Steamship Documentary "Down In The Engine Room" 2017
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- The Steamship Shieldhall is the largest working steamship in Britain. A member of the National Historic Fleet she serves as a sea going tribute to Britain's maritime heritage. This documentary gives you a behind the scenes look at preparing the ship for sailing and a look at the non-public areas of the ship. Built by Lobnitz & Co. of Renfrew on the River Clyde in 1955, the Shieldhall was one of the last reciprocating steamships in the world, running until 1985. Based in Southampton, she operates a number of sailings each year. To book trips and find more information visit ss-shieldhall.co.uk
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This guy is very clear about the operations of the ship's engine room and I understood most of the operations
As a 16 year old apprentice electrician in Alexander Stevens Shipyard in Linthouse, Govan, I spent many days working on the, almost new, SS Shieldhall. Her berth where she loaded sludge was in the shipyard alongside new building ships. I helped fit boat overside lights which at the time were a new requirement and although I was an electrical apprentice I spent as many hours in the engine room as possible working out how the reversing eccentrics worked. I had a strong urge to be a mechanical engineer and finally my dream came true when I went to sea in 1956 as a 20 year old 7th engineer/electrician with the BP Clyde Tanker Company. How happy I was to come across this You Tube video. Finally at nearly 83 how I wish I could once more stand in that beautiful little engine room and wonder at the magnificence of these twin triple expansion engines.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts sir!
Looks like they are taking passengers so I do declare you can probably get some tickets somehow
You can at www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
It all goes by so quickly, doesn't it?
I did a navy dockyard apprenticeship as an engine fitter and worked on board all types of ships from steam engines to gas turbines and I still like the triple expansion engines I am seventy six and have a great interest still in all things mechanical. This is a great video.
Great video! Sadly the era of steam propulsion is gone. I had the privilege of taking a trip on a Great Lakes self unloading ore ship that was also powered by a triple expansion steam engine. Went from Detroit to Roger City to pick up a load of limestone when I was a boy. My dad was a Merchant Marine Engineer for most of his life. That trip changed my life!
We do have many active steamships in the American Merchant Marine.
I know because I've sailed on them.
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Steam propulsion is alive and well, many ships and the US nuclear subs are steam powered, by using nuclear power, it's just a fancy way of making steam 🌫️
Give this man a medal for the knowledge and speaking skills he possesses!
Thank you very much keeping steam alive...
I worked on many steamships in the US Navy running Babcock & Wilcox 600 pounders and Foster Wheeler 1200 pounders , and then when I left the Navy I went in the Merchant Marine and then ran diesel engines, Sulzer, Alco
EMD's Delaval, Etc. I love Steam. Thank you for posting this.
Steamships, so very different from the aux.boilers now, thank you for the long video. That steam driven sector steering gear is something else.
Absolutely fantastic video. I have never before seen the engine movement indicators (not the telegraphs), I can see the value when harbour manouvering, brilliant
Anyone wishing to make an instructional video for the general public should learn a lesson from this. Brilliant!
Want to thank you so much for maintaining her. Bravo Zulu from a US Navy steam plant operator.
Thank you so much for the wonderful tour!
Still being enjoyed Dec 2020.
Thank you everyone.
David and Lily.
Reading.
Well done. From a feller with 50 years on the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean.
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Wow, they really did think of everything. Just when I had a steam plant question, it was answered. Brilliant.
Bill Shaughnessy I still think we missed a few things, there's only so much you can fit into one film.
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I really appreciate visiting Steamship Shieldhall for the first time. Everything on the ship is very well maintained. I congratulate the whole Team and in particular for the attentive explanation of the Engine Room Team - for the work carried out with mastery in the so finely tuned orchestra of gears from the 1800's - which is still in full swing and available for visitation to the general public!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
good video, thanks for taking the time to show all the operations necessary to run the ship
takes me back many years as an MTP (marine technical propulsion) sailor on HMAS Vampire a Daring class destroyer in the 70s she ran Foster Wheeler Twin Furnace Boilers through English electric turbines and could push the old girl through the water at 30 knots at full noise she was 3500 tons i was on her for 2 and a half years> Thanks for the memories.
In the war films I grew up with there was none of this getting boilers warm etc they just raced away from wherever they happened to be. Really enjoyed it, thanks to all you volunteers.
As an ex marine engineer I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you
I never realised triple expansion engines were being fitted into new ships as late as 1955. Brilliant video.
This video reminded of the time I joined the Merchant Marine as a Junior Engineering Officer on a vessel fitted with a single Triple Expansion Steam engine with HP Poppet Valves. The year was 1964. I retired in the year 2000 after acquiring my Chief Engineers Combined (Steam and Motor) Competency Certificate.
Personally I think this was the most exciting career a person could have.
