Eastern Rover

Eastern Rover

Postby fitter » Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:04 pm

706 EASTERN ROVER LAUNCH.jpg


Thompsons yard no 706 Eastern Rover, 1961. Hawthorn Leslie Doxford 670LBD4 engine. Sister to Eastern Ranger (See post Green Island (Eastern Ranger) by Tony Frost in this thread).
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Re: Eastern Rover

Postby fitter » Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:08 pm

706 EASTERN ROVER trials.jpg
Eastern Rover

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Re: Eastern Rover

Postby averheijden » Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:32 pm

See on this site the story under "EASTERN ROVER"

The re-alignment afloat of a ship's DOXFORD Crank Shaft using liquid nitrogen.

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Re: Eastern Rover

Postby averheijden » Mon May 13, 2013 9:15 am

EASTERN ROVER, ready for Launch 1961

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Re: Eastern Rover

Postby northeast » Mon May 13, 2013 8:37 pm

Great photo Alfons, someone used some imagination to frame her like that!
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Re: Eastern Rover

Postby magoonigal » Mon May 27, 2013 8:39 pm

The next launch was on the 20th November 1961 soooooooooooooooooooo that is probably her Sister's bow, EASTERN RANGER.
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