Steamboat Register

Firecrest

Owner: V. & P. Egloff

Area: UK

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 18
Built 1982 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 18' 0", LWL: 16' 6", Beam: 4' 7", Draft: 1' 6",
Straight stem, counter stern, white, varnished deck and interior, pine deck, afromosia lockers, 6 seats, tiller steering, 5 mph.

Boiler

3-drum WT Built 1982 by Roger Mallinson at Ambleside
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Heating area: 20 sqft,
Two ecc driven fp and ap through 2:1 gearbox, hand fp, fwh, injector, Kcond. Wkettle No.6. 21" dia x 18½" long, 10 coiled copper tubes, 4 steel downcomers, steam drum 6" dia, mud drums 2" dia x 18" long, ½ cwt bunker. 3 gauges.

Engine

Twin. 2 1/4" + 2 1/4" X 2"
Built by E.G. Beales at Billericay
Design: Swan by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast A frame.

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 20"

History

New boat built for first owner, E. G. Beales on Norfolk Broads, first steamed 25 Sept 1982. 1984-6 owned John Church, River Thames, then Bob Middleton on Bridgewater Canal. Acquired Nov 1999 by Alan Whitehead and June 2001 by present owner.

Last Modified: 2019.12.15.