BRITISH VISION - 1954

BRITISH VISION - 1954

Postby northeast » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:18 pm

Outward from King George Dock, London on 10/01/1971, photographer unknown to me
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1954, 11349grt
J. L. Thompson, Sunderland (679) for British Tanker Co. (BP)
Broken up at Castellón, arrived 4/10/1972
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Re: BRITISH VISION - 1954

Postby fitter » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:26 pm

North Eastern Marine Doxford 670LB5 engine, No 3235. 16,000dwt
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Re: BRITISH VISION - 1954

Postby averheijden » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:46 pm

ms BRITISH VISION, first DOXFORD ENGINE with "N.E.M.-STOP"

http://users.telenet.be/doxford-matters/NEM-STOP.html

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Re: BRITISH VISION - 1954

Postby magoonigal » Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:49 pm

Very interesting........

During Sea trials of the "BRITISH VISION" comparative stopping test were carried out, and it was shown that the engine under normal conditions, without braking, was stopped in 4 min. 45 sec., wheras with NEM-Stop braking as described, it was stopped in 50 sec.; this test also demonstrated that the use of Nem-stop equipment reduced the time of stopping the vessel by over than 2 minutes

I also like the comment about how it can be used as an Emergency Stop if something goes wrong with the Engine.

Having listened to Sandy Kinghorn singing the Song of the Doxford Engine this was quite a regular occurence with some Models.

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