Firequeen
Owner: Summerlee Heritage Trust
Area: UK
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: Clinker mahogany.
Built mid by Walkers Marine Ltd at Ramsgate
LOA: 14' 6", Beam: 5' 4", Draft: 1' 4",
Raked stem, transom stern, tiller steering, varnished, canvas canopy, 4 mph.
Boiler
VFT Built by Mr. Dickinson at Scunthorpe
Fuel: Coal, Heating area: 7 sqft,
12¾" dia x 30" high, hand fp, Buffalo injector, blower, bilge ejector, Wkettle.
Engine
Single. 2 1/4" X 2"Built 1955 by Mr Atthill at Norwich
Design: 5A by: Stuart Turner
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Engine driven fp, non-condensing.
Propeller
3 blades, Left Hand, 10" X 12"
History
Former motor dinghy named NIFI, converted to steam 1972-3 by Machin, Knight & Sons, Rochester, for John Ransom, acquired 1989. Now at Summerlee Museum.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(Lyn Smith) Solihull, 1973