I never came across a Chief or a Second (1st Ass. Eng) that liked large V engines.
There were two of those on the Resolution Bay class container ships. They had upped the output somewhat by the last of the class.
They had a turbo at each end . 900mm bore 2.3 metre stroke max revs 125 rpm. Don’t ask me anything more technical.
Pielstick??
I hear they are not very poular with Engineers.
Yes. Especially when there are two squashed in a Ro-Ro with very little room.
Genius at work. He just needs to be careful when he rolls over at night, or there might be some shocking dreams afoot:
Obvouse candidate for the Dawrin Award.
PS> Couldn’t get the fusebox with the 3" nails in the same frame.
Source: Historic Vessel Vega
For young up and comeing Engineers:
No, not AI produced.
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Must have been a hot, heavy and dirty job back in them days:
illustration: Roy Ringstad
Anybody here who have actually been Stoker, or Fireman on a coal fired ship?
An anecdote:
An old Captain was awarded a medal for long service at sea, (incl. during two WWs)
He got an Audience with King Håkon VII of Norway (himself a Naval Officer) to receive the medal.
The King asked him;
- “What is the best that has happened in your many years at sea”?
The old Captain answered; "
- “When we got rid of those damned Stokers”.
- “Why was that such a happy occasion”?
- “That I can tell you Your Majesty; If they complained about anything and didn’t get it immediately, they just shoveled slower, until they did”.
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Sulzer RND 90.
The Whale Catcher “Southern Actor” under way from Sandefjord to Horten, Norway for her annual docking, overhaul and recertification for the upcoming summer excursions:
PS> Turn up the sound!!
Main engine on Whale catcher Southern Actor
Originally installed in D/S Tysnes:
ON ROUTE: M/S “Tysnes” will dock in Flakkavågen on its route from Leirvik around 1934. Then she had the original appearance as she was delivered from A/S Mjellem & Karlsen in 1930.
Under restoration at Daafjorden Slipp, 2005 (Never completed)
Vartun ex Tysnes is on shore for measuring and some steel work
Still in the Norwegian Ship Register:
https://www.sdir.no/skipssok/#/shipdetails/16349/1
22 hp Volda semi-diesel blowing perfect smoke rings:
Turn up the sound!!
If that was not enough, here is another of the same model:
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Anybody here who have sailed with one of these?:
Caltex Calcutta engined by a five cylinder centre scavenge Doxford LB. My first single handed watchkeeping job on the 8-12. It was 1966 and I was still a Cadet. I thought it was wonderful.
More semi-diesels being refurbished and restarted.
First a single-cylinder semi-diesel, produced by Heimdal in 1964. It is a 35-45 hp with hydraulic steering where the hydraulic pump and centrifugal regulator are driven by gears on the crankshaft:
Not easy to get everything right, but these guys have the skills, knowledge and patience to do it.
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Next, Starting of a Bolinder 2-cylinder 175 hp engine on the lightship “VAESTRA BANKEN”:
Didn’t she have crew accommodation in the forecastle?
No, crew accommodation was the deck below the main deck. Crew bar was aft .