Lady Makepeace
Status: Steaming
Owner: Kim and René Widmer
Website: http://www.db-lady-makepeace.ch
Area: Switzerland
Hull
Gentleman’s Cruising Launch.
Hull model: Frolic 21
Built 1989 by Steam & Electric Launch Co. at Wroxham GB
Fit out 1990 by Peter Sennhauser at Switzerland
LOA: 21' 0",
Boiler
Kingdon type VFT Built by Langley Engineering at Storrington
Fuel: Wood/coal,
121 Steel tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, forced draft fan, hand pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Engine
Stuart turner.Built 1989 by Alex Ritchie at Wrabness
Design: 6A by: Alex Ritchie & Peter Frost
Power: 5 HP
Propeller
Bronze, 3 blades, 6" X 10"
History
Imported in pieces to Switzerland, set together in about 1000 hour from the previous owner Peter Sennhauser with the help from Alex Ritchie. First put in the water in May 1990 on lake Zürich. Bought December 2011 by the present owners. Since 2012 steaming on Lake Constance. Boiler retubed in spring 2017 by Kevin Slater, Manor Farm Engineering, Chew Stoke, England
Added to the register: 2017.03.04. Last Modified: 2017.03.09.
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30th anniversary swiss steamboat association 2013 on Lake Lucerne
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