It’s now 6 weeks since my phone and broadband went out. I am
sitting in my Morris Minor in my neighbour’s driveway sending this – with her
permission of course!
I thought this week I would amplify what Simon has been
finding down in the bilges. First of all
a diagram to show where he actually went (Photo 1221). I think I have got the
scale of the figure about right – the headroom down there is about 3ft 6ins.
Next is a diagram to show where the camera was pointing for
each of the three shots (Photo 1222). The fresh water tanks have been
highlighted in both diagrams.
The first shot (Photo 1223) is of that bow area which I
showed in the previous post, but closer to it.
No damage or water ingress is
apparent and Simon is still not sure what that multi-coloured material is on
the sides. Any ideas? He will have to be
a little bolder with his scraping tool to get a good sample – not too bold of
course with the Medway just outside!!
Then he turned around and took a shot of the two lines of
fresh water tanks, which altogether hold 7 tons according to the plans (Photo
1224).
It would be interesting to know
if they are empty or not. I suppose that
tapping the sides might give us the answer – not that I would want to drink
from them!!
The final shot is down the port side of the ship showing the
tanks and the steep line of the hull as it sweeps down to the keel (Photo
1225).
It all looks pretty dry down there. Note that the tanks are set on timber blocks,
as can be seen on the plans in photo 1221.
Doesn’t it make you want to crawl along those ‘corridors’
and see what else can be found? Next
time I visit him ……….
David
David
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