Thanks much for this. I was also a navy man (many years ago) and an engineer (Machinist's Mate) who spent a lot of his time in the engine room and auxiliary power room of a Knox class Destroyer Escort. Watching this was very entertaining and a bit nostalgic, as well. Also, not much clearance in those shaft alleys. Our shaft was about a meter five and we had plenty of room to work around it. The reason I know is because I spent a month chipping paint in ours. ;-)
That shaft alley looks very scary to a layman like me. Insane amount of power going through that shaft combined with very high noise levels and limited space would make it really stressful to work in there. 😬
What the Chief Engineer Calle Stenius is telling us in the "tauluhuone" (the panel room)? 4:18 That whole system he is pointing at, is basically a computer itself, and contains the alarm system of the ship. 5:16 He is telling that this printer paper has all the information what they need from turbines, diesel engines, generators, electric motors, transmission, propeller saft etc. 5:24 Stenius is cursing because the monitor is really dirty. 5:32 Turbine values: Temperatures, fuel pressure etc. 5:40 Diesel engine values: 5:48 temperatures of the exhaust gasses from every cylinder 6:00 The temperature status for every bearing in the transmission system 6:10 Frame bearing temperatures 6:15 The whole view of the fuel system: fuel temperature, pressure, consumption 6:30 Phone: "The Panel room! How much? 6-3? Okay. 63 centimeters." 6:54 "Turbine exhaust temperatures are currently about 600°C (1112°F)." 7:27 Bilge pumps, "If there is water somewhere on these pumps they will turn red and alarm starts ringing." 7:45 Visitor: "Has there been a situation where something is out of order?" 8:04 Stenius: "Oh yeah, the system always tells us. At this moment we have these alarms over here" 8:17 "For example, we have a fuel leakage on the starboard engine. It is trickeling at the moment. Also separator temperature is cold. Portside engine has low pressure since it is not operating at the moment, it is on standstill." 8:48 "The engine leak is not serious. it is really small and there is a bowl which collects all the stuff which is mainly water."
nojooo... sihen aikana olin nuori, ja tein tämä pelkästään itselleni. (TH-cam did not exist) Vanha sony hi8 analog teippi oli >30 vuotta jossain kaapissa .... ja kameralla siihen aikana ei ollut mitän fuzzylogic-deshaker technologia. Eli ei ole YLE laatu teippi - mutta se on __perkele__ aino teippi finjetin konesalista... take it or leave it. Thumbs down, i give a fuck.
@@zoolkhan Taisi viitata tuon miehistönjäsenen kommenttiin 7 minuutin kohdalla, ei oltu konehuoneen monitoria pyyhkäisty vähään aikaan ja tökkäsi sormensa siihen.
Carl-Magnus (Calle) Stenius was not the chief engineer onboard. He served onboard as a day engineer. He had chief engineer's certificate as certificate of competency issued by the flag state as per STCW requirements, but he did not served in chief engineers position onboard as far as I know. In finnish language those do not get mixed wrongly as in the certificate the finnish word used for chief engineer is "ylikonemestari" (senior engineer) and rank of ship's chief engineer is "konepäällikkö" (chief engineer). During my time at Finnjet the chief engineer's positions onboard were held by Herrala and J. Puonti (Haapanen had retired some time earlier). The rank of day engineer was held by Stenius, S. Puonti and Tanttu. On that video, you can recognize that from insignia, as Stenius has three gold stripes in epaulet. Chief Engineer has four.
First machinery you didn't know was compressor for air conditioning or fridges, second thing you thought to be fuel pump was actually fuel oil separator. So sad video ended just when nice turbo blowing and diesel engine roaring started to be close :)
The one and only GTS Finnjet 1977 was installed with twin Pratt & Withney FT 4C-1 DLF gas turbines of ca 75 000 HP & with aux diesel engines she could reach speeds up to well over 33 knots just like the old Atlantic steamers did in the golden era 1930's to 1950's.
Not quite. She maxed out at 30.5 kts. They would mix 1 turbine with 1 diesel for about 23kts and diesel only 18kts. However never both turbines plus diesel. Though technically possible for a combined 93.000 HP this was never attempted as the hull limited the speed, not the power. Fuel consumption running turbines was 5L/ sec and she needed to be in water at least 28m deep to run them. Otherwise they would cavitate. Because of the shallow waters off Travemünde they could only start the turbines about 1h 40min into the journey. Rostock did not pose this limitation.
@@jackdoe3889 You are just a pain in the ass pal, she reached well over 33 knots in sea trials and her average speed was 30 knots at normal in the summer seasons.
