Forum: The Engine Room
6th September 2021, 14:40
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Replies: 42
Views: 18,861
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
27th July 2021, 15:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 13,866
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Forum: The Engine Room
1st July 2021, 11:20
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Replies: 41
Views: 17,866
Sounds like one refrigerated Container Ship I...
Sounds like one refrigerated Container Ship I sailed on, to carry a full reefer load with the usual selection of chilled and deep frozen North from NZ, you needed 3 reefer compressors - the vessel...
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Forum: The Engine Room
8th January 2021, 14:56
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Replies: 29
Views: 19,073
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Forum: Stormy Weather
27th June 2019, 14:54
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Replies: 29
Views: 31,976
Allegedly a Douglas Bader story....
courtesy...
Allegedly a Douglas Bader story....
courtesy of the Alan Clark Diaries...
Bader was giving a talk during assembly at a posh girl's school, and was recounting one of the many dogfights in which...
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Forum: The Engine Room
12th February 2019, 18:05
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Replies: 17
Views: 22,294
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Forum: The Radio Room
27th June 2018, 15:35
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Replies: 31
Views: 21,809
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
2nd March 2018, 12:38
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Replies: 165
Views: 132,034
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Forum: The Radio Room
14th February 2018, 10:56
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Replies: 21
Views: 20,546
We watched this movie one trip to sea...
We watched this movie one trip to sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_(film) and the R/O said he had heard of similar incidences. A. M. Low's "Adrift in the Stratosphere", a 1937 book has the...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
13th September 2017, 16:01
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Replies: 0
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Greenhithe 1981 - 1983
Long shot here but we are organising a reunion for the D4 Engineer Cadets that did phase 1 at Greenhithe and are short of a few members:
Les Black - BP - jacked it in after phase II
Dave Cole -...
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Forum: Mess Deck
29th July 2017, 10:25
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,602
Yes, no problem, think Alton Towers ride.
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Yes, no problem, think Alton Towers ride.
The biggest near disaster we had was where the hydraulic jack failed to release the pin on a fully loaded boat as the roller had seized. To correct this...
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Forum: Say Hello
13th June 2017, 12:16
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Replies: 32
Views: 13,702
The first iteration of Isis was very simple -...
The first iteration of Isis was very simple - orange alarm annnunciators and a selector switch to pick the channel - bit like the RichWest system, bomb proof (almost). Norcontrol was good - until one...
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Forum: Say Hello
13th June 2017, 09:28
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Replies: 32
Views: 13,702
Ahh Kongsberg - I was on a ferry with one of...
Ahh Kongsberg - I was on a ferry with one of their offerings - came down the ECR to take over and the Day Chief says "We have a problem" - one of the systems had retreated to the confines of its HDD...
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Forum: The Engine Room
13th June 2017, 07:05
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,700
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Forum: The Engine Room
12th June 2017, 20:12
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,700
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
11th June 2017, 21:35
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Replies: 51
Views: 53,114
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Forum: The Engine Room
11th June 2017, 21:33
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,700
There are some at a power station in Australia...
There are some at a power station in Australia (Can't remember where) that are allegedly runnable. One in Napier that is not (That's the one I've seen, photos in "the other place") Some in the...
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Forum: The Engine Room
11th June 2017, 13:33
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Replies: 43
Views: 31,700
Fullagar Engines
I've put this in my Dropbox for anyone interested
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ynkx5dt9cpagfk/English%20Electric%20Fullagar%20Engine.pdf?dl=0
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
11th June 2017, 13:29
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Replies: 51
Views: 53,114
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Forum: The Engine Room
4th June 2017, 11:29
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Replies: 29
Views: 26,388
What a ball-ache that device was - I found (and...
What a ball-ache that device was - I found (and got Lloyds to approve the use of) that the hand held IR thermometer could reliably detect the liquid gas interface by the change in temperature due to...
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Forum: Say Hello
18th April 2017, 20:27
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,208
On board a safer ship
Well, I never said "Hello" last time so better do so now - I look forward to meeting old friends (and new) and hope that the new site retains the previous good humour of the old one but without the...
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