Originally Posted by
wetbehindear
Re shipyard ****-ups.
A civilian shipyard, one side of a bulkhead full of water for integrity test, other side removing the bulkhead by cutting it out with torches. Bulkhead collapsed and number of people drowned.
One of the ships I served in came out of refit with the oily water separator hooked up backwards. When turned on fresh water went into the sullage tank and oil went over the side. QHM was very unimpressed ......