forward stack closest to the the wheel house.
Cada uno con su único sonido te llevan a un viaje en el tiempo donde me veo en el puerto y ver llegar cualquiera de estas hermosas naves entre la niebla . Ellas ya no están, pero sus voces nos siguen hablando y dejando oír lo que fueron
Tuning indicator on my phone is saying 38.6hz for the Olympic... I think there might be some shenanigans going on there? Queen Mary's horn is 55hz; and supposedly the lowest horn that could be allowed... Granted, standards have changed over time; but... would it be unreasonable to assume that the Olympic's true frequency would be around 77hz? Just a hypothesis :3
This is truly amazing, Thank you so much for presenting this, it was really exciting, to be able to hear these Horns and Whistles, and thank God these people thought enough about history, to SAVE THEM!!! Still, though, it's just not the same, being disembodied from the magnificence and GRANDEUR of the ship being there, too.
Imagine if trans and boats still has whistles. I wonder what it be like to always hear whistles now today. You hear that whistle in the distance that’s a freight train
Very Similar, while the Normandies's whistles are made by the same company, they are slightly smaller I believe, the most accurate comparison is the Olympic Whistle.
They brought Them back to life SO SAD THEY SUNK still they brought them back to reality..💓💓 i wish they didnt sunked :( and olympic didnt got scrapped :( so sad ALL STARLINES WILL BE MISSED :( 💓💓
On the Mauritania clip you can see a tug boat and I couldn’t find clips of that tug anywhere. Because I am going to make one. And I needed some angles and details for the tug.
It isn't. It was a misconception someone had due to it's pitch. It is Normandie's, and you can tell by looking at a photograph of Olympic's whistles (There was one on NMNI but they messed with their site making it harder to find things in their collection) and comparing the tops of the whistles to the ones in the video. They don't match.
You can actually find the photograph very easily on Google. If you can't locate the picture Titanic's is identical, has the same shape on the top. You can compare the tops to the one in the video, there's a break in the steam that allows you to see the top of the center one briefly around the 3:21 mark.
@@LexLucario7922 the ships all had the same make of whistle, that particular set may have been fitted on the Normandie, but it's virtually the exact same as the one on the Olympic, the Titanic, the Britannic, you name it. The only factor that changes the sound of those whistles is the pressure of the steam that passes through them.
They had the same whistle. Not the same sound. Also the video you might've been watching probably had damaged audio. (I could be wrong on the last bit)
The 3-Bell Smith Hyson Super Whistle, is made by Smith Hyson Bros company, these were applied to many ships along 1908-1935. Variants were made from 600 pound sets to 750 pound sets of brass. Since The RMS Titanic is the most popular 4 stacker online, its whistle is wanted to be heard. But the Titanic's whistle was not blown properly. As it was blown with 100 pounds of air. These whistles were designed for 200psi steam. There are lots of videos of these whistles blown properly. I just made a montage for every video i can find of them blown on steam.
There would also be less quantity of air available from a compressor tank to that of steam from the boilers.
@@neilbain8736 Exactly
why are they louder on steam ?
@@DJJumpdancer more pressure hitting the bells of the whistles harder.
@@Railfan105. can't you get the same pressure with air ?
I still can't get over the Olympics horn. It sounds so gooooood. Imagine sitting in the fog and hear a giant leviathan blowing it's horn
I feel the gay too
@@philgeorge1003 what😂
LV117 would know, that was the last sound they heard
its a whistle, powered by steam, a horn is electric powered.
@@dbyspae122 I think they're a bot.
I had the honor of hearing Titanic's whistles. A set was recovered from the ocean floor in 1993. In 1999, friends gifted us with St. Paul, Minnesota, Titanic Exhibit tickets. All the artifacts and the “Big Piece” were amazing to see. After 87 years, the voice of Titanic was once again heard when they were blown publicly to a standing-only crowd established to be over 10 thousand. They only expected 2 thousand. There was such a great response from the crowd that they blew them a second time. They stated that they would never be heard again. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Wasnt that only done with compressed air? Due to fears of damaging them?
