Petagin

Status: Steaming

Owner: Malcolm Burge

Area: UK-Midlands

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Carvel larch and pitch pine on oak.
Hull designed by W.R.Kerrison at Oulton Broad in 1924
Built 1933 by W.R. Kerrison at Oulton Broad
Fit out 1983 by David and Richard Bartrop at Long Eaton,Nottingham
LOA: 25' 9", Beam: 6' 3", Draft: 2' 3", Displacement: 5644 lbs.
Straight stem, transom stern, black with gold line, varnished teak and mahogany decks, mahogany transom and interior, 10 seats, wheel steering. Built to Lloyds specification and features in Lloyds Registers until early fifties.

Boiler

B Size VT J water tubes Designed by Merryweather ,
Built 1946 by Merryweather & Co. at Greenwich
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 120 psi,
16" dia X 34" high Steel drum(s). 0 Copper tubes. Welded shells which bolt together with expanded co construction,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, injector, feed water heater, Windermere kettle, whistle,
‘B’ size, No.9544, Penberthy injector, feed water heater, hand pump, Lune Valley type burner, with stainless steel firebox under, 25 gall fuel tank under bow deck, bilge ejector.

Engine

Propeller

Nickel Aluminium Bro, 3 blades, Right Hand, 18" X 30"

History

Built as a motor boat for E.M.Corbett of Palace Mansions, S.W.1 London, by W.R Kerrison of Oulton Broad and fitted with a 1923 Brooke type 14/23 three cylinder petrol engine no.4090 (this engine owned by Richard Bartrop). In 1954 after E.M. Corbett died, it was left to the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club, as a rescue boat but deemed unsuitable for their needs. From1957 owned on Broads and Medway by Sydney Mobbs. 1963 R William Cooper Lt.Cdr.,R.N. 1970 London & Rochester Trading Co - Machin Knight & Co -Nick Knight. 1971 David Bartrop, Long Eaton, Nottingham. 1982 Joint ownership with Richard Bartrop, restored and plant fitted by owners in1983 with steam plant ex KITTEN CAT (part exchanged with GE Bellis engine no.727 with Nick Knight). First steamed 24 Oct 1983, and steamed each year since. Registered ON 162971 with original builders certificate existing After over 50 years ownership, Malcolm Burge of Alvecote Marina ,Tamworth has purchased her in September 2023

(Ian Cross) River Trent Regatta, 1995