What Happened to the Titanic's Funnels?
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2023
- In this video we try to answer the question of what happened to the Titanic's Funnels and ultimately why they cant be found on the wreck today.
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Its crazy because that whistle isnt just some cgi recreation or “accurate replica”, its literally the actual whistle of the titanic, recovered from the depths, that gives me chills
You and me both. Absolutely amazing.
I teared up the first time I saw that clip.
I got goosebumps and teared up. So amazing!
I got chills as well
Last time they were whistled was in April of 1912. All who heard it then aren’t alive anymore. That gives me chills…
The debris and parts of the funnels have been spotted in the wreckage. Funnel 1 is west of the stern section and Funnel 2 landed eastward of it. Both are in terrible condition and are barely recognizable. Funnel 3 and 4 debris has been also found scattered in the field, such as the base, the steam pipe, and whistles, indicating they broke up on their way down to the bottom, spreading their pieces about over a wider area.
There's a whole discussion thread on Encyclopedia Titanica over the funnels and mapping where their remains are. I'd link to it, but YT doesn't like that and deletes or shadowbans posts with hotlinks.
I think I know that one. It's "Have any of the funnels been located?" and it includes several really great photos, screencaps, and mosaics of the funnels' remains. It includes a bit of discussion and artwork of how everyone romantically envisioned Titanic: intact and one or more funnels still in place.
I revisited that discussion. It is sad to see the remains of the funnels. I remember watching a 3D animation of the Titanic's sinking. The music seemed to be a sad, instrumental and simplified version of either My Heart Will Go On or Rose's theme from the 1997 movie. You can search it up if you want to. I played the music in my head as I examined the photos of the remains of the funnels.
The Discovery channels Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved clearly showed where the funnels impacted the sea floor, and pieced them back together from the pictures, Two funnels are relatively intact the other two are in chunks but recognizable.
how bout britannics
Fun fact, they rescued one of the funnels whistles/horn and used compressed air through it, so we heard Titanic's voice one more time
The story of the whistles is amazing. They literally restored Titanic's voice!
Not quite. They are having to use air pressure in place of steam due to damage to the whistles.
@@KevsterWilson How different does that make the sound?
@@oufukubintaif you're in the Titanic subreddit, there was a post about this. They had to use compressed air due to the fragility of the whistle itself...but using steam would have made it A LOT louder. So loud that the crowd standing that close would have suffered some hearing damage.
@@crispyy.roseeMUAMan, 1910 times were *SCAAARY*
@@crispyy.roseeMUAwe definitely need a replica whistle built exactly to the original to hear what it sounds like at steam.
I’d never thought I’d be able to hear the Titanic’s whistle in real life, outside of the James Cameron film. Yet, she still lives on, in our hearts
@@SoCalDad91932 Well hate to break it to you but the titanic never sunk
@@dishonestpanda-1106it never sunk?
@@taylor860gang study the other ship and look at the port holes .
@@dishonestpanda-1106 where is the titanic at then? 🤣🤣
@@taylor860gang scrapped look at the blue prints of the ship they were nearly identical except for a few minor things
The Whistle...gave me goosebumps. It's one thing to see artifacts in museums. But, now WE HEAR THE REAL TITANIC.
Titanic's sister, HMHS Britanic's, wreck apparently retains easily recognizable remains of all four funnels, though none still attached to the ship. This is probably due to the much shallower water in which she sank, which reduced the fall damage they took and is not habitable to the iron-eating bacteria behind Titanic's rusticles.
It's a shame they don't bring up the britannic's whistles, they are probably in even better shape!
I wonder where Olympics whistles went when they scrapped her, they were identical to titanics whistles as well
There's a theory the it's the Olympic at the bottom of the Atlantic and not the Titanic
@@kerrymouse7747 It's been debunked because on Titanics Propellers the number 401 was found. Olympics number was 400.
