Clyde Steamers
In the Wake of The Maggie
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
"The Maggie", made in 1954, is in many ways superior to the later, BBC-made, television comedies about Para Handy and the "Vital Spark", these largely studio-based and much of "The Maggie" shot on location in and around Glasgow, Greenock, Crinan and Islay, two location sequences shot on K...
Kitchen Rudders - Their Inventor and Some Applications
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
This document is essentially a supplement to "Kitchen Rudders Going Full Circle", which can be found online on scribd.com - Contrary to the persuasions of many writers and texts, 'Jack' Kitchen was NOT an Admiral in The Royal Navy, nor was his surname 'Kitchener', John George Aulsebrook Kitchen w...
Kitchen Rudders Going Full Circle
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
During The Second World War and in early post-war years, many of the warships visiting Rothesay Bay, The Holy Loch and The Clyde used 'picket' and 'liberty boats' to ferry crews and supplies to and from the ships, many of these open launches using 'Kitchen Gear', more correctly ''Kitchen's Patent...
David Napier, Engineer (1790 - 1869)
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
This is an important account of the development of steam-powered ships, from the time of the little river steamers, Fulton's "Claremont" and Henry Bell's 1812 "Comet", through to the first true sea-going steamers - Here one will find just as much about the first Clyde Steamers as about those w...
Paulsen's Broompark
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
With The Fall of Paris in May 1940 and France facing defeat, Dautry, the French Armaments Minister who, with British support, had negotiated with Norway's Norsk Hydro Rjukan, a Norwegian company largely owned by The Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas and secured 185 kg of "produit Z" heavy water, or...
All About Steamers - The Boilers and Engines
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
A short 'enthusiasts' guide to the basic parts of steam engines, the fuel systems, the water-feed system, the boilers and condenser, the cylinders, turbines, the coupled shafts to the paddle-wheels or propellor(s) and a guide to their operation.
All About Steamers - Ship Handling Principles
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
A short 'enthusiasts' guide to shiphandling and berthing paddle steamers, turbines and motor ships e.g. Because of their ‘fixed’ paddle-wheels, only being able to go ‘forward-or- backwards’, paddle steamers have to put their helm over and swing their bow slightly out as they come alongside piers....
Lochinvar and the Donna Nook
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
The story of MacBrayne's "Lochinvar", launched at Scott's of Bowling on Thursday, April 16, 1908 and, largely due to what might in hindsight be called 'arrogance', wrecked, with the loss of all her 13 crew, on Lincolnshire's Donna Nook on the night of Saturday, April 2, 1966, in a well-forecasted...
M'Andrew's Hymn - The Marine Steam Engineer's Hymn - Rudy...
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
It is indeed a great pity that this 'monologue', the musings of a ship's Scottish chief engineer as his ship approaches port, has never, to the best of the present writer's knowledge, ever been recorded for it is indeed one of those 'gems' that should be better known, a little 'work of genius' th...
Yachting Wrinkles - Captain A. J. Kenealy - 1899
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
Captain Kenealy's 'Wrinkles', gleaned from 'practical experience, observation and study, were published in the hope that they might prove of interest and value to lovers of sailing craft', this fascinating work including drawings and photographs of everything from small catboats, through Herresho...
Steam Yachts and Launches - Their Machinery and Managemen...
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
Essentially a 'companion volume' to the 1852 Marine Steam Engineers' Manual, which can also be downloaded from this archive, the work here should be of great interest to anyone unfamiliar with the working of steam boilers, machinery and engines of all descriptions and too may be of help to many ...
The Steam Turbine - Sir Charles Parsons - 1911 Rede Lectu...
from Clyde Steamers in Research, History
At the start of this 76-page document, Parsons notes that while the first turbine of which there is any record was made by Hero of Alexandria 2,000 years ago, it was then about 1837 when "several "reaction steam wheels" were made by Avery at Syracuse, New York and by Wilson at Greenock in Scotl...
From the Clyde to Sandy Hook - The Amateur Emigrant Rober...
from Clyde Steamers in Research
Given the "Titanic" disaster and the tragic loss of her steerage-fare passengers, it may be a matter of curiosity for some to understand the conditions in which such passengers, most emigrating, travelled. / Though the days of sail were almost at an end, cheap accommodation for emigrants was but...
Down to See the Engines on the Waverley
from Clyde Steamers in Research
A well known feature of the British paddle steamer was the open engine room, where the public could stand and see the engines at work as well as some of what goes on to keep them running smoothly, the 1947-built Clyde paddle steamer "Waverley" carrying on the tradition to this day. / Thanks to Y...
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