Little Lamb

Status: Steaming

Owner: Joshua Ward

Area: UK-South East

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Class C
Built 1960 by Lambie Boats
Fit out by Ian Whatley/Dave Molyneux
LOA: 12' 4", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6",
Transom stern, white, tiller steering.

Boiler

VFT Built 2006 by TRS Boiler Makers at Derby
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Grate area: 14 sqft, Heating area: 12 sqft, Output: 120 lbs/hr,
Concentric fp, injector, hand fp, ap, stack blower, electric fan, Wkettle. 72 steel tubes. Wet ashpan.

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 16"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel

History

Fitted out by owner Ian Whatley using a trawler/tug lifeboat hull built for NE Coast fishing boat. Originally fitted with Taylor compound 2¼" + 3?" x 2½" built by Ian Whateley 1997-98. SLRG, sv, on 5 turned columns, ecc driven fp, Xhead driven air pump, 350 rpm, 2-3 IHP, k.cond. And coal-fired Babcock type WT boiler, 150 psi, hs 12½ sqft, grate 1½ sqft.Steam drum 6" dia x 20" long, 51 x ¾" OD tubes 15" long. Casing 2' 6" long 2' wide, W.kettle, design idea by Mack Scott. With 15" x 18" prop. Steam plant installed and first steamed 1998. Approx miles steamed, 1998 - 4; 1999 - 52. Plant removed and hull sold to David Molyneux 2005 who fitted new plant.

(John Winn) Windermere, 1999