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They could get to Port Arthur, but I bet they don't.
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BBC breakfast program has a reporter standing on Dover cliffs looking for the fleet. You couldn't make it up.
She(for that was her), looked most confused, and a what am I doing here attitude. Last comment was "the fleet is 35 nautical miles away" Very technical, and a complete waste of an OB job.
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A dumb observation from a complete landlubber: how much fuel does i a thing like that carry? When they stop somewhere for gas, they probably have to sit around for a long time until it's filled...
A dumb observation from a complete landlubber: how much fuel does i a thing like that carry? When they stop somewhere for gas, they probably have to sit around for a long time until it's filled...
What Urwumpe said. Most of them carry three types of fuel on board and are switched based on regulations of the area. Heavy Fuel Oil, a high viscosity, high sulphur refinery waste product for use on international waters (Preferably mixed with other chemical or petroleum derived waste :facepalm. Light Fuel Oil, a sulphur level below 1% for use in the vicinity of shores and marine gas oil, a heavy diesel for use inside ports.
Yeah, and when switching fuels, you can sometimes observe the "Stokers salute"*. :lol:
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* "Heizergruß" in German language, often an intentional change to a very fat or a very lean mixture for producing highly visible smoke. Not sure if a tradition like that exists in other countries or navies. It is a common prank by engineers to make the deck crew aware of their work deep inside the ship. A good "Heizergruß" results in a multiple nautical miles long cloud of smoke and sets off smoke detectors in cities kilometers away from the ship. Also it makes the white hats of the formal uniform for the deck crews nicely black. Of course, the following disciplinary punishment for the involved engineers is also traditionally mandatory.
No I was not aware of that, nice to know. I do know of cases where the refuel barge crew false asleep, causing a screaming and stressing Chief Engineer and a deck that's also black and very sticky. Not really considered a tradition though.![]()
Looking at the amount of carbon coming out of the flagship, we are going to have to rename the White Cliffs of Dover.
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