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  2. Engine room - Wikipedia

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    Main engine deck of a cargo vessel Location of a ship's engine room on a bulk carrier Engine room of the Mercy Ship Caribbean Mercy in 1997. Her propulsion diesel is an MAK. EMD diesels in the engine room of the Research Vessel Davidson circa 2002. On a ship, the engine room (ER) [1] is the compartment where the machinery for marine propulsion ...

  3. Engine order telegraph - Wikipedia

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    Engine order telegraph. An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, [1] is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed.

  4. Bridge (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    Helm orders would be passed to an enclosed wheel house, where the coxswain or helmsman operated the ship's wheel. Engine commands would be relayed to the engine officer in the engine room by an engine order telegraph that displayed the captain's orders on a dial. The engine officer would ensure that the correct combination of steam pressure and ...

  5. Fire room - Wikipedia

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    Vessels typically contained several engines for different purposes. Main, or propulsion engines are used to turn the ship's propeller and move the ship through the water. . The fire room got its name from the days when ships burned coal to heat steam to drive the steam engines or turbines; the room was where the stokers spent their days shoveling coal continuously onto the grates under the ...

  6. Marine propulsion - Wikipedia

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    Placing the cooling radiator section in seawater rather than ambient air allows for the radiator to be smaller. The engine's cooling water may be used directly or indirectly for heating and cooling purposes of the ship. The Stirling engine has potential for surface-ship propulsion, as the engine's larger physical size is less of a concern.

  7. 40 Vehicle Cabins That Most People Rarely Get To Peek Inside

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    Here's A Picture Inside A Coast Guard Ship Engine Room. Image credits: Chass1s #33 The Forward Console On The Vessel I Work On. Image credits: Philobus

  8. Explosion in cruise ship engine room sparks mass evacuation ...

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    Firefighters responded to a call just before 7.30am on Wednesday to the Ocean Navigator, a five-deck cruise ship owned by American Queen Voyages, after reports of smoke coming from the engine room ...

  9. Engine department - Wikipedia

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    The engine control room on the Argonaute. An engine department or engineering department is an organizational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the propulsion systems and the support systems for crew, passengers, and cargo. [1]