Steamboat Register

Salome

Owner: H. Orr-Ewing

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Carvel mahogany on oak, now GRP sheathed.
Built c191 by Stern at Cambridge
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 21' 0", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: 12 lbs.
Straight stem, cruiser stern, tiller steering, white, black gunwale, varnished decks.

Boiler

VFT Built 1970 by A.J. Mothersele at Guernsey
Fuel: diesel, Pressure: 120 psi, Output: 300 lbs/hr,
Ecc driven fp & ap, injector hand fp. Kcond. 200 x ¾" id tubes 18" long, pressure jet burner, FD, Wkettle. Stuart 7A steam engine drives fuel pump.

Engine

Compound. 2" + 3 3/4" X 3"
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
450 rpm, 4 IHP, fw heater integral with cast back standards, Kcond. Stuart Sirius drives alternator.

Propeller

3 blades, 17" X 24"
Shaft: 1" Stainless Steel

History

Built as motor launch for S. P. Ora, Cambridge. Hull restored and plant fitted by A. J. Mothersele 1970. J. Maltby, Ullswater 1982 -1988. Wolf Zeuner 1988-1996. Acquired by Nigel Guild Sept 1996. Aquired by Hamish Orr-Ewing of Bristol, Sept 2006

Last Modified: 2014.04.01.