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Forum: The Pig & Whistle 25th March 2024, 21:46
Replies: 15
Views: 7,249
Posted By 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...
Forum: The Engine Room 5th September 2020, 18:56
Replies: 2
Views: 9,170
Posted By 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...
Forum: The Engine Room 14th August 2020, 19:00
Replies: 5
Views: 13,973
Posted By 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...
Forum: The Engine Room 25th October 2019, 19:00
Replies: 14
Views: 18,001
Posted By 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.
Forum: Royal Navy 25th August 2019, 07:55
Replies: 2
Views: 6,267
Posted By 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...
Forum: Royal Navy 26th January 2019, 18:44
Replies: 0
Views: 4,134
Posted By Howard
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...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 14th August 2017, 19:03
Replies: 23
Views: 13,013
Posted By 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.
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd August 2017, 08:04
Replies: 3
Views: 5,421
Posted By 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...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 21st June 2017, 20:55
Replies: 36
Views: 30,269
Posted By 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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