Hermione

Owner: Jim Cook

Area: UK-Thames

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Celandine 16
Built 1992 by Island Chain & Marine Services Ltd. at Canvey Island
Fit out by Brian Butterworth
LOA: 16' 6", LWL: 14' 6", Beam: 5' 3", Draft: 2' 0",
White, varnished deck

Boiler

VFT Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: 16 sqft,
66 X 3/4" dia Steel tubes.
non-condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Engine c/s fp, Bever scotch-crank steam pump, hand fp, injector. Kcond. 66 x ¾" tubes plus 2 x 2"

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 20"

History

Construction started by the late Cdr. Brian Butterworth in memory of HMS Hermione on which he served during the Malta convoys of 1942 and nearly lost his life when she was sunk by torpedo from U205 on 6th June 1942. First steamed Nov 1996. Ref: Funnel 97. Originally fitted with 1990 Anthony Bever Compound 2" + 3¼" x 2" and propane-fired Illingworth type VFT boiler to a design in 'Light Steam Power'. The Illingworth boiler was condemned in 2005 and replaced with a coal-fired VFT and she also underwent two engine changes in the course of her eight years owned by Mark Rudall. She was sold in November 2006 to Jim Cook of Clapham, London, when fitted with the John Winn vee-twin (Stuart Turner 5A cylinders). 'Hermione' has not been seen since 2006 and was last reported as stored in Brixton bus garage, London.

(Owner) 2005