Demon
Status: No longer a Steamer - Scrapped
Owner: Pounds Shipowners & Shipbreakers Ltd.
Area: UK
Hull
Gunboat.
Construction: Iron.
Built 1883 by Sir W.G. Armstrong at Mitchell & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
LOA: 115' 0", Beam: 37' 0", Displacement: 1016000 lbs.
Horizontal twin aft capstan by Clarke, Chapman & Co. Ltd., Gateshead.
Boiler
RT Scotch Built 1883 by S. Hodge & Sons at Millwall
Fuel: Coal,
2-furnace, 12' dia x 9' long. Vertical twin rotative donkey fp.
Engine
Compound.Built 1883
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast A frames, LP Xhead driven air and fp, inboard surface condenser. Being restored at Southampton 1993-94.
History
Built as H.M.S. HANDY, 1891 renamed HMS EXCELLENT, 1916 HMS CALCUTTA, 1917 HMS SNAPPER. April 1922 sold to Dover Harbour Board, converted to floating crane and renamed. Acquired c1971, crane demolished, hull and machinery retained, awaiting restoration.
Last Modified: 2015.05.21.
.png?1714189354)
(Dr. Chris Allen)