Another hobby development

[JamezF]

Captain Warwick

Him indeed.

He really looked the part of a sea captain

Both of them, in fact

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

My wife's uncle was 2nd chief engineer on the QE2

And by coincidence, I was invited to dinner on the ship with the (last, I'm fairly sure) captain of the QE2 when it was docked Southampton in the late 90s

An ex son-in-law ( I have a few) builds Astute Submarines

 

[pargyle]

An ex son-in-law ( I have a few) builds Astute Submarines

I think a nuclear submarine is a higher value Top Trump than a passenger liner ... you win ! Unless anyone has a connection to an aircraft carrier ?

 

[Penninetrader]

Very very interesting thread, we have travelled quite some distance from an refurb of an old lathe to the captains of the QE11

 

[Gilberdyke John]

My wife's uncle was 2nd chief engineer on the QE2 (he'd previously been on the Queen Mary) and he was responsible for the engines fitting when it was being built on Clydebank - he spent over two years with his family living in Bearsden whilst it was being built and fitted out. The engines were a disaster from the start and they knew there were going to be problems - they were ultimately replaced in the major refit of 1986/87 with German diesels. It was a wonderful ship .. I never got to sail on her but we did two or three visits when she was in Southampton - guided tours provided by Uncle Michael. He stayed with her for over 10 years going all over the world, he had lots of stories.

When I was works engineer at the glucose refinery my no 2 was Tom Trewartha from Barrow in Furness who was intensely union oriented and had been a shipyard worker on nuclear submarine construction. Everyone thought of him as Tommy the Commie from his opinions but he was a staunch conservative voter. His logic was he couldn't fight with a labour government or council.
His standards as a mechanical fitter were exacting though. If a bolt was used to join two items together he accepted one washer maximum either side. One thread maximum projecting through a tightened down nut. He saw no sense in fighting to undo a nut from a long projecting corroded thread to separate pipe flanges. Sadly he's no longer with us.

 

[Penninetrader]

When I was works engineer at the glucose refinery my no 2 was Tom Trewartha from Barrow in Furness who was intensely union oriented and had been a shipyard worker on nuclear submarine construction. Everyone thought of him as Tommy the Commie from his opinions but he was a staunch conservative voter. His logic was he couldn't fight with a labour government or council.
His standards as a mechanical fitter were exacting though. If a bolt was used to join two items together he accepted one washer maximum either side. One thread maximum projecting through a tightened down nut. He saw no sense in fighting to undo a nut from a long projecting corroded thread to separate pipe flanges. Sadly he's no longer with us.

The excess bolt length rule for him is a very good rule, Trewartha, I wonder the source of that name. Just checked, it is Cornish meaning upper farm or homestead