Steamboat Register

VIC 32

Owner: Puffer Preservation Trust

Website: http://www.savethepuffer.co.uk/

Area: UK-Scotland

Hull

Converted Clyde ‘Puffer’. Construction: Steel.
Built 1943 by R. Dunston & Co. Ltd. at Thorne
LWL: 66' 10", Beam: 18' 6", Draft: 8' 0", Displacement: 192000 lbs.
No.411. Straight stem, round stern, black, 4-berth fo’c’sle, six 2-berth cabins in former cargo hold, 2-berth saloon aft, wheelhouse, 6 knots.

Boiler

VFT Built 1943 by Cochran & Co. Ltd. at Annan
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 105 psi, Grate area: 21 sqft,
0 tubes.
2-furnace, V riveted shell, 6' 6" dia x 18' high; 5 x 12" horizontal fire-tubes, 12 ton bunkers.

Engine

Compound. + 22" X 14"
Built 1943 by Crabtree & Co. Ltd. at Great Yarmouth
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. Radial valve gear.
No.642. 130 IHP, lever-driven feed, air and bilge pumps off LP Xhead, 2 tfc, cbs, separate surface cond.

Propeller

4 blades,

History

Former cargo lighter, New to MoWT, to Admiralty 1947. Acquired 1975 in neglected state, restored and converted to Cruise ship. Available for charter, Ref FUNNEL 15, ‘Ships Monthly’, Dec.1979. (Tel: 01546 510232). Steamed every year. Ref: Classic Boat May 1989.

Last Modified: 2023.05.24.