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Best yard I ever worked with. Worked on building of ‘RRS Charles Darwin’ and Rowbothams ‘Tankerman’ there. Great and very friendly workforce who were generally always willing to lend a hand.
There was a slight ‘glitch’ under British Shipbuilders when they shipped a bunch of electricians and shipwrights down from the Clyde to work there which caused some union issues. I remember the electrical boss Jimmy Knott who was quite a character there and his sidekick (think it was Ken Higget?) who had a reputation for ‘linking out’ troublesome alarms in the engine control room. Not always the best solution.
On Charles Darwin during the measured mile we tuned the main transmitter on 4Mhz and the ship went hard a port! Took a while to find that issue……
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