Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: Pounds Shipowners & Shipbreakers Ltd.. (non-member)
Area: Portsmouth Harbour (UK).
HULLGunboat
Built 1883 by Sir W.G. Armstrong at Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
LOA: 115', Beam: 37', Displacement: 508 tons.
Iron
Horizontal twin aft capstan by Clarke, Chapman & Co. Ltd., Gateshead.
ENGINECompound.
Built 1883.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
Cast A frames, LP Xhead driven air and fp, inboard surface condenser. Being restored at Southampton 1993-94.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1883 by S. Hodge & Sons at Millwall.
Fuel: coal.
2-furnace, 12' dia x 9' long. Vertical twin rotative donkey fp.
PROP
HISTORYBuilt as H.M.S. HANDY, 1891 renamed HMS EXCELLENT, 1916 HMS CALCUTTA, 1917 HMS SNAPPER. April 1922 sold to Dover Harbour Board, converted to floating crane and renamed. Acquired c1971, crane demolished, hull and machinery retained, awaiting restoration.
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(Dr. Chris Allen)

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