Puff

Status: Laid Up - Awaiting refit

Owner: L.D. Cremer Evans

Area: UK-North East

Hull

Cabin/Saloon Launch. Construction: GRP and wood.
Built 1968 by J.R. & D.J. Harding at Sutton Coldfield
LOA: 16' 3", LWL: 13' 0", Beam: 5' 6",
Cabin, black, wheel steering.

Boiler

VFT Built 1970 by Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott Ltd. at Birmingham
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 160 psi, Heating area: 11 sqft, Output: 100 lbs/hr,
non-condensing, forced draft fan, injector, whistle,
Wet firebox, 16" dia x 3' 3" high, tubes 12" long, 2 injectors, electric FD fan. (Fitted 1971).

Engine

Propeller

10" X 8"
Shaft: Geared" up
RH

History

Designed, built and fitted by previous owners J.R. & D.J. Harding on lines of a small canal tug. Acquired 1976 and re styled. Laid up during 1992. Re-commissioned 1998. Laid up again, waiting for chance to get her going again.

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