Icthus
Owner: G.A. Thorne
Area: UK-West London
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull in Buil
Built by Island Plastics Ltd. at Ryde, Isle of Wight
Fit out 1989
LOA: 18' 3", LWL: 17' 0", Beam: 5' 4",
Originally transom stern, counter stern added by owner during fitting out. White, varnished mahogany decks and interior, tiller steering.
Boiler
HFT Built 1976 by Pontis Steam Plant Ltd. at Cotterstock
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 8½" sqft, Heating area: 20 sqft, Output: 130 lbs/hr,
No.6. Dry back, 18" dia x 24" long, one 5½" dia main flue and 71 x ½" return tubes, steel, non-condensing, hand fp. Steam dome added 1988.
Engine
Twin. 2 1/4" + 2 1/4" X 2"Built by Geoff Thorne at Staines
Design: Swan by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
fp, double V belt drive to propeller shaft.
Propeller
3 blades, bronze, 16" X 16 1/2"
Shaft: 1 1/4" Stainless Steel
History
First launched December 1990 fired on propane, converted to coal mid 1991. Boiler thought originally to be fitted to “THEANSA”.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(Stephen Brown) 1992