@@kzbxvz She reached 31.17 kts in sea trials without cargo and passengers. Not only have I taken about 300 trips on her but the Chief Engineer is also a close personal friend of mine. I responded politely with factual information. The fact that you just try to insult and offend me says a lot more about you than it does about me.
@@jackdoe3889 But she reached a top speed at 33 knots in her sea trials in 1976 officially well ahead of the classical liners like SS Normandy & RMS Queen Mary.
@@kzbxvz I already told you the correct exact speed, my source, experience with and connection to Finnjet so if you insist it was 33kts then provide proof of that.
Wow, nice video from places that an cruisepassenger hardly gets! Was Finnjet going full steam 30 knots on that situation? Great ship, great memories. Sadly the scrapping started so fast that they didnt have time to save it back to Finland! :/
i dont remember anymore at what speed it was going. Yes, its very sad... we knew many of the crew as my dad was radio officer in another finnlines ship, very good friends with the chief engineer. I remember one of the crewmen expressed to us the following sentence: "theyre putting the worlds fastest ship on the worlds shortest route" - which was a reference to plans putting finnjet on the helsinki talinn route.. not what the crew had signed up for... the finnjet was still around when the estonia desaster happened if my memory does not betray me it also participated in the rescue efforts lead by ms mariella.
nope. but all people shown in the movie did not suffer hearing damage until their death. Me and my brother and father are still alive, i am 54 - and so far my hearing is ok. Anyhow "dont do this at home" people :) --- A quick walk through there is not a big deal. People go to rock concerts more often than machinerooms. But for the professionals it would probably be smart to wear "mickeymouse-ears"
Thank you f*ing youtube for taking away all captions and explanations that took me hours to factor in years ago
in your infinite wisdom.
Loved that ship, only traveled on her twice in 2003, but it was amazing ❤️
Thanks much for this. I was also a navy man (many years ago) and an engineer (Machinist's Mate) who spent a lot of his time in the engine room and auxiliary power room of a Knox class Destroyer Escort. Watching this was very entertaining and a bit nostalgic, as well.
Also, not much clearance in those shaft alleys. Our shaft was about a meter five and we had plenty of room to work around it. The reason I know is because I spent a month chipping paint in ours. ;-)
That shaft alley looks very scary to a layman like me. Insane amount of power going through that shaft combined with very high noise levels and limited space would make it really stressful to work in there. 😬
Tunnettiin myös Veikon Koneena konepäällikkö Veikko Haapasen johdosta.
What the Chief Engineer Calle Stenius is telling us in the "tauluhuone" (the panel room)?
4:18 That whole system he is pointing at, is basically a computer itself, and contains the alarm system of the ship.
5:16 He is telling that this printer paper has all the information what they need from turbines, diesel engines, generators, electric motors, transmission, propeller saft etc.
5:24 Stenius is cursing because the monitor is really dirty.
5:32 Turbine values: Temperatures, fuel pressure etc.
5:40 Diesel engine values: 5:48 temperatures of the exhaust gasses from every cylinder
6:00 The temperature status for every bearing in the transmission system
6:10 Frame bearing temperatures
6:15 The whole view of the fuel system: fuel temperature, pressure, consumption
6:30 Phone: "The Panel room! How much? 6-3? Okay. 63 centimeters."
6:54 "Turbine exhaust temperatures are currently about 600°C (1112°F)."
7:27 Bilge pumps, "If there is water somewhere on these pumps they will turn red and alarm starts ringing."
7:45 Visitor: "Has there been a situation where something is out of order?"
8:04 Stenius: "Oh yeah, the system always tells us. At this moment we have these alarms over here"
8:17 "For example, we have a fuel leakage on the starboard engine. It is trickeling at the moment. Also separator temperature is cold. Portside engine has low pressure since it is not operating at the moment, it is on standstill."
8:48 "The engine leak is not serious. it is really small and there is a bowl which collects all the stuff which is mainly water."
”Niin paskanen toi saatanan ruutu” :D
nojooo... sihen aikana olin nuori, ja tein tämä pelkästään itselleni. (TH-cam did not exist)
Vanha sony hi8 analog teippi oli >30 vuotta jossain kaapissa .... ja kameralla siihen aikana ei ollut mitän fuzzylogic-deshaker technologia.
Eli ei ole YLE laatu teippi - mutta se on __perkele__ aino teippi finjetin konesalista... take it or leave it. Thumbs down, i give a fuck.
@@zoolkhan Taisi viitata tuon miehistönjäsenen kommenttiin 7 minuutin kohdalla, ei oltu konehuoneen monitoria pyyhkäisty vähään aikaan ja tökkäsi sormensa siihen.
