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17th July 2018, 07:22 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
We had a young C.E. by (forget his first name) the name of Hill. He told us a story of one of the Clan R's.
On the R's the four alternators were fitted in line astern, and an removable acoustic baffle separated the Alternator flat from the E.R.
The C.E. was walking along the tops when a generator piston, shot through the baffle, the piston went through the space between his legs as he was walking. One step either way he would have been crippled.
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17th July 2018, 07:40 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
I believe there are similar stories from several of the townships with those Rolls Royce straight eight " D " engines but I still believe a lot of the problems mechanically with down to the company, extending the running hours between the engine change
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17th July 2018, 07:53 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
They were uprated from 1400RPM continuous duty to 1800rpm continuous duty without any design mods or upgrading.
They were basically designed for tractor use, hence the split sump.
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17th July 2018, 08:21 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
I noticed something in the press the other day that the Rolls-Royce marine division which I believe included Rolls-Royce diesels and the Bergen diesels in Norway has been sold off as a loss-making Enterprise I thought very much as you said here that they were engine that have been taken right to its limits . I've always assumed that the introduction of 440 volt 60 cycle was why they were upgraded to the 1800 RPM but I didn't realise that was over there design revs
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18th July 2018, 06:36 AM
#55
Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
Four electricians must have been the norm for all the UCL ships.
The Windsor and Pretoria both had four and assume the others were the same.
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18th July 2018, 07:09 AM
#56
Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
the Pendennis had 3 , second electrician devoted to the engine room , 3rd to passenger services
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19th July 2018, 05:52 AM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
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the Pendennis had 3 , second electrician devoted to the engine room , 3rd to passenger services
We had an engineer on the Windsor, from Rhodesia, who was dedicated to servicing the passengers.
He got caught and was charged with interfering with ships cargo.
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19th July 2018, 08:28 AM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
A lot went on of passenger liaison duties , it was when it affected how you did your job that attention was drawn to it , and a berth on King Line loomed
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19th July 2018, 01:00 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
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I noticed something in the press the other day that the Rolls-Royce marine division which I believe included Rolls-Royce diesels and the Bergen diesels in Norway has been sold off as a loss-making Enterprise I thought very much as you said here that they were engine that have been taken right to its limits . I've always assumed that the introduction of 440 volt 60 cycle was why they were upgraded to the 1800 RPM but I didn't realise that was over there design revs
Rolls Royce diesels were acquired by Perkins a long time back. I think Rolls marine was involved in offshore vessel design, they introduced a novel deign for support vessels some years back
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19th July 2018, 03:46 PM
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Re: Transvaal Castle/ S.A.Vaal
from World Maritime News
Since 2015 the company’s marine business divested non-core businesses and reduced the number of sites from 27 to 15 – an overall reduction in footprint of 40 percent. It reduced its workforce by 30 pct to 4,200, with the majority now based in the Nordic region.
At the same time, the business has been investing in new facilities and new technologies, especially in the fields of ship intelligence and autonomous vessels, culminating in June 2017 with the successful demonstration, in Copenhagen harbour, of the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel.
Regardless of the outcome of this strategic review, Rolls-Royce will retain the marine operations which supply complex power and propulsion systems to naval customers, including the Royal Navy and US Navy.
During the first quarter of 2018, the naval operations will become part of an enlarged defence business named Rolls-Royce Defence, comprising the current Defence Aerospace business and its nuclear submarines operation. [B]The company added it would retain engine business serving marine customers within Power Systems
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I thought Perkins , owned by Caterpillar had acquired the Shrewsbury plant and portfolio whilst the Bergen plant had been retained by Rolls Royce Holdings
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