Isambard

Status: Steaming

Owner: Ian Richards

Area: UK-South West

Hull

Launch. Construction: Plywood & epoxy.
Hull model: Rose designed by Selway Fisher
Built 2018 by owner at Calstock, Cornwall
Fit out 2020 by owner at Calstock, Cornwall
LOA: 15' 3", Beam: 6' 0",

Boiler

2-drum HWT Built 2018 by owner at Calstock, Cornwall
Fuel: Coal or wood., Pressure: 120 psi,
2 Steel tubes. Steel drums, copper tubes construction,
selectable condensing or non-condensing, engine driven pump, hand pump, steam feed pump, Windermere kettle, whistle,
Southworth 12" vertical boiler feed pump with belt driven Hypro pump as back-up.

Engine

Single. 2.5" X 3"
Built 1940 by A.G. Mumford Ltd. at Colchester
Designed by: A.G.Mumford
Power: 3.5 HP
Auxiliary pumping engine from the WW2 era steam tug "Harold Brown".

Propeller

Bronze, 3 blades,
Shaft: .75" 316

Added to the register: 2019.05.04. Last Modified: 2023.06.25.

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