Bruin

Status: Steaming

Owner: Adrian Thomas

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1984 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 18' 3", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 1' 9",
No.15. Straight stem, counter stern, white, varnished deck and interior, solid canopy.

Boiler

Kingdon type VFT Built 1984 at Cowfold
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 175 psi, Output: 300 lbs/hr,
Steel tubes.
non-condensing, hand pump, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Ecc driven fp, Xhead lever driven ap, hand fp, injector, Kcond. Welded shell, 125 x 18 mm copper tubes, hand fp, injector, fw tank, 1¼ gal hotwell

Engine

Twin. 2 " + 2" X 3"
Built 2015 at unknown
Design: Twin sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 5 HP
2tfc, cbs. 300rpm,

Propeller

3 blades, 16" X 26"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel

History

1984 new launch fitted out by builders for first owner John Murch. 1987 aquired by Mike Comben. 1989 by Richard Jensen. 1996 by BM Cooke. 2000 by Ken Challice. First engine: D.C. Burnage, Bedford, 1984, Compound, 2¼" + 4½" x 3", sv, SLRG, On 6 turned columns, lever driven air and fp off Xhead, 5 IHP, 650 rpm, keel c. Previous owner: Ken Challice