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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: Bathgate Bros (Marine) Ltd.. (non-member)
Area: Crinan Canal (UK).
HULLPassenger, converted cargo lighter
Built 1943 by I. Pimblott & Co. Ltd. at Northwich.
LOA: 66' 10", Beam: 18' 6", Draft: 8', Displacement: 96 gross tons.
Riveted steel
No.650. Rounded stern, fo’c’sle, black hull, wheelhouse control.
ENGINECompound, 10½" + 22" x 14".
Built 1943 by Crabtree & Co. Ltd. at Great Yarmouth.
Gear: Radial.
Lever-driven feed, air and bilge pumps, 130 IHP, 120 rpm. inboard surface condenser.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1943 by Cochran & Co. Ltd. at Annan.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate: 21 sqft.
2 furnace, riveted shell, 6' 6" dia x 18' high. 5 x 12" dia horizontal firetubes, 12 ton bunkers.
PROP4 blades, 4' 6" dia..
HISTORYBuilt for MoWT as VIC 27. laid up c1962. 1968 to Sir J. Miller and converted to holiday charter yacht 1969. Acquired by present owners in 1978. Ref: FUNNEL 4. Steamed to Oban 1999.
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