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The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Steamboat Register
Please send changes and new entries to the Editors
The SBA Steamboat Register is one of the most comprehensive lists of steamboats available. Compiling the data is a continuous process. Please help to make the next edition even better by sending details of additional boats and corrections to existing entries to the SBA Archivist.

The editors require a good quality colour photograph plus technical and historical details of hull, engine and boiler for steamboats old or new.

Please also notify any major modifications.

Examples

Example of Register entry

7th edition
September 2000
Contact: Brian Hillsdon (SBA Archivist)
Abreviations used in Register
cbs Cast back standard LSP Light Steam Power magazine
comp Compound LWL Length at waterline
cond or c Condenser MoWT Ministry of War Transport
cyl Cylinder Ms Mild steel
dia diameter MWB Metropolitan Water Board
DT Direct Tube O/D or OD Outside diameter
ecc Eccentric ON Official Number
FD Forced draught psi Pounds per square inch pressure
fp Feed pump pv Piston valve
fw Feed water QE Quadruple expansion
fwh Feed water heater rpm Revolutions per minute
GRP Glass reinforced plastic (fibreglass) R&ER Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
GWR Great Western Railway RT Return tube
HFT Horizontal fire-tube S&EL Steam & Electric Launch Co.
HWT Horizontal water tube SLRG Stephenson's link reversing gear
HP High pressure sq ft Square feet
hs Heating surface sq ins Square inches
I/D or ID Internal diameter SS Stainless steel
IHP Indicated horse power sv Slide valve
IP Intermediate pressure TE Triple expansion
lbs/hr Pounds of steam per hour evaporation. tfc Turned front columns
LBSCR London Brighten & South Coast Railway VFT Vertical fire tube
LIFU Liquid Fuel Engineering Co. Ltd. VWT Vertical water tube
LNER London & North East Railway Wkettle Windermere kettle
LOA Length over all WT Water tube
LP Low pressure Xhead. Cross-head
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Created: November 1998. Updated: 08 November 2005.