Down In The Engine Room - SS Shieldhall - Triple-Expansion Engine

The Steamship Shieldhall is the largest working steam ship in Britain. A member of the National Historic Fleet she serves as a sea going tribute to Britain's maritime heritage. This video focuses on the Ships twin 800HP triple expansion engines and boiler room. Built by Lobnitz & Co., of Renfrew on the River Clyde in 1955, the Shieldhall was one of the last reciprocating steam ships in the world, running until 1985. Based in Southampton, she operates a number of sailings each year. To book trips and more information visit ss-shieldhall.co.uk
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[@04clemea]

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[@kamdynfrederick7304]

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[@parkerzayden7689]

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[@parkerzayden7689]

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[@NortyNige]

I worked on the Shieldhall when she used to drop the shit in the channel over the spoil grounds on the eastern side of the isle of white. The Engine room was a fantastic place to be on a cold winters day. I have been everywhere on that ship even inside the boilers when doing a major refit, pushing out the coils? it the hundred plus horizontal tubes within the boiler screwed aluminum what ever they were called to help the steam twirl in the tube to maximise heat transfer. Anyway it was dark and dirty but not a place many get to see. I could see the oil was white at the bottom of the cross head slides so I would assume shes leaking a lot more water these days out of the low compression piston. Anyway it's nice to see the old girl carrying passengers as she did when first built, licensed to carry 280? It's nice to see some real maritime floating history living and breathing not just a floating static monument to real engineering slowly rotting away.

[@atllep98]

When I see this, I just like to imagine how huge the engines actually was on old ocean liners like the Olympic class ships

[@noobplays3759]

Same

[@L3GHO5T]

30 feet tall 65 feet long 720 ton plus another 190 ton triple expansion cranking out roughly 50,000 hp. It was pretty big.

[@mxylpx]

Pristine maintenance...neat as a pin...tender loving care by you gents!

[@dangibbs5390]

I worked on this ship back in 1999/2000! Cleaned the boilers and ran the engines :)

[@ryantimm9748]

Is it possible to tour this engine room for marine and steam engine fans? My bucket list includes seeing a triple expansion steam engine.

[@dangibbs5390]

@@ryantimm9748 Yes you can, if you visit the website they have an extensive sailing programme for 2019 so going on one of those trips would allow you to see her engines in use. She also sits in 'Berth 110, Southampton Docks' when not in use, but there's normally always volunteer members working aboard maintaining things so they might let you on to have a look around if you ask :)

[@petermines]

Beautiful sound from these engines. Just mesmerising. I must put this is my to visit list.

[@04clemea]

They sound great, it's incredible to watch and that it's completely open access.

[@jankjaer1731]

You Will deaf after some years AS a engine assistent.

[@F-Man]

Beautiful engine, wonderfully maintained and operated! I have a small collection of operating model steam engines and there truly is nothing like watching useable power being generated from simple water. It's like a miracle even today, even though we're talking about 200+ year old technology!

[@SkeeterMcGraw]

Amazing. Thank you. As a machinist having learned to blend the new and the old, I genuinely appreciate this.

[@bsa45acp]

The SS John Brown in Baltimore Maryland and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco California, the only two operating WWII Liberty Ships still existing, are powered by three cylendar tripple expansion steam engines. The O'Brien made four voyages to the UK during the war and returned 50 years later in 1994. The Shieldhall's engine room looks amazingly similar to that of the Liberties.

[@stuartthegrant]

What wonderful machinery. I really enjoyed this peep into the engine room.

[@04clemea]

Thanks very much. The ship is open access all the time and is a great trip out.

[@fredfarnackle5455]

I just checked out the Shieldhall web site and see that you can volunteer to look after her and run her, I used to live in Portsmouth - not far from where she is in Southampton, a pity I'm in Australia, I'd love to volunteer - I'm an ex Merchant Navy engineer. Maybe I'll go to see her next time I'm back in UK, hopefully next year.

[@deksea]

Main engines are very tight and quiet. She's a well cared for vessel. Nice to see that.

[@MyDiesel101]

Amazing video! The engines are so quiet. They run as if brand new. Thank You for sharing.

[@04clemea]

Yes it's hard to believe that they are 66 years old and sill run as new. A true testament to volunteers who look after the ship.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Eugene Kosinski Yeah, they don't sound louder than your average dishwasher. A diesel with same power would deafen you!

