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[WreckerL]

From today's papers...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1836835/royal-navy-trident

So only 2 depth gauges and no digital depth system

Glad I was on S & T SSN s, multiple digital depth indicators and 5 depth gauges.

Tabloid journalism at it's best....not!

 

[Sumo]

Anyone heard about this one? Engineers to the rescue

 

[janner]

I read about it two posts up from yours

 

[Sumo]

I read about it two posts up from yours

good spot, why I no receive update to this thread?

 

[WreckerL]

good spot, why I no receive update to this thread?

Why you no look at previous posts cookie boy!


You are chinese Benny Hill and I claim the £5

 

[Sumo]

Why you no look at previous posts cookie boy!


You are chinese Benny Hill and I claim the £5

You have time to read previous posts, you should be a moderator.

 

[WreckerL]

You have time to read previous posts, you should be a moderator.

Also retired and my times my own, except when 'Er indoors says it isn't

 

[Sumo]

Also retired and my times my own, except when 'Er indoors says it isn't

Yep I am sure mine is planning my retirement, along the lines, haven't you done that yet, UURR done what, list spills out, no, you need to give me the list first to give me a fair chance?

 

[fishhead]

When I read this I was reminded (beware old dit coming) of when we were bringing the Tabard home from Aus. The skipper decided when we were crossing the Atlantic that a dive for one last time would be fun. All the usual arrangement were put in place and down we went. The OOW was having trouble getting a trim(catching neutral buoyancy) and had pumped in a fair bit of oggin to keep us around 100 feet when the skipper rushed into the control asking what depth we were trying to keep. The Captain's Cabin has its own depth gauge and it didn't match what the planesmen and the OOW were looking at. On those old boats the two panesmen gauges were fed by one line with a T-junction splitting to feed the gauges. The safety cock was just underneath the junction and what had happened was as that when after planesman was changed over the relief accidently knocked the safety cock with his knee slowly releasing the pressure to the gauges. We had reached 290 feet when our safe diving depth was 300. A quick blow on main ballast tanks brought us back up to a safer depth. We were asked to keep quiet about it but I did tell my Mum.

 

[Dredd]

When I read this I was reminded (beware old dit coming) of when we were bringing the Tabard home from Aus. The skipper decided when we were crossing the Atlantic that a dive for one last time would be fun. All the usual arrangement were put in place and down we went. The OOW was having trouble getting a trim(catching neutral buoyancy) and had pumped in a fair bit of oggin to keep us around 100 feet when the skipper rushed into the control asking what depth we were trying to keep. The Captain's Cabin has its own depth gauge and it didn't match what the planesmen and the OOW were looking at. On those old boats the two panesmen gauges were fed by one line with a T-junction splitting to feed the gauges. The safety cock was just underneath the junction and what had happened was as that when after planesman was changed over the relief accidently knocked the safety cock with his knee slowly releasing the pressure to the gauges. We had reached 290 feet when our safe diving depth was 300. A quick blow on main ballast tanks brought us back up to a safer depth. We were asked to keep quiet about it but I did tell my Mum.

Surely, of all the people NOT to tell, your mum would be top of that list!