ss Nestor

[Pete Leonard (Bruno)]

Hi.Jimmy
thank you for your input to this subject. You pretty well answered my query on your own. I say no more.
Cheers
Pete

[Pete Leonard (Bruno)]

Thank you for that Hugh. I think I may have got my legends crossed in the first place. I must accept that No.3 had the longest stack in Blue Flues history. But as I said, No.4 was the one in service that I remember, and some of the older hands must have passed on the legend, which I took to mean the current ship. It looked mighty tall to me. I hope that all makes sense.
Cheers
Pete

ps I think we can safely put this one to bed nw

[jon dee]

Alfred Holt Legend: Build my Funnels Tall and Blue and look after my Chinese crew.
Courtesy J Rimmer.

[Trader]

Hiya Pete,

I coasted the "Nestor" (4) in 1954 and in 1955 I did a couple of trips in the "Neleus" her sister-ship down to Aussie. Both good ships and I painted the "Neleus"'s funnel a couple of times. I don't remember it being any bigger than other Blue Flue ships that I was on.

Alec.

[jimmys]

The funnel is a part of the machinery and not an adornment for the deck. The measurement of the height is taken from the furnace front and not from the deck.
In older ships the accommodation tended to be lower and the funnel gave the impression of height but normally as machinery became more powerful funnel height above the furnace front tended to increase.
I do not have the measurement so I cant comment on which of the various Nestors had the highest funnel.
When we calculate boiler efficiencies we use funnel height and uptake temperature in the calculations.

regards
jimmy