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    Hi, was ship's photographer on board before and after name change. Gave up being ships photographer and trained as R/O and spent several years with Maersk on Danish Flag ships.

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    Hia Peter, i was on the Transvaal/Vaal from 25/08/1964 to 02/12/1968. was a very very good ship, i was messman/utility stwd and peak Stwd,.

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    Thanks for the posts guys, I sailed as extra 2nd & 2nd engineer on S.A.Vaal in 1971, she was a lovely ship and they were happy days. Now trying to put together an article comparing the pax vsls of 1960's/70's with the modern monsters, can anybody assist with engine room manning level for the Vaal, I think it was C/E, 1st, 2nd, extra 2nd, junr 2nd, 3rd, extra 3rd, junr 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Chief Elect, 2 x asst elec, Chief Refrig, 2 x asst refrig, 1 x D/man + 3 x oilers/watch plus daywork squad. Can anyone give me more definite listings. Also interested in any confirmation details for the main machinery specification (Turbines/Boilers/Evaporators/Demin plant/Turbo & diesel alternators) and any performance/consumtpion data. Any input will be gratefully received.

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    If you look on the b&c staff register site it has the ships lists
    Home they go back several years so you can check the Manning of any of the ships
    I had a funny feeling that there was he for 2nd 3rd and 4th electrician on the SA Vaal , and I thought that it was all scheme alternators as opposed to a choice of Steam and diesel but I'm sure that Vic has a much better memory of it than I have
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    The SA Vaal had four 1500kw alternators and three 250kw Petbow RR emergency diesels.
    She carried 4 electricians.
    I believe that the boilers (3) were of Foster Wheeler design
    Her turbines were two hp,two intermediate and two LP
    Vic
    Ps voltage was 440v AC.

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    Out of all the variety of generators that I sailed with over the years the Rolls-Royce straight eight D-Type 1800 RPM 60 cycle generator which I think was supposed to be swapped over for a complete exchange unit every 25000 hours was the most unreliable troublesome unit that I ever came across
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    If memory serves m coorectly there were two companies using the RR engine, Pelafone (or similar name) and Petbow. Petbow had the more reliable controls.
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    the Woodward governors were very complicated , but because the swap out overhaul hours went from 25.000 to 32,000 the mechanical reliability was the pits
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    Other problems with them were:-

    Weight of the alternator rotor was at the maximum distance separation for the bearing support.
    The non-drive end of the exciter was unsupported (no bearing) and tend to rub on the exciter stator.
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    I wasn't aware of that problem Vic , the fact they used to throw con rods out of the side was scary enough for me
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