Ships, don't sink very often, in fact only once.
Under normal circumstances.
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- 14 Mar 2024, 22:22
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- 14 Mar 2024, 13:57
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Never far away from the site Stanley.
- 12 Mar 2024, 17:54
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
No such thing as a safe ship. Always expect the unexpected
- 11 Sep 2021, 10:37
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Well twenty years ago today. 9/11/2001. Twin towers in New York.
- 09 Sep 2021, 13:33
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Nothing changes. Officers in chatge of millions of pounds worth of ship and cargo.
- 03 Mar 2021, 06:06
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Yes. Just a few oxy acetylene torches and a couple of hundred men with sledge hammers and crowbars.
- 03 Mar 2021, 05:45
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Absolutely right Stanley.
The conditions that the breakers work under are horrendous.
No Health and safety there. When it comes to people being hurt the managers just pay off the investigators,
A sense of Luddites springs to mind.
The conditions that the breakers work under are horrendous.
No Health and safety there. When it comes to people being hurt the managers just pay off the investigators,
A sense of Luddites springs to mind.
- 02 Mar 2021, 11:32
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Yes, MV Marco Polo. These old ladies make money for their owners all of their seagoing life, and still make money for owners at their demise.
How does it go. Money makes the World Go Round!
How does it go. Money makes the World Go Round!
- 11 Jan 2021, 05:25
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley,
I had exactly the same thought when I read the post.
I had exactly the same thought when I read the post.
- 10 Jan 2021, 10:09
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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I saw that today.
I don't think anything they come up with would entice me. A nice relaxing cruise with no worries, that's me.
I don't think anything they come up with would entice me. A nice relaxing cruise with no worries, that's me.
- 29 Nov 2020, 10:53
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley,
Needs must when the Devil drives. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Needs must when the Devil drives. Necessity is the mother of invention.
- 26 Nov 2020, 08:33
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Stanley.
What, was it a small triple expansion engine. I know they didn't have condensers, and they exhausted directly up the funnel, which made a puffing sound. Hence puffers.
What, was it a small triple expansion engine. I know they didn't have condensers, and they exhausted directly up the funnel, which made a puffing sound. Hence puffers.
- 21 Nov 2020, 17:55
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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- 18 Nov 2020, 10:25
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Stanley,
Whenever there is a world disaster, there is always an opportunity to gouge out something from it.
The song "Blame it on the Kellys" springs to mind.
Whenever there is a world disaster, there is always an opportunity to gouge out something from it.
The song "Blame it on the Kellys" springs to mind.
- 13 Nov 2020, 09:50
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley,
The same applied if you passed away at sea. However, they put you in one of the fridges and brought you home, as long as no crew member protested. Didn't want a body stored with the food.
The same applied if you passed away at sea. However, they put you in one of the fridges and brought you home, as long as no crew member protested. Didn't want a body stored with the food.
- 13 Nov 2020, 07:32
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
For those that go down to the sea in ships.
- 29 Oct 2020, 17:20
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Ships always carry an electrical engineer recognised by the green behind their braids.
- 27 Oct 2020, 08:13
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley, I.S.O. protocols stipulate isolation procedures, I.S.O. Started in around the year 2000,With ISO 9000. Just taking fuses out became non compliant, and our friends at H.S.O. can now hand out hefty fines for non compliance. What you did was standard safety procedure at the time, and made comm...
- 27 Oct 2020, 07:42
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley,
I understand what you say. You were taking the precaution of ensuring safety. These days with the I.S.O, Protocols in place the idea behind it, is so there are not any accidents.
I understand what you say. You were taking the precaution of ensuring safety. These days with the I.S.O, Protocols in place the idea behind it, is so there are not any accidents.
- 27 Oct 2020, 07:11
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Chinatyke'
Like you say standard procedure.
Like you say standard procedure.
- 26 Oct 2020, 07:13
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley I don't understand people like that. Respect is something you have to give before you receive it. Wearing nice smart clothes doesn't make you a manager. When I was at sea, I always remembered that my world was the length of the ship I was on, and that everyone's life, onboard was in the hand...
- 25 Oct 2020, 08:26
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley,
He looks like he is watching paint dry.
Like you say absolutely no idea of what you are attempting to do.
Oh well must be some Mothers son.
He looks like he is watching paint dry.
Like you say absolutely no idea of what you are attempting to do.
Oh well must be some Mothers son.
- 24 Oct 2020, 06:06
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Stanley, Been there, got the T shirt and seen the video. Lol. When I was doing Boiler and Compressed air tank, pre inspections, for Lloyds inspectors. In the back of my mind I always thought, what happens if something goes wrong whilst I am in there. All in a days work, I suppose, the not so glamoro...
- 23 Oct 2020, 11:58
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Stanley,
Gotcha. Still not a job for the faint hearted.
Gotcha. Still not a job for the faint hearted.
- 22 Oct 2020, 09:34
- Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
- Topic: Marine Engineers
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Re: Marine Engineers
Stanley,
Was the photograph taken in the boiler flue, or in the underground flue to the stack? Either way an unenviable task. Not a job, for a claustrophobic.
Was the photograph taken in the boiler flue, or in the underground flue to the stack? Either way an unenviable task. Not a job, for a claustrophobic.