QE2 Whistles

[Peter Mugridge]

That's actually a bit difficult to answer because there are so many other vibrations while on board.

However, from nearby on land - yes -  if i am close enough ( think Hythe Pier or Calshot Castle ) then I can indeed feel the deep bass vibrations in my stomach when a ship's horn is going, but I am also hearing it and am concentrating more on the sound than anything else.

Now - it would be nice if someone could invent a ship's horn that, at any distance, would vibrate one's stomach in the same way as standing a few feet away from a Deltic ( that's a type of older railway locomotive ) with both engines running on fast idle will do...

[Cristina]

Loved watching and listening to the whistle vids but even sadder was watching her actually moving at sea.
So much nicer than knowing she is simply sat stationary now.    Fantastic vids though.

[skilly56]

Aaaww Rosie,

You already know there is always more hot air on the Bridge than in the engine room! So, they just keep pushing that little white button until a fuse blows in an electrical distribution box in the wheel house, then all goes peaceful and quiet again.

Hope you and yours have an enjoyable voyage - unfortunately, I am back on the job at the end of January and don't get ashore in NZ again until about March 8th - 10th, otherwise I would be meeting you in the Sky Tower or at the Viaduct Basin.

Currently sweltering in 28 degrees at Lake Taupo after 4 days being cooked in Hawkes Bay. It is just so hot I am having to sit inside and watch Maria Sharapova bounce around the tennis court in Auckland. Very entertaining!

Cheers

Skilly

[Twynkle]

Oh Skilly!!!' - for lots of reasons! 

In the days of pure steam, would the whistles have ever run out of it then?

(Good news that you are at home now -
and Very bad news that the bosses made a cunning plan to sabotage our meeting!)

[R80OOP]

I get all emotional when I hear the QE2's mighty whistles - thank god for You tube!!! I can re-live my me,ories time and time again.  No other sound can compete with her amazing blast!! magnificient. 

[bobso]

Link to a Battle of the Horns in Sothampton

[bobso]

QE2 40th birthday whistles--

[skilly56]

40 Seconds!
Not bad for an old girl, 1 sec = 1 year!

Skilly
(In Perth)

[bobso]

Short video of the QE2 and Shieldhall sounding their horns---

[Rod]

When you were a watchkeeper living on 1 deck forward, the foghorn on 1 deck forward was a pain.......Not much sleep...but who cared the PH pax were paying my wages!

[riskygizmo]

Yep, I remember Nigel Rigg, the hotel officer (he of the John Lennon specs and Onion Castle buttons) bemoaning the fact that
he always seemed to get the cabin right underneath the fwd foghorn.  Talking of hotel bods, another I particularly remember is
Robin (sorry, can't recall his surname) "Bookie" to his friends, or "Mr Bookie" to my little brother. It was he who told me the story
behind the big plaque from the bomb disposal team that had jumped into the sea in 1972. Memory is a strange beast - thirty some
years on I can remember that he drank Johnnie Walker Black Label with THREE lumps of ice.

[Rod]

Yep, I remember Nigel Rigg, the hotel officer (he of the John Lennon specs and Onion Castle buttons) bemoaning the fact that
he always seemed to get the cabin right underneath the fwd foghorn.  Talking of hotel bods, another I particularly remember is
Robin (sorry, can't recall his surname) "Bookie" to his friends, or "Mr Bookie" to my little brother. It was he who told me the story
behind the big plaque from the bomb disposal team that had jumped into the sea in 1972. Memory is a strange beast - thirty some
years on I can remember that he drank Johnnie Walker Black Label with THREE lumps of ice.

Robin Bowie.  Nickname "Bookie"
ANOTHER gentleman. Would do anything to help anybody! AND, ask your Mother about her and Myra's hot toddies they fed to me!

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Oriana and QE2 exchanging salutes.

I enjoyed the sounds of the cheerful QE2 passengers in the background, while the camera focuses steadily on Oriana passing QE2. Well filmed!

[Twynkle]

A superb film - well spied, Isabelle

Curiously - the blue, white and red flag, stbd on QE2's great mast - it doesn't seem quite right for Southampton water, or does it?!
Is it a nautical 'call sign'?

[Rob Lightbody]

A superb film - well spied, Isabelle

Curiously - the blue, white and red flag, stbd on QE2's great mast - it doesn't seem quite right for Southampton water, or does it?!
Is it a nautical 'call sign'?

Fantastic!  When I see things like this, I still find it hard to accept that she's gone.