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Swift

Status: Steaming

Owner: Christopher Way

Area: UK-East Anglia


Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1986 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 21' 6",
No foredeck, reduced aft deck. Black, varnished sheerstrake and interior.

Boiler

Gunboat type DT Built 1987 by J.O. Lugg & Son Ltd. at Billinghurst
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 175 psi, Grate area: 1ΒΌ sqft, Heating area: 30 sqft,
24" dia X 30" long Steel barrel. 73 X 1"o/d" dia Steel tubes. welded construction,
non-condensing, injector, Windermere kettle, whistle, siren,
Shell 24" dia x 30" long, 2 injectors, forced draft, side access to smokebox, Wkettle.

Engine

Twin. 2 1/2" + 2 1/2" X 3"
Built 1987 by Roger Mallinson at Windermere
sv valve. Marshall Radial valve gear.
No.12. Non-condensing placed forward of boiler.

Propeller

Manganese Bronze, 3 blades, 16" X 26"
Shaft: 1"" Stainless Steel

History

New launch.


Last Modified: 2017.05.19.


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