The Steamboating Forum

Okey-doke, Dave. I'm just going offline and I'll have an opportunity to consider how much time I can spend on this before I next sign on - I think I may look up the YouTube video whatever I decide.

Thanks for helping

John

Hi Dave, I found this entry on the TheShipsList website: The KNIGHT BACHELOR was a cargo steamer built by C. Connell & Co, Glasgow (engines by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow) in 1894 for the Knight Steamship Co. She was a 6,394 gross ton ship, length 450ft x beam 52.2ft, one funnel, four masts,...

The crosshead and connecting rod are nested right in between the pump levers ( at least I believe they are pump levers) one on either side with the pivot shaft connecting to two levers together. Thanks for explaining which bit is which, Dave :) What is the length of the connecting rod? The Spanish ...

Thank you very much for your replies, Edward and Dave :) With regard to the original photo I posted, the connecting rod and cross head are now easily identifiable, but I'm not sure which part is the "pump lever" - do you mean the long narrow "plates" lying either side of the conr...

Hi, The photo shows recently recovered remains from an 1890s cargo ship that was used as a blockship during the First World War: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4918838569_3142e1c006.jpg There's an anchor coming in from centre-left below which is an object with a rectangular face-plate. A crew m...