Brunel
Owner: E. Biemer
Area: Germany
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 18 designed by Rupert Latham
Built 1986 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out 1987 by Brian Lee and A. D. Daniels
LOA: 18' 0", LWL: 16' 6", Beam: 4' 9", Draft: 1' 6",
White, varnished deck and interior, tiller steering. New epoxy covered rudder 2003, new skeg 2004.
Boiler
Babcock type WT Built 1986 by Ken Challice at Lower Swanwick
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 130 psi, Output: 150 lbs/hr,
Condenser, injectors and dual mechanical pump from self leveling hot well. Designed by Mac Scott, 1x 6" drum header, 2 x flat mud drums, fitted 1996.
Engine
Compound. 2" + 3 1/4" X 2"Built Fitt by Phil Moore
Designed by: Anthony Bever
sv valve. Slip ecc. valve gear.
Built 1988 with SLRG and installed in Garlandstone. Sold to Ken Challice in 97 and fitted to Brunel in 1999. Rebuilt by Geoff Vasey 2002/3, converted to slip eccentric reversing, new vane air pump and twin boiler feed pumps added. Bronze HP piston, Titanium LP Piston.
Propeller
3 blades, 14" X 20"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel
History
Fitted out with Stuart Turner engine by first owners Brian Lee and A.D. Daniels, first steamed July 1987. Acquired by Ken Challice 1992, engine changed to Beaver compound in 1999. Acquired by Geoff Vasey 2002, engine rebuilt 2003. Acquired by Roger Martin Feb 2004 for use in Forth Clyde Canal and Southern Highland Lochs. Boiler casing rebuilt. Sold to Ernst Biemer, Germany, Dec 2008.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(Geoff Newton) Loch Lomond 2005
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