Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Streatley
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: K French. (SBA member - Chiltern Region)
Area: River Thames (UK).
Website: www.steamshipstreatley.co.uk
HULLRiver saloon passenger launch
Built 1905 by Salter Brothers Ltd. at Oxford.
LOA: 85' 6", Beam: 12' 6", Displacement: 37 gross tons.
Steel
Black, fully fitted aft saloon, varnished upperworks.
ENGINETriple Expansion, 6" + 9" + 12" x 8".
Built 1905 by W. Sisson & Co. Ltd. at Gloucester.
Valve(s): pv, Gear: Radial.
No.708. 160 IHP, non-condensing.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1950 by Alex Anderson & Son Ltd. at Motherwell.
Fuel: coal, Pressure: 180 psi.
No.4127, single flue, 5' dia x 5' 6" long, 56 x 2¼" id tubes.
PROP3 blades, 14 degree rake backwards, 36" x 72".
Shaft: 3".
HISTORYNew to builders own fleet, used extensively in service between Oxford and Kingston.
1959 converted motor drive with Dorman engine.
1995 acquired by Ed Langley, hull fully restored on original building site and original engine re-fitted with fresh boiler. Used extensively with D.O.T. passenger certificate to Gravesend. Boiler formerly in the COLNE DREDGER 1950-1994.
2005 aquired by Keith French.
SBA memberUK
 
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(Richard Havard)

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