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Kingswear Castle
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Owner: PS Kingswear Castle Trust. (SBA member - South East Region)
Area: River Medway (UK).
Website: www.pskc.freeserve.co.uk/
HULLPassenger paddle steamer
Built 1924 by Philip & Son Ltd. at Dartmouth.
LOA: 113' 8", LWL: 108', Beam: 28' (breadth 17' 7"), Draft: 4' 6", Displacement: 98 tons gross.
Steel
No.667. Swept raked stem, counter stern, wheelhouse, fore and aft saloons.
ENGINEDiagonal Compound, 13" + 26" x 24".
Built 1904 by Cox & Co. at Falmouth.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
No.116. LP Xhead-driven air, feed and bilge pumps; 41 rpm, surface c.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1962 by Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd..
Fuel: coal, Grate: 15 sqft, Heating Area: 460 sqft.
Single furnace, riveted shell, welded combustion chamber; 50 x 3" tubes + 30 x 2.5/8" stay tubes 5' 8" long, 6 tons bunkers, 120 gall fw.
PROPPaddles, 12 floats, non-feathering, hardwood, 42" x 15".
Shaft: 5½".
HISTORYBuilt for River Dart Steamboat Co. Ran Dartmouth to Totnes; laid up end 1965; acquired for preservation; to Medway 1971, restored ’73 - ’84. Now available for charter. (Contact 01634 827648.) Ref: Classic Boat, Feb 1991. Engine built for first KINGSWEAR CASTLE.
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