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Damaged Piston

A damaged piston on the 16 cylinder Paxman Valenta Diesel engine on board HMS Illustrious.

This engine was originally built for Railway Locomotives, but the government bailed out the company and fitted them in to their ships.

In the Illustrious for generating electricity.

 

More info on Illustrious.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)

 

The main engines are Rolls Royces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_TM3B

 

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Uploaded on August 9, 2014
Taken on August 9, 2014