I read that Titanic's whistle was the biggest for the times (1912) and could be heard 10 miles away.

My question is if this is so, why didn't they blow the whistle and also why wouldn't the ships which were suppose to be in that mileage range hear it and then come to their rescue?
Betty

I knew about the facts, but that's a really good question as to why they did not blow it.

good question Betty, i haven't got a clue what the answer could be but im interested in knowing aswell

Part of the answer has to do with when they were blowing it. Sound carries differently in cold, and at night, both of which mattered here. The rockets also supposedly could be heard a long way away but weren't, mostly due to the fact that sound actually falls in sharp cold, because of the induction currents in the air. So it simply can't carry far enough to make a diff. Also, they didn't know how far off that ship was.

There's also a good possibility no one thought of it. Probably the best answer of them all.

They all are good possibilaties to why they did not blow the whistle.

Titanic's whistle was blown every noon to to tell other ships in the area that everything was well, except for that and in port the whstles were ony used to let other ships know of her position (or course) :D

I inagine partof that also was noise control - can you imagine [i:65ce8487a3]all[/i:65ce8487a3] those ships blowing their whistles at the same time?

On the website (bellow) you can listen to Titanc's whistle:
[url]http://members.tripod.com/~MaryJanesTitanic/whistleindex.html[/url]
:D

Thanks, Tom, I was looking for that myself and couldn't find it.

Is that amazing or what? I remember a few years back hearing the whistle from someone's site or online somewhere. What a trip back in history?

This is why I am so convinced artifacts should be brought to the surface. We would not be able to enjoy this sound or know anything at all about the whistle, if it had not be recovered. I know a lot of you disagree, but this is just my opinion

Betty