Steamboat Register

Breezo

Status: Dismantled - Retired

Owner: N Guild

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Open Launch. Construction: Clinker, sheathed with fibreglass.
Built 1930 by J. Murch at Salcombe, Devon
LOA: 14' 0", LWL: 14' 0", Beam: 5' 0", Draft: 1' 6", Displacement: 1200 lbs.
Open Salcombe cove boat.

Boiler

Monotube Flash Built 1991
Fuel: LPG, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 80 sqft, Heating area: 9.75 sqft, Output: 30 lbs/hr,
stainless steel 1.45 tubes. 3 coils 1/4in SS tubing construction, superheater,
condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, Windermere kettle,
Engine mounted fp running at half engine speed.

Engine

Single. 2 1/4" X 2"
Built 2004 by B Hatfield
Design: Scorpion by: Weston Farmer
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
Power: 1.5 HP
Ball bearing main bearings, needle roller little end bearing. 750 rpm

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades, 8" X 16"
Shaft: 5/8" Stainless Steel
RH

History

Salcombe cove boat, built for hire trade in 1930s by J Murch of Salcombe; originally powered by Stuart Turner 1.5 HP petrol engine. Acquired by owner in 1991, conversion to steam 2005/6. Retired in 2016: plant removed and hull donated to a Salcombe business for display.

Last Modified: 2017.04.19.