Steamboat Register

Lightning

Status: Undergoing restoration

Owner: Jim Huntley

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 18 designed by Rupert Latham
Built 1982 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 18' 0", LWL: 16' 6", Beam: 6' 0",
Straight stem, counter stern, white, varnished teak deck, tiller steering.

Boiler

2-drum WT Built 1984 by Brian Smith
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 125 psi, Grate area: 100 sqft, Heating area: 16 sqft, Output: 80 lbs/hr,
0 tubes.
2' high, 29 x ½" od copper tubes, drums 6" dia x 18" long, hand fp, superheater, injector, hotwell, ½ cwt bunker, bilge ejector.

Engine

Compound. 2" + 3" X 2"
Built 1984 by Brian Smith at Kintbury
Designed by: Ron Thorougood
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 6 turned columns, reduction geared feed and air pumps, Kcond.

Propeller

3 blades, 16" X 15"

History

New hull fitted out and plant installed by first owner Brian Smith, first steamed 1985. Acquired 1997 by John MacMillan and used in Scotland. Acquired by Mark Fensome. Purchased by the present owner in a derelict state on 27/10/24.

Last Modified: 2024.10.28.