A great video, and for me a very nostalgic one as well. Keep up the good work.
Watching this docu while helping my uncle finish his thesis about ship engine. Thanks for the vid!
Maecy Borras No problem, glad you enjoyed it.
Shieldhall used to take pensioners from the Glasgow area on day trips down the Clyde Estuary to near the Ailsa Craig where the cargo would be discharged. Shieldhall is a district of Glasgow.
As an ex steamship Engineer it was good to see the Engineroom routines again. Good film with excellent explanations.
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Thank god for people that can still run these amazing old vessels as a living testament to the ingenuity of our forbears.
The sound of Willy answering telegraphs and moving to slow ahead is the start up noise to the sound system on my model steam tug! Really well made film.
Thank you! Bryan G.
This old Clydesider thoroughly enjoyed this film, thank you.
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This brings back memories of watching the Shieldhall sailing down from Glasgow towards the dumping grounds further down the Firth of Clyde. She was known as one of the cleanest vessels and regularly carried Glasgow pensioners on outings. Excellent video - maybe a similar one could be done by the folks operating the PS Waverley.
Gourockian1 one the Waverley would be pretty nice, but sadly they don't use the traditional boilers anymore. They have modern industrial ones instead.
yes as well as the Dalmarnock .Worked with Rankin and Blackmore designers who were sent to Scotts when their company closed abt 1960.
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The discussion of the ships hull was riveting
Funny this
Haha.
Modern ships hulls are welded not riveted
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Thank you for all your hard work in maintaining this lovely old Lady and showing the elements that go into getting ready to sail.
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A CZcams gem. Thank you to those people who have preserved this ship.
An incredible documentary of how to maintain an old triple expansion steam piston engine powered ship! I would like to visit this vessel some day and would like to thank the many volunteers that work hard to preserve this vessel! A real working and living vintage machinery!
I am exciting to see passionate people that preserve their culture! Greetings from Greece!
👍 that introduction gave a perspective on the shipping industry today and yesterday
Fascinating!!!! I'm a steam engineer in Los Angeles and a member of the Titanic historical society in Massachusetts
My Dad, Tommy Myers, worked on the engine build when he was an apprentice. He is 86 now.
So much of our heritage has been lost but such a fine example as this helps fill the hole. Thank you all for keeping the lovely steamship alive.
I can't thank enough the people who went through the trouble of making this video. The video is far more informative than any History or discover channel would ever do. Needless to say I love ships and this has answered a lot of my long awaited questions, though I do have a hundred more to ask.
Thanks again!
Thank you we enjoyed making it ....
as an oiler i helped steam the ss crapo on the great lakes usa a coal burning triple expansion cement boat (ship) sporting firetube scotch boilers. served about a year on her and it was a special time in my life. circa 1989.
Thank you for the trip with the venerable old lady and her crew.
Thank you,It takes me back when I used to go to the Isle of Man with my Dad,Manx Maid I think the ship was called,I went on the bridge and the captain let me put it to full ahead when I was 10 years of age, Many thanks again. :)
taxalterror Glad its brought back some happy memories for you.
A POX on any of the NAYSAYERS, this is a GREAT VIDEO.
Thank heavens we still have such dedicated men to keep this history of steam ships alive.
Well done to each and everyone who made this possible
Science-is-god Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much Bryan, you explained it real well! It's a lot of hot work, in the hole.
I worked as assistant and chief for about 12 yrs.on diesel engine ships, up to 7000 hp.I held a Designated Duty Engineering Lic. which is really only good for vessels up to 500 tons, and unlimited H.P.,all oceans.It's a USCG license that came out in the 90's for the increase in ships this size.I started on gaming ships out of Port Canaveral,Fl.,in 1990. I'm retired now, after 47 yrs. of diesel engines and the related machinery.Now I can sit back with my computer and happily watch the world pass by.You and your black gang made my day, and Bryan, Happy Motoring!
An old USN BT much appreciates this!
I loved that film. I have seen out and about many a time aboard my own boat. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the memories! Shovelled coal in a Puffer (Auld Reekie) back in '88, from Campbeltown to the Glasgow Garden Festival, and later through the Crinan Canal. Great experiences, both of them. Loved the engine on her, it was a double expansion but much the same. The Waverley, I remember, left us standing...
This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.
Those who man the boilers are the real unsung heroes on board any ship. Thank you.
Great to see it. It reminds me of my days in the 1980s in the engine room of the W.C. Daldy Tug. The W.C.D. had a very similar Engine room and layout. BUT it doesn't have an diesel oil warmer. I have served in both in the E.R. and on deck. Oh remember the smell of the Steam tug. I hope you can keep it going for years to come. Cheers. Steve M.
Very interesting to see, my forefathers were involved in British maritime endeavour in the Mediterranean, especially in maintenance. Brings back memories when I was an apprentice in the Malta Dockyards. Thank you.
