Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: M.L.A. Brett. (SBA member - East Anglia Region)
Area: River Cam (UK).
HULLYacht tender
Built 1899 by Summers & Payne Ltd. at Southampton.
LOA: 21', LWL: 20', Beam: 5' 2", Draft: 2'.
Carvel cedar on rock elm
Varnished, straight stem, transom stern, wheel and tiller steering.
ENGINE2-crank Quadruple Expansion, 2" + 2¾" + 3¾" + 5" x 3".
Built 1899 by Simpson Strickland & Co. Ltd. at Dartmouth.
Design: ¼A size Kingdon patent.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
No.892. Xhead driven air and fp, Kcond, designed for 10 IHP at 250 psi.
BOILER2-drum WT.
Built 1899 by Simpson Strickland & Co. Ltd. at Dartmouth.
Fuel: coal.
No.951. ¼A size. Steam drum 9" od, mud drum 4½" od x 16½", casing 30" long x 16" wide x 26½" high
PROP3 blades, 15½" x 21".
Shaft: 11/8".
HISTORYBuilt for 54 ton yawl ARTEMIS, owned F. L. Pearson 1904-39. Acquired by Bill Leach 1951 from Webb, Brightlingsea after steam plant removed. Hull restored, engine re-fitted, first steamed again 1953. Used at Cambridge to 1988. 1989 bequethed to Two Tees Boatyard, Cambridge. Acquired 1996, engine and original boiler being restored by Bob Bossine at Kew Bridge Steam Museum, to be refitted 2000. (1952-1996 fitted with a Merryweather B boiler).
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(John Gibbs) Great Ouse 2005

(Owner) 1993

 

Thames Trad Boat Rally, 2003

(Brian Smith)

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