Thanks for sharing this. It was in 1968 when I (coming from Germany) visited my pen friend. She lived in South Shields. I still remember the horn's sound going through all of my body. And I remember the kind of sea fog I've never seen before. You even could not see your own hands in front of you. What an experience!!

I grew up in that lighthouse in the early 80s . . . My father was one of the four keepers.

It's good that some of the British foghorns have been kept in a working condition they are part of our maritime history

1:42 "Aww blessed".... "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHUMPH!!!!!!!"

Out of all the fog horns I've listened to Souter is the one that sounds the most like a 30MM rotary cannon firing.

All 121 decibels' worth. It could be heard up to 18 miles out to sea when in service and up to 12 miles inland. Apparently, if the conditions were favourable you could even hear it in Newcastle city centre, and definitely as far south as Seaham and as far north as Blyth.

And on the two ships in the distance the captains are wondering what are they playing at

love lighthouses

You can't be the awsome sound of a diaphone fog horn! Check out the lowhead type G diaphone in Tasmania. Its the loudest horn there is. Great Video of it on here. Be warned though, I did wreck the speakers on my computer playing it at full volume!

sounds like me after too many beans

why sweet talk into getting set off when u didnt go inside

sounds like some one farting though a micraphone hooked up to a speeker hoocked up to the horns lol

So you didnt bother to go in and look at the engines and compressor..

Souter is in Tyne and Wear, South Tyneside NOT Northumbria.

It's a diaphone horn