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Originally Posted by Tony Taylor

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Took this with my cheapo little box camera, we were heading inbound when she was outbound.

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Forgot to mention this taken in the Solent, 67.

never heard of the second funnel of reino having cabins - her forward funnel was a dummy

I understand the Titanic has on funnel just for show, no useful purpose.

Hi John.
A bit like mine now LoL.
Des

You can always use for a flag locker Des , with a predominance of think it was the D flag , meaning keep clear of me I am manouvering with difficulty. JS

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Originally Posted by Bryan Portwig

never heard of the second funnel of reino having cabins - her forward funnel was a dummy

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As I did say "if memory serves me correctly" it was in the early 50's I was on 'stand-by- on her and only for a short time (no! not that short time!)

#46: do you mean a para nacha then Ivan ? JS

I worked with a guy here in New York, that had sailed on the S/S United States. he said the only two things made of wood on the ship was the "Butchers Block" in the galley, and the "Grand Piano" in the Ballroom

Geoff Bray

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Originally Posted by Ivan Cloherty

In the old days the larger the funnels the greater the apparent prestige for publicity, practicality had nothing to do with it, on some vessels a third or fourth funnel wasn't even connected to the engineroom, If I remember rightly the 2nd funnel on the 'Reina del Pacifico' even had cabins in it

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That sort of reminds me of the possibly apocryphal ,but still somehow quite believable,knowing how parsimonious and totally business orientated was Daniel K.Ludwig,(he of National Bulk Carriers fame) anecdote
When being shown plans of one of his pioneering early 'supertankers',in the 1950's by his Naval Architect,Ludwig pointed to the streamlined funnels and asked what they were".Funnels,sir" replied the N.A. nervously." Well,do they carry oil?"retorted Ludwig. "No,of course not,sir,"replied the flustered N.A." Well in that case,I don't want them",said Ludwig.

And that's why a generation of large Ludwig's NBC tankers had stovepipe funnels inflicted upon them.

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Originally Posted by happy daze john in oz

I understand the Titanic has on funnel just for show, no useful purpose.

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The fourth funnel was the so called dummy, far from it as it was used as an extraction funnel to help reduce heat in the lower deck spaces.
People say it was fake , it was not attached to the boiler uptakes but did serve a purpose.