SS Normandie's Whistle 2010

Created on June 3, 2010 using FlipShare.

[@AverageInternetEnjoyer.]

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]

high quality my ass, they should have filmed this like a block or 2 away...

[@AverageInternetEnjoyer.]

@@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

[@buzzytrains9037]

@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

[@buzzytrains9037]

@Jake Folk it's high quality distortion. which is y'know kinda crappy...

[@buzzytrains9037]

@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

[@overpoweredsteamproduction513]

The fact they actually did it on steam makes it so much better

[@dustinainsley8792]

Oh yes.

[@bmused55]

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.

[@CheesyDud]

bmused55 Well the ship the whistle here belonged to did burn and sank at one of the piers in new york so

[@geoffmartin876]

It's so true, I imagined how it must've sounded in NY harbor.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Ships are the closest an inanimate object can come to having a soul.

[@ronaldsmith6829]

@@TheNightWatcher1385 Well, maybe a steam train as well.

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

@Derekanic : Owch

[@rohan4798]

They did it on steam too, absolutely beautiful.

[@dzl6848]

I'm glad cause they don't have the same sound

[@HROM1908]

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.

[@edwinsalisbury83]

Do you have source I want to read more

[@HROM1908]

@@edwinsalisbury83 That would have to be me as I have told the story as told to me by the owner of the whistle. He owned a steam stationary engine in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.

[@edwinsalisbury83]

@@HROM1908 ok

[@Oakleaf700]

@@HROM1908 Watney's Brewery in Mortlake, UK used to have a whistle /horn that blew in the morning and at 1pm for the brewery workers. I'm not sure if that was steam driven or motorised. Probably from the time before people had watches.

[@WigglesMcpluto]

I'm on a ship horn spree. Needless to say, this is the weirdest, yet greatest you tube spree I have ever been on.

[@laughing747]

same

[@colabama]

same here

[@trippsimon8916]

in trying to get on a lifeboat lowering one.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

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.

[@amtrak1214]

I thought the Normandie used 575 Tyfon steam horns.

[@TimA.79.]

The voice of a ship

[@romania_patriotedits1450]

A deep voice

[@bluepumpkincinematics]

Yree

[@gabrielritter3432]

If the ship is a heavy metal screamer

[@YellowStarLine]

Not just any, the mother of all super ocean liners

[@luuk4k5en1]

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.

[@1940limited]

It never occurred to me ocean liner whistles were salvaged. I'm glad this stuff has been preserved.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

g bridgman Mauretania’s whistle is intact. It was put on a mill then bought by a private collector.

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial wish he would take it out to whistle blows and give us a high quality recording unlike the one in the 80s

[@VeniceLolz13]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial NORMANDIE Never Actually had this type of whistle it was more like the queen marys

[@andrewbethune5]

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

[@thweepz]

Made by the same company and also what titanic would have sounded like :)

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

thweepz Nope, these are a bit higher in pitch than Titanic/Olympic’s.

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

@@TheEmeraldMenOfficial 20 years manufacturing difference, 150 pounds lighter check out the aquitania whistle for a better comparison kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnXdgXyAp7GMjaM

[@cofm2326]

It’s the same one just from a different ship

[@bluepumpkincinematics]

Oye

[@LITTLE1994]

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.

[@davidwinslow9206]

Wow, wow, wow, the voices of the dead. How they can still speak to our hearts!

[@brunosertier4792]

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"

[@ttm2609]

Nice to see steam being used

[@R4c3r_10]

@Derekanic the Titanic’s salvaged whistle used compressed air instead of steam when recovered for fear of damage.

[@R4c3r_10]

@Derekanic i just put it in more detail

[@chriswardlow9441]

Thoroughly enjoyed that a true BLAST FROM THE PAST from a great liner that didn't have to die in the way she did.

[@xxitseroonxx2603]

Remember these parts of an ship: Whistle: Voice Bell: Heart Thats all I can think off :/

[@cronossweet2166]

propellers:legs or wings,I don't knew

[@Golden_Pomegranate_Studios]

Ship: the body itself

[@aviationmd]

Bridge: brain or eyes

[@romaniaball3084]

Nah the engines are the heart

[@nerfreak01]

@@romaniaball3084 it'd say that the boilers are.

[@ARC9652]

So this is physically the closest thing to the Titanic's whistle

[@2509SilverLink]

+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. :(

[@ARC9652]

2509SilverLink I know. What I meant was closest sound to the Titanic's whistle on steam

[@metalgoby6390]

ARC9652 Productions the closest is Titanic own whistle. You can search it on You tube "Titanic horn" :)

[@ARC9652]

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.

