Previously used for towing duties and now utilised for warping the ship alongside when berthing the Aft Winch has plenty of power with its 12in by 12in stroke!
aft winch
© Godfrey Down
aft winch
© NZMM – Photo collection 1994 146.1 [8702]
Boiler Room
The boilers were constructed by Messrs. Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., of Glasgow and are of the cylindrical type, 13ft. 6in. in diameter by 11ft. 6in. long, and are arranged for coal-burning. Arrangements for forced draught on the Howden system are incorporated. The feed pumps have been supplied by Messrs. G & J. Weir, Ltd., of Cathcart, Glasgow, and each is capable of dealing with the requirements of both boilers. A Hocking combined feed-heater and filter is also fitted.
Stoking an almost lost art
Copyright Godfrey Down
Using the primary forced draft to simulate the dangers of a blowback
Copyright Godfrey Down
Firing the aft port wing which is a tempermental furnace
Copyright Godfrey Down
The centre fires are lower than the wings and are used for lighting up as they are low and assesable as well as create even convection currents around the cicular boiler.
Copyright Godfrey Down
Lighting the wing fires from ashes taken from centre furnace!
Copyright The Late Maureen Ball
A diagram of a Scotch Boiler not showing forced draught equipment.
Copyright Courtney Edmonds
scotch boiler furnace interior
Copyright W C Daldy Preservation Society
Scotch boilers identical to those on W C Daldy being manufactured for the Lusitania.
Copyright Open Source
Captains cabin on port side desk forward
© Godfrey Down
Current trust president Alex Franklin and past president Terry Carroll in the captain's cabin
© Godfrey Down
With 13 separate steam engines in one room, the Daldy’s engine room can get to be quite a busy place. My personal favourite is the main port engine. It always seemed to respond better than the starboard one!
The cylinder diameters are 15, 25 and 40in., the stroke being 30in. The high-pressure cylinder is fitted with a piston valve having Moss Philip rings, while the intermediate- pressure and low-pressure valves are of the Andrews and Cameron type. The piston rings are of the Lockwood and Carlisle type, and United States metallic packing is fitted to all the piston and valve rods. The exhaust from both engines is led to a common condenser, arranged athwartships at the after end of the engine-room. Two independent air pumps of the Weir design and a Drysdale centrifugal circulating pump are installed.
Looking through the port engine
© Godfrey Down
Engine room bilge, fire and general purpose pumps.
© Tony Millatt
Drysdale centrifugal circulating pump
© Tony Millatt
Engine room gauges and Weir boiler feed pumps above the hotwell. Notice the Pre-heater. (Red above left)
© Godfrey Down
Godfrey King Engineer
© Godfrey Down
The two sets of triple-expansion steam engines were built by Messrs. Lobnitz & Co Ltd.
© Tony Millatt
Thomas Saecker at the throttle of the starboard engine
© Tony Millatt
18kw 230vDC Generator Ex RNZN Minesweeper Kiwi. This engine has a hungry appetite for steam!
© Tony Millatt
18kw 230vDC Generator Ex RNZN Minesweeper Kiwi. This engine has a hungry appetite for steam!
© Tony Millatt
engine room looking in through restored skylight, what a view!
© Godfrey Down
engine room stbd engine
© Godfrey Down
engine room stbd top
© Tony Millatt
Donkin’s patent steering engine
© Godfrey Down
Emergency steering position located aft of engine room coupled to the Donkin’s patent steering engine.
© Godfrey Down
Donkin’s patent steering engine
© Godfrey Down
Stbd engine
© Godfrey Down
engine room at work
© Tony Millatt
Triple expansion engine animation
© Godfrey Down
engine room Weir vacuum pumps and condenser.
© Tony Millatt
Weir vacuum pumps
© Godfrey Down
Chapman electric telegraphs replaced the originals in the early seventies.
© Tony Millatt
Engine Room Operating
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The W C. Daldy is generally handled from the flying bridge, otherwise known as the Monkey Island. There are various Masters and the minimum requirement to handle the vessel as Skipper is a Commercial Launchmasters Certificate.
Monkey Island / Flying Bridge
© Godfrey Down
William C Daldy Captain Bernard Commons and Nora Maersk
© Tony Millatt
Left to right – Alex Franklin – John Dallow and Bob Price.
© Tony Millatt
Wheel – binnacle and original telegraphs
© NZNMM – AHB Photo Album No. 9
Monkey Island / Flying Bridge Sunset
© Godfrey Down
The funnel received a major overhaul in 2002. The outer skin was patched and rivet tops were welded on to make it look as original as possible. It received a complete stand blast and a fresh coat of paint. The internal flue will eventually need to be replaced as it is in poor condition! A funnel cap which works in a butterfly fashion can be opened and closed internally from on top of the boilers, using a lever and pulley arrangement.
The Funnel 2002
© Courtney Edmonds
William C. Daldy funnel with original Auckland Harbour board shield
© NZMM – Photo collection 1994 146.1 [8702]
Funnel shield (top left – Red Cross – top right – Blue waves of the Waitemata harbour – bottom left – Anchor Auckland Harbour Board Symbol – bottom right – The Taniwha – a mythical Maori creature that breathes fire!)
© Godfrey Down
funnel and replacement mast and derrick
© Godfrey Down
The original coal range has been removed due to extensive rust. During the delivery voyage, the ships Cook was said to have gone mad in the heat and disembarked the ship at Darwin. the galley also contains a steam powered tea urn.
Galley
© Godfrey Down
Galley
© Godfrey Down
Galley
© Godfrey Down
The current lifeboat on the W C Daldy is merely there for show and is a lot smaller than the original, which was hung in davits on the starboard side of the tug. It was soon relocated to its current position and then later removed as it hindered towing operations.
In her original guise, William C. Daldy arrives in the Waitemata from her builders 30 Jan 1936
© NZNMM
William C Daldy and the Penang which visited Auckland in 1938
© W C Daldy Trust collection
This area houses the only non steam powered engine on the tug. It’s a single cylinder Lister-Petter diesel engine of ancient origins. It has a decompression lever and is crank start. Most often, it requires a good sniff of ether before it coughs into life as the emergency fire pump. It is a requirement by NZ maritme law to have an alternative fire fighting pump. If there was a real emergency I’d put my money on the real fire pump in tne engine room!
lower focsle
© Godfrey Down
lower focsle firepump
© Godfrey Down
lower focsle pump
© Godfrey Down
