Steamboat Register

Lizzie

Owner: T.; G. Jenkins; Jenkins

Area: UK-West London

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1989 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
Fit out 1989 by Julian Garratt at Cambridge
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 18' 0", Beam: 5' 8",
Blue varnished deck and interior, teak seats, wheel steering, canopy fitted 1996.

Boiler

VFT Built 1991 by Beam Engine Services at Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 175 psi, Heating area: 20 sqft,
Shell 18" dia x 24" high, 60 x ¾" id tubes x 14" long, injector. Lagging and fitting by owner.

Engine

Compound. 2 1/4" + 4 5/8" X 4"
Built c198
Designed by: W.S. & J. Davis
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast A frames, 400 rpm, 4 IHP, obtained unused 1996, modified by owner and first steamed 1997. Copy of a Guy.

Propeller

3 blades, 14" X 20"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel

History

New boat built to owners specification, first steamed May 1993. Fitted out using 60 year old timber from a flour mill. (1993-7 fitted with owner built A, Bever compound)

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.