The sounds of ships' horns

[Peter Mugridge]

I received this in an e-mail from a friend this evening.  As my ears aren't in perfect working order, I thought I should ask expert opinions as well to confirm that what I am hearing is indeed very similar to QE2.

The supplementary question, obviously, would have to be how many other ships have very similar sounds?

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Great Lakes 1000ft long bulk carrier "James R Barker" has a foghorn that sounds rather like the QE2!

The lifting bridge at Duluth Harbour has the higher pitch horn.
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[segura]

Hi Peter, I'm not an expert on horns but at least I could say that what I've heard in Dubai was something different than the horn sound in this video

[skilly56]

I have tried to post a video clip taken from QE2's port bridge wing during the final Southampton departure in 2008, but can't? Used to be able to - what has changed? This clip has plenty of QE2 noise - and doesn't really sound like the James Barker. Lizzie has her own distinctive note and I don't think I have ever heard anything similar, except for once when I was overhauling a Super Typhon whistle on my own ship and I screwed the tone adjustment bolt way out just to see how deep a noise it would make!
I then screwed the bolt back in to my scratch marks to restore normality, and keep the deck department happy!

Skilly

[skilly56]

Aha! I think I see what has changed. In days gone by, one could insert a video clip directly.
Now, one has to upload it to YouTube first, then insert the link.
More work.

[Rod]

On the Disney ships the whistle plays the first few notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" !

[Chris Thompson]

Want to hear QE2 booming over New York, take a look at the video I posted on Youtube a few years ago -

There really is nothing quite like her voice!

[Rob Lightbody]

I have tried to post a video clip taken from QE2's port bridge wing during the final Southampton departure in 2008, but can't? Used to be able to - what has changed? This clip has plenty of QE2 noise - and doesn't really sound like the James Barker. Lizzie has her own distinctive note and I don't think I have ever heard anything similar, except for once when I was overhauling a Super Typhon whistle on my own ship and I screwed the tone adjustment bolt way out just to see how deep a noise it would make!
I then screwed the bolt back in to my scratch marks to restore normality, and keep the deck department happy!

Skilly

Here it is now