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Chough
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Owner: D. Walker. (SBA member - East Anglia Region)
Area: River Severn (UK).
HULLYacht
Built 1981 by Frank Curtis & Pape Bros. Ltd. at Looe.
Designed by T.M. Kiernan.
Fit-out by T.M. Kiernan.
LOA: 27' 6", LWL: 26', Beam: 8' 6", Draft: 2' 6".
Clinker mahogany on oak
No.1929. Straight stem, transom stern, varnished, white and dark green upper works, forward saloon, 2 berths, galley, 2 masts, wheel and tiller steering, 8 knots.
ENGINECompound, 3" + 5" x 4".
Built 1983 by A.V.N. Priest Engineers at Harpenden.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Engine driven fp & ap, inboard cond. Hand fp, Hopkinson injector, 10 gall hotwell, 10 gall fw tank, bilge ejector..
No.041. Cast frames.
BOILERClyde type RT Scotch.
Built 1982 by H.A. McEwen (Boiler Repairs) Ltd. at Keithley.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 160 psi, Grate: 20" x 10", Heating Area: 75 sqft, Output: 320 lbs/hr.
No.S1-02, 24" dia x 3' 6" long 40 x 1¼" od tubes 24" long, 6½ cwt bunker.
PROP3 blades, 20" x 22".
Shaft: 17/8" SS.
HISTORYDesign and fitted out by first owner T.M. Kiernan as KATU. First steamed 15 July 1985. c1990, to David Warburton, Preston, later owned Wilf Johns, Pembroke, re-named but not steamed. Acquired by Malcolm Ross in Oct 1988 and reconditioned.
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(Terrance Kiernan) 1985

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