Steamboat Register

Lightning

Owner: S. Leeper

Area: UK

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: 18' 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,
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. 1 3/4" + 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"
Shaft: 3/4" Stainless Steel

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.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.