Steamboat Register

Cherubino

Area: UK

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Mayfly 16
Built 2006 by Creative Marine at Norwich
LOA: 16' 0", Beam: 5' 8",
Transom stern with tiller steering. Blue.

Boiler

Blackstaffe type 3-drum WT Built 2006 by David Beale
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 125 psi, Grate area: 100 sqft, Heating area: 17 sqft,
Vertical steam operated fp built by owner to Southworth Engines design & steam injector made by owner. Steam bilge ejector. Approved design. Steel top drum 6" dia x 18" long, mud drums 3" dia. 12 x ½" o.d. copper steam generation coils. Economiser coil 20 ft 5/16" o.d. copper tube. Radiant 316 grade stainless steel super heater. Kcond.

Engine

Single. 2 1/2" X 2 1/2"
Built 2006 by David Beale
Designed by: Cyril Taylor
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 4 turned columns. Spherically mounted deep groove ball race on bedplate transmits propeller shaft thrust to hull.

Propeller

14" X 20"
Shaft: 3/4" 316

History

Launched 24th April 2007 at Sawley Marina. Sold to new owner Autumn 2013

Last Modified: 2022.01.09.