Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: R.P. Bullough. (SBA member - North West Region)
Area: Trailable (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1910 by Unknown.
LOA: 19' 6", LWL: 16', Beam: 5', Draft: 1' 3".
Carvel pine on oak
Maroon, varnished deck and interior, straight stem, counter stern, tiller, 4 knots. Believed built in Norfolk
ENGINESingle, 2½" x 3".
Built 1983 by D.C.Burnage at Bedford.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
On 4 turned columns, non-condensing. Fitted with balanced sv and mechanical lubrication by Derek Brown 1995.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1983 by Historic Steam Ltd. at Kew Bridge.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate: 1 sqft, Heating Area: 20 sqft.
No.SS708562/1, shell .3/8" solid drawn tube 18" dia x 25" high, 53 copper tubes + 7 stay rods 1" od x 13" long, hand fp. Wkettle, 2 injectors.
PROP3 blades, 14" x 20".
Shaft: ¾" SS.
HISTORYUntil 1971 Broads motor hire boat with cabin, acquired by Derek Brown June 1981, hull restored, plant fitted 1984, first steamed 1984. Hull rebuilt and machinery refitted 1989-91. Steamed each year since.
Aquired Bob Bullough 2003.
SBA memberUK
 
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(Brian Smith)

(Lyn Smith) Windermere, 1993

 

(Peter Massey) Windermere, 2005

(Norman Clasper) Loch Lomond 2005

(Dot Bullough) Forth and Clyde, 2005

(Geoff Newton) Forth and Clyde, 2005

(Norman Clasper) Forth and Clyde, 2005

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