Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Curlew
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: M.C. Brunner. (SBA member)
Area: Lake of Zurich (Switzerland).
HULLOpen launch
Built c1910 by J. Taylor at Chertsey, Surrey.
LOA: 25' 6", Beam: 4' 7", Draft: 1' 5".
Carvel mahogany
Wheel steering, green, green canopy.
ENGINECompound.
Built 1997 by Precision Steam at Tiverton.
Design: Stuart Turner, 6A.
BOILERV shell, cross WT.
Built 1947 by Merryweather & Co. at Greenwich.
‘B’ size.
PROP3 blades, 300 mm dia..
HISTORYSteam plant first fitted by Rupert Latham, on Broads, named BUBBLY JANE, 1974 to Hugh Cawdron, Thames, various further owners, renamed CURLEW, sold to Switzerland during 1990’s, owner fitted fresh engine.
SBA memberSwitzerland
 
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