Classic British Flight Sim

Like I said - my bad, comes from working both sides of the street
I work a lot on the I-Book , sometimes I forget.

By the By - as an ex naval gentlemen - What ships used the Proteus? (see Garrys Fraps Thread)

Just curious I think I remember you or the wiper amongst us talking about Proteus and Grey Funnel Cruise Lines

Leif

On the old basis from Brooklands of "The right Crowd and No Crowding", there is an argument for keeping downloads in RAR format.

What ho chaps, keep the hobbledehoys and riff-raff at bay.

DispatchDragon wrote:Like I said - my bad, comes from working both sides of the street
By the By - as an ex naval gentlemen - What ships used the Proteus?
Leif

Wikipedia seems to have an answer...

"A marinised Proteus engine was used to power the Royal Navy's Brave and Bold class fast patrol boats, after testing on the frigate HMS Exmouth"

Kind regards and I hope that helps

John

Cheers Jon

Yo Mr Leif

John got just about the lot there. Exmouth was the only ship of any size to use the Proteus.. the remainder being FPB's. I think Scimitar, Sabre and Cutlass used it too.. the last three FPB's we had ;-) I'm told the German E boat crews were impressed seeing flames shoot out the back on startup though ultimately.. they were not very reliable as marine engines

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Going even further off topic OFFTOPIC

How about this beast.......2 Olympus and 2 Tynes

Don't know how they fix the...it's all greek to me :roll:

http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/fgKount_en.asp

Garry

If Marine Proteus wet started like The Brit did I can imagine the Germans wondered what the FPBs were doing -
it was impressive from the outside - If you were inside the first thing that went through your mind was "How do I get outside!!!""

Gee come along way from rar files LOL

OFFTOPIC

Out of interest

Is a ra-ra skirt one that doesn't have any zips????

Garry

the marine olympus are usually used as boost engines and not during normal cruise. Typicly the can add between 5 and 10 knots

Ah.. nice to see the RN dragging things off course

Garry.. all the old Type42 Destroyers had the same setup.. 2 Olympus and 2 Tynes. The County Class Destroyers Rick and I were on also had COGAS but the 'Gas' was provided by G6. These were only fired up where max power was required (eg.. entering and leaving harbour or full speed)

ATB

DaveB :tab: