Steamboat Register

Hestia

Status: No longer a Steamer

Owner: W.R. Goss

Area: UK-Chiltern

Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: Moulded plywood.
Built by Fairey Marine Ltd. at Hamble
LOA: 16' 6", Beam: 5' 10",
Restored, re-decked and cabin rebuilt by owner, aft canopy. Design of c1950.

Boiler

Monotube Built 1993 by Border Engineering at Hoddesdon
Fuel: solid fuel, Heating area: 12 sqft,
8 banks of ¼" BSP steel tube coils, economiser, engine driven fp.

Engine

Single. 2 3/8" X 2 5/8"
Built by Raymond Goss at Mill Hill
Poppet valve valve. Double-acting.

Propeller

3 blades, 13" X 12"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel

History

Originally used as a coastal fishing boat registered at Christchurch. Hull acquired 1994 from Belsize Boatyard, Southampton. Steam plant fitted 1994, at first with a 2 cyl engine converted from a Westinghouse air compressor. Then with semi-uniflow triple 2" + 2" + 2" x 2" single-acting, overhead camshaft, poppet valves Built by Raymond Goss, fitted 1999.

Last Modified: 2015.05.21.