Warship Damage Control
Warship Damage Control Mr Jack Gracie
18/09/2015
Introduction • Jack Gracie • 2nd Year Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering • 3 years Royal Navy • Experience in Warship damage control
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Road map • • • • • • •
Aspects of Warship damage control Prepare for the inevitable Initial reactions Damage control War vs Peace Command response Train to fight
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What is the difference • Collins English dictionary ‘Warship’ : A vessel armed, armoured, and otherwise equipped for naval warfare. ‘Vessel’: A passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc. • What does this mean?
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Aspects of Warship Damage Control • • • •
Water tight integrity States X-ray, Yankee, Zulu Red opening’s Emergency stations
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Aspects of Warship Damage Control • • • •
Manpower control states 1, 2, 3 Gas control states Alpha
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Prepare for the inevitable • • • • • •
Monitoring of systems Location of SPE Location of EDBA Maintenance of DC equipment Whole crew training and knowledge Kill cards/ compartment cards
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Equipment • • • • • • •
SPE’s HPSW AFFF (Aqueous Film Forming Foam) Water pumps Wooden wedges, GRP domes Timber Anything
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Initial Reactions Incident Fire or Flood
• • • • • •
LVA-Pipe HQ1 DC Stateboard Continual aggressive attack Isolations made Command briefed – not only on internals
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Flood • • • •
Find and stem the flow of water Reduce effect of free surface Shoring Evacuation of compartments
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Fire • • • • • • •
Use of extinguishers Initial attack BA Attack Fire team Containment teams deployed Inert gas Dump Sentry posted
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DC state board
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1715
1724
1719
1730
FCP
War vs Peace • • • •
State 1 posture Command Aim Maintenance of life Loss of compartments/ability
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Command Response • Command decision • Design redundancy • Command advisors
18/09/2015
Train to Fight • Training is normally a weeks basic course at HMS Phoenix • Covers Fire Fighting, Flood Fighting and CBRNDC • Elements of Fire Triangle basic skills • Intense flood fighting exercise in the DRIU
18/09/2015
DRIU
18/09/2015
Where the RN got it right
18/09/2015
Questions
18/09/2015
18/09/2015
Introduction • Jack Gracie • 2nd Year Naval Architecture and Ocean engineering • 3 years Royal Navy • Experience in Warship damage control
18/09/2015
Road map • • • • • • •
Aspects of Warship damage control Prepare for the inevitable Initial reactions Damage control War vs Peace Command response Train to fight
18/09/2015
What is the difference • Collins English dictionary ‘Warship’ : A vessel armed, armoured, and otherwise equipped for naval warfare. ‘Vessel’: A passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc. • What does this mean?
18/09/2015
Aspects of Warship Damage Control • • • •
Water tight integrity States X-ray, Yankee, Zulu Red opening’s Emergency stations
18/09/2015
Aspects of Warship Damage Control • • • •
Manpower control states 1, 2, 3 Gas control states Alpha
18/09/2015
Prepare for the inevitable • • • • • •
Monitoring of systems Location of SPE Location of EDBA Maintenance of DC equipment Whole crew training and knowledge Kill cards/ compartment cards
18/09/2015
Equipment • • • • • • •
SPE’s HPSW AFFF (Aqueous Film Forming Foam) Water pumps Wooden wedges, GRP domes Timber Anything
18/09/2015
Initial Reactions Incident Fire or Flood
• • • • • •
LVA-Pipe HQ1 DC Stateboard Continual aggressive attack Isolations made Command briefed – not only on internals
18/09/2015
Flood • • • •
Find and stem the flow of water Reduce effect of free surface Shoring Evacuation of compartments
18/09/2015
Fire • • • • • • •
Use of extinguishers Initial attack BA Attack Fire team Containment teams deployed Inert gas Dump Sentry posted
18/09/2015
DC state board
18/09/2015
1715
1724
1719
1730
FCP
War vs Peace • • • •
State 1 posture Command Aim Maintenance of life Loss of compartments/ability
18/09/2015
Command Response • Command decision • Design redundancy • Command advisors
18/09/2015
Train to Fight • Training is normally a weeks basic course at HMS Phoenix • Covers Fire Fighting, Flood Fighting and CBRNDC • Elements of Fire Triangle basic skills • Intense flood fighting exercise in the DRIU
18/09/2015
DRIU
18/09/2015
Where the RN got it right
18/09/2015
Questions
18/09/2015
