Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Carola
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: Scottish Maritime Museum. (non-member)
Area: Irvine Harbour (UK).
HULLSteam yacht
Built 1898 by Scott & Co at Bowling.
LOA: 70' 5", LWL: 65', Beam: 13' 3", Draft: 7' 5", Displacement: 40 tons gross, 59 tons displacement.
Riveted steel
No.128. Fore and aft saloons, 12 berths, varnished deckhouse, open bridge with engine controls.
ENGINECompound, 8" + 16" x 12".
Built 1898 by Ross & Duncan Ltd. at Govan.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
No.443. Engine-driven air and feed pumps, 80 IHP, 150 rpm. Inboard surface cond.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1952 by Marshall & Anderson Ltd. at Motherwell.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Heating Area: 336 sqft.
No.5495, two-furnace. 7' 6" dia x 6' 2", injector re-tubed 1971, donkey fp.
PROP4 blades.
HISTORYDesigned by builders, retained by Scott family until at least 1957. Acquired by Ken Gray 1970 from J.Manning when lying derelict on River Leven. Hull replated, restored and refitted, kept on Southampton Water. 1981 to M. Varvill. Acquired by Museum August 1993 and steamed back to Scotland.
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(Lyn Smith) Beaulieu, 1992

 

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