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Lady Margaret

Status: Undergoing renovation

Owner: Christopher East

Area: UK


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",
White, varnished deck and interior, blue canopy.

Boiler

2-drum WT Built 1983 by Thames Steam Launch Co. at Chiswick
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Heating area: 16 sqft,
No.026. Drums 24½" long, 70 tubes, hand fp, injector, superheater, blower, hotwell, bilge ejector, 15 gall fw tank.

Engine

Compound. 2 1/2" + 4" X 3"
Built 1983
Design: 6A by: Alex Ritchie
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
2 ftc, cbs, engine driven fp.

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.


Last Modified: 2021.03.27.


(K.G. Hanlon) Pangbourne, c. 1990

Photos


(C.M. East) Restoration, Woottens Boatyard, Marlow, Sept 2019


(C.M. East) Restoration, Woottens Boatyard, Marlow, Sept 2019


(Unknown) First outing, Lake Lucerne, c. 1981


(K.G. Hanlon) Pangbourne, c. 1992


(Brian Hilsdon) Henley Royal Regatta, c.1984