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Posted by KevinD on August 4, 2025, 20:28:01, in reply to "Re: Question re boiler layout numbering in British cruisers of WWII"
Will give it a shot. But from what we have found so far there was no 'across the board' layout numbering positions, that is different ships had different boiler placement positions for the same numbers (that were in a different position on another ship).
It seems then one ships numbering layout had next to no bearing on another, so the only people who really did know for Exeter (as her plans do not show the numbering layout) - the lads from Exeter's Boiler Rooms - have all 'crossed the bar' / are dead now. Vale all. 
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You could try to ask the staff at HMS Belfast in London. I have found that museum ship staff members are very helpful on such matters. Previous Message
Gents, can anyone authoritatively say how the numbered boilers were laid out in British cruisers (of WWII), and more specifically in HMS Exeter?
In Exeter each of the two Boiler Rooms had four (4) boilers, two either side of the centerline, and were numbered as A1, A2, A3 and A4 in ‘A’ Boiler Room and B1, B2, B3 and B4 in ‘B’ Boiler Room. That is, two to Stbd of centerline (in each BR), and two to Port of centerline (in each BR). But which boiler was which number?
Remember, key word above is " authoritatively ".
TIA.
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