[@kjrivas7419]

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.

[@1ausskipper]

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...

[@Shipwright1918]

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.

[@paulandrewmarshall6711]

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

[@amtrak1214]

It's not the Normandie's. It used tyfon 575 steam horns.

[@terencehedgehogPH890]

Well that is her refitted horns she actually used the whistle before she got refitted with tyfon horns

[@mr.juniii5523]

all steamers have allmust have a same whistle and wow it feels like normendies soul is still in that whisle :)

[@omly85]

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

[@alisonlee3314]

Just wonderful!!

[@kurtarmbruster]

This sounds a tritone A-Eb, the Olympic/Titanic whistle only a step higher, B-F; not much difference!

[@shiningarmor2838]

I'm hearing one higher note in it

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

what would all 3 play together? now I'm curious, because you only listed two

[@ellengould1846]

The most beautiful ship of her time

[@arrow1414]

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!😳

[@EskimoCanadian44]

@SlayFNX SS Normandie, SS United States, RMS Titanic, RMS Queen Mary are my personal favorites.

[@cheems4061]

@@EskimoCanadian44 My personal favorite is the SS Rex

[@fourstar7]

i suppose this is what Titanic's whistles were to sound like if they used steam.

[@seargentvader8874]

It is the same design of whistles so other than potential changes, ya I guess so.

[@JosueRodriguez-kk6wn]

Yes.

[@TimeMasterOG]

Titanic and Olympic had a deep tone

[@LITTLE1994]

Yes

[@kadenrobinson7067]

If you want to hear what the Titanic actually sounded like here's a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4HRiHl_nsSeZqM

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

this would have sounded so awesome if it was about a half mile away. way too close to even sound good ) :

[@icecam1515]

Your right

[@alannewman85]

Yes, probably sounds better at a distance and accross water

[@Fatstratmatt96]

@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.

[@lasuvidaboy]

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.

[@Thermionman1970]

+lasuvidaboy Were the forward whistles a low blast horn sound like a tuba blowing a low note?

[@lasuvidaboy]

+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.

[@shangani743]

@@lasuvidaboy The front funnel as you say had two Typhon whistles (horns) and a triple bell set like these but larger

[@aviationbledsoe1788]

@@shangani743 This is the triple bell set

[@robertadams7318]

Fantastic!!!!

[@noelthegreat2543]

When this video was recorded, I wasn’t born yet.

[@8997DODGERAMQUEEN]

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.

[@Ocram83187]

Woaaah!! The Power of the Normandie!!!

[@SamhainBe]

The voice of a beautiful lady...what a privilege.

[@EA10yrsold]

thank you for it

[@jacobschweitzer1068]

Beautiful

[@bpford]

So beautiful that was

[@s10ondubs]

It sounds like RMS titanic whistle

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Almost identical and same pitch. This is what Titanic would sound like.

[@CheesyDud]

The Emerald Men Official Probably the same type of whistle

[@almostkentish3042]

@@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

[@Bluecamaro8694]

1:02

[@karlharrelson1091]

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.

[@runawaysmudger7181]

Yes they said that since 2012 then just throw some low tier CGI interior space at you

[@TimeMasterOG]

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

[@romania_patriotedits1450]

The titanic sounded way calmer

[@Kodobrr]

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.

[@Kaithelegoguy]

Cameras after 2009 look so good but a year before it was like the same as the 90s

[@cpufreak101]

If you're referencing for video on youtube, I believe that was the year they made the switchover to allowing HD

[@ricksadler797]

Awesome thank you

[@inspectorhserfnz0019]

Thats Amazing

[@justino.k.5647]

The Perfect Whisle for the Coffee Pot Engine at My train station In 2021.

[@yoranw4608]

*The very hooray of its soul lives on.*

[@pastelskies8466]

The 3 bell Smith-Hyson super whistle was standard on ships of that time. Titanic had it.

[@katiefisher7928]

That’s cuz funnily enough this is to be a repost that’s is titanics whistle look it up

[@smallstudiodesign]

I have a large vintage framed b/w photo of SS. NORMANDIE entering New York harbour in my living room.

[@renesagahon4477]

Me too !! It’s in my bathroom

[@mamaduff64-roblox]

i need this as my alarm

[@ianmortimer5325]

WOW!!!

[@gregoryalbert379]

You could cook off of this one !

[@thatvacuumgeek]

Yes in fact like the ship it self this whistle Caught on fire from being so hot! It was out out quickly Though.

