lightengine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Falmouth, circa 1991 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Teignmouth quay last year 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) Endurance in dry dock Edited May 7, 2019 by lightengine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted May 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2019 The four ram steering gear arrangement with a Hele-Shaw bi-directional variable delivery pump controlled by a hydraulic telemotor arrangement was a brilliant piece of design. It provided a rock solid dependable steering system suitable for remote control and offering stepless control. Hele-Shaw pumps were followed by variable delivery swash-plate pumps which could provide the same service with a much smaller pump but again offered an all hydraulic control arrangement. Hydraulic telemotor systems were replaced with electric control arrangements years ago, constant delivery pumps with solenoid control valves and electronic rudder angle feedback etc and although these systems are much easier for the helmsman (on the older systems you needed muscles like He-Man if getting a succession of rudder movement orders) and more easy to integrate with auto-pilot systems I always found there was an elegant simplicity and "rightness" about the older arrangements. Nowadays rotary vane steering gear tends to be much more common (for the second half of my sea career all I saw was rotary vane) and although they're very dependable and a lot lighter and more compact I have to admit I always had more confidence in the old four ram gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 One of my old "boats" SS Orsova, a real cruise ship, berthed in Pago Pago. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted May 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2019 Wasn't Chandres Line's funnel a black topped blue funnel with a white cross? Sort of like the Scottish flag but with a black top. Kev. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted May 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 08/04/2019 at 00:01, The Stationmaster said: Do they also manage the 'hotel' side of things? Is it possible to split it anyway from the management of the seafaring side? Sorry, I missed this question. Under the ISM Code the "Company" is: "the Owner of the ship or any other organization or person such as the Manager, or the bareboat Charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the Shipowner and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibility imposed by the Code." Therefore the company as defined by the ISM Code is responsible for safe management of the ship, the overriding authority of the master is also an integral part of ISM. So whether or not the entertainment and hotel service aspects are separated from the seafaring side in terms of contractual arrangements the regulatory framework is quite clear that the "company" under ISM has full authority for safe management of the ship. On cruise ships it is quite normal for some of the hotel and entertainment services to be managed as concessions and for different agencies to manage personnel provision etc but usually cruise ship owners self manage for the purposes of ISM and will also manage the entertainment and hotel services. It is quite unusual for a cruise ship to be managed by a ship manager who is the company under ISM, although it is very common for cargo ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted May 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2019 The RMI recently published the report into the loss of the Stellar Daisy, it can be found here: https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/Republic-of-the-Marshall-Islands-Office-of-the-Maritime-Administrator-STELLAR-DAISY-Casualty-Investigation-Report.pdf Chilling reading. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, SHMD said: Wasn't Chandres Line's funnel a black topped blue funnel with a white cross? Sort of like the Scottish flag but with a black top. Yes, the Greek letter "Chi" (X) for Chandris. They were a big participant in the post-war emigration trade to Australia. Edited May 7, 2019 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted May 7, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2019 41 minutes ago, lightengine said: HMS Endurance in dry dock That's not HMS Endurance, it's an old OSV, looks like a mid 70's - early 80's vintage one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, jjb1970 said: That's not HMS Endurance, it's an old OSV, looks like a mid 70's - early 80's vintage one. Yes, I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 'Fill her up' Marella Cruises 'Marella Dream' in Lisbon 1st May 2019 and Silversea Cruise 'Silver Cloud', also in Lisbon the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Another of my old "boats" the 42,000 ton SS Oriana in Pago Pago. Credit to original photographer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 USS Iowa, Portsmouth, UK, naval yard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Sail training ship Stavros S Niarchos entering Teignmouth harbour 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Jolie Brise entering Teignmouth harbour. The ship was built in Teignmouth and is now owned by a school. The mahoosive Wetherspoons pub in Teignmouth is named after her. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) Another of my old tubs. MV European Trader a freight ferry used predominantly on the Dover to Zeebrugge service. Berthed on the Eastern Arm of Eastern Docks, Dover astern of the European Endeavour. Edited May 9, 2019 by lightengine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 (edited) Artania Shipping cruise ship 'Artania' on charter to Phoenix Reisen of Germany. Berthed in Ibiza 6th May 2019 The ship was previously named Royal Princess (for Princess Cruises) and christened by Diana, Princess of Wales. Edited May 9, 2019 by NorthBrit Added more information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 MV European Trader entering Dover Eastern Docks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Another of my old tubs. The triple screws of The Pride of Bruges, P&O ferry, sister ship to the ill fated Herald of Free Enterprise. Seen here in Southampton dry dock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Chatham Naval dockyard 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Pride of Bruges, berthed in Chatham naval dockyard for a lay over. On leaving Chatham and just as we were passing the Richard Montgomery wreck we lost all engines and narrowly avoided the wreck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Teignmouth harbour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) TH 117 in Teignmouth. This photo was taken after she had been refloated and recently been towed back into harbour. She had got caught on a local sandbank and rolled over. Edited May 10, 2019 by lightengine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 TH117, Girl Rona, on the sandbank just offshore of Teignmouth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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