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Meteorite

Status: Steaming

Owner: M.J. Robinson

Area: UK-Chiltern


Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Mariamne designed by Glyn Lancaster Jones
Built 1982 by Elegance Launches at Todmorden
LOA: 16' 0", LWL: 13' 6", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6",
No.9. Straight stem, counter stern, white, varnished deck, 4 seats, tiller steering, 5 knots.

Boiler

Lune Valley type 2-drum HWT Built 1981 by Glyn Lancaster Jones at Todmorden
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: 1 sqft, Heating area: 12 sqft, Output: 60 lbs/hr,
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,
No.1007. 18" high x 18" long, drums 6" dia x 15" long, 17 x ½" id tubes, hand fp, fw heater, economiser, 1/3 cwt bunker, 6 gall fw tank, hotwell, Jubilee No.6 injector, brass casing, Wkettle, bilge ejector.

Engine

Single. 2" X 3"
Built 1983 by D.C. Burnage at Bedford
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 4 turned columns, Xhead driven fp, Kcond. Fitted 1984.

Propeller

3 blades, 12" X 20"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel

History

All built new and plant installed by builder to first owner Adrian Birtle’s requirements, first steamed SBA Brecon regatta 15 May 1982. Steamed each year since. (SSR 39416). Acquired 1993 by Brian Cooke. Acquired July 1995, steamed each year since. 1982-4 fitted with SLS ‘Slogga’ engine No.2


Last Modified: 2014.04.10.


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