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Dixie

Owner: John Rusalen

Area: UK-East Anglia


Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 18
Built 1986 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 18' 0", LWL: 16' 6", Beam: 4' 8",
White hull, varnished deck and interior.

Boiler

Lune Valley type Built by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Todmorden
Wkettle. Previously fitted with Newton Coil WT No.387/A15. coal, 150 psi by David King of Suffield, Norfolk, 1986-87.

Engine

Compound. 2 1/4" + 3 1/4" X 2"
Built 1989 by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Designed by: Anthony Bever
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Xhead driven air pump, 3 IHP, Kcond.

Propeller

3 blades,

History

New launch built by first owner Dr Jeffrey Chapman to his own specification, named FFOLLY OF FISHGUARD. First steamed August 1989. Acquired by JA Burrows in 1998 and re-named.


Last Modified: 2017.12.22.


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