Steamboat Register

Blue Belle

Owner: R.M. Kimbell

Area: UK-Midlands

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Built 1984 by Hayling Marine
Fit out by Gordon Smith
LOA: 16' 6", LWL: 16' 0", Beam: 5' 7", Draft: 1' 10",
Cruiser stern. Blue, varnished decks and interior. Wheel steering.

Boiler

V multi-drum Built 1990 by Gordon Smith
Grate area: 12" sqft,
All copper, top feed, 6" x .3/8" x 9" high, each with 18 x ½" tubes connected by upper manifold and lower WT fire box.

Engine

Twin. 2 1/4" + 2 1/4" X 2"
Built 1985 by Gordon Smith at Burton-on-Trent
Design: Swan by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Non-condensing, engine driven fp.

Propeller

3 blades, bronze, 12" X 18"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel
RH

History

Built by first owner Gordon Smith and first steamed 1988 with a horizontal boiler. Acquired 1999 with a possible re-naming to "Er’ Outdoors"

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.