Talk:Foundation Franklin

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Oil Conversion?

Where does this fact come from? It seems unlikely an old steam tug would be converted to oil just before scrapping.

Although I don't have a reference to hand, I suspect that this is referring to a change in the boilers from coal-fired to oil-fired; not to a change in engine to diesel. Someone with access to a Lloyd's Register for that period may be able to cite Davidships (talk) 20:43, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strange redirect

Is there any particular reason that "Gears of war crazy" redirects to this page? Newsboy85 (talk) 06:35, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why famous?

Can someone tell me about this ship's daring-do? Paul, in Saudi (talk) 07:03, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Farley Mowat book explains pretty well... she made numerous salvage/rescue jobs. During WWII, Halifax and Sydney were especially busy as convoy ports, so many ships had issues. As I recall, one rescue made the New York times, I'd have to dig up the reference.Feldercarb (talk) 22:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/28/archives/crew-of-16-rescued-as-ship-hits-rocks-british-freighter-berwindlea.html
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1950/4/1/the-man-who-robs-davy-jones
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1958/10/rescue-off-halifax/641141/

Towing Bows?

The Mowat book has a diagram, which indicates "towing bows" (I think as in a "bow tie" and not as in "ships bow"). They look like hoops over the stern area of the ship, behind the superstructure. Does anybody know the purpose? Feldercarb (talk) 22:14, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]