Steamboat Register

Banjo

Status: Active use

Owner: Philip Webster

Area: UK-East Anglia

Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: Carvel cedar.
Hull model: Open Launch at Poole
Built 1897 by Liquid Fuel Engineering Co. Ltd. at East Cowes & Poole
LOA: 22' 6", LWL: 22' 0", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 2' 0",
originally Varnished, now Green and white wheel and tiller steering. 12 volt bilge pumps, steam ejector, grease lubrication

Boiler

VFT Designed by David Beale,
Built 2004 by T.R.S. Boiler Makers at Derbyshire
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 200 psi, Heating area: 14 sqft, Output: ample lbs/hr,
109 X one" dia Steel tubes. Welded steel ,expanded tubes construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,

Engine

Compound. 3" + 5" X 3"
Built 2004 by Owner at Norfolk
Design: 3+5X3 by: Leak
pv on HP, balanced sv on LP valve. Stephenson valve gear.
Power: ample HP
con rods lengthened by 3 inches.Feed, vacuum and engine cylinder oil pumps driven from forward end of crankshaft, alternater from flywheel by v belt.

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 19" X 39"
Shaft: 1 3/8" bronze

History

New as a steam launch for Russell Coleman, Norwich, (of Mustard fame). Used on the Broads and at the R.N. & S.Y.C. as tender to family yachts. Converted motor 1920. Acquired 1986, hull restored and fresh plant fitted 1995. Approx miles steamed, 1996 - 50; 1997 - 100; 1998 - 200. (Boiler formerly in the Frolic ECCENTRICITY). Interior refitted 2003/04. Previously fitted with 1993 Swashplate Quadruple 4½" x 2½" by Phil Webster and 1983, 120 psi, 2-drum WTB by Thames Steam Launch Co., Chiswick.

Last Modified: 2021.03.21.

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