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The Pig & Whistle
25th March 2024, 21:46
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Iron Sea: How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler's Warships
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Howard
As a Fourth Engineer back in the early seventies...
As a Fourth Engineer back in the early seventies I watched a Chief doing just that. He seemed very upset when I offered him a two pound hammer and suggested that it would be more suitable for...
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The Engine Room
5th September 2020, 18:56
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How did they manage to do that?
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Howard
P&O Southern Ferries ‘Eagle’ had all the port...
P&O Southern Ferries ‘Eagle’ had all the port engine room pumps connected to the starboard side of the switchboard and vice versa. It was very important to think before stopping or starting...
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The Engine Room
14th August 2020, 19:00
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Boilers
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Howard
HMS Hyperion, a 1930s destroyer, was fitted with...
HMS Hyperion, a 1930s destroyer, was fitted with two Admiralty pattern Yarrow boilers and an experimental Belville water tube boiler. My father was Chief ERA in her when she was sunk in the...
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The Engine Room
25th October 2019, 19:00
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Landlubber questions.
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Howard
When you think about it the pistons and...
When you think about it the pistons and associated gubbins are reversing direction twice a revolution. It’s only really the crankshaft that is doing much different when the engine is thrown astern.
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Royal Navy
25th August 2019, 07:55
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What ship is this? Phoebe? Jamaica?
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Howard
My Father’s cabin is in amongst that damage. He...
My Father’s cabin is in amongst that damage. He was a Commissioned Engineer on Swiftsure and was on watch in the engine room at the time of the collision. He then moved to be in charge of the damage...
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Royal Navy
26th January 2019, 18:44
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HMS Glowworm
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HMS Glowworm
I’ve just read a fictionalised account of HMS Glowworm’s ramming of Hipper in WW2. At one point the author talked about the main steam line being hit and the emergency throttles being operated from...
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The Pig & Whistle
14th August 2017, 19:03
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What did you do after the sea ?
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Howard
Joined a cross channel ferry company doing the...
Joined a cross channel ferry company doing the same job for more money, more leave and an almost normal home life.
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Mess Deck
2nd August 2017, 08:04
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laid up on the Fal
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Howard
P&O Southern Ferries 'Eagle' was laid up there...
P&O Southern Ferries 'Eagle' was laid up there for a while in the mid 70s. we had a full compliment of engine room and deck staff with a few stewards. We had a phone line from the western side of the...
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Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
21st June 2017, 20:55
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Soton Docks circa 1964
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Howard
A fascinating place! I was ten in 1954 and I...
A fascinating place! I was ten in 1954 and I discovered that if I bunked off Sunday school I could easily enter the Old Docks on my bike. You just waited until a lorry was going in or out and went in...
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