Steamship Construction 2

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Part Two. The Ships
Bridge and its Instruments.
You may recognise a few photos from previous posts. Just thought it would be nice to reuse a few in a new context

An open bridge which was quite common in pre WW2 ships. Initially a bridge was literally that. A walkway from one side to the other.It eventually evolved into a wheelhouse.The only shelter on an open bridge was canvas dodgers.



Telegraph and unhooded binnacle



The bridge wing telegraph.





Divers view of a telegraph.Bet it is gone now.

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Ha Ha I am an awful tease you got to see it twice


Enclosed wheelhouse.

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A variety of steering positions.










The after end of the steering system - The steering quadrant fitted directly to the rudder post.

[MixedUp]

Fantastic pics Nick, then you go and spoil it by putting a pic of that ugly b@stard on there.

He doesn't look at this Newsgroup does he????


Steve

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You are banned ! Ha Ha

[MixedUp]

Originally Posted by salsettediving

You are banned ! Ha Ha

Well at least it isn't a pic of someone kissing his @rse this time.

Steve

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You would willingly kiss his arse and ream his ring for the reason the tradition is upheld !

[MixedUp]

Originally Posted by salsettediving

You would willingly kiss his arse and ream his ring for the reason the tradition is upheld !

Nick, my chances of finding a bell are somewhat low.

Steve

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Enough about bottoms and tomfoolery. For a bit more on steamships see the post SS Shieldhall in arena or go to-

www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk

[uncle al]

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

Well at least it isn't a pic of someone kissing his @rse this time.

Steve

this tradition was started by the late ANDY SMITH at weymouth, and the 1st club was kingston bsac.
can anybody tell me who the 1st diver to kiss andy`s arse was???

[Mdemon]

Moving swiftly on...!

The pic which really got me going was the diver's view one. That's the sort of thing that really helps when trying to interpret the silt covered bumps that is a wreck.

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The Great Laker.
All fore and aft. Designed to work the St Lawrence Seaway. Navigate the locks and pick up cargo from overhead silo shutes. Two tier bridge on focastle deck, rubbing strakes along hull.
Examples - Gorizia,WH Dwyer, Albert C Field.

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I just love this one. I have it as a desktop. Typical of the coasters we dive. Well deck. She is working her foremast boom to unload cargo whilst drying her foresail in the sunshine. You can just see the bell on the focastle rail and builders plate on the well deck bulkhead. Canvas dodgers around the bridge. Probably 1890's build.

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The 1920's and 30's Tanker.
Eg Pomella , Beusten.
You can see the walkway which is a hazard to divers on Pomella.



First World War Tanker. Deck View.
Eg Illinois.

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[martin58]

Here are a few various photos of the engine room of the SS Thorfinn a working steam ship. Now I'm new to Photo Bucket so apologies if your staring at a blank screen....there are photos, honest!!!

Although most of you probably know the SS Thorfinn as the Chuuk Lagoon, dive live aboard she was originally constructed in the Stord Shipyards, Norway, 1954 as an Ice Class Antarctic whaler and worked for many years in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean. She was converted to a cruise/ charter ship in the early 70’s.
The Main Engine is a FMV Double compound steam reciprocating - 2,500 h.p. @ 140 rpm. The Boilers are Foster Wheeler Corp (2 x 18,000 lbs./hr each @ 250 psi working press. 600 deg F superheat). The ship uses 2 x Detroit Diesel Generators- Model 6-71N, 100KW, 440 VAC, 3 phase each.

Well here (hopefully) are the photos....MDemon I was following your instructions, thanks!!

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cargo handling.

[SteveC]

Originally Posted by salsettediving

Enough about bottoms and tomfoolery. For a bit more on steamships see the post SS Shieldhall in arena or go to-

www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk

Just had a look at the link. The ship is operating out of Weymouth this weekend. . . Click the "2008 Sailing Programme" for more info

Fri 22nd
11:00
Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast
16:00
£27:00

Sat 23rd
11:00
Cruise from Weymouth to view the Dorset Jurassic Coast
16:00
£27:00

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UK Ship Construction. 1888 1889.



Steering Engines.