Engineering - Royal Australian Navy
Engineering - Royal Australian Navy
Engineering - Royal Australian Navy
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Naval <strong>Engineering</strong> Bulletin • June 2001<br />
ated underwater to a limited degree. At this point the Engineer<br />
Officer returned onboard and found near the gangway<br />
an eager team of stokers preparing grease, bolts,<br />
stringlines etc. He was appraised of the situation and the<br />
proposed impending fix and was then led to the site of the<br />
flood.<br />
There were rivets in an all-welded Daring hull. The lost<br />
rivet was eventually replaced. The onboard stock of QC<br />
cement increased as the ship aged and copies of the Fleet<br />
Maintenance Bulletin were thereafter sought out and studied<br />
by the <strong>Engineering</strong> Department - a proven source of<br />
knowledge on interesting and useful engineering practice.<br />
The end of the story sees the Engineer’s acceptance of the<br />
“novel” idea of the bolt fix and a call for a wider search for<br />
divers. The Chief proudly sees the bolt fitted and he and<br />
the duty watch gain pleasure from achieving such a tidy<br />
job, which would be readily accessible for future, more permanent<br />
repair. The Engineer, however, ever cautious, then<br />
covers his bets by having the bolt boxed in and covered with<br />
quick setting cement!<br />
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