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Iris

Owner: H. Demski

Area: Germany


Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 32
Built 1995 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 30' 9", Beam: 8' 0",
Dark green, varnished deck and interior, aft saloon, forward hard canopy, counter stern.

Boiler

VFT Built 1976 by A.J. Mothersele at Guernsey
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 200 psi, Output: 770 lbs/hr,
30" dia x 30" high, 400 x ¾" od tubes.

Engine

3 3/4" + 6" X 4 1/2"
Design: Sisson style Marshall-Joy Radial valve gear.
Previously owned by Friederich Busch, and before that believed was installed in SL Leander. Formerly fitted with Beaumaris Compound 2¾" + 5" x 4", sv, SLRG, 10 IHP at 400 rpm. by N. Drechsler Bodman, 1991.

Propeller

3 blades, ElliottBay, 24" X 32"

History

New launch, built and fitted out to owner’s requirements. Ref: Das Dampfboot April 1995 p.97. . (1976-1991, boiler in builders MARY ANNE in England).


Last Modified: 2014.04.01.


(Owner) 1996