Steamboat Register

376 (HSL)

Owner: The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust

Area: UK

Hull

Harbour service launch. Construction: Double-diagonal larch on oak, one steel bulkhead.
Built 1944 by Hancocks Shipbuilding Co. (Pembroke) Ltd. at Pembroke Dock
LOA: 54' 0", LWL: 52' 0", Beam: 13' 7", Draft: 5' 3",
Raked stem, transom stern, fo’c’sle, original wheelhouse, aft saloon, 7 knots.

Boiler

RT Scotch Built 1944 by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd. at Lincoln
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 120 psi, Heating area: 264 sqft,
Wet back, 6' dia x 6' long, Laidlaw Drew steam atomising burner.

Engine

Compound. 8" + 16" X 8"
Built 1944 by W. Sisson & Co. Ltd. at Gloucester
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
No.4734. Xhead driven air & feed pumps, 75 IHP, 250 rpm, inboard condenser and centrifugal circ. pump.

Propeller

3 blades, 46" X 59"

History

Built for Admiralty, used latterly at Portland Dockyard, retired 1973 and acquired for preservation by Maritime Trust. Steamed several years, sank at moorings, acquired for preservation. Ref : Funnel No.6. Under restoration 2000.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.