The Mighty Voice of the Queen Mary #Shorts

Learn a little about the Queen Mary's steam whistles! There were originally 3 six-foot long whistles, each tuned to 55Hz which gives the Queen Mary a deeper voice than any modern passenger ship today...well except for the Queen Mary 2 which actually has one of the original horns!

#shorts #RMSQueenMary

CREDIT:
The Drone footage is provided by:
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 5 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.

[Karagianis]

Thing is Queen Mary's whistle is being blown by compressed air these days. It was made to use steam, that changes the tone of the whistle quite a bit.

[matthewthetransportguy]

haha, Queen Mary will destroy people's ear drums if they aren't careful with her. hehe :)

[krissimorris]

“Eerie howl of her horns”

Queen Mary: 💨

[KevinScottFries]

For reference, 55hz is a really low A note

[MT-jdpc]

I went to the queen Mary once during the chilled winter event me and my family were in the tv/radio room on the deck when the horn went off and scared the heck out of us

[CosmicTreasonist]

She’s been holding in that toot since 34

[FashionFunPJ]

Used to hear it all the time….it’s always used when the Queen Elizabeth would do her sail by (or used to) they would horn at each other

[dundonrl]

I've stood on her bow and listened to those whistles.. DAMN are they loud!

[monsieurcommissaire]

I believe that a ship's whistle is, in fact, literally a whistle- structurally quite different from a horn. There are usually 3 different 'chimes', cylindrical in shape, each sounding a different note. A horn is shaped like a really big herald trumpet and each sounds a single note, though they may theoretically be used in conjuction with similar horns sounding different notes. Both whistles and horns were steam powered back when ships were steam driven. Now compressed air is generally used. Both are very deep and loud.
It's possible that I'm mistaken- I'd love to hear from anyone with better knowledge of this.
At any rate, I love your content are your amazing speaking voice. Keep up the great work.

[deloreanfan]

Mayday, Mayday, this S.S. Poseidon calling. That’s what I think when I hear that whistle.

[Bbbuddy]

I used to stay at the hotel when visiting SoCal for work in the 1980s. Beautiful and the only earthquake-proof hotel in the area. If you are near the whistles, all you feel is a vibration, not any sound. However if you stand at the very prow, you will be blasted.

[someguy]

My favorite band has to be Pink Lloyd, each composition is like a story, a sleepy time story

[MarrenZenoahMonte]

My favorite queen mary ship is queen Mary 2

[bodacious]

I heard them yesterday on my visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific. It's crazy how powerful that bass is, even from a far distance.

[ronaldmiller]

THANKS CPT> ALEX, , , GREAT VIDEO!!!!

[heidicrimmings]

During my first ( of many) visits..I was directly under the " whistle" when it blew, and scared the living daylights out of me. ❤❤❤❤

[daviddavies]

Thanks for this video, I wish all the best to the people keeping this great ship in good condition 👍❤️

[oliversherman]

I visited America recently and went onboard Queen Mary during my time there

[tmaster]

I don't know why the pitch matters, deeper is better on a ship because it travels farther, thus allowing for more warning in the case of fog or any other situations where a horn would be usefull

[miahomes]

I love how the Queen Mary's horn placement on the first funnel resembles a face.