Bob Burd Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Just curious to how many engines are on Majesty. Shortly after we left the Bahamas Friday night, the Captain came on board and said they lost 2 of the engines and that we would be delayed getting back to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. They then were able to fix one and we got back a couple of hours later than normal. We were driving back to NJ so we got in at 430am instead of 230am, so not too big a deal for us. I know some people had before noon flights and they were going to have a problem. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditchdoc Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 It has 4 - 9 cyl. diesel engines There are two propellers. These ships have a drive configuration that are electric diesel. The diesel engines actually run generators. The generators in turn run electric motors that turn the propellers. Additional generators may be dedicated to ship operations other than propulsion. There could be more than two electric motors connected to gear boxes so one motor can be off line with out effecting operation. Typically these ships have one engine more than needed for full power operation. That is so one can be off line continuously for maintenance. If two are off line, full generator power may not be realized. Engine rooms can stretch over 5 decks or more to include control rooms and all the various electrical panels, engines, motors, generators and so on. Matt, KristiZ and Okgladgal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Burd Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Thank you for the explanation! It's appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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