Come on lads !
- ivorthediver
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Come on lads !
Whilst formerly only known as an honorary Stoker I can't believe me mates have all crossed the Bar yet
"What Ever Floats your Boat"
- oldsalt
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Re: Come on lads !
You are not alone Ivor, this old stoker (85) is still alive & kicking. I cheat a little because I was a Stoker for 7 years before becoming a Mechanician. My first experience of the delightful , wonderful task of boiler cleaning was in Vanguard, 1950.
I expect the rest of the black gang will eventually reappear.
I expect the rest of the black gang will eventually reappear.
- ivorthediver
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Well I certainly hope so Keith , fed up sitting here fighting the Stokers corner on me Jack Jones , great to have you back and Karen sends her love to you also
"What Ever Floats your Boat"
- DaveH
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Re: Come on lads !
Nice to have local support again Keith . Welcome back on the new site .
DaveH
DaveH
- oldsalt
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Glad to be back Ivor, hello to Karen. You remember we had a lot to say when you was making a model of Troubridge. In Troubridge 1957 we were in a gale, middle of the N. Atlantic. Nearly a third of the Eng. Dept were sick with Asian flu. We had to keep both boilers connected just to keep the ship's head into the wind. I was a 3rd class Mechanician, there was just me & the Chief Stoker keeping keeping watch about, very uncomfortable. I had two destroyers & two type 15's. during my service. Other than nuclear subs, there are no more steam driven ships, Like me they are ancient history.
- ivorthediver
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Well Keith , lets hope they still know what a wheel spanner is for , or are they to , now being flogged on " Ebouy " as National treasures
Still they can't scrap your hard thought skills and memories can they ......
Still they can't scrap your hard thought skills and memories can they ......
"What Ever Floats your Boat"
- oldsalt
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Wheelspanners, my watchkeeping oppo on water tending had an accident with one. The boiler feed regulator wasn't working so we were hand feeding the boiler. The main feed valve was just a bit too high to operate comfortably so we stood on a sand box to use it. This was in Wrangler (before conversion) she was rolling in a high sea, the box slipped from under my oppo's feet, the wheel spanner came adrift & knocked his two front teeth out. We had no sick bay staff, the Coxswain was our medic., his treatment was crush two aspirin tablets & apply to gums, he had a few painful days before he could see a dentist.
- ivorthediver
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Poor sod , bet the air was blue for quite a while eh
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- jbryce1437
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Re: Come on lads !
I thought that was standard medical treatment for any ailment in the RN
Jim
HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
- ivorthediver
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