SVARTFOSS

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SVARTFOSS

Postby Dennis Maccoy » Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:36 pm

The Norwegian Svartfoss, completed at Gdynia in 2005, sailing for Sandnes in Norway this morning.
Svartfoss, 9323089, 4 December 2021_01_1_1.JPG
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Svartfoss, 9323089, 4 December 2021_05_1.JPG
Svartfoss, 9323089, 4 December 2021_07_1.JPG
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Svartfoss, 9323089, 4 December 2021_11_2_1.JPG
Regards, Dennis.
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Re: SVARTFOSS

Postby Hornbeam » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:55 pm

"There may be trouble ahead" judging by the storm clouds she is heading for, once clear of the Tyne need to start putting some Ballast in, although the Tyne is a lot cleaner than it was the Norwegians still will not want transferred Ballast Water taken from the Tyne into their pristine waters under the new legislation.
Nice set off photographs Dennis.
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Re: SVARTFOSS

Postby Dennis Maccoy » Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:53 pm

It did look rather threatening, but the sunshine appeared just at the right moment – the reverse of what normally happens! I can well understand reluctance to ballast in the river – I recall from long, long ago, during sea trials of HMS Illustrious, being the shipyard’s senior rep on the bridge whilst at anchor off the river in the very early hours one morning accompanied by a young RN Lieutenant. We whiled away some time by him showing me the capabilities of the radar (only the 1006 nav radar – not the clever stuff that detects aircraft and tracks missiles). I was impressed to be able to see not only the fairway buoys in the harbour and flocks of gulls following fishing boats, but a very clearly defined fan of “fresh” water spreading from the harbour mouth into the North Sea!
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Re: SVARTFOSS

Postby Hornbeam » Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:03 am

The "Bloom" (for want of a better word) was a Godsend when working on TCC Steam Craft as Condenser cleaning could only be done when the Engineroom was shutdown barring for the Dynamo which exhausted up to Atmosphere bypassing the Condenser, working on the weekend attracted overtime payment ;)
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