Kingswear Castle Returns to Service
After completion of the major work on her engine during this refit, Kingswear Castle ran trials on the Dart under the command of John Megoran on Wednesday 28 June. The MCA final survey was completed the following day and KC is now scheduled to return to service at Dartmouth on Saturday 1 July. In order to run the engine in gently, after all the work this winter, the longer sailing to Totnes advertised for Monday 3 July will be replaced by harbour cruises.
Machining the bearings in situ to align the crankshaft.
The safety valves being tested during the MCA final survey on Thursday 29 June.
Read about the winter work in our previous posts Repairs to Kingswear Castle’s Low Pressure Cylinder and Kingswear Castle’s Return to Service Delayed.