How did they signal Titanic's Horn?

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[Person264]

Terry you forgot that the doctor bravely planted his tardis in the way of the titanic, damaging his ship and stopping the titanic dead, killing or seriously injuring all the occupants. He then went on board after absorbing the time vortex, he revived all the occupants, towed the titanic to new york and somehow managed to deceive the daleks into thinking the titanic had sank, and they created a film about it. In fact, the daleks even devised a rudimentary way of killing, by pressing the e key.

[TerryRussell]

But that can't be true. As is clearly shown in the film I once saw, the Daleks fire talcum powder out of their ray guns. And Peter Cushing was the Doctor then, before he became Van Helsing.

[mvsmith]

TTE,
The first rule for being an expert is never admit you are not sure.
If you have read the topic, you might have noticed that others have already covered those points.
Still, it’s nice to have an expert confirm that those speculations are worth speculating.

[Person264]

Hmmm, I don't know about the old doctors cos I'm too young and don't have that much time on my hands, but is was sort of thinking about david tennant nd the space titanic. Hey, that's where he put it

[firestar12]

Well that would explain it completely, then.

Perhaps now that we have solved the problem, we can write a completely fictional true-life documentary and include lots of facts about things that didn't happen, like the crew of the Enterprise beaming in 10 seconds before the collision, fighting with Darth Vader and finally escaping with Luke Skywalker into the Matrix while Commodore Ismay presses the V key to try to vaporise the looming iceberg. Of course, this is a valiant but doomed action, as the Daleks are inside the robotic iceberg, intent on destroying the Titanic.

Then we can have endless posts here by lots of knowledgeable experts telling us how they know better because they once saw a film about it.

Would that work for you?

How about when Vader and Smith meet, they like each other, and plot to rule the ship and anchor her WAAAY out in the boonies and trap everyone aboard! (BTW Ismay's V key was broken by harold bride that night )

[J3nsen]

This is the original titanic whistle recoverd from the ocean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6vdR5Hp91Y

And that is not a button! 

[firestar12]

This is the original titanic whistle recoverd from the ocean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6vdR5Hp91Y

And that is not a button! 

Ya i know that but wouldnt they have had to find it on a funnel? Or in a debris feild. lol.

[J3nsen]

hmm, really dont know... 

[RMS Canada]

TTE,
The first rule for being an expert is never admit you are not sure.
If you have read the topic, you might have noticed that others have already covered those points.
Still, it’s nice to have an expert confirm that those speculations are worth speculating.

I'm just guessing, okay?

[firestar12]

I'm just guessing, okay?

Guys, Guys, As Fred would say, No need to get nasty Try Not to get mad. I would trust Marty. He is full of wisdom, Experiences, and coolyness.

[TerryRussell]

Firestar I don't see that things are getting nasty.

Perhaps you're seeing things that aren't here?

No need to reply. I am watching this thread as I watch almost all of them.

[firestar12]

Firestar I don't see that things are getting nasty.

Perhaps you're seeing things that aren't here?

No need to reply. I am watching this thread as I watch almost all of them.

I know Terry, But it sounded Like TTE was getting a little upset, or Cranky. I just dont want anyones feelings getting hurt as mine have in the past.

[mvsmith]

This is the original titanic whistle recoverd from the ocean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6vdR5Hp91Y

And that is not a button! 

You are right, J3nsen, that sure doesn’t sound like a button. Most buttons make a sort of click when you press them. At least the mechanical ones do. The ones you click with the mouse can make any kind of sound, but that’s programming, not the button itself.

OK, enough of that. In the demonstration the valve was operated via a lanyard, as most whistles were at that time. There is some reason to think that Titanic used that newfangled electric stuff to operate the valve. If so, the magnetic actuator might not have been recovered or was too badly corroded to be used. There s probably someone who knows.

If electricity was used, there was still probably no button. More likely it was some kind of switch activated by pulling something as one would do with a lanyard. This would avoid re-training the crew to cope with new technology.

[Al Bundy]

If electricity was used, there was still probably no button. More likely it was some kind of switch activated by pulling something as one would do with a lanyard. This would avoid re-training the crew to cope with new technology.

Electricity was indeed used. There is a picture of the switches in the book "Titanic The Ship Magnificient: Design and Construction" page 538 fig. 22-66