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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: P.B. Hollins. (SBA member - Solent Region)
Area: Portsmouth Harbour & Spithead (UK).
HULLOpen cutter
Built 1897 by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at Blackwall.
LOA: 23', Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 2' 3".
Double-skin teak, inner diagonal
Transom stern, black.
ENGINECompound, 3" + 6" x 5".
Built 1898 by Simpson Strickland & Co. Ltd. at Dartmouth.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
No.824. On 5 turned columns, Xhead driven fp and air pump, 427 rpm, 10.7 IHP on trials when new. Fitted 2000
BOILERGunboat type DT.
Built 1981 by David Curwen at Devizes.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 130 psi, Heating Area: 44 sqft.
77 x .7/8" id tubes x 21" long, shell 24" dia x 42" high, belt driven fan.
PROP3 blades, 21" dia..
Shaft: 1¼" bronze.
HISTORYBuilt as Admiralty Cutter No.438, appropriated to HMS ESPIÈGLE, then hospital ship MAINE until she was wrecked in 1914. c1974 derelict hull acquired by Dr Roger Stevens, Yelverton. Hull restored and fresh steam plant fitted and re-commisioned c 1997. Acquired 1999, engine replaced with one similar to original, at the Maritime Workshop, Gosport. (Engine built for Admiralty Cutter No. 191).
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