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9th October 2023, 12:09 PM
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Him
Its got to be old age,but i am not sure who this is.
The ship is Fred Olsens BALMORAL.
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9th October 2023, 03:40 PM
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Re: Him
Don't know who it is either, but looks like 'full astern' on the port engine and 'standby' on the starboard engine, and if its not a twin screw, then the telegraph is broken and someone should have told the sculptor
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9th October 2023, 03:56 PM
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It's Samuel cunard, statue is in Halifax Nova Scotia.
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9th October 2023, 05:29 PM
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Re: Him
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Don't know who it is either, but looks like 'full astern' on the port engine and 'standby' on the starboard engine, and if its not a twin screw, then the telegraph is broken and someone should have told the sculptor
No Ivan, its an artists impression of a nautical clock, set and 10 past eleven.
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10th October 2023, 12:29 AM
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Re: Him
Looks like someone unknown; looking for someone else who can tell him what the hell he is leaning on.
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10th October 2023, 05:50 AM
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If the setting are such then maybe he is just going round in circles looking for something not there?
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10th October 2023, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
Looks like someone unknown; looking for someone else who can tell him what the hell he is leaning on.
Des
first trippers were told not to lean on the Telegraph as you could stop the engines, which as cadets we knew was not true as we brassoed the bleddy things every morning
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11th October 2023, 05:07 AM
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Sad Ivan but now they are a bit different and covered with something, no Brasso required
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11th October 2023, 09:26 PM
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Last time I swung a Brass telegraph was on the Autolycus built in 1949. Think the last time I swung a telegrah was on the Bibby LPG carrier Lincolshire she was built in 1972. the Telegraph was still Chadburns Liverpool but was not a chain link graph.
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16th October 2023, 10:38 AM
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Re: Him
Guess what the French term is for an Engine Room Telegraph.
I'll wait for your suggestions before I tell you!
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