[@lemon5155]

Daammnn thats loud! I like it

[@SoapMuncher465]

1:02 the horn starts

[@nicholireyes5533]

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

[@rfw700]

I would like one of those whistles on my electric mobility scooter. That would make shopping an absolute pleasure.

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

lol, but you really want it to fall apart!? 750 pounds of brass would go nice on a trailer truck though

[@deutschlandairsoft5980]

love that sound. How could i make one of those?

[@Rick1885]

With a lathe

[@vector6977]

about 200lbs of yellow brass, IE cartridge cases, some plans and a machine shop.

[@peter7166]

Hermoso

[@jeffc7486]

That had to be more awesome seeing that in person.

[@KnittingPasta]

Dude, i would be wearing 2 forms of hearing protection for that

[@fierysaint327]

1:00 Here we go

[@Transit_Biker]

Wow!!!!

[@parrotlect]

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.

[@Daniel-vx3cf]

Still The SAMMMEEE... she has not died

[@calebnwaobia6285]

lol daaaamn. That’s louder than the RMS queen Mary’s whistle

[@captnfishfiter]

Thank you US. Government for destroying her. She sounds almost as beautiful as the Titanic.

[@elizabethlocklear3709]

It's too bad that on the anniversary they cannot use those whistles so often

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

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

[@explorationandhistorywithethan]

"You can't make the dead talk"

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

The sound of the whistle is drowned out by the sound of the steam blast.

[@disneycruiseline8622]

What a beautiful sound

[@CheesyDud]

Disney Cruise Line Probably

[@yamahaguy1732]

Disney Cruise Line probably not to close the closest I’d say would be Olympic there may be old footage of it but idk

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

@@yamahaguy1732 footage right here kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4HRiHl_nsSeZqM

[@jonathancaro7743]

Soy fanático del Titanic pero el Normandie sin dudas es el mejor transatlántico de la historia...😍

[@ricardo6079]

esos cuernos no son del normandie

[@ricardo6079]

son del olympic

[@ricardo6079]

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...?

[@penguinmaster7]

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

[@chrischeezy7316]

Cool

[@11arospight]

Listening with head phones on now ears are ringing Lhh

[@parrotlect]

Thx, Aromanze.

[@benberlin57]

WOAH 😲

[@Polarexpress1225]

That is the loudest whistle in my life!!!!!

[@thatvacuumgeek]

Its brand new practically. so its very load! Now its not as load since its been blown so mu h

[@quandaledingle5858]

Nice

[@Zeddyschannel]

Sounds noice

[@JujuRome09]

DANG BOI!

[@42lookc]

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.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Earmuffs.

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

either the horns were damaged in the wreck, or some private collector owns it

[@jlthomas531]

So happy they used steam!

[@brunosertier4792]

Indeed. But to produce steam they needed to boil water by burning oil !

[@jlthomas531]

@@brunosertier4792 which is even cooler!!! Wish they would have used Coal!!!

[@timecapsule.]

who else got this in their recomemded?

[@MakaboNgoloNgolo]

I'm curious about steam pressure, and steam flow. It seems to spit 2 or 3 tons/hour !!

[@mortdk]

The power of steam ....

[@christophervolk6087]

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

[@aquitaniawhistles5547]

a bit smaller in size, true size of titanic whistles blown on steam here kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4HRiHl_nsSeZqM

[@Zeddyschannel]

Noice

[@cristiangomez3137]

Hora del almuerzo!!!!😅👌

[@julesrobin25]

it's really jentil is caring to have price care of the normandy whistle is to revive it through the whistle message from france

[@2016ly]

the whistle 1:02

[@albertjosefkaelin7740]

Interesting - In her distress, the Titanic didn't even sound her horn (Cameron)

[@ziansantero2117]

Big boy whistle be like: 1:01

[@georgewhitehead8185]

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.

[@ricardo6079]

but the normandie's horns in 1935 were like a tyfon style and there those horns look like those of the olympic

[@josiahricafrente585]

With steam! Just the way God and the designers intended!

[@darkwater8620]

This is the exact same whistle the titanic used too!

[@goalhorn2012]

Yes. As well as the Olympic, Britannic, Lusitania, and Mauretania.

[@Nescau41585]

Rms argon Brazil line 1930-1943

[@xmtryanx]

@bnizzio Yes, It is...

[@louiseblack3337]

Omg

[@LBSC70]

By any chance do you know what organization looks after these whistles

[@parrotlect]

they belong to a private individual who is old and infirm.

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

(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?

[@parrotlect]

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.