@@Brandon_J Yes, they didn't use steam.
7:05
the sound of Olympic's whistle sends shivers down my spine
its so eerie and haunting
Yes. Gave me goosebumps. It reminded me of the low rumbles elephants make. I can imagine the Olympic and the Titanic talking to one another.
For real
Mauritania's is my favorite, yet I still agree with yall!
I seriously wonder if the people of Cherbourg, New York, and Southampton ever could ever tell that Olympic was in port just by her whistle without even seeing her iconic appearance
At least they would tell an Olympic-class liner from a Lusitania-class.
Almost every Transatlantic Liner had them so doubtful from just the whistle. It's not like with steam locomotives where each engineer had their own personal way of whistling(this practice is known as Quilling).
@@ZAV1944well Olympic class ships had whistles three feet tall, and where probably bigger then the Lusitanias so probably louder and sounded different
On a side note of recognizable horns. The James R Barker has one of the most recognizable ship horns I've ever heard and if you haven't heard it go look her up arriving in Duluth.
The sound of Olympic is pretty much what Titanic could've sounded like, since that was her sister ship.
Those old whistles are really cool to hear. They sound like a train or semi truck.
Just in case you didn't know. If you want to hear the "real voice of Titanic", there is a clip of the event in 1999 where they blew the original whistles of Titanic, recovered from the seafloor.. It's both spooky and awe-inspiring.. 👍Sadly they had to use compressed air, because they feared the steam might damage the wistles, so it's not totally authentic but close enough! 😍
@@mariaandreasen696 no Olympics horn an normandy’s horn are thee closest thing we titanics horn
@@firewingman9448 Olympics whistle and Titanics are the same.
@@גבריאל1994 so is Normandy’s
@@firewingman9448 normandie*
Fun Fact: The clip on the end with RMS Olympic was recorded on May 15, 1934. The clip shows the Olympic about to crash into Nantucket LV-117 in the New York City Harbor.
Exaxtly! The movietone newsreel broadcasted the ship coming into the harbor as the damage and crewmen were interviewed! ruclips.net/video/4Jaq9fnmMNI/видео.html&ab_channel=WilliamMurdochDotNet
The crash had already happened, this was Olympic arriving in New York with the survivors from the light ship.
The crash already had occurred, Olympic was bringing the survivors to port. If you look closely, they’re flying their flags at half-mast.
The Nantucket Light Ship was next to Nantucket Island, hence it's name. Not New York harbor.
The crash already hapoen this shos olympic arrive in ny for the last time
Well this actually makes a lot of sense now.
Also check out the Queen mary And normandie's horn on steam ruclips.net/video/btLC_Mdqg5I/видео.html&ab_channel=AviationBledsoe
Hyson: So, what devices should be used for alerting other ships of your presenc-
Cunard: *yes*
The cool thing about ships horns is that they're loud enough to be heard for miles, yet mellow enough that you can be standing right next to them.
i’ve always wondered how that was even possible, that’s still true to this day on the new ships
@@TackyFlamingoI’m not qualified to understand/explain but it does make sense to me. They pick very specific frequencies (sound waves? Told you im unqualified…) that travel a certain way. As in, its not so loud that it destroys your ears, but its a certain frequency that travels *extremely* well for a long distance. A lot of research went into it im sure. Audio is very fascinating to me. Specifically the way that sound travels. It makes sense and yet I cant explain it.
When the Titanic's whistle was first blown after recovery, people standing near it had ringing ears even with ear protection
Olympics and Mauritania sound good because they were recorded at a distance. You can't record these whistles close by right next to them. Recording equipment just vibrates. Ideally you stick you mics like at the back of the crowd or further and place the camera up close. This way you get the picture but your sound isn't ruined. This applies when doing video of steam tractors and locomotives. You don't want to be standing right next to it there either. My rule of thumb is about a semi length away from the tracks or whatever with my microphones.
I love those old ocean liners. Interiors were incredible.