From California thank you for making such a lovely documentary . Great to see a beautiful ship like this is in. Such good hands and how it works
There is nothing better then seen all these beautiful people keeping history alive ! We thank you from the bottom of our harts for that !
Such a super documentary. Thank you too!
Brilliant I’ll come for a ride one day with my best mate and my son, wonderful ship and fantastic tour thankyou 😊👍
As a 15 year boy from the technical school came on board of a SS Steentreate Belguim Cargo schip with boiler and Turbines we have to learn abouth the Tripple expansion up and down engine now I see the differend of steam engines .
Verry learnfull and interesting to now after al the years I am now 75 so Thanks to keep it alive !
Sorry for the bad English writing .( I Do My Best)
Jean BUYL
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What a wonderful living, breathing piece of history. I envy you your job sir.
beautiful documentary of this super steamship via CZcams 👍👍🌞
Magic! Thanks to all concerned.
Absolutely lovely video. Marvellous that it has been saved. I dread to think what working in an engine room must have been like during wartime !.
Excellent vid , happy memories of doing my spell in the engine room on Shieldhall . It was so good to come up on deck , after a 2 hour watch . And when the cruise ended , enjoy a good sleep in the stern crew berth . Best wishes .
The boilers remind me of an old diesel burner that my grandparents chalet used for heating. It would provide warm air being pump to outlets in every room. And it provided the hot water for the baths and kitchen. Lightening it on was a similar process and scary as hell. Regrettably that chalet was sold and the owner probably just scraped the old burner. I would have loved to keep it to be able to preserve it even if not in a working configuration, since it is quite polluting, even if it is quite efficient and produced almost no smoke. It sounds silly but it made a very cold chalet, high in the Swiss alps, toasty and cozy as it can get. Arriving from a full day of skiing, it was amazing to be able to take a warm bath and go to a warmed living room to have supper.
As an engineer, I love every type of old machine and ships like this one are a gem and I would love to be able to visit it someday.
Michell thrust block, I have worked for them 28 years company still going strong, class film 10/10
Very interesting tour of the ship since I also worked on a ship built in 06 with coal , hand fired boilers and a single triple expansion engine. I was Fireman and later Oiler. The experience gained there was valuable later when I worked on Steam Turbines, because on the old one everything was manual so you knew what was going on all the time. Hope I did not nod off, but I did not notice the Dynamo or switching over from shore power to your own.
Outstanding, riveting, and incredibly informative. Not enough can be said about the care and quality of the documentary you've made. Wow!
Interesting how
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As an old steam stoker, it brought back many memories.
Fantastic effort all round saving this old girl from the breakers yard, and putting her back into service as a pleasure cruiser on the Solent and other waterways within its operating area. I really enjoyed this, thanks so much for posting and along with historic aeroplanes restorations I now have historic ship restorations and operations to watch. Cheers from Australia.
Davdski Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
I just marvel at the thought that this set up was used in combat with high-speed manoeuvring, guns ablaze and telegraph commands coming thick and fast as Jackie Fischer and company had a blue with the Germans.
An amazing video. Thank you!
Excellent video. Thank you for showing this
Super, fantastic entertaining and highly informative presentation, Fair sailing to all!
Superb film Alex, thank youfor it. What a maginificient ship Ss Shieldhall is. Long may she sail, certainly longer then ssbn boats powered by steam! (Ex RN Dolphineer)....
Fascinating, took me back 50 years to my days at sea.
memories of the south coast Buff Funnel paddle steamers came back, looking at the passengers. Instructions to the helmsman did not seem very precise, or his responses. I think I prefer a separate wheelhouse below the bridge.
Reminds me so much of my training and early days in the RN; still amazes me how much room you chaps have to work in though. Subs tend to a little more cramped.
Very well made video, sadly I can only give 1 'Like/Thumbs-up'.
I started my apprenticeship in ship repair in 1967 and I only got to work on one steam up and downer, this video was very well presented and gave an excellent insight into the workings of an old steamship well done to all involved, I so wanted to throw my boiler suit on and head down to the engine room I wish there were more similar videos of this quality.
MasticMan12345678 Thanks for enjoying the film, maybe you could make a trip on the ship, one day
Ahh the cold iron start up make me cry have to do them quite often
Thoroughly enjoyed this! I'm taking the steam school onboard the 1942 Liberty Ship, John W. Brown in Baltimore.
given a choice of a trip on the sludge boat or on QM2 - no competition!!! - sludgeboat wins hands down!!! QM2 is a magnificent ship too!! this is a totally outstanding tour 😁😁😁
This was very enjoyable. I was a machinist mate in the US Navy during and after Vietnam Nam. Old stuff has always interested me, This video was very enjoyable. Thankyou for making it.
