Type 45 Destroyers; apertures and hatches

[ivorthediver]

Ok thanks for your response

[Little h]

HMS Duncan (D37) Type 45 Daring Class Destroyer - activities within a much better lit enclosed forecastle.


Reservists from HMS King Alfred support HMS Duncan (D37)
25/09/2018

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A team from HMS King Alfred’s Seamanship Branch has helped HMS Duncan conduct a set of complex seamanship evolutions.

For many the last few months have been a time to think about holidays, summer leave and a break from work.

For the Seamanship Branch at HMS King Alfred, the summer has been a chance to build skills and support the Royal Navy.

A typical contribution has been the HMS King Alfred team working with HMS Duncan to support the ship in July as it during a cold move in Portsmouth Harbour and on their anchors and cables offload.

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Note the Petty Officer's 'Boom Defence' badge.

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"A better motivated and enthusiastic team would be difficult to find" "
HMS Duncan’s Seamanship department

This a complex series of seamanship evolutions and a great opportunity for the team at HMS King Alfred to practise their skills on the Type 45.

The combined teams did a great job and finished safely well ahead of schedule.

HMS Duncan’s Seamanship department said: “Thank you for the support you gave us for the removal of HMS Duncan’s anchors and cables.

“A better motivated and enthusiastic team would be difficult to find and all of the individuals involved worked their hardest over the weekend, truly a great reflection on the units that they represented.”

Being part of a team, learning to solve problems and working with complex machinery is all part of the Royal Naval Reserve training and it is always great to see another example of it in action.

[ivorthediver]

Thanks Harry , excuse my ignorance , but what does the PO Boom Defence Badge signify please other than someone doing his bit

[jbryce1437]

Must take a lot of bluebell to keep those fairleads shiny

Jim

[Little h]

Thanks Harry , excuse my ignorance , but what does the PO Boom Defence Badge signify please other than someone doing his bit

The badge signifies that the wearer of same is a Petty Officer who specialises in 'Boom Defence' and was a member of a Branch that existed in the yesteryear ... so, all the more puzzling since I was not aware that the branch existed in the modern Royal Navy.

However, the wearer is in the Royal Navy Reserves and since the RNR are expected to occupy approximately one third of the total make up of numbers in the RN of the future appart from performing the duties of a Seaman Specialist Petty Officer ... what is his actual function when at sea in a Royal Navy ship?

[Little h]

Must take a lot of bluebell to keep those fairleads shiny

Jim

"where away" Jim?

I appear to have missed said fo'c'sle fixtures - only see shiny double bollards and the normal rusty capstan/ winch drums/ windlass type equipment mate

[jbryce1437]

Must take a lot of bluebell to keep those fairleads shiny

Jim

"where away" Jim?

I appear to have missed said fo'c'sle fixtures - only see shiny double bollards and the normal rusty capstan/ winch drums/ windlass type equipment mate

Google said it was a fairlead but also calls it a mooring bitt. All a foreign language to a greenie

Jim

[Little h]

Having since purchased the publication a further query presents itself - it includes several images, some having the the associated caption advising that the feature is the 'Divers' door'.

Since there is a prohibition on any form of reproduction without permission, I have sought to find images of said 'doors' taken from a point outboard of a Type 45 to act as examples. These doors are located below the flight deck, and when open become aperatures on both port and stbd sides of the ships hull, just fwd of the transom.

In the 2nd attachment; note that the port transom door is opened wide (folding out and to stbd).


And the query .... why are the 'Divers' doors' so called? is it because that is where divers would gain ingress/egress to and from an enclosed quarterdeck using the assistance of boats secured alongside aft below the flightdeck, as opposed to using the transom doors?

Re. Attachment (below) and UK TV programme currently beign aired:-
Hmmm - we will see in the next hour to what purpose the ladder that has been lowered out of the 'diving door' is put!! UK TV - CH 5 Warship Life at Sea

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[Little h]

Re. Attachment (below) and UK TV programme currently beign aired:-
Hmmm - we will see in the next hour to what purpose the ladder that has been lowered out of the 'diving door' is put!! UK TV - CH 5 Warship Life at Sea

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Nope; nothing revealed in that (the final) episode.

[jbryce1437]

Re. Attachment (below) and UK TV programme currently beign aired:-
Hmmm - we will see in the next hour to what purpose the ladder that has been lowered out of the 'diving door' is put!! UK TV - CH 5 Warship Life at Sea

, HMS Duncan D37 DupXKPsW0AALc8M NavyLookout on Twitter.jpg

Nope; nothing revealed in that (the final) episode.

Looks similar to the ladder put out for a pilot to be embarked from a launch?

Jim