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    Chris,
    The strum box had another name, can you remember it?
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    Also known as a Rose Box Duke!
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    Thanks for the post Duke.............
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    Rat Guards, now just imagine how better things could be if we could find a way to attach them to Parliament.
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    Re #12 &13.
    I knew that guys, just wondering if Chris knew.
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    Thanks Duke, yes I did know, thanks again for the post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duke Drennan View Post
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    Chris,
    The strum box had another name, can you remember it?
    Duke, I do remember it being referred to as the rosy, Everyone understood what they where talking about if it was ever mentioned, Then again the few passenger ships i was in if i was asked to dive down on rosy i would think twice
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    The strum box was always in the after bilge Bay. Next to the bulkhead. Bulk carriers and ore carries didn’t usually have the bilge system of a general cargo ship . An ore carrier usually only had one strum box in the centre next to the after bulkhead, this was in one small bay protected by a steel plate flush with the tank top. On ore carriers this was pumped out daily as most ores had a water content. General cargo ships the bilges stretched the full length of the hold on either side , I shudder to think of preparing such a vessel for a grain cargo with today’s manning . Maybe it gets done by shore labour today ?
    Terry I always remember the main rosy as in the pantry. Smaller ones were found in most of the cabins. JS
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    May well be the old grey matter John, And now you mention it i to remember the rosy you mention, But there was another name for the strum box as someone has mentioned, It will come to e in time Regards Terry.


    Rose Box:
    The strainer at the end of the suction pipe of a bilge pump which prevents solid material in the bilges from being sucked into the pump and choking it. Also known as a strum box.
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    A rosy was always the little rubbish bin in your cabin- picture this -
    First trip, first inspection - Old man comes in, scrutinises everything, even ran his gloved fingers along the deck head beams, ha ha - no dust.
    Finally, just as he is leaving the cabin he looks in the rosy, the base was rusty with no coating left, whats this he says, mankie bin, get it sorted.
    Following week, same again, but we had painted inside (shared cabin), hmm! bit better but who gave you the paint? etc.etc.
    Next week, we were ready for him, and had put some tissue paper in the base, a few seconds before he came in we spotted a little piece of fluff on the deck, so quickly popped it in the bin; of course it stood out against the clean white paper. Same process again, checked the rosy on his way out and froze, what is this he demanded can you lot not even look after an effin rosy.
    Took us a while to realise it was an introduction to p-ss taking.

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