Thank you for the definition Roddersuk.
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OK! This is a T Class British WWII boat
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A 'Tiffy' is the RN and REME term for an 'Artificer'. Tubal Cain being the first Artificer in metals.
REME being the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army.Leave a comment:
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You can see his service record here http://moonrakers.com/submarines/RJCaswellrecord2.jpg
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Engine Room Artificers are the dogs bollocks of RN ships and subs. They are the most highly trained engineering staff on any ship except the Engineer Officer, who is their commissioned boss. In subs an outside tiffy was responsible for all external systems and the inside tiffy was responsible for all systems inside the boat outside of the engine room.
REME tiffys spend 2 years training in their respective trades but I believe that RN tiffys train for nearly 4 years.Leave a comment:
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Thats interesting. They named a sub Acheron... Like the ship in the movie "Master and Commander"Leave a comment:
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Click this to see a bigger image of the record.Last edited by Kazzer; 01-08-2011, 08:31 AM.Leave a comment:
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They just recently finished a B-36 for display at the Pima museum here in AZ, what a beast! Im gonna have to build a big model of one sometime.
Artificer... thats a REAL British word :) "Hey what U do for a livin' man? Im an Artificer your arse!" Thats neat your pops was in subs. I cant make out the writing on that sheet...Last edited by Rpmtech1; 01-07-2011, 10:39 PM.Leave a comment:
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My Dad was in the Airforce during the cold war. He flew the long S.A.C. missions from Puerto Rico to Iceland and back. He was the radio man in B-36 Peacemakers.
He couldn't wait to get out and go home. Oh! This is a submarine site. Oh well, it kinda looks like a submarine.Last edited by Kazzer; 01-07-2011, 06:25 PM.Leave a comment:
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I think it was on the Tactician that the boat was on a dive in the North Sea (300' deep) and she nose dived. My dad blew the forward tanks manually without orders and surfaced the boat like a porpoise coming out of water. The T Class, being almost 300' long was going to hit the sand bottom nose first and likely get stuck with the props out of the water, so the action saved the day. Shortly after that, my dad quit the Navy. He told me he was scared to death of submarines and wanted to go home, go fishing, have a few pints occasionally, and have a quiet life!Leave a comment:
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Mike, Did you already have this picture of the Tachtician or is it new to you?Leave a comment:
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