@kerrymouse7747 I heard this theory too. That they swapped ships when the Olympic got rammed in that exact spot the iceberg hit by that British destroyer. Unfortunately in 1911 there just isn't any technology that could have caught things or people. Itl be lost forever
I remember watching the news on 10th April 2012. At noon, they sounded the Titanic's whistle across Southampton harbour on the moment 100 years after it departed. Absolutely moving and eerie, for a moment the legend of the ship wasn't just found in books/online, but an actual sound which gave a brief direct link from the present to the past, palpable.
Easy, Aquaman was broke so he took the funnels and sold them.
Yeah, he could probably have gotten a few clams for the funnels.
Sounds about right…
Damn, all this time I thought that it was Namor the sub mariner
Damn Chinese scrappers looking for pre '45 metal
False there in my back yard
Those whistles gave me goosebumps over my entire body, a voice for a grave has spoken.
I have always wondered what happened to her funnels. It would be cool if someone has brought up some of her skin and a part of a funnel and compare thicknesses to what was the original design...to see just how much has been eaten away.
Hearing those whistles gave me chills!! Kudos to all who had a hand in bringing them back to life!
Parts of the "skin", outer plates, have been brought up and are displayed. If one doesn't know what the original dimensions of "skin" pieces originally were, how would anyone be able to judge just how much much of deterioration has taken place? The Titanic is a tomb. Should it really be desecrated?
Wow, that’s so cool about the whistle! It’s like bringing a little bit of the Titanic back to life!
Been a Titanic enthusiast since I saw "A Night to Remember" on TV, on the late, late show in the early 70's. Never imagined that 50 years later, I'd hear the whistle. It gave me chills & goosebumps! Thanks for the experienct!
I so agree.😢
I saw Night To Remember when it as a new movie in the theater in 1958, My father took me to see it. I've been interested in the ship ever since and always dreamed that someday it would be found. That dream came true in 1958. Today it's astounding how much we know about the ship and what's been recreated and salvaged.
I saw"A Night to Remember" about 2 weeks ago on UA-cam. I only recognized Honor Blackman, David McAllen, and Kenneth More.
I also seem to recall an earlier movie starring Barbara Stanwick and J. Carroll Naish.
Hearing those whistles... wow! Must have been really something to experience in person. After all these years, I'm still so fascinated by the Titanic. 😢🥰
The Whistle's sound is like a giant yawning from her long sleep, awaken again from the dark watery depths to the world of light. Beautiful and yet sad.
Hearing Titanic’s blowing her steam whistles again in this video after so many decades after the disaster at the bottom of the deep gave me a mix of emotions I didn’t expect. Amazing video, as always 🙂
6:39 It must have been amazing seeing and hearing that in person.
That was like hearing a voice from the grave - very eerie! Another great video Sam!
In a sense you were hearing a voice from the grave. Many consider the whistles to be the voice of the ship they are attached to. For the test, they only used compressed air since they didn't want to further damage the whistles due to the time on the ocean floor.
@@christinabishop2533could they just make an exact replica of those steam whistles to put that replica to the test?
@@merafirewing6591 I suppose they could, but the whole point of this was to hear the whistle recovered. One other thing to consider is that manufacturing techniques are considerably different to how things were made over a hundred years ago. So while they may be able to make an identical set for such a test, it likely would not have the same sound due to the way it was constructed. Now, when it comes to these things, I am in no way an expert, but based on some education I have it likely would be the case.
@@christinabishop2533 like using old methods that were used to make the original whistles.
@@merafirewing6591 they could try. Like I said, I am in no means an expert on manufacturing and have seen many cases where old techniques have been used. I wouldn't mind them to try and have a side-by-side comparison on the sounds made by both sets. Maybe someone who does these things will read this thread and give it a try.
Hearing that whistle blow was incredibly powerful and moving. A cry from the past, 1,500 voices strong.
I just loved the horns blowing and tears came. A big part of Titantic that sound. Thanks for showing rhat to us Sam as i never knew. Yes we finally heard the voice of titantic. Amazing.
