Steamboat Register

Falcon

Status: Steaming

Owner: Museum of the Broads

Website: http://www.museumofthebroads.org.uk

Area: UK-East Anglia

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Double-skin teak on oak.
Built 1894 by Simpson Strickland & Co. Ltd.
LOA: 27' 0", LWL: 26' 0", Beam: 6' 4", Draft: 1' 6",
Straight stem, transom stern, black, varnished deck and interior, 9 mph.

Boiler

VFT Built 2005
Fuel: Coal,

Engine

2-crank Quadruple Expansion. 2 1/2" + 3 1/2" + 4 1/2" + 4 1/2" X 3 1/2"
Built 1895
Design: A size sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
No.703. 2 tfc, cbs, Xhead driven feed and air pumps, 350 rpm, Kcond. New engine fitted in 2019.

Propeller

3 blades, Left Hand, 18 1/2" X 36"
Shaft: 1 1/4" Stainless Steel

History

Hull found by Rupert Latham 1974 when derelict, restored 1975-6, plant installed 1977 all by R. Latham. First steamed 1977.Acquired by John Watson & W. Le Neve-Bower 1982. 1988 presented to Museum. (Engine originally built for SS yard No.390, launch for Steam Yacht CECILE). Previously fitted with 1895 Kingdon type VFT. No.D1/2A 145. Riveted shell, 136 x 1.1/8" O/D tubes 14" long, 2 cwt bunker, belt driven FD fan, injector, 4 gall fw tank. Now used as a trip boat at the Museum of the Broads, maintained and crewed by volunteers.

Last Modified: 2021.03.24.