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STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: The Maritime Trust. (SBA member - East Anglia Region)
Area: Rivers Thames & Medway (UK).
Website: www.stportwey.co.uk/
HULLTwin-screw tug
Built 1927 by Harland & Wolff Ltd. at Govan.
LOA: 80' 6", Beam: 18', Draft: 9', Displacement: 94 tons gross.
Riveted steel
No.786G. Straight stem, counter stern, wheelhouse, steam steering gear, galley, crews’ cabins.
ENGINETwo, Compound, 11" + 22" x 15".
Built 1927 by D.& W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. at Partick.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP, Gear: SLRG.
Air, feed and bilge pumps lever-driven off LP Xhead, 2 tfc, condenser integral with cbs. 330 IHP, 120 rpm.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1927 by D.& W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. at Partick.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 140 psi, Grate: 35 sqft, Heating Area: 1122 sqft.
2-flue, 10' 9" dia x 10' 1" long, Carruthers fp and general service pump, steam dynamo set.
PROPTwo, 4 blades, 5' 9" dia..
HISTORYBuilt for Portland & Weymouth Coaling Co. Ltd., launched 10-8-1927. Later C.H. Collins, Weymouth. 1952 to Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd. c1972 to R.H. Dobson, Stoke Gabriel, for preservation. Acquired by M.T.1982. Displayed at St Katherine’s Dock 1980-86, now kept at West India Dock and steamed regularly by the Portway Steaming Committee (Contact Barrie Sanderson, Phone: 01268-769583). Ref: Funnel 102
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