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While the British Valour was en route from Norway to Texas, it experienced a crankcase explosion in the main engine about 80 nautical miles from Bermuda. There were no injuries, but the engine room sustained significant damage from heat and physical impacts. An investigation found cracks in the crowns of pistons 1 and 6, with piston 1 having a hole that allowed direct communication between the combustion space and crankcase. This was likely the initial heat source. The crown failures were due to abnormal we

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