Lady Margaret

Status: Steaming

Owner: Christopher East

Area: UK-Thames

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1983 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham
LOA: 21' 0", LWL: 18' 3", Beam: 5' 6", Draft: 1' 9",
Blue, varnished mahogany deck and interior, white canopy. Full restoration from 2018- 2021 by Wootten's Boatyard.

Boiler

3-drum WT Built 2020 by Nigel Thomson SBAS 2001 at Sussex
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 150 psi,
0 tubes. Steel drum and tubes. construction, Cunifer superheater,
engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, whistle,

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 16" X 26"

History

Previously Sir T Fireball. Fitted out and steam plant fitted by builders for E.H.S. Warner, Hayling Island. c1987 Michael Collings, Cardiff. Acquired c1988. Purchased by KG Hanlon c.1988. Laid up for 20 years. Sold in 2007. Found and purchased by his grandson Christopher East in 2018. Currently undergoing major restoration in Marlow at Wootten's Boatyard. Aim to be steaming early spring 2021. Relaunched March 2023 on the Goring Gap, with all the family.

(re)Launch day. Pangbourne, March 2023