Steamboat Register

Heraclitus

Owner: R. Kemp

Area: UK-East London

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Patricia
Built 1975 by Bossom’s Boatyard Ltd. at Oxford
Fit out by Dick Nunn at Ashmanaugh
LOA: 31' 9", LWL: 30' 2", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 1' 6",
Raked stem, tunnel stern, white, varnished mahogany deck, 12 seats, wheel steering, 6 mph.

Boiler

VFT Built 2002 by TRS & Geoff Newton
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 200 psi, Grate area: 1¼ sqft, Heating area: 57 sqft,
Hand fp, Kcond Blower, ½ cwt bunker, 5 gall hotwell, 2 x 25 gall fw tanks.

Engine

Compound. 2 1/4" + 4 1/2" X 4"
Built 1974 by Beaumaris Instrument Co. Ltd. at Anglesey
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
No.2. 2 tfc, cbs, 5 IHP, 450 rpm, lever driven air and fp, Kcond.

Propeller

3 blades, 18" X 24"
Shaft: 1 1/4" Stainless Steel

History

Plant fitted and first steamed 1975 by first owner C.W.C. Kentish, Wroxham, named B.S.B. May 1982 to Richard Crocker, Norfolk Broads and renamed. Acquired 1989 by R.Longcraine and used on the R.Lot, France. Aquired 2000. Previously fitted with coal-fired HFT boiler by Severn-Lamb Ltd., Stourport.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.