Steamboat Register

Arieees 5

Owner: R.A. McMillan

Area: UK-West London

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 18
Built 1985 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out 1995 by Bob McMillan
LOA: 24' 0", LWL: 22' 0", Beam: 4' 9", Draft: 2' 0",
Lengthened by owner to sleep two people. White with varnished deck and interior, counter stern, tiller steering.

Boiler

2-drum WT Built 1995 by Bob Bossine at Hampton
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: ¾ sqft, Heating area: 14½ sqft,
Twin fp, belt-driven Jabsco ap, Kcond. Steel drums 6" dia x 25", 62 copper tubes, New pressure vessel 1997. 56 lb bunker, hotwell, 6½ gall fw tank, bilge ejector, Wkettle.

Engine

Compound. 2 1/4" + 3 5/8" X 2 1/2"
Built 1985 by R.A. McMillan and J.Carter at Bookham
Designed by: Cyril Taylor
sv valve. Hackworth Radial valve gear.
On 6 turned columns, gear-driven 3:1 red. Scotch crank fp and air pump. Kcond., 560 rpm max.

Propeller

3 blades, 15" X 24"
Shaft: 3/4" SS

History

New hull, fitted out and plant installed by owner and J.Carter, named ARIES 5. First steamed June 1985. Steamed each year since. Cut in half and lengthened by owner, renamed 1995.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.

Pyrford Lock, R.Wey