Thanks Sam for liking my comment and love your channel.
The Frenchman in the titan is who actually retrieved most artifacts from the titanic. If you've been to a Titanic museum, you've seen items hes brought up from the wreckage.
The sound of the Titanic's whistle going gave me a bit of a chill.
Hearing that whistle gave me chills. Absolutely amazing.
Stay awesome Sam!
Hearing the voice of the ill fated ship is such a surreal feeling
Thank you for sharing, but I must nit pick. I believe you're confusing the cable stays and the actual funnel shrouds. The shrouds were what surrounded the actual funnels. The shrouds were the painted surfaces we all recognize. The cable stays were the lines that held up the funnels residing within their shrouds. Ocean Liner Designs does a good job of explaining and illustrating this. Also, at least one of the funnels was discovered fully intact by Dr. Ballard during one of the early dives. So...maybe this is worth a redo? Sincerely, an appreciative fan.
was confused on this as well...
@@Schush As was i since i have Ballard's book on the Titanic and there are pics of the funnels in the debris field.
Sam, I absolutely love your videos. To me, ships are so awesome. When Im curious about a ship, I always go to your channel. Most other channels just explain a sinking of a ship in one go and forget about it. You have been talking about the titanic and other ships forever, and I think that is great. You get into very specific topics like certain people, funnels, how the titanic broke up, all those things. That is the thing that makes your channel unique. Keep up the great work!
WOW 🤩 Just hearing the bronze whistles that were on the funnels of the R.M.S. Titanic is simply AMAZING 🤩 🙌🏽 Its almost like hearing a piece of historic history and from the world’s famous ship in the human history. Those bronze whistles were simply saying “THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US UP TO THE WORLD TO HEAR US ROAR AGAIN” 👏🏽🙌🏽
The more and more I keep watching your videos the more and more I love learning more about the Titanic. Keep it up man! 💯
Man this guy has such good content. Good explanations, cool topics, and awesome bonuses like this one where he showed footage of the whistle working. I love the Titanic, and this is now my favorite source of Titanic content. Thank you Historic Travels.
WHOAAA..... that whistle... it's like hearing the cry of a long lost ship yelling "OH HEY HUMANS! Hi!!" Haunting and sad and amazing. Gives me goosebumps just thinking, the last people who heard that sound were actually ON the ship over a hundred years ago.
I recently discovered your channel and after a few wonderful videos I became a new subscriber! I love your content and thank you for keeping Titanic alive! 😊
That whistle sounded beautiful. Grateful the researchers were able to restore it
So glad I found this channel! I’ve gotten more information about the Titanic from this channel to any other channel so far!👍👍.
For some reason, I've been thinking about what Titanic might have looked like in 1942, 30 years after it sank, and while so many other ships were sinking in the Atlantic during WW2. I wonder if the funnels were still visible on the ocean floor or if they had been rusticled to oblivion by then...
Also, super cool to hear the steam whistle blow!
Almost certainly the ship and its debris would be in much better shape than when it was found in 1985 as we know the ship has deteriorated in the 38 years since. Most likely paint would still have been visible in sections where the metal was still intact though significant rusting would have likely taken place by then. It's probable that some of the hardier woods were still present at the time, though they would have been in very poor condition and brittle in the way rotten wood gets.
@@jcohasset23 Thanks. Kinda mind boggling to think about. You painted a very interesting mind picture.
I wonder what it looked like maybe a month after it sank
@@cloudysaturnn One time I saw a modeler's rendition of what Titanic looked like right after it hit the bottom of the Atlantic. He took a plastic model kit (I believe it was the Revelle one) and meticulously split it and shaped it based on the photos that are available of the wreck, and used his imagination to fill in the gaps on what would have deteriorated before it was discovered in 1986. It was mind numbing to see, both because of the skill, determination and patience required to make such a piece of art like that, and to think about the event it represented. In my mind, I was thinking that, when the real ship looked like that, there were probably some people still alive at the Ocean's surface, struggling to survive in the 28 degree Fahrenheit water. Also, the survivors in the lifeboats, listening to the frantic voices of those in the freezing water fading as the minutes ticked by.
