UK’s biggest warship suffers propeller shaft damage off south coast after setting sail for US

[Bouba]

The author of this thinks it wouldn't:

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But

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James Mitchener talks about it in (I think?) Tales of the South Pacific...of course this was before jets

 

[capnsensible]

Perhaps this could provoke governments worldwide to ban lobster pots...the curse of the seas

Especially if you are a lobster.

 

[Rum_Pirate]

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What causes damage to a propeller/shaft on a very large, five year old vessel/aircraft carrier e.g. 65,000 tonnes ?

• Sabotage?
• Lack of lubrication?
• Diplomatic reasons ?
• Lack of maintenance?
• Hitting a drifting WWII mine?
• Inadvertently hitting a hard (known or unknown) submerged object?
• Not having a rope/line stripper/cutter installed ?
• Getting an unmarked fish pot line wrapped around it?
• Wrong material used in manufacture of shaft and/or bearings?

Your suggestion(s) ?




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Aircraft Carrier Prince of Wales

 

[SaltIre]

The sailors among us have a number of theories. Why not join the discussion?
UK’s biggest warship suffers propeller shaft damage off south coast after setting sail for US

 

[Bouba]

made in Scotland...
Only kidding, it’s a warship...they go wrong...probably a bearing

 

[mjcoon]

You mean like hoovering

Jonathan

New Scientist (popular in antipodes judging by Letters page) has a meme whose name I forget which designates anachronistic icons, such as a finger-hole disc for dialling.

 

[SaltIre]

I know submarines have sails - but if she set sail - she does not really need a propellor (as she will be handled by tugs when she arrives)

But why do we persist in saying that an aircraft carrier, or any other vessel, 'set sail' for (anywhere)



Jonathan

Your point is valid, but the thread is in Scuttlebutt - not the Motor Boat forum.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

made in Scotland...
Only kidding, it’s a warship...they go wrong...probably a bearing

Could be the fuel tank

 

[viago]

To avoid embarrassing publicity, what they should have done is waited until dark and then brought the Queen Elizabeth out and anchored her near the Pow.

Then swap the nameboards, repaint the numbers, swap cap tallies, swear the crews to secrecy, and send the re-badged QE off to the US.

that would be dangerous, she'd be bound to hit a rogue iceberg.

 

[Biggles Wader]

that would be dangerous, she'd be bound to hit a rogue iceberg.

Couldnt happen now. Global warming has melted all the cheeky bergers.

 

[jamie N]

As I remember it, my Dad recalled that it had worked "up to a point", but was awful for the aircraft, as their engines very quickly overheat in that scenario.
It could also be that his hangover blurred the event....?
I wasn't adopted, by the way.....

 

[DownWest]

Didn't one of them have shaft trouble when new?

 

[Bouba]

Didn't one of them have shaft trouble when new?

The shafts are about the size of Nelson’s Column ....

 

[Blueboatman]

The shafts are about the size of Nelson’s Column ....

They’re in big trouble then ?

 

[jamie N]

The shafts are hollow I believe.

 

[Bouba]

The shafts are hollow I believe.

So’s Nelson’s Column

 

[The Q]

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What causes damage to a propeller/shaft on a very large, five year old vessel/aircraft carrier e.g. 65,000 tonnes ?

• Sabotage?
• Lack of lubrication?
• Diplomatic reasons ?
• Lack of maintenance?
• Hitting a drifting WWII mine?
• Inadvertently hitting a hard (known or unknown) submerged object?
• Not having a rope/line stripper/cutter installed ?
• Getting an unmarked fish pot line wrapped around it?
• Wrong material used in manufacture of shaft and/or bearings?

Your suggestion(s) ?




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Aircraft Carrier Prince of Wales

Poor design, probably in an attempt to save money...
Didn't these things have major shaft water leaks before.

 

[SaltyC]

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What causes damage to a propeller/shaft on a very large, five year old vessel/aircraft carrier e.g. 65,000 tonnes ?

• Sabotage?
• Lack of lubrication?
• Diplomatic reasons ?
• Lack of maintenance?
• Hitting a drifting WWII mine?
• Inadvertently hitting a hard (known or unknown) submerged object?
• Not having a rope/line stripper/cutter installed ?
• Getting an unmarked fish pot line wrapped around it?
• Wrong material used in manufacture of shaft and/or bearings?

Your suggestion(s) ?




.
Aircraft Carrier Prince of Wales

Poor build quality, lack of attention to detail, incompetent staff and .....

 

[LittleSister]

Air craft carrier anchored off IoW ? . . .

It's broke.

However looks like mebbe some sea trial happening this afternoon.

Are you sure it's a sea trial, and not just wandering off because it was using a non-YBW forum approved anchor? ?

 

[RobWard]

Poor design, probably in an attempt to save money...
Didn't these things have major shaft water leaks before.

Should have fitted a saildrive. Mind you, ours picked up a jellyfish the other day, so maybe not such a good idea...