Hercules

Status: Steaming

Owner: G.C. Boekweit

Website: http://www.sshercules.nl

Area: Netherlands

Hull

Tug. Construction: Riveted steel.
Hull model: Tug
Built 1915
Fit out 1915
LOA: 71' 2", LWL: 66' 6", Beam: 18' 5", Draft: 9' 5", Displacement: 139700 lbs.
Built 1915 by G&H Bodewes Martenshoek (Holland) No.597

Boiler

RT Scotch Built 1915
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 162 psi,
condensing, engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, feed water heater, whistle, siren,
Built by A.S. Fulton Martenshoek (Holland) 2 furnace rt scotch

Engine

Compound. 11.02" + 22.05" X 15.75"
Built 1915
Piston valve on HP, slide valve on LP valve. Breme - Hackworth valve gear.
Power: 225 HP
Build by A.S. Fulton Martenshoek (Holland) Klug's valve-gear NHP 38 IHP 225 Engine driven air and feed pumps surface condenser, feed water heater Separate firefighting/salvage pump Dynamo engine Smit Slikkerveer 4hp 110volt

Propeller

Cast Iron, 4 blades, Right Hand,

History

Designed and built by G&H Bodewes. 1915 sold to the Danish Navy as Fremad II, retired 1964. sold to Jurgen Hastrup, Copenhagen. Spring1978 sold derelict to J. Mos Enkhuizen Autumn 1978 sold to current owner G.C. Boekweit, renamed Hercules August 1983 Sailed under own steam after 5 years of restoration. 1985 to preservation society "Stichting Calorische Werktuigen" at Schiedam (Holland)

Added to the register: 2021.03.15. Last Modified: 2021.03.23.

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