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Serena
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: W.A. Selby. (SBA member - Solent Region)
Area: River Hamble (UK).
HULLOpen launch
Built c1900.
LOA: 18' 3", LWL: 18' 1", Beam: 5' 5", Draft: 1' 7".
Carvel teak
Straight stem, transom stern, green, 8 seats, tiller steering, 4 mph.
ENGINECompound, 2½" + 5" x 3".
Built 1998.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP, Gear: SLRG.
On 6 turned columns, engine driven fp and air pump. Fitted 2000.
BOILERV shell, cross WT.
Built 1946.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 115 psi.
‘B’ size, No.9597, hand fp, injector, fw heater, ¾ cwt bunker, hotwell, 12 gall fw tank, Wkettle. Fitted 1986.
PROP3 blades, 13" x 20".
Shaft: 11/8".
HISTORYFormer yacht’s tender hull, acquired May 1979, restored and plant fitted by owners 1982-3. First steamed 1983 with Merryweather No.9596. Laid up 1989-1992. Formerly fitted with Stuart Turner ‘S’ type No. 61.
Fate: Discontinued Jun 2005. Steam plant removed and converted to electric
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