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Great Western
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: P. Tripp. (non-member)
Area: Norfolk Broads (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built 1973 by Terry Hardick at Bath.
LOA: 19' 6", Beam: 5' 6".
Cold-moulded, 2 diagonal 4mm 3-ply skins
Transom stern, varnished, Iroko fittings, wheel steering.
ENGINESingle.
Built 1988 by David King at Suffield, Norfolk.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: Slip ecc..
No.188. On 4 turned columns, disc crank.
BOILERVFT.
Fuel: coal.
60 x ¾" tubes, teak lagged, Wkettle.
PROP3 blades, 14" x 14".
Shaft: SS.
HISTORYBuilt for Dr. Dickson. 1975-8 owned J. Churchill named CANNONBALL. Acquired 1978 and reverted to original name.
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