Absolutely wonderful!! Incredible ship. Incredible video tour. Incredible crew! Amazing how the machinery and the human beings running it create this amazing symphony that moves the Shieldhall with seeming ease for her passengers and anyone looking at her steaming away. Blown away by the knowledge and professionalism involved in keeping this wonderful old girl from another time steaming in the 21st century. A true window into the past and what it took to operate a steam vessel at sea. Thank you so much for this video and for keeping out maritime history alive.
And still used for dumping sewage at sea. In New York and Boston the Yanks call them “honey barges”
Brilliant! So good to see a ship of that era with triple expansion power, riveted hull. Old school, but all the better for that.
Engineer thank you for your Brilliant guide on what happens below deck in the Heart of ship out of sight to the public..when ever I visit any ship of size im always drawn to the engine room.amazing .
For a person that grew up around Railway steam engines and a Saw Mill that ran on steam, and later being involved with a small steamer The RMS Seguin which tours the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario. I am really impressed with this video of a sea going steamer. The RMS Sequin is a much older vessel and runs on a two cylinder single expansion engine. A much more compact arangment but still working steam. Unlike this steamer which is oil fired. The RMS Seguin is still coal fired. I am in my Late Sixties and I am very nastolgic about anything steam powered.
Franklin Newhart Anything steam powered, has an unstoppable attraction.
I am almost 72. I have been associated with railways and steam. I learned to fire on a 10 HP Case steam traction engine and portable steam powered carousel . I ran the train on a tourist railroad for several years. My wife and I took a trip on the stern-wheeled DELTA QUEEN on the Ohio River for our 1st anniversary. I was the relief engineer on a 50 foot stern-wheel steamboat for 5 years. Love steam.
Really great Video I spent 15 years as a merchant mariner and it is so cool to watch any history on how things used to be done ,I always loved working with older engineers you can learn so much fro them thanks for sharing this video .
matt matthews Thanks very much matt.
Great job on the video. Thank you so much. 3 days heating to take her out. That is extreme dedication to her and her legacy. Carry on and godspeed.
Such a cool ship and great job on the presentation. It's unfortunate that it used to carry concentrated poop, I wouldn't talk about that as much, but hey you do what you do with what ya got.
not sure if it applies but I watched an older video and it mentioned that the first thing that was done was to slacken the cables holding the stack to allow for it to stretch with heat. Thanks for the great quality video. great narration and filming.
As a teenager in the 1970s I spent time aboard the ex HMS Neave an 'Isles' class Admiralty trawler , renamed as the Tulipbank and working as a cleaning ship for oil tankers out of Hartlepool.
It was being refitted and my dad was working as the engineer in charge. It had the same machinery as the Shieldhall but only half of it as it was a single screw ship.
Another difference was an auxiliary vertical water tube boiler that could have enough steam for all the auxiliaries and turbine alternator in just a couple of hours.
Thank you for this excellent documentary!
Absolutely wonderful. A treasure for anyone interested in marine steam propulsion. I will re-watch this many times!! Thank you!!
Loved this video. brings back memories of time spent in engine room THE MERCHANT NAVY
Well done, Brian. Superb stuff. I'm grateful that there are people such as yourselves keeping history living today. Thank.
Wow what a bonus got to see aerial show too good video
great explanations of how this is done. You can be glad steam with external combustion heated by diesel is gone away as it is much more efficient to have an internal combution oil engine powering the shaft directly.
Brilliant they even had a Decca Transar Radar with true motion? on the bridge . It really made my evening watching it thanks Mike
Glad you enjoyed it Mike, thanks for watching.
This was great. Thank you for posting.
Well, as a deep sea marine engineer officer for 28 years I can tell you that this was the real deal...fabulous. And interesting to consider that while the Shieldhall was going through her stand by procedures the QM2 would have been doing something very very similar...excellent work...My family home is still in Southampton so if you need any wipers or oilers please let me know...I'll shake my Chief Engineer's braid at anything...
Contact us and we welcome new volunteers especially experienced guys like you!!! I am an ex RFA senior Engineer - Second and Chief Engineer and have been with the Shieldhall for 4 years now.. Bryan G
Amazing video. Thank you for the knowledge
What an amazing video. So many different tasks to perform and you have such a wealth of knowledge.
My late father would have loved to watch this. He was a chief engineer in the Blue Funnel Line in the
1930`s.
Well done, Chief! In my time, the only steam recips were the Stripping Pumps and the 2 pump room bilge pumps. Electric pumps may be more efficient , but no where near as satisfying.
Well done, excellent production, with a surprise ending of the Red Arrows and fireworks!
Shieldhall was always a good "target" ship for us submariners running out of Faslane and training in the Firth of Clyde. She was a fine sight when looking through the periscope. 😉