Originally Posted by
triskele
Basil, forgive the intrusion but is that a Doxford hiding behind?
No, it's a Parsons geared steam turbine.
Controls are Ahead Valve, Astern Valve and Astern Shut Off Valve (Just to be on the safe side
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IIRC, Fyffes SS Chicanoa on trip to/from Tiko, Cameroon.
Steam at 600psi superheated to 600F. Used to consider worst case scenario when the 12" steam main was bouncing around in its supports in an Atlantic storm
Used to be a requirement for steam engineers to spit if they inadvertently uttered the D***** word
Even when I was at sea, the Doxford was an old design but I loved how you could see the top pistons operating. I'd heard that, at low RPM, some young tearaways would try to sit on them.