[@renegadeoflife87]

Not quite like new, I could hear a bit of rod knock going on. Its not serious though, and would probably clear up with some shims or bushings to take up the slack. Still a lovely sound, and so many steam actuated accessories aboard as well as the big engines.

[@wilsjane]

They are quiet because with steam you don't have explosions taking place inside the cylinders.

[@fredfarnackle5455]

Great video, thanks for posting. Ahhh... the magic of steam and the smell of hot oil

[@randycoolbaugh1408]

awesome vid! I was so "THERE!" when the clock ran out!!... could spend HOURS here.

[@gaius_enceladus]

Wonderful! Mmmmm..... I can almost smell the steam and the oil...... :)

[@johnmalz6684]

A symphony!

[@pjay9518]

it's a lovely old thing ;]

[@superancientmariner1394]

Memories of my time with Trinity House in Ready and Vestal.

[@MICHAELSTEWART]

when i was a kid i got a chance to visit the engine room on a central railroad of new jersey. coal fired with triple expansion reversible steam power. sadly the ferries were shut down right after i visited. made a lasting impression on me.

[@mxylpx]

Wild, fun and fascinating...thx for posting this unique view!

[@04clemea]

mxylpx Thanks for watching. It is amazing that you can see sights like this, in the 21st Century.

[@mxylpx]

Will put this on my list of things to see when I visit England for my first time!

[@04clemea]

mxylpx You won't regret it. I have made a new film on board the ship, if you want to see more.

[@mxylpx]

Thank you..I look forward to seeing it.

[@nigelterry9299]

Hypnotic......

[@04clemea]

I spent most of the trip in the engine room.

[@stephenvictorbailey4055]

beautiful piece of engineering.

[@silverwiskers7371]

I had a family member during WW2 on a steamer and a torpedo took out the whole entire engine room, it didn't sink, the man I'm talking about left the engines as ordered and was lucky enough to survive the ordeal, he carried this weight his whole life, totally understandable

[@samreyy]

Very cool

[@sootylum]

Magical :-)

[@cobrasvt347]

This is beautiful !!!

[@DrRichtoffen1]

Not a spout of extra oil or grease on anything anywhere, I love seeing a spotless and tidy engine room

[@jasonligo895]

Working treasure!

[@ident42]

Nice to see they have the sae proble with the wheelhouse dropping the telegraph on a somewhat ambiguous position.

[@harryrobinson2901]

I’ve been in this engine room. The ship was docked, and running rack shaft in a opposite directions so the ship didn’t move. The noise is so loud you can barely hear somebody yell in your ear!

[@haroldthompson3720]

I bet those engineers are happy in there job,a living breathing engine.

[@04clemea]

Yes they are very happy. They are all volunteers.

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

What's fascinating is the age of steam as never left us we still use steam in nuclear reactors to create the energy from turbines that run on Steam no matter how far we have reached into the future we are still facing our past and the fact of the matter is that we could run every generator on Earth through the steam from the Earth and I'm not talking about Yellowstone National Park I'm talking about steam vents that are all over the world it's just a matter of tapping into the resource

[@allanegleston4931]

@ 7:21, what is the counter used for ? thanks .

[@anushaananth9483]

I'm a Chief Engineer is on VLCC for 10 years with motor certificate. What is the certificate required for Gas tanker for C/E. Please advise.

[@raymundcadaperalta6530]

Dangerous place to work hot n humid

[@williamshaver6796]

800hp engines very common on st Lawrence river canalers that were built in uk.and sailed over.

[@DeanLorman]

To me that is one of the most beautiful,hands on ladies I have seen in 40 yrs

[@04clemea]

She definitely is, Currently a sleeping giant over winter.

[@DeanLorman]

I spent 4 years merchant mostly north Atlantic. I never saw the southern cross nor tipped the cape and got my earing but now at 65 my heart still rests with these beautiful hands on oilers with all the heat,noise and visual parts and the harmony you here and feel and love as the woman in some port somewhere that has her brand as deep as your soul. Thank you so much for the trip away from the wheel chair to a past so deeply loved !

[@DeanLorman]

Where? May I come and visit ?

[@04clemea]

She is located in Southampton, England. Currently undergoing winter maintenance. She will back again next year. More information can be found at ss-shieldhall.co.uk

[@DeanLorman]

Thank you for the timely reply.

