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  • 14 February 2016 at 17:27 #63450
    Colin Bishop
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      I am making the potato locker for my Fishery Cruiser. Basically it is a rectangular box on the upper deck about 3ft high, 4 ft long and a foot or so wide. The ends and top are solid and the sides are wire mesh for ventilation. However no means of extracting the spuds is shown unless you push them through the mesh to make chips!

      Does anyone know whether these things are top opening or is there supposed to be a vertical door in the mesh sides or ends? I have tried Google but can't find any images. They used to be very common on both warships and merchantmen.

      Colin

      14 February 2016 at 17:27 #4293
      Colin Bishop
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        How do you get at the spuds?

        14 February 2016 at 18:32 #63452
        Bob Wilson
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          All the ones I sailed with just had a normal door in them like a garden shed! They were made of slatted wood, as you say! That was in very old ships, more modern ones kept them in storerooms down below somewhere.

          Bob

          14 February 2016 at 18:35 #63454
          Colin Bishop
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            Thanks Bob, I will put a door in the ends I think as the sides are specified as wire mesh.

            Colin

            14 February 2016 at 21:12 #63457
            Andy Stoneman
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              @andystoneman15177

              Hi Colin, All the R.N.ships I served on had a wire mesh spud locker and a wire mesh door,

              Andy

              14 February 2016 at 22:20 #63459
              Colin Bishop
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                @colinbishop34627

                Thanks Andy, I think this one had wooden ends so I have suggested a door there.

                Colin

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