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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: English Heritage. (non-member)
Area: The Sandringham Museum (UK).
HULLAdmiralty cutter
Built 1896 by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. at East Cowes.
LOA: 31' 3", LWL: 25' 7", Beam: 7' 5", Draft: 3' 6".
Double-skin, diagonal inner, fore & aft outer
No.1005. Rounded stem, counter stern, blue, varnished deck and interior, tiller, 8 knots.
ENGINECompound, 4" + 7½" x 5".
Built 1896 by J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd. at Cowes.
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG.
No.1005. On 5 turned columns, direct Xhead driven air and feed pumps, 485 rpm, 19 IHP, Kcond.
BOILERGunboat type DT.
Built 1977 by J.O. Lugg & Son Ltd. at Billinghurst.
Grate: 2.9 sqft, Heating Area: 51½ sqft.
Welded shell 2' 8¼" dia x 3' 3½" long, furnace 1' 11" long, 125 x 1" od tubes 1' 5" long 10 SWG, engine driven FD fan, Scotch crank donkey fp.
PROP3 blades, 27" x 27".
HISTORYNew for Admiralty, Cutter No.439, for Royal Yacht OSBORNE, then on RY VICTORIA & ALBERT. Owned J.B.Hickey in 1930’s. c1959 owned A.J. Kitson who started restoration. Acquired Feb 1972, engine and fittings restored by Tony Spencer, hull by P. Freebody & Co 1972-9. First steamed after restoration April 1979. Acquired early 1990’s but remained in care of Tony Spencer until April 1999. Transferred for public display ashore. Museum open during summer months only.
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