R.M.S. Olympics whistle sounds amazing! Great compilation
Thanks for saying that to my horn!
@@zenitsusleepingatacc5582 its not yours lol.
um
The horn is of the Aquitania
@@rafaelvargasmeza7479 do what?
Really nice collection of videos here.
Though with Titanic's recovered whistle, they used air pressure because of fear of damaging them.
Why are there no modern recordings from a mile away so the sound isn't distorted? I swear it's like these geniuses think that their video is better from inside the whistle 🙄
Because noone think these videos would make history or that these were *identical* to the titanic ones. Or they do have videos but they are not uploaded to youtube.
I'm glad to hear the whistles of the ships from days long past
I wish someone would record Normandies whistle from a distance so that it doesn't blow the mic.
My personal favorite whistle was the Mauritania's whistle. I love how they pulled it in a 3 pattern. It made it sound amazing.
5:47 now that was a ton of steam!!!
Nooooo.… only a couple of hundreds of pounds not 2240! But we know what you mean.
3:12 So Olympic's horn really did sound that beefy
Well the ship was indeed a beefy boi
@@yaboilemonboi5223 Beefy girl
thats not olympic..
@@firewingman9448 my bad
@@thatvacuumgeek it was her whistle tho. All of the Olympic class liners had that same whistle. Ya turkey
That generation of builders, created objects that would last centuries. And they were very powerful
Auqitania and titanic had the same whistle? That’s incredible.
Uh no they dont they have deffrent sounds
@Red Star X Cruises It’s also because Titanic’s was blown on air because they didn’t want to risk damaging it. Aquitaina was steam.
@@cmplx6114 That’s like saying that because a person sounds different between a recording done when they were 10, and a another when they were 30, it’s not the same person!
Olympic, Titanic, Britannic, Mauretania, and Aquitania were all fitted with Willet Triple Chimes manufactured by Chadburn's
@@cmplx6114 actually, they do. Ship's whistles back then are like how car parts are today, contracted out to a company that specializes in manufacturing it. The shipbuilder simply assembles the parts and bolts them to the funnel. Also, the difference you're hearing between the Titanic and Aquitania recordings is 100 psi of air (Titanic) and 200 psi of steam (Aquitania). Kahlenberg, the company who was responsible for setting up the Titanic whistle blowing exhibition, decided that compressed air was best due to the whistles being submerged 2 and a half miles under the ocean for 96 years, and they didn't want to risk damaging them with steam. Hence why the sound is so different. If you compare Olympic and Aquitania, they sound very similar. Olympic's recording is most likely the closest we will get to what Titanic's whistles actually sounded like under steam
5:12 this is one of the horns i know its from 2010 and its normandies horn, there all normandies horn 0:10 its aquitania 1:46 mauretania drydock
Thank you so much for this video and all the accurate information you provided!
I can only imagine a normal day in new York harbor at the time of this whistles
Thanks for these. First time a vid has brought tears to my eyes.
I can't, don't want to, be piece we'll see or hear the likes of these again. The new liners may be bigger, more powerful - not to mention safer - than these ships ever were but.…
God, were they beautiful.
They were indeed beautiful. I love them.
From what I know The Titanic had a whistle on each stack the forward stack was the only working whistle, Just a thought did each set of boilers have a whistle , forward stack closest to the the wheel house.
This is what i need to wake me up in the morning... I don't wake up easily...
1:47 Mauritania wasn’t in a good mood that day! 😆
Was definitely having a hissy fit.
Well she did 3-6 round trips in under 30 days so she’s definitely exhausted
THIS IS GREAT CONTENT ! LOVE THE HISTORY OF THE PAST ... ESPECIALLY THE TITANIC!
Mauretania’s whistle is haunting.
The voices of ghosts, ocean giants gone but not forgotten.
I'm in love with Normandie's voice
1:42 YAY MY FAVORITE SHIP
Cada uno con su único sonido te llevan a un viaje en el tiempo donde me veo en el puerto y ver llegar cualquiera de estas hermosas naves entre la niebla . Ellas ya no están, pero sus voces nos siguen hablando y dejando oír lo que fueron
The Aquitània sounds like a formula 1 game on the NES.
