Snyggt bygge !
"In sheltered moorings or at sea, fuelling was accomplished by a powered or unpowered barge and with engine driven or hand powered pumps. At regular moorings, there would be
specially designed refuelling barges to do the job, normally manned by trained marine crew. These vessels could refuel many aircraft during the course of the day. Handling of the fuel nozzles and opening/closing the aircraft fuel tanks would normally be an aircraftman's task."
"The thick wings carried the four nacelle-mounted Pegasus engines and accommodated six drum fuel tanks with a
total capacity of 9,200 litres (2,025 Imperial gallons, 2,430 U.S. gallons). Four smaller fuel tanks were added later behind the rear wing spar to give a
total fuel capacity of 11,602 litres (2,550 Imperial gallons, 3,037 U.S. gallons), enough for eight- to 14-hour patrols"
9,2 eller 11,6 kubikmeter bränsle .....och pråmarna kunde tanka flera flygplan på en dag så de innehöll väl åtminstone 2 till 3 st "full tank", typ en modern fulllastad tankbil med släp ...
Mycket annat intressant finns här:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland
Nitarna var "flush riveted" ...
/ Robin