DOXFORD OPPOSED PISTON ENGINE

[veterannz]

i hear the oil cooled doxfords were tolerable.............unfortun­ately I only worked on water cooled ones. When the seals on the telescopics went it was inside into the heat

[sprinter160bhp]

I believe the Anson engine museum in Poynton are trying to aquire this enginefor their collection , chuck a few pounds to help their way to help them , i have .

Also give them a visit , some real nice engines there & no I am not involved with them , I just enjoy what they have done

[choongmoovideo]

I believe this engine was installed at South Tyneside College but has now been moved to a museum so the college can demolish the building.

[szapira]

What a pity - another of the last vestiges of the great iron-industrial age gone forever. So much human endeavor reduced to so much pig iron scrap.

[choirboyfromhell]

"Mak'in Money, Mak'in Money" was the old Ford ore boat chant....(Doxford powered)

[Mitsugejl]

Isn't it the exhaustpiston you see? Doesn't look like a opposed piston engine to me...

[j0h2ns1]

"Exhaustpiston" LOL

[herbgarratt]

Exhaust piston, or upper piston, whichever name you like.

And wot does an opposed piston engine look like to you?

Trust me, that's an opposed piston engine, and if you're unfamiliar with it, you're VERY lucky.

[Mitsugejl]

Quite a bitch to do maintenance on i hear.

By opposed pistoned engine, i mean like those Fairbanks-Morse type engine with two pistons per cylinder, two crankshafts joined by a gear and no heads or valvetrain, and the inlet/exhaust is done by slots in the cylinder liner..

[born2roam]

Thankyou russellkeb for responses, enjoyed your Seahorse clip (rare bit of footage!)Pity it all eventually went belly up when Doxfords finished.

[born2roam]

Thankyou "russellkeb"for info,totally agree with your comments and sentiment.Slept soundly for many years to the Doxford lullaby! Sad end to a great British engineering company when Doxfords Sunderland finally sunk in 82!

Some Doxford engines are still alive - check out Mv Princess Daphne (ex Port Sydney built 1955 by Swan Hunter 2x6cyl Doxfords)53years!!

[russellkeb]

Thanks born2roam, 2 very good videos ex Port Sydney available on you-tube (search Doxford-Engines). Also believe Port Sydney was built by Wallsend Slipway?? I might be wrong!! Also if you are interested I posted a short clip of the Doxford Seahorse experimental medium speed Doxford developed 1971.

[russellkeb]

Sorry born2roam, you were correct, Port Sydney was built by Swans, engines built by Wallsend!! My apologies!

[annanoli]

Super! a memory of the past.I've been told that the only big trouble with these engines was the possibility of water leak into the cylinder via the injectors sealing.

I know at least one engine destroyed because the combustion chamber was filled with water, and at startup...well you can imagine!

[teachertalk1234]

Excellent sight. I think during my frst six or so years at sea I had a big 'D' for Doxford stamped on my personel card.

[russellkeb]

This engine was fitted to the MV North Sands which was used as a floating test bed to prove and advertise the reliability of the new 'J' series Doxford engines. It was quite successful in that Doxfords continued in business until 1982. The North Sands was broken up at BU Huangpu in 1987. A sad end for a greatship and engine

[douro20]

The reliability and efficiency of these engines is legendary; they helped save the English economy. There is one single-cylinder Doxford being slowly moved to the Anson Engine Museum where it will be restored.

[born2roam]

Great video - Thanks for turning the clock back!

Does anybody know where this engine is or if it is still in operation?

[henryeightyfive]

Great memories. Worked with my friend Hans Krewetzki on the tram tanker Alva Bay, she had a syx cylinder Doxford, nice and quiete.

[jsegalerba]

Very nice. I`ve work in a ship, a SD 14 type, with this engine but four cilynders. It`s a great engine. thanks

[steviejlyons]

Nice one Alfons

setiej

[pescepattate]

thank you for bringing back memories in the engine room

[steamaholic]

nice to see doxford in action again the best marine engine ever built. I blame the U.K. gov't for its closure, should still be open today