Subsim Forum regulars' bios, pics, 'how you found Subsim'

Pielstick · 12-04-15, 07:52 PM

Evening all. I'm Pielstick - in fact Jimbuna may remember me from BritModeller!

Dr Pielstick was a German designer of diesel engines. After WW2 the French took the ownership of one of his engine designs as part of their war reparations and SEMT (Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques - although I prefer to think it stands for Simple Engineering Made Tricky) further developed the design and licensed production out to such engine builders as Colt in the US and Crossley (later Rolls-Royce) in the UK.

The photograph above is me stood between two Crossley Pielstick PC2 Mk.2 engines on RFA Orangeleaf, which was built by Cammel Lairds in Birkenhead, who also used to build submarines... and Birkenhead now being the home of U-534. So there's the submarine link!

I joined the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as an engineer officer cadet in 2003 and served up until June of 2015, reaching the lofty rank of Second Officer, sailing as the senior engine room watchkeeper. I resigned in June and took up employment now sailing under the Red Duster as a Second Engineer with a company that operates a small fleet of specialist cargo carriers. In 2008 I was a junior engineering officer on RFA Wave Knight on Op Orion '08 east of Suez and was given the opportunity to spend a day on HMS Trafalgar as part of the task group's cross-pol (exchange) programme. I declined at the time, but with hindsight I wish I had taken the opportunity.

In the twelve plus years I've been working at sea I've sailed with quite a few ex-RN submariners and can honestly say they are generally the most unhinged group of people I have ever met

In fact from my ship's regular berth I can see the BAE Systems submarine building hall in Barrow, and over the summer I used to see HMS Artful sat in the basin waiting to go on sea trials every time I walked into town.

My first sub sim was Red Storm Rising on the Atari ST. Since then I've enjoyed Silent Service and Silent Service 2, Aces of the Deep, the Silent Hunter series and all the Sonalysts stuff from 688(I) onwards.

I'm hugely into flight sims of all types, but also strategy games in general, especially those with a historical setting.

I'm currently wrestling with getting the Wolves of Steel mod to work with SH5 and failing miserably.

12-04-15, 07:52 PM	#11
Pielstick Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	Evening all. I'm Pielstick - in fact Jimbuna may remember me from BritModeller! Dr Pielstick was a German designer of diesel engines. After WW2 the French took the ownership of one of his engine designs as part of their war reparations and SEMT (Societe d'Etudes de Machines Thermiques - although I prefer to think it stands for Simple Engineering Made Tricky) further developed the design and licensed production out to such engine builders as Colt in the US and Crossley (later Rolls-Royce) in the UK. The photograph above is me stood between two Crossley Pielstick PC2 Mk.2 engines on RFA Orangeleaf, which was built by Cammel Lairds in Birkenhead, who also used to build submarines... and Birkenhead now being the home of U-534. So there's the submarine link! I joined the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as an engineer officer cadet in 2003 and served up until June of 2015, reaching the lofty rank of Second Officer, sailing as the senior engine room watchkeeper. I resigned in June and took up employment now sailing under the Red Duster as a Second Engineer with a company that operates a small fleet of specialist cargo carriers. In 2008 I was a junior engineering officer on RFA Wave Knight on Op Orion '08 east of Suez and was given the opportunity to spend a day on HMS Trafalgar as part of the task group's cross-pol (exchange) programme. I declined at the time, but with hindsight I wish I had taken the opportunity. In the twelve plus years I've been working at sea I've sailed with quite a few ex-RN submariners and can honestly say they are generally the most unhinged group of people I have ever met In fact from my ship's regular berth I can see the BAE Systems submarine building hall in Barrow, and over the summer I used to see HMS Artful sat in the basin waiting to go on sea trials every time I walked into town. My first sub sim was Red Storm Rising on the Atari ST. Since then I've enjoyed Silent Service and Silent Service 2, Aces of the Deep, the Silent Hunter series and all the Sonalysts stuff from 688(I) onwards. I'm hugely into flight sims of all types, but also strategy games in general, especially those with a historical setting. I'm currently wrestling with getting the Wolves of Steel mod to work with SH5 and failing miserably.