Bramble
Status: Steaming
Owner: Iain and Rebecca Jubb
Area: UK-Midlands
Hull
Cabin/Saloon Launch.
Construction: Carvel teak.
Built by Simpson Strickland & Co. Ltd. at Dartmouth
LOA: 27' 0", LWL: 25' 0", Beam: 5' 2", Draft: 1' 9",
Straight stem, counter stern, varnished, wheel and tiller steering, aft saloon, canvas canopy forward.
Boiler
Built 1997 by Precision Steam at Tiverton
Pressure: 150 psi,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle,
Engine
2-crank Double Tandem Compound. 1 1/2" + 1 1/2" + 3" + 3" X 3"Built by Simpson & Denison at Dartmouth
Design: Kingdon patent sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Xhead driven air and fp, Kcond.
Propeller
3 blades,
History
Hull restored and plant fitted by L. D. Goldsmith in 1960’s. 1981 to J. Pownall, reconditioned by Tom Trevethick, Nottingham. Acquired 1990. Formerly fitted with a Merryweather B boiler. Acquired by Iain & Rebecca in April 2022
Last Modified: 2022.05.12.
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(S.A. Milns) Windermere, 1987
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