I just love the sounds of Hyson three Bell whistles, much better And powerfull then horns in my opinion
Im glad they kept these to remember the ships
3:12 is actually Olympics not Normandies
Very wrong, if you look at Olympic whistle image, it isn't match with the whistle that blown, so that is Normandie
Tuning indicator on my phone is saying 38.6hz for the Olympic...
I think there might be some shenanigans going on there?
Queen Mary's horn is 55hz; and supposedly the lowest horn that could be allowed...
Granted, standards have changed over time; but... would it be unreasonable to assume that the Olympic's true frequency would be around 77hz? Just a hypothesis :3
This is truly amazing, Thank you so much for presenting this, it was really exciting, to be able to hear these Horns and Whistles, and thank God these people thought enough about history, to SAVE THEM!!!
Still, though, it's just not the same, being disembodied from the magnificence and GRANDEUR of the ship being there, too.
Historical sounds
Historical evidence.
Excellent compilation.
2:06 is that titanic or Olympic next to the moritania?
Nothing beats Mauretania imo
Imagine if trans and boats still has whistles. I wonder what it be like to always hear whistles now today. You hear that whistle in the distance that’s a freight train
Ships nowadays use air horns
@@m1co294 yeah clearly
It's their voice speaking to us
This sounds like a giant penguin having constipation
2:41 my fav
I still like the olympic the best.
That’s normandie
4:12 lol they got the all the smokes
Great compilation
thanks
Wrong The Willet-Bruce Triple Chimes Fitted on the Olympic, Titanic, Britannic, Mauretania, and Aquitania were manufactured by Chadburn's
Does Normandies whistles sound the exact same as titanic, when her whistles were blown under steam at 200psi?
Very Similar, while the Normandies's whistles are made by the same company, they are slightly smaller I believe, the most accurate comparison is the Olympic Whistle.
3:16 Olympic Whistle?
Yes
No it's the ss normandie's
@@aviationbledsoe1788 bruh
Yes that is the Whistle of the Olympic
@@dev_m_c356 no its not you stupid or something like that
Be nice to hear them from a distance so it’s like not terrible sounding
The mauretania one was recorded from a distance.
@@aviationbledsoe1788 olympic as well
Fantastic! Thank you!
0:17 What’s the captain doing there? Is that where the whistle was sounded from?
That or he just put his cup of tea down
You definitely know the ship is there with those whistles.
Wow! What sorts of events are these, and where can I find them??? Lol. I love anything loud. Well almost anything, it has to sound cool too.
Whistle blow events.
They brought Them back to life SO SAD THEY SUNK still they brought them back to reality..💓💓 i wish they didnt sunked :( and olympic didnt got scrapped :( so sad ALL STARLINES WILL BE MISSED :( 💓💓
5:46 THE NORMANDIE SOUNDS LIKE ITS OLD SELF HERE!!
John Brown's whistle is like britannic
On the Mauritania clip you can see a tug boat and I couldn’t find clips of that tug anywhere. Because I am going to make one. And I needed some angles and details for the tug.
The whistle at 3:13 is actually Olympic’s whistle.
It isn't. It was a misconception someone had due to it's pitch. It is Normandie's, and you can tell by looking at a photograph of Olympic's whistles (There was one on NMNI but they messed with their site making it harder to find things in their collection) and comparing the tops of the whistles to the ones in the video. They don't match.
You can actually find the photograph very easily on Google. If you can't locate the picture Titanic's is identical, has the same shape on the top.
You can compare the tops to the one in the video, there's a break in the steam that allows you to see the top of the center one briefly around the 3:21 mark.
@@LexLucario7922 the ships all had the same make of whistle, that particular set may have been fitted on the Normandie, but it's virtually the exact same as the one on the Olympic, the Titanic, the Britannic, you name it. The only factor that changes the sound of those whistles is the pressure of the steam that passes through them.
