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    Part Two - Life on a Cargo Ship in 1958 - mv Tyrone
    Working in the Tyrone's Engine Room as the ship travels to Auckland in New Zealand.
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    https://youtu.be/G5ftYg9xlhU

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    Thanks for the video. I have sailed on a few old Doxford's like her pretty sure she is an LB water cooled bottom piston , cage type fuel valves, they weighed some weight. Engine driven scavenge pumps pre Turbo chargers.
    You could just imagine Health & Safety these days. They would have a field day with all those exposed moving parts. A whole new industry would grow out of a visit to that engine room, Guards for this and guards for that. Those quadrants with the cooling water hoses!!! hot water spraying the top plates if a hose went.

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    hi christopher #1
    i have but a hour ago watched the same clips parts 1and2 on youtube,
    tom

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    Quote Originally Posted by thomas michael View Post
    hi christopher #1
    i have but a hour ago watched the same clips parts 1and2 on youtube,
    tom
    Hope you enjoyed them Tom. If you watched to the end you will have noticed the final frame - of what is coming soon. I have a video featuring the mv Donegal from 1965 and that shows the engine room, part of the accommodation plus the deck, although the quality isn't great so will take a lot of editing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis McColl View Post
    Thanks for the video. I have sailed on a few old Doxford's like her pretty sure she is an LB water cooled bottom piston , cage type fuel valves, they weighed some weight. Engine driven scavenge pumps pre Turbo chargers.
    You could just imagine Health & Safety these days. They would have a field day with all those exposed moving parts. A whole new industry would grow out of a visit to that engine room, Guards for this and guards for that. Those quadrants with the cooling water hoses!!! hot water spraying the top plates if a hose went.
    You are welcome Lewis.

    It wasn't easy editing the film as it wasn't that clear. The video of the Donegal which I will be editing in due course - it won't be the next video I upload though due to the challenge it brings - poor quality - but does show the engine room.

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    Hi Lewis,
    For your information; some Specs, Engine Type -67LB4, Bore-670 mm, Bottom Piston Stroke-1340 mm, Top Piston Stroke-980 mm, Combined Stroke-2320 mm. Power- 4250 bhp @108 rpm. Crankpin Diameter- 18½", Crankshaft Weight 55 tons. Main engine pumps lever driven from scavenge pump crosshead - P&J cooling water, lub. oil and general purpose sea water.
    October 1958 : Pacific crossing - 20 days 16 hours at an average speed of 13.1 knots and average engine speed 104.3 rpm. Sid Le Quesne

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