Steamboat Register

Amoret

Status: Undergoing restoration

Owner: Gerard Downes

Area: UK-Solent

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Clinker mahogany.
Built 1977 by Peter Freebody & Co. at Hurley
LOA: 20' 0", Beam: 5' 11",
Green, varnished deck and interior, slightly raked stem, transom stern, tiller steering.

Boiler

VFT Built 1978 by J.O. Lugg & Son Ltd. at Billinghurst
Pressure: 150 psi,
selectable condensing or non-condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Welded

Engine

Compound. 2 1/2" + 4" X 3"
Design: 6 by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
2 tfc, cbs, ecc driven fp, lever driven air pump on LP Xhead, Kcond.

Propeller

3 blades, 19" X 26"
Shaft: 1 1/8" Stainless Steel

History

New launch built for the late Mr. Giles Every, first steamed 1979. Laid up since 1987. Acquired in December 2021 by Gerard Downes and moved to Beaulieu where she is undergoing refit.

Last Modified: 2022.01.26.