Steamboat Register

Goudvisch

Status: Undergoing restoration

Owner: G.C. Boekweit

Area: Netherlands

Hull

Tug. Construction: Riveted steel.
Hull model: Tug in 1913
Built 1913
LOA: 41' 4", Beam: 10' 8", Draft: 5' 2",
1913 built by Botje, Ensing & Co. Groningen (Holland) No.140

Boiler

RT Scotch Built 1900
Fuel: Coal, Pressure: 162 psi,
696.85" dia X 1043.31" long Steel drum(s). 42 X 2.76" dia Steel tubes. Riveted Steel construction,
engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,
1900 built by N.V. Zwolsche Machinefabriek, v/h G. Wispelwey & Co, Zwolle (Holland) No.662 Original built for steam tug Bastiana Adriana. Installed 2021

Engine

Compound. 7.87" + 12.6" X 9.06"
Built 1911
Slide valve. Breme - Hackworth valve gear.
Power: 70 HP
1911 built by Christiansen & Meyer, Hamburg (Germany) No.491 Klug's valve-gear Installed 2020.

Propeller

Steel, 4 blades, Right Hand,

History

Designed and built by Botje, Ensing & Co 1913 (Holland) Sold to J.L. Meerman at Rotterdam. Called Goudvisch (goldfish in old dutch writing) 1917 sold to N.V. Houthandel, v/h Varsseveld & Co. Leerdam 1919 sold to D.C. Weerdt at Dordrecht. 1923 sold to C. Popijus at