emergency signal

[midnight sushi]

"what was the origin of the 7 short, 1 long signal, titantic?

[cruiserbryce]

or since the...:rolleyes:

[JohnIreland]

"what was the origin of the 7 short, 1 long signal, titantic?

 

 

titanic sent 2 different signals

 

— · — · — — · — — · ·

C Q D

 

 

and

 

· · · — — — · · ·

S O S

 

 

 

 

Not sure what the signal you are talking about is , do you have a link ?

[cruiserbryce]

7 short blasts of the funnel followed by one long blast is the emergency signal on a ship

[sail7seas]

Don't all the ships sound the emergency signal during life boat drill?

 

Seven short and one long are always sounded on ship's horn on HAL during drill.

 

It becomes habit to count them and that is the point.

[cruiserbryce]

yup, all ships are the same. The ones that are listed in a member's post above were for morse (morris?) code...I know I should know how its spelled but I dont so:o

[LHT28]

yup, all ships are the same. The ones that are listed in a member's post above were for morse (morris?) code...I know I should know how its spelled but I dont so:o

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Morse Code

[midnight sushi]

when was the signal first used?

[pba20493]

It means this ( 1 toot of the horn for each word ).

 

GET (1)

 

THE (2)

 

HECK ( insert whatever word that starts with an F that you like :D ) (3)

 

OFF (4)

 

THE (5)

 

SHIP (6)

 

RIGHT (7)

 

NOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! ( the long blast )

 

Hope this helps. Just something that I thought up during the MUSTARD:p Drill. Yeah yeah I know its MUSTER.

 

Tim

[Treven]

I had a hot dog with mustard on it for my muster drill.

[CDRMark]

There are lots of signals ships make with their horns to communicate with other ships. Seven is the most I am familiar with, but I do not know when it became a standard emergency signal.

Seven is unlikely to be confused with any of the other (1-5) short blasts.

Here is the Coast Guard Reg on signals if anyone is interested:

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