Steamboat Register

Turmoil

Status: Laid Up

Owner: Alan F. Hurst

Area: UK-East Anglia

Hull

Tug. Construction: Riveted steel.
Built by G. Peaks at Stanground, Peterborough
LOA: 30' 0", LWL: 27' 6", Beam: 7' 10", Draft: 2' 8",
Counter stern, wheelhouse.

Boiler

V thimble tube Built 1960 by Clarkson Thimble Tube Boiler Co. Ltd. at London
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 120 psi, Output: 900 lbs/hr,
0 tubes.
No.3303, , 2' dia x 5' 3" high. Fitted c1989

Engine

Compound. X 6"
Built by Robey & Co. at Lincoln
pv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Cast trunk, Xhead guides, 300 rpm, engine driven air and geared fp, Kcond 15' x 1¼" copper pipe. Former steam wagon engine placed vertically, mounted on steel columns.

Propeller

3 blades,

History

Acquired by owner 1972 from Rev D. E. Brown, who acquired in 1962 when named THETIS and fitted with a Robey wagon boiler. Ref: LSP May 1963 and Jan 1968, Funnels 73,74 & 75. Reported sunk 2006

Last Modified: 2024.04.16.