Bri62
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Yeah fresh water is even more of a premium/precious on a sub, it was bad enough the waffoo's nicking it all for washing the helicopter on the surface shipsSpoke to a few of todays submariners and their moan was rubbish stored back aft and the subsequent smell. (And a mere 1 minute to shower!!!)
A personal thank you from me! My last war canoe was the Euryalus, (F15). Drafted on for a 12 month stint and came off her 40 months later. No complaints, cracking ship, cracking crew and we even had two pilots for most of the trip. Could usually find me in the sick bay!!!! Being trained up by the doc as my next draft was a SAR unit!!! (And he had the only coffee machine outside of the wardroom). Mind you, I did partake of the engine room pot mess on many an occasion only cost me the occasional flight, (if willing) in the mighty petrol pigeon!!!!On the Leander's I was a sprog I was boiler room stoker and had 2 evaps making as much as 1.5 tonne an hour but that was taken up by the main boilers
LOL brings back memory's raid the gally, chuck it all in a big pot with a steam drain, very tasty @ 2amMind you, I did partake of the engine room pot mess on many an occasion only cost me the occasional flight,
How the other half live!!We had 3 water systems - sani water, sea water used for flushing the WCs, - washing water, fresh water, used for showers, sterilised by UV, - potable water, drinking water supplied to the boilers, galley, sick bay & various cold water fountains - sterilised by UV light & trace chlorine added. This was for around a crew of 35-45.
The raw water was also used to top up all the cooling systems. The boilers were heated by exhaust gas, steam used for heating. Fresh water generated by the cooling water from the main engine - we had a very high plant efficiency. No oil was pumped overboard, it was separated & added to main engine fuel. Rubbish was burnt in a fancy incinerator - the only thing that went over the side was tin cans & bottles. A small sewage system treated effluent. We were as green as was possible, and this was in the 80s..............
Dave
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