Steamboat Register

Lady Constance

Status: No longer a Steamer - Retired

Owner: Formerly Richard E Knott

Website: http://www.luscombevalleysteam.com

Area: UK-Solent

Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: Cold-moulded, 2 diagonal 4mm 3-ply skins.
Hull model: Athena (modified) designed by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic in 1998
Built 2006 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic
Fit out 2005 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic
LOA: 26' 0", LWL: 24' 0", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: 2750 lbs.
Marine ply strip and epoxy diagonally opposed.

Boiler

Lune Valley type 2-drum WT Designed by Glyn Lancaster Jones,
Built 2003 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Port Dinorwic
Fuel: kerosene, Pressure: 150 psi,
Steel drum(s). Steel tubes. Expanded construction, Steel superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,

Engine

Savery. 2.5" + 5" X 3"
Built 2004 by Sam Wilkinson at Gloucester
Design: Savery style by: Savery Style
Slide valve. Savery-Joy Radial valve gear.
Power: 6 HP

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 16" X 26"
Shaft: 1" SS

History

Now sold into a private collection in Cheshire.

Added to the register: 2014.06.02. Last Modified: 2019.05.01.

Builder Glyn Lancaster Jones