Sunbeam
Status: Steaming
Owner: Martin Steggles
Area: UK-Thames
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: Carvel wood.
LOA: 28' 6",
Counter stern, varnished, hydraulic wheel steering.
Boiler
Mumford VFT Built 1987
Fuel: Coal,
Copy of Mumford type split shell VFT.
Engine
Twin. 3" + 3" X 3"Built 1999 by Roger Mallinson at Windermere
Design: Twin by: Roger Mallinson
Slide valve. Marshall Radial valve gear.
On 4 turned columns. Gear driven fp.
Propeller
3 blades, 18" X 30"
History
Derelict hull purchased July 1986 at the Phillips Boat Auction, Henley, restored by owners and steam plant fitted, first steamed 1988. Formerly fitted with an A.G. Mumford compound. Sold late 2016 to Martin Steggles.
Last Modified: 2017.03.05.
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(Paul Smith) Thames Rally, 1999
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