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Forum: The Pig & Whistle

25th March 2024, 20:46

Replies: 15

Iron Sea: How the Allies Hunted and Destroyed Hitler's Warships

Views: 531

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

How did they manage to do that?

Views: 4,357

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

Boilers

Views: 8,848

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

Landlubber questions.

Views: 12,454

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

What ship is this? Phoebe? Jamaica?

Views: 3,930

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, 17:44

Replies: 0

HMS Glowworm

Views: 2,281

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

What did you do after the sea ?

Views: 9,496

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

laid up on the Fal

Views: 3,510

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

Soton Docks circa 1964

Views: 21,267

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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