MV GERZINA BR�VIG
Owner: Br�vig, Th, Farsund
Yard: C. Cornell & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1951, No:469
Transverse Beam Broken
DOXFORD: 67LB6LS, 5500 BHP
Wilton-Fijenoord, DOXFORD 70LB6LS, 7750 BHP
Cause: Ram cylinder Fuel Valve stuck, forward camshaft broken, broken piston rings.
MV PENDRECHT
Owner: Phs. van Ommeren, Rotterdam
Manoeuvring stand and crank case doors after explosion.Four pictures above - RMS Rangitane, 2 JONH BROWN DOXFORD's Type 725SASB6, 15,500 BHP
Port Engine (Aft Crankshaft) from RMS Rangitane, hoisting cables through passenger accommodation, crankshaft removed through Ship's Funnel
WILTON-FIJENOORD, Schiedam, Holland, Feb. 1963
MV Kassos, Severe damage on the DOXFORD 600LB3
Initial cause: Broken Crankpin Bolt
MV Eastern Rover Owner - Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. HK
The re-alignment afloat of a ship's Doxford Crank shaft using liquid nitrogen. Read about the fix here.
MV Eboe 1952, 9357 grt
Broken Chain - Read about the replacement job here.
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