Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Araminta
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: R.E. Jones. (SBA member - East Anglia Region)
Area: River Crouch - trailerable (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1990 by North Norfolk Boatbuilding Co. at Holt.
Fit-out 1994 by Robin jones.
LOA: 19' 10", LWL: 18' 6", Beam: 7' 4", Draft: 2', Displacement: 1.5 tonnes.
GRP
Green with varnished woodwork, counter stern, canopy, wheel steering.
ENGINECompound, 3" + 5" x 3".
Built 1982 by A.A. Leak.
Design: A.A. Leak.
Valve(s): Spool on HP, balanced sv on LP, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Edwards vp, hand fp, injector, Wkettle..
8 IHP.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1999 by Franklin & Bell at Gloucester.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 200 psi, Grate: 1.6 sqft, Heating Area: 24 sqft.
Designed by David Beale. Steel, shell 22" od x 29" high, 109 x 1" od tubes.
PROP3 blades, 18" x 28".
Shaft: 11/8" SS.
HISTORYNew launch fitted out by owner. Hull selected for suitability for use on tidal estuaries of the east coast, first steamed 1994. Engine reconstructed Sam Wilkinson 1990.
SBA memberUK
 
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(Owner) Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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