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In the old days in our Naval vessels, schools ,billets, and galleys, everything insulating for heat, or fire retardant was made of asbestos. Even the old smoke helmet on the ships had asbestos trimmings. we are in a tizzy about a few gaskets or about sites that were visually clear or unobservable for asbestos. We even had it on the arctic heater pipework around the bridge wings and Oerlikon gun mount positions on the L.E.Maev. I know it is potentially dangerous over a 40 year prognosis but for expediency and speed of repair we are not winning any prizes.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostIn the old days in our Naval vessels, schools ,billets, and galleys, everything insulating for heat, or fire retardant was made of asbestos. Even the old smoke helmet on the ships had asbestos trimmings. we are in a tizzy about a few gaskets or about sites that were visually clear or unobservable for asbestos. We even had it on the arctic heater pipework around the bridge wings and Oerlikon gun mount positions on the L.E.Maev. I know it is potentially dangerous over a 40 year prognosis but for expediency and speed of repair we are not winning any prizes.
When I said this didn't sound very safe, he replied indignantly "Of course it was safe - the whole van was lined with asbestos!".'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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Maintaining what we have
Originally posted by ODIN View PostMore of a bargain so!!!
If possible her AWS should also be made operational or replaced even with a military unit.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostMulti-role ships are always going to be expensive to maintain to original standard and capability. However it is prudent to do so if replacement units are going to cost multiples of original outlay. In a case in point I believe L.E. Eithne's software and hardware packages associated with Air Warning are no longer available because of COST. This has a double effect in that you lose the capability of tracking Russian "Bears" and you dilute the in house expertise of operating and maintaining such systems. Maintenance is a must otherwise you create a culture of getting rid of useful vessels that no longer function as intended. If Eithne is going out to say,Horn of Africa, she needs her flight deck clear for land ons and a Helo directing capability restored.
If possible her AWS should also be made operational or replaced even with a military unit.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostMulti-role ships are always going to be expensive to maintain to original standard and capability. However it is prudent to do so if replacement units are going to cost multiples of original outlay. In a case in point I believe L.E. Eithne's software and hardware packages associated with Air Warning are no longer available because of COST. This has a double effect in that you lose the capability of tracking Russian "Bears" and you dilute the in house expertise of operating and maintaining such systems. Maintenance is a must otherwise you create a culture of getting rid of useful vessels that no longer function as intended. If Eithne is going out to say,Horn of Africa, she needs her flight deck clear for land ons and a Helo directing capability restored.
If possible her AWS should also be made operational or replaced even with a military unit.
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