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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: R. Van Es. (SBA member - South West Region)
Area: Kingsbridge/Salcombe - Trailable (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1967 by Devonport Shipwright Apprentices.
Fit-out 2000 by Rob van Es.
LOA: 15', LWL: 14' 6", Beam: 6', Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: 0.8 tonnes.
Mahogany on oak clinker.
Straight stem, wineglass transom, bilge keels, seating for 7, tiller steering 4 knots.
ENGINESingle, 2" x 2½".
Built 1990 by R. Holmes at Hertford.
Design: Trojan IV.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Xhead driven fp, exhaust fwh, Kcond..
Double acting, 4 turned columns, overhung crank
BOILERYarrow.
Built 2002 by Rob van Es.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate: 1 sqft, Heating Area: 12 sqft.
92 straight ½" copper tubes in 3 rows expanded into 8" steel steam drum, low volume rectangular steel mud drums
PROP14" x 20".
Shaft: ¾" SS.
HISTORYHull auctioned from Devonport Dockyard as Clinker Launch 10 (C.L.10). Used as rowed foot passenger ferry at Newton Ferrers. Bought as derelict 1999 for conversion to steam.
SBA memberUK
 
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