Steamboat Register

Dragonfly

Owner: Julian Crowther

Area: UK-North West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP hull with wooden deck and trim.
Hull model: Oyster Punt in Buil
Built 1981 by Cygnus Marine at Penryn, Cornwall
Fit out 1981 by Richard Havard
LOA: 15' 2", Beam: 4' 10", Draft: 1' 6",
Straight stem, transom stern. Black with varnished deck and interior. Tiller steering.

Boiler

3-drum HWT Built 2005 by Richard Havard at Newport
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 1¼ sqft, Heating area: 10 sqft,
Engine driven and manual feed pumps & engine driven air pump, injector, Keel cond. Copper

Engine

Single. 2 1/2" X 2 1/2"
Built 1990 by Richard Havard at Newport
Designed by: Cyril Taylor
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
No.2. On columns, 400 rpm, 1 IHP.

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 20"
Shaft: 3/4" bronze

History

New hull fitted out by Richard Havard 1981-5. First steamed 1984, laid up since 1992 awaiting new copper boiler. (Previously fitted with owner built Stuart Turner 5A, and Merryweather ‘A’. Before that 3-drum WT and before that small VFT). Plant removed 2008 and sold to Julian Crowther. Intends to fit Wilkie engine and twin drum WT boiler.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.