Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Lydia Eva
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: Lydia Eva & Mincarlo Trust. (SBA member - East Anglia Region)
Area: Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Harbours (UK).
Website: www.eastcoastlive.co.uk/great-yarmouth/lydia_eva.htm
HULLFishing drifter/trawler
Built 1930 by Kings Lynn Slipway Co. Ltd. at Kings Lynn.
LOA: 95', Beam: 20' 6", Displacement: 138 tons gross.
Riveted steel
No.251. Straight stem, counter stern, fo’c’sle, wheelhouse.
ENGINETriple Expansion, 10" + 17" + 28" x 20".
Built 1930 by Crabtree & Co. (R.H. Hutchinson) at GreatYarmouth.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on IP & LP, Gear: SLRG.
No.618. 3 tfc, surface condenser integral with cbs, IP Xhead-driven air and feed pumps.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1961 by Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd..
Pressure: 200 psi, Grate: 35 sqft, Heating Area: 1125 sqft.
2-furnace, 9' 5" dia x 9' 3" long, 190 x 3½" od tubes x 7' long, Weir type fp, 110v steam dynamo set.
PROP
HISTORYBuilt for Harry Eastick, Great Yarmouth, YH89. Sold 1938, later Air Ministry as mooring tender, 1948 renamed WATCHMOOR. 1969 to Maritime Trust for preservation, restored, open to public Yarmouth 1970-78, London 1978-86, laid up 1986-90, Chartered by Lydia Eva Trust from Maritime Trust, returned to East Anglia for restoration & display. 1996 purchased by owners for nominal £1
SBA memberUK
 
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(R.N. Cox) Great Yarmouth

(Ken Kent) Great Yarmouth

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