Q - What is the connection...........

[N.O.S.]

.....between the following:

 

a 1946 LST (Landing Ship, Tank),

the Christmas Island Hydrogen Bomb Tests,

a Steam Paddle Tug

and a Scammell Pioneer?

Answer - www.mqwebmaster.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jha/story_so_far2.htm

[Great War truck]

An incredible story. Pleased to see that some lottery money has been put to a good cause.

[HotBed]

great read, im glad johns been saved. :yay:

 

graham

[abn deuce]

I ll keep my fingers crossed its a LONG way from starting the restoration to it once again steaming under its own power , I have a video of a restoration of a former PT boat on the west coast of the USA they had the ship almost completed when a fire broke out due to some faulty wiring during the night , it did tremendous damage BUT they started again and did finish her finally the dvd's named Devil boat the saga of PT 658 .

[6 X 6]

Very interesting indeed, thanks for posting it here. I used to have to buy magazines to read about this sort of thing but now it's only a click away.

[AndyFowler]

Well found Tony ! Great read ! I'll keep an eye out next time I'm in Chatham ! Andy !

[ArtistsRifles]

That was fascinating reading!! Thanks for posting the link up!!

[gritineye]

What a good tale and hopefully a happy ending, I have wonderful childhood memories of being in the engine room of a paddle steamer moored to the end of Eastbourne pier, and paddle powered steamers have fascinated me ever since.

 

All the more interesting as I named My Explorer 'Forceful' after seeing a paddle tug by that name pass by in the background of a scene in an old BW movie, (don't know the name of the film, I was just channel hopping) I had never found a picture of her before now.

 

Thanks for posting it here.