Re: RN machinery supply 1880

In article <4302da1f$1_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Peter McLelland <peter.mclelland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>> In article <4301f00c$1_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> peter.mclelland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter McLelland) wrote:
>>
>> > It is unlikely that the engine manufacturers were ever asked to
>> > guarantee speed, that was the responsibility of the design
>>
>> True, but destroyer manufacturers were, and they supplied the
>> machinery as well. While I am here, does anybody want more from this
>> book?
>>
>The design and build contracts that were common for TBDs etc are a different
>situation from the one described in the book, and as I think none of the
>yards building small ships and any engine building capability I suspect they
>used similar contracting methods to obtain the engines and boilers for their
>design.

Later period, too. ISTR from somewhere that bonus/penalties for trials
performance came in somewhere towards the back end of the 1880s..
>
>ps yes to more form the book.

AOL that.

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