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Old 26th September 2020, 22:21
Makko Mexico Makko is offline
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Helenus was the "prison ship" for the bad boys!

One 4/E who I sailed with told me a tale..........

There was an alarm that the HFO purifier had tripped. He duly went to the purifier room and, almost immediately, ran back to the MCR:

4/E, to C/E from MCR," Chief, I have a problem with the purifier."
C/E to 4/E, still wiping the sleep from his eyes,"Flock! Just get it fixed!"
then, sleep gone,
C/E to 4/E,"......what precisely is the problem?"
4/E to C/E,"It's gone, Chief!
C/E to 4/E,"Gone? Burned out motor? What, man?"
4/E to C/E," No Chief. There is a flocking great hole in the ship's side! The shaft broke and the bowl went over the wall!"

Apparently, the C/E thought he was still dreaming, and went down to the pit. Apparently, his face was a picture when he went into the purifier room and could see the sea clearly and very, very close from the new "window"!

Rgds.
Dave
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