It was a very profound thing to see on many levels.
I was there for that whistle-blowing, though I hadn't thought much about it lately. It was February 1999. My mother, brother & I were on the first day of a long road trip, & we'd heard about this event in advance; so we allowed for a stop in her hometown of St. Paul, where this whistle was set up downtown in front of an old railroad station, presumably the Union Depot. Afterwards there was speculation it might have been louder with its original steam pressure.
FWIW this happened to fall around the time of a well-publicized visible alignment of planets in the sky.
If I recall correctly, they actually found both of the functioning whistles in the debris field, the one pictured was however, not the one raised. Of the two, only one was thought to be in restorable condition as the other was twisted and dented from the journey to the bottom. I'm very thankful we did get the one set however, as it really gives an eerie, yet powerful glimpse into the Olympic-class vessels and their turbulent history.
I've always wondered what happened to the funnels, and that is so cool that they got the whistles to work. ❤️
It's awesome to actually hear the original sound of the whistle
While its understandable to why they used compressed air instead of steam (Because being at the bottom of the ocean for nearly 80 years would pose a risk into damaging them) The sound could have been very different to what we heard the day the voice of Titanic was brought back to life.
Agreed. Steam at a much higher pressure would give you the actual sound, but may well destroy the whistles. There's a video on You Tube of the Aquitania leaving NY harbor with the whistle blowing which is probably more like how the Titanic sounded.
Steam would have made it higher pitched. Although if they knew the exact temperature, type of steam, or better yet the density (which steam is lower in density) then they could use that data to get the compressed air to match it near perfectly, as they could manipulate the air with different gases, pressure and flow rate. So while on the basis of it, yes, you are correct the whistle typically would of been at a higher continous pitched sound over its compressed air counter part. I just don't know how much that applies here. This was such a massive historic event, im willing to bet they put in the research to get that data of the steam the titanic produced and used it to get their compressed air to match in sound.
@@1940limited Why cant someone use the original blueprints and make the whistle and use steam to sound it ?
Yea true these whistles sounded more like horns
I wasn't really sure where you were going with this video as far as the funnels being lost. But thank God these historians collected those whistles and we're able to restore them. Hearing them blow at that last minute was the most exciting part of the video!
@@Ayn-Rand-Is-Dead Yes thank “Jesus’ they found them😀🙏✝️
Wow. The whistles really brought chills.
Thanks for addressing this question. I have been curious about it for a long time.
👍 Great channel!!!
I wish they would blow the whistles again after so many years go by. If over 100k people went to experience it in 1999, imagine how many would go see it today.
Hearing Titanic Voice after 100+ years is amazing! James Cameron’s Titanic sounds almost Identical to Titanics real voice😄😄
Well done, Sam. Thanks for showing us what happened.
That steam whistle actually brought shivers down my spine when I heard it
Same here. It is such a haunting sound...it almost makes my heart stop
Kind of like how for reporters, every wide body plane is a 747 and every narrow body is a 737. That's if they understand the difference, if not then everything is a 747.
Just wow. What an amazingly presented and original insight into this historical wreck. Thank you very much 😄👍
Got some real goosebumps from the sound of the whistle... 💙
Great timing for you to start videos on the titanic. Definitely will help with your views. I just found you from the sub and you’re a great content maker!!
Another informative video! Good work, bro.
THis video is super great!! I always wondered what had happened with Titanic´s funnels... Thanks for informing us!!
Hearing and seeing those whistles gave me chills. Wow.
I keep watching your videos the more and more I love learning more about the Titanic.
Outstanding video homie you did a great job on the detailed video.
Another a+ video!! Ive learned so much about oceanliners from this channel.
You have a video on everything. Have been going through my third Titanic phase in life and I have been watching a lot of videos recently, and while watching another one, the funnels falling caught my attention and I wondered about them. Turns out that further down in my recommendations was this video. haha Great content.
