Hilda

Status: Steaming

Owner: Clive Lee

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Built 1985 by Cygnus Marine at Penryn, Cornwall
LOA: 15' 0", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6",
Varnished deck and interior, tiller steering, transom stern.

Boiler

VFT Built by Clive Lee
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 100 psi, Grate area: 3/4 sqft, Heating area: 9 sqft,
12" dia, 37 x 1" od tubes 13" long, hand fp, hotwell, superheater, fw heater, economiser, blower, Wkettle, bilge ejector, 25 gall fw tank.

Engine

Single. 2 1/4" X 2"
Built by E. Edwards at London
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 4 turned columns, Kcond, gear driven fp, 750 rpm, 1½ IHP.

Propeller

3 blades, 11" X 14"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel

History

New hull built 1986-7 for Clive Lee, Fowey, Cornwall, who fitted steam plant out of 19' river launch Lady Day. First steamed in May 1987. Moved to west coast of Scotland in 1989 for use as tender to the then owner's VIC32. Had a complete machinery overhaul in 1999. Returned to Fowey in the spring of 2014. Further overhaul and boiler re-tubed 2014-15. Now steaming on the Fowey river.

Last Modified: 2017.08.13.