Talk:Foundation Franklin

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)

Strange redirect

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

Why famous?

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

• 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)
• 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)

The bows support the towing cable, so it can swing back and forth and not get tied up or snagged on the boat’s structure. This allows the winch to be located mid-ship, so the cable doesn’t come out the stern. A towing cable affixed to the stern would pull the tug to either direction as the towed boat changes direction through the action of wind and waves. 70.187.40.175 (talk) 19:54, 23 March 2025 (UTC)