Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
VIC 56
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: J.H. Cleary. (SBA member - East London Region)
Area: River Thames (UK).
Website: www.vic56.co.uk
HULLClyde ‘Puffer’
Built 1945 by J. Pollock, Son & Co. Ltd. at Faversham.
LOA: 85', LWL: 80', Beam: 20'.
Steel
No.1840. Straight stem, round stern, aft saloon, fo’c’sle, wheel house, galley.
ENGINECompound, 10½" + 22" x 14".
Built 1945 by Crabtree & Co. (1931) Ltd. at Great Yarmouth.
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP, Gear: Radial.
140 IHP, lever-driven feed, air and circulating pumps off HP Xhead, 2 tfc, cbs, separate surface c.
BOILERVFT.
Built 1945 by Cochran & Co. Ltd. at Annan.
Pressure: 120 psi.
V shell, riveted, 7' dia, 143 horizontal fire-tubes 2¼" od. Laidlaw-Drew burner, one furnace converted to solid fuel. Pearn donkey fp.
PROP4 blades, cast iron.
HISTORYBuilt for MoWT, to Admiralty 1947. Acquired for preservation 1979, steamed Rosyth to Rotherhithe, hull and plant restored by owner. Steamed regularly. Ref: Sea Breezes, April 1991.
2004 - berthed at Trinity Buoy Wharf, East London.
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