Steamboat Register

Auld Reekie

Owner: Bathgate Bros (Marine) Ltd.

Area: UK

Hull

Passenger, converted cargo lighter. Construction: Riveted steel.
Built 1943 by I. Pimblott & Co. Ltd. at Northwich
LOA: 66' 10", Beam: 18' 6", Draft: 8' 0", Displacement: 192000 lbs.
No.650. Rounded stern, fo’c’sle, black hull, wheelhouse control.

Boiler

VFT Built 1943 by Cochran & Co. Ltd. at Annan
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 21 sqft,
2 furnace, riveted shell, 6' 6" dia x 18' high. 5 x 12" dia horizontal firetubes, 12 ton bunkers.

Engine

Compound. 10 1/2" + 22" X 14"
Built 1943 by Crabtree & Co. Ltd. at Great Yarmouth
Radial valve gear.
Lever-driven feed, air and bilge pumps, 130 IHP, 120 rpm. inboard surface condenser.

Propeller

4 blades,

History

Built for MoWT as VIC 27. laid up c1962. 1968 to Sir J. Miller and converted to holiday charter yacht 1969. Acquired by present owners in 1978. Ref: FUNNEL 4. Steamed to Oban 1999.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.