Mk 2 Carrier water can

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

This adds a whole new meaning to 'gas operated'.

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High octane Vickers!!! Water is so less volatile and non-aromatic. No fun at all.

[Ed Storey]

Seems to have been quite common.

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[Lynn Eades]

But! aren't they officers?

[Chris Suslowicz]

You really don't want to be using a potable water can as a condenser can for a Vickers - there's enough contamination inside the barrel water jacket to make the tea taste disgusting. (So I'm told, at least.)

A MMG is not a suitable tea-making appliance - using a mess tin and plastic explosive[1] is faster and a lot quieter.

Chris. (Has only ever used hexi blocks or a Primus.)

[1] strip the paper wrapping off, roll it out into a pencil-thick sausage and arrange in a spiral on a metal sheet with a bit projecting over the edge. Light the end and follow the flame with the water-filled mess tin. Silent and it even works in the jungle when everything is soaking wet.

[Ed Storey]

This photograph shows the more conventional can being used with these Vickers.

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[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

While watching a walkthrough of U-995 (the last surviving Mk.VII German U-boat) on U-tube, l saw this in the rear torpedo room:

[Lynn Eades]

Just fueling up the torpedos?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Just fueling up the torpedos?

Entirely possible! There was a pic on the Old MLU Forum of a 2 gal POL can with "Torpedo Fuel" embossed on the top.

Of course, why a Canadian made Torpedo Fuel can would be fitted to a U-Boat is another matter.