Steamboat Register

Puffin (HSL)

Owner: J. Carstairs

Area: UK-Wales

Hull

Converted Harbour Service Launch. Construction: Double-diagonal teak on oak, steel bulkheads and b.
Built 1919 by J.T. Crampton at Portsmouth
LOA: 52' 6", Beam: 12' 6", Draft: 5' 4",
Straight stem, transom stern, fo’c’sle (4 berths) aft saloon (2 berths) wheelhouse, 7 knots.

Boiler

RT Scotch Built 1942 by Alex Anderson & Co. Ltd. at Motherwell
Pressure: 120 psi,
Single flue, 6' dia x 6' long, Fitted c 1995

Engine

Compound. 8" + 16" X 8"
Built 1919 by Plenty & Son Ltd. at Newbury
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. SLRG valve gear.
No.2409. 2 fp off HP Xhead, air pump off LP Xhead. 8 turned columns; 250 rpm, 75 IHP, inboard surface cond. circulating pump.

Propeller

3 blades, 46" X 59"

History

Built for Admiralty as HSL 256. Later owned by J. Hay, Lerwick, 1952 B.F. Marriage. Acquired R.W. Partis in 1971 and cruised extensively. Acquired April 1985 by A.G. Gurner. (ref. FUNNEL 7 and 13). Not steamed 1985-1992. Boiler formerly in yacht KATHLYN. Being renovated 2006.

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.