Surabaya

Status: Steaming

Owner: Jim Buckel

Area: UK-Thames

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: GRP.
Hull model: Nell
Built 1979 by Bossom’s Boatyard Ltd. at Oxford
LOA: 19' 5", LWL: 17' 3", Beam: 5' 10", Draft: 21' 0",
Counter stern, green hull, varnished deck and interior, wheel steering. Full canopy with side screens. W.kettle

Boiler

3-drum WT Built 1980 by Anthony Bever at Swindon
Fuel: paraffin, Pressure: 150 psi,
Ecc driven fp, hand fp, belt driven Jabsco vane ap, Kcond, hotwell. No.3, steam drum 7.5/8" dia x 24", 30 x ½" tubes,

Engine

Propeller

3 blades, 16" X 25"
Shaft: 1 1/8" bronze

History

New boat fitted out by Bossoms Boatyard, steam plant installed 1987, first steamed May 1987. Sold to Dick Plumb in May 2017. Purchased from Dick Plumb May 2020.

2005