Week from hell

[Gulliver]

Didn't the Port Caroline and Charmers have some type of stabilising tank located in the crane housing foreward of the bridge? I think its efficiency was being monitered by the Nauticle something or other of Southampton. I understood that sea water went througe a narrowing, from one side to the other when the ship rolled, and supposedly damped down the effect. Regards, T.G.

They were called FLUME TANKS,and they were built into the DART AMERICA and DART ATLANTIC,which at the time in 1970 were the largest British cellular container ships built at that date.That ties in with the approximate year(68) for the Port ships.

I don't think the system was too successful,but maybe Capt.John Arton,who sailed in them after sale to CP ,and a few years after me,could expand on this answer?

Gulliver

[happy daze john in oz]

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I bought this postcard there exactly 63 years ago. In the background is the bridge like in Sydney Harbour Bridge.

I well recall all of those places you mention, spent many a summer holiday in those area and loved it.

[happy daze john in oz]

Didn't the Port Caroline and Charmers have some type of stabilising tank located in the crane housing forward of the bridge? I think its efficiency was being monitered by the Nauticle something or other of Southampton. I understood that sea water went through a narrowing, from one side to the other when the ship rolled, and supposedly damped down the effect. Regards, T.G.

That process has been expanded on to the modern day cruise ships. There are wt very large tanks forard, when the ship has to make a turn water is moved from one to the other to keep the ship upright. I forgot just how much water each can hold but it runs into thousands of litres and is pumped at about 1000 liters per second. It acts much the same way as shockers do on a car when cornering.