Carl-Magnus (Calle) Stenius was not the chief engineer onboard. He served onboard as a day engineer. He had chief engineer's certificate as certificate of competency issued by the flag state as per STCW requirements, but he did not served in chief engineers position onboard as far as I know. In finnish language those do not get mixed wrongly as in the certificate the finnish word used for chief engineer is "ylikonemestari" (senior engineer) and rank of ship's chief engineer is "konepäällikkö" (chief engineer). During my time at Finnjet the chief engineer's positions onboard were held by Herrala and J. Puonti (Haapanen had retired some time earlier). The rank of day engineer was held by Stenius, S. Puonti and Tanttu. On that video, you can recognize that from insignia, as Stenius has three gold stripes in epaulet. Chief Engineer has four.
Ok, thanks for clearing that up.
I was personally not part of that civillian hierarchy
and probably got it all wrong.
@@zoolkhan no problem. Anyway, thank you for uploading such a nice video. Brings back good memories which are about quarter of century old.
I HEARD MY FATHER IN THE BACKGROUND! He was an engineer on the ship
i hope he is still around.
hauskaa kesä masa, timo
@@zoolkhan yeah, he is. Tomorrow we will go test drive his old Ford Mustang 289cid 1967 which he sold 25 years ago.
"pual kahteen on toi myynti auki.. -eksä osaa sitä paperia mitä mitä mä oon tehny? - aa joo" :D
First machinery you didn't know was compressor for air conditioning or fridges, second thing you thought to be fuel pump was actually fuel oil separator. So sad video ended just when nice turbo blowing and diesel engine roaring started to be close :)
Aki Laurila 111q111112w2322eq1
The one and only GTS Finnjet 1977 was installed with twin Pratt & Withney FT 4C-1 DLF gas turbines of ca 75 000 HP & with aux diesel engines she could reach speeds up to well over 33 knots just like the old Atlantic steamers did in the golden era 1930's to 1950's.
Not quite. She maxed out at 30.5 kts. They would mix 1 turbine with 1 diesel for about 23kts and diesel only 18kts. However never both turbines plus diesel. Though technically possible for a combined 93.000 HP this was never attempted as the hull limited the speed, not the power.
Fuel consumption running turbines was 5L/ sec and she needed to be in water at least 28m deep to run them. Otherwise they would cavitate. Because of the shallow waters off Travemünde they could only start the turbines about 1h 40min into the journey. Rostock did not pose this limitation.
@@jackdoe3889 You are just a pain in the ass pal, she reached well over 33 knots in sea trials and her average speed was 30 knots at normal in the summer seasons.
@@kzbxvz She reached 31.17 kts in sea trials without cargo and passengers. Not only have I taken about 300 trips on her but the Chief Engineer is also a close personal friend of mine.
I responded politely with factual information. The fact that you just try to insult and offend me says a lot more about you than it does about me.
@@jackdoe3889 But she reached a top speed at 33 knots in her sea trials in 1976 officially well ahead of the classical liners like SS Normandy & RMS Queen Mary.
@@kzbxvz I already told you the correct exact speed, my source, experience with and connection to Finnjet so if you insist it was 33kts then provide proof of that.
Beauty, slim and fast😁.
Herzlich willkommen in Finnjet.
Wow, nice video from places that an cruisepassenger hardly gets! Was Finnjet going full steam 30 knots on that situation? Great ship, great memories. Sadly the scrapping started so fast that they didnt have time to save it back to Finland! :/
i dont remember anymore at what speed it was going. Yes, its very sad... we knew many of the crew
as my dad was radio officer in another finnlines ship, very good friends with the chief engineer.
I remember one of the crewmen expressed to us the following sentence:
"theyre putting the worlds fastest ship on the worlds shortest route" - which was a reference to plans putting finnjet on the helsinki talinn route.. not what the crew had signed up for... the finnjet was still around when the estonia desaster happened if my memory does not betray me it also participated in the rescue efforts lead by ms mariella.
Here were saying some 20 knots…
@aki laurila
this is the complete film including the view to the aft propellershaft.
th-cam.com/video/VWs2xYK740U/w-d-xo.html
no ear protection>
nope. but all people shown in the movie did not suffer hearing damage until their death.
Me and my brother and father are still alive, i am 54 - and so far my hearing is ok.
Anyhow "dont do this at home" people :)
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A quick walk through there is not a big deal.
People go to rock concerts more often than machinerooms.
But for the professionals it would probably be smart to wear "mickeymouse-ears"