THE NAVAL ENGINEER

THE NAVAL ENGINEER
Contents
Editorial Board, Editor’s Corner ............................................................................................................ 1
London 2012 – Engineers and Engineering ................................................................................................ 2
Cutting Edge Integration Facility Opens By the Editor ........................................................................ 12
Innovative All-Electric Launch Solution for Future Electric Submarine By Daniel Pettitt ..................... 14
The Eastney Microwave “Oven” ........................................................................................................... 17
Who is MCTA? By Lt M.J. Hawkes ...................................................................................................... 18
Optimising Fleet Fuel Usage – Hull Review By Steve Marshall .......................................................... 22
HMS Albion Achieving Extended Readiness By WO1 S.M. Southern and Andrew Davies ................ 26
Mobile Phone Technology in a Clockwork World ................................................................................. 31
The Re-Invigoration of ME Officers’ Training By Lt P.A. Still ............................................................... 32
‘The Engineers’ – Frustrating RN Golfers since 1994 By ex-CMEM(M) M. Williams ................................ 34
ITIL Never Work! By Lt D.N. Nyugo ............................................................................................................ 36
Growing Royal Navy Engineering Technicians of the Future By Lt Cdr P.C. O’Shaughnessy ........................ 39
Armourers and Brasiers Medal ......................................................................................................................... 43
Naval Engineering – Lessons Identified ............................................................................................... 44
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Photographs:
The cover: Front – Members of HMS Ocean’s Ship’s Company form the Olympic Rings as she enters London and the
Offshore Raiding Craft Boat Group, part of the security arrangements for the Olympic sailing events at Portland – see
article on Page 2; Back – A “retro” warning from a 1960s issue of TNE’s predecessor – still equally valid today.
Acknowledgements to the Fleet Photographic Unit who supply most of the general photographs.
Other photos supplied by the authors or as credited.