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Salome
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
Owner: H. Orr-Ewing. (SBA member - South West Region)
Area: West Country (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built c1910 by Stern at Cambridge.
LOA: 21', LWL: 21', Beam: 5', Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: 12 cwt.
Carvel mahogany on oak, now GRP sheathed
Straight stem, cruiser stern, tiller steering, white, black gunwale, varnished decks.
ENGINECompound, 2" + 3¾" x 3".
Valve(s): sv, Gear: SLRG, Pumps: Ecc driven fp & ap, injector hand fp. Kcond..
450 rpm, 4 IHP, fw heater integral with cast back standards, Kcond. Stuart Sirius drives alternator.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1970 by A.J. Mothersele at Guernsey.
Fuel: diesel, Pressure: 120 psi, Output: 300 lbs/hr.
200 x ¾" id tubes 18" long, pressure jet burner, FD, Wkettle. Stuart 7A steam engine drives fuel pump.
PROP3 blades, 17" x 24".
Shaft: 1" SS.
HISTORYBuilt as motor launch for S. P. Ora, Cambridge. Hull restored and plant fitted by A. J. Mothersele 1970. J. Maltby, Ullswater 1982 -1988. Wolf Zeuner 1988-1996. Acquired by Nigel Guild Sept 1996.
Aquired by Hamish Orr-Ewing of Bristol, Sept 2006
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(Owner) 1999


Henley Royal Regatta, 2000

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