[@granskare]

many changes since Brunel's day :)

[@NVVRW]

How quiet in the engine room with a piston steam engine!

[@MozkowZephyrusGauna]

I made my own version but it's so hard to do the same thing because they're too fast

[@ryantimm9748]

Sounds like the Olympic class engines.

[@HenkDynacord]

What is the fuel? Coal or oll?

[@rogerdoran8153]

oil

[@jefbord]

Is it me or is it just way too clean in there? very interesting to see that piece of (almost) lost technology work

[@shanejohns7901]

I really do not understand why they light these things off in this crude fashion. Piezoelectric igniters with a small store of butane would get that all done with a press of a button -- not unlike what you have on modern outdoor grills. Oh, sure, maybe have this crude method there as a failsafe. But come on. That takes way longer than it should -- shoving a lit stick down a 5 foot hole. Did they not know what piezoelectric effects were at the time they designed these boilers?

[@SsnakeD23]

Im a volunteer on the Shieldhall who works in the Engineering department. Yes, I guess they could have used piezoelectric igniters but the aim is to try and preserve and run the ship as much as we can as how she was built. Over the years the ships has had to comply with MCA regs with certain aspects to gain certification to sail and carry passengers, for example changing from running on FFO fuel to marine diesel because of exhaust emissions. We have added other features and procedures to help provide safer methods of lighting the furnaces but still use the taper method. It works fine, it may be crude but rather than modifying the existing fixtures and fittings we are trying to maintain the original providence of the vessel. It would be like you having a 1970's wooden television set and replacing the tube with an LED display. It would look like a 70's TV and display a picture but would have lost that originality.

[@shanejohns7901]

@@SsnakeD23 Perhaps I could have been more clear, but at the very end I think I was pretty clear about the design of the boilers. I completely understand keeping the vessel preserved. There's no point in keeping an antique if you're going to upgrade its parts to newer more modern elements. My issue is why it was designed this way in the first place. As best I can find: "French physicists Jacques and Pierre Curie discovered piezoelectricity in 1880." So I just don't understand why they didn't implement this discovery into ship DESIGNS from say 1900 forward -- giving a good 20 years to let the discovery sort of 'sink in' to society/science/engineering.

[@fletch357]

curious technique at 5:30...

[@seaway5614]

je voudrais la traduction en français

[@ewelinanajgebauer8862]

SHUT ALL THE DAMPERS, SHUT THEM-

[@louisoxford6685]

Very similar to the old LOCH CLASS frigates I served on, So sad when they were all scrapped, spent the rest of my navy career on diesels, how boring

[@wilsjane]

At least people who have worked on an open engine understand what is going on inside a diesel, but looking at lube oil pressure on a gauge does not show you that every point is being correctly lubricated. I imagine that with steam, the weakest link will always be the boilers, but even with a boiler down, steam can be valved to keep the engines turning. I am also surprised that guys running diesel often do not have the depth of understanding to realize the importance of never exceeding maximum exhaust gas temperature.

[@derail14]

i know 1 thing i was in the navy steam fired you go in that boiler room it like 200% Fahrenheit not fun.

[@user-iz3wn4fq1m]

Так выглядили чайники в 19 веке

[@chuppa1chups]

You sir did a fine job of splicing all those cuts and making it that seamless. What, exactly, is the purpose of that loud green-bodied pump? Is it for the seawater? If you appreciate steam as much as I do, I recommend ogling this pr0n of the frighteningly modern SS Badger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYqXmGenjpmkZ68

[@04clemea]

Thanks very much, the Green pump is indeed for seawater. Being fed to the condenser unit. Looks like the SS Badger has a very nice poppet valve engine, shame you cannot see all of it.

[@saidjawadi8659]

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[@coshyno]

modern ships sucks. every ships cars planes machinary should be made the exact same way things used to be made. It was made to last and it did exactly that! today things are no longer built to last, a car today your lucky if its going to see 10 years of use! oh and cars today.. sooo ugly lol each and every single one of them!

[@randycoolbaugh1408]

Its all about economics my friend.... yah, sad. wish I was born in 1870 rather than 1970.

[@spencer23dollars34]

coshyno that’s rose tinted specs. Cars today will run 200k miles with no problem. Older cars would have needed 5 engines and rebuilds to do that. Modern ships cars and everything else built is infinitely more reliable and maintenance free. Sure it’s not more beautiful and less craftsmanship goes into it true