You can almost feel the excitement and hear the people sending off the ship back in 1912 as that whistle echoes through time. Super cool!!
I really love this channel! So many cool and interesting facts!
hearing that whistle gave me cold chills , made every hair stand up and its over 90 degrees outside . ive always been fascinated by the Titanic and it was once again heartbreaking seeing her take more lives . lets just remember those people were explorers and inventors .
Hey Sam. I have loved your content for years. I recently dove back into the Costa Concordia disaster. Can you cover more of it in the future with re telling passenger stories or re telling crew stories like you have done on the Titanic series? You are doing a great job. Keep it up
Sam, thanks for funneling the information for us.
Such great content coming from this channel
Congrats on 100k, Sam! :)
Wow! What a treat to hear that whistle! Thank you so much for that!
That’s so amazing and haunting at the same time with the whistle
Thank you for an awesome insightful video
I have to say I love this channel. Keep up the great work 🫡
Parts of the funnels have been found in the debris field one casing being completely flat, interesting note Lusitania funnel casings were visible on the wreck until the 1970s when they decayed so titanic's funnels are in a weird way lasted the test of time despite condition
Nice video Sam as always!
Great channel, very empathetic way to tell this story. People in those days were so much more classy and sophisticated than us mere mortals today. If I may just give you a suggestion for a couple more videos, if you have done them already I apologize, since you covered so much already. You could do a video on icebergs, where do they form, where do they go, how long do they stay there etc. the second idea you could tells us about you Lego titanic, it is accurate? Is it good level of detail? Was it fun to put together? Etc
The sound of the whistle... I had already watched that video. Anyway, whenever I hear it, my eyes cover in tears ❤🚢
To actually hear the titanics whistle such an amazing sound thank you for this experience
That being said, The whistle footage is nothing short of lovely!
Finally ive always wondered this question
Hell yeah good stuff brotha! Keep on keepin on
Man those whistles made my hair stand up. Thousands of souls brought back and remembered in a resounding blast.
Thanks. It might just be me, but I find it sad that the funnels, some of Titanic's most recognizable exterior features, are not much more than mangled and nigh-unrecognizable pieces of metal scattered across the wreck.
I appluade you for doing this research for us. I've also always wondered what happened to the Titanic's funnels. Thanks for this.
Who ever thought hearing that whistle would bring tears to my eyes? That was truly a special thing to behold.
Thanks so much Sam for sharing the whistle sound! This is sick A.F.!
Great video! Love your channel!
That’s so cool to see the actual funnel whistle blow
That whistle sound is amazing. Thanks for the video.
Seeing that her whistles still work despite decades under the ocean makes me really happy!
Thanks. I have always wondered. Love your video. Thank you.
Very cool to hear Titanic's voice after all of these years!
Thanks so much for your selfless research in The RMS Titanic. Can't understand my fascination with this historical tragedy but I love learning all I can about the ship. Thanks again ,PeaceLove&GodBless
You should have way more subs. Awesome channel man
The answer to the the question I never thought to ask. Thank you.
As always... great job!
wow awesome video, really cool to hear the titanic's whistle sound!
The documentary about them getting these whistles into operating orders a great watch!
WOW! Hearing that whistle blow was truly awesome. A small bit of the past comes to life.
this was completely awesome, thank you
A great way to start the weekend, get off work to a new Titanic video
I love your videos!
Love your videos.
liked and subscribed and commenting for the A :) Love your titanic content thank you!
Do you realize the percentage of views this video is getting vs the subscribers? That’s awesome! So happy for you. I love history and you have helped so much and taught me more than anyone else. The funnels of the Titanic could have possibly caused the ship to go down faster? It seems logical
I get chills every time I hear the whistles
I ran into your videos looking up the Titan Sub. Im sure you're gonna get a lot of people wandering UA-cam for info on Titan and come across your videos.