Grampus
Status: Steaming
Owner: Ken Lee
Area: UK-Solent
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Built 1990 by Triform Marine at Portsmouth
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 18' 0", Beam: 8' 0",
Aluminium superstructure, varnished deck and interior, white, chocolate brown trim, two berths, 1932 built Admiralty Kitchen reversing rudder, converted to remote hydraulic operation by owner 1992.
Boiler
Monotube Built 1994 by Colin Groves at Chichester
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 200 psi, Heating area: 30 sqft, Output: 300 lbs/hr,
All SS, SS casing, Lune Valley burner.
Engine
Single. 3 1/2" X 3"Built 1934 by Drysdale & Co. at Glasgow
pv valve. Non-reversing valve gear.
On 4 turned columns, gear driven 5:1 reduction air pump and fp, 500 rpm 6½ IHP.
Propeller
3 blades, 19" X 21"
Shaft: 1 1/4" bronze
History
New launch, fitted out and plant installed by Colin Groves 1993. First steamed August 1993. Former circulating pump engine in an ocean tramp steamer.
Last Modified: 2021.03.19.
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(Owner) 1996