@@m1co294 I misunderstood. that's why my reply isn't here. I am currently at work, so I'll be back later.
[ready to whistle]:)RMS Titanic has been removed:[get sad]:(
What was the 5th one?
Look at the links in the description. The night ones are at Pratt institute.
@@aviationbledsoe1788 wow I did not expect u to actually respond but thank you
@@Inottxim this channel went inactive 2 years ago
@@Inottxim Although today I was logged in.
Fabulous!!
GOOD GOD THE NORMANDIE'S WHISTLE
3:16 7:12 sound identical
I T S T H E S A M E T H I N G
@@aviationbledsoe1788 ikr. It’s the same it literally go back you hear it as Olympics it is probably Olympics or Normandies mixed with Olympic
@@mexicanofr7762 Bruh they are the same whistle. Same build, same type, same power. They literally ARE identical
@@wills_corner why do people reply to my comments from 1 year ago 💀
@@mexicanofr7762 Cause it's the internet smartass.
3:12 Rms Olympic’s 3 Bell Smith Hyson Super Whistle
Normadie’s 😭
That is Normandie, stop to be idiot guys
2:20 " prepare to die "
John brown has the same tuning as Mauretania
4:13 sounds like Mauretania
Man i wish titanic2 that was rebuild in china has a 5 chime whistle
5 chime? You want it to be a locomotive or a tugboat?
@@runawaysmudger7181 i want it to be a ship with the same whisyle that her have but 5 chime
@@josiahondohasianlihardomar1120 There are 3 bells, creating a major note. A 5 chime is 5 harmonic tones, and the whistles have to be loud enough.
@@aviationbledsoe1788 oh
its kinda haunting on how Mauretania and Normandie Has the same whistle tone
The whistle sounds like a steam engine sometimes it's sounds like a trophy truck engine or a ghost steam engine
John Brown’s whistle did NOT have enough pressure.
It sounded like Britannic
I thought the Normandie used 575 Tyfon steam horns
She did, but it also had a whistle as well
@@riversword2660 where?
0:25 even that weird loop
That was the film’s transition.
3:11 is my favorite
your good aqiania is cool i see her good horn
3:12 Olympic Not Normandie
Try not to be dumb, that model is Normandie whistle, the tone is similar but the pitch doesn't make its magically to Olympic
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY NORMANDIE WHISTLE JUST DO ONE BY ONE
Auqitanias wistle= PS1 startup with ear rape
Should’ve included Titanic’s whistle
Titanic’s whistle we all know was recorded on compressed air. *So far,* we don’t have any recording of it on steam
Thats aquitana
What the hell is this...Titanics whistle, or immediate orgasm ...holy hell.
The only known recording of Titanic’s whistle was filmed in *compressed air*, in 1990s (forgot what year), and this montage is for the ones with steam
0:26 0:41 aquitania had a voice crack
That sounds more like the Olympic's whistle to me.
3:23 and 7:12 sound identical
You mean 3:12 and 7:12?
I saw that video before 1:59
I think first is mauretania then olympic
good are olympic
Britannic real time sinking usel this whistle for the ship.
Yup.
Brittanic used to sound like that
This not Olympic. Olympic' whistle sounds like someone saying nope many times-
They had the same whistle. Not the same sound. Also the video you might've been watching probably had damaged audio. (I could be wrong on the last bit)
This sounds diffrent than the titanic
If you can take some time read the description/pinned comment
It's the same whistle just under different pressures.
You were there when Titanic was around were you?
@@15sixmedia no, but just listen to the notes on the Olympic Class and Cunard's big three it was the same whistle.
I SEE WAY MORE STEAM. THEN I HEAR SOUND.
RMS Olympic whistle it looks close to UP train big boy 4014
Union Pacific never required #4041.
@@T128Productionsoh thanks for fixing my correction. Lol
Aquatania scared me 😢😢
Why is there so many clips of Normandie.. I don't like The horn.. it's sounds like someone's farting at the toilet