Perhaps Lucas had no reserve of smoke. Instructions for Marconi transmitters were tune for maximum smoke and so must have employed a substantial reserve of smoke. Possibly in those glass bottles that we changed when the smoke stopped? Or possibly piped up from the engine room in those copper pipes that Leckie looked after as soon as they went through the radio room bulkhead. That would explain why we were not allowed to transmit in port - insufficient smoke after FWE.
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David V
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light
Himself. It struck him dead and serve him right
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan
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