Elizabeth Rose
Status: Steaming
Owner: Myles Davey
Area: Australia
Hull
Open Launch.
Construction: GRP.
Built 1999 by Debco Boat Company at Port Lincoln, South Australia
Fit out 2000 by Jim Hammond
LOA: 24' 0", Beam: 6' 6", Draft: 1' 8",
Fantail, teak over ply deck, Honduras mahogany cover boards and coamings, teak gunwales.
Boiler
VFT Built 1998 by Peter Uscinski at Brisbane, Queensland
Pressure: 150 psi, Heating area: 28 sqft,
condensing, hand pump, feed water heater, Windermere kettle,
Fynespray impeller vac pump, Kcond 12' x 1" copper tubes, 20 gal. SS make-up tank, Wkettle. Hand feed pump, feed water heater. 73 x ¾" tubes, wet-leg, main drum 18" dia, firebox 14" dia.
Re-tubed in 2007 with 60 x 1” 16g copper tubes, belt driven piston impeller vac pump
Engine
Single. 3" X 4"Built 1998 by Cleveland Engine Company at Brisbane, Queensland
Piston valve. SLRG valve gear.
Overhung ball-raced crankshaft. 5 HP at 350 rpm and 125 psi. Slide Valve replaced with piston valve in 2007
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, Right Hand, 14" X 19"
Shaft: 1" SS
Replaced 2014
History
Hull fitout and plant installation by original owner (James Hammond of Sydney, Australia). Launched 2000. Sold to present owner 2014 and now steams mainly on Maroochy River, Queensland, Austraila.
Last Modified: 2014.11.23.
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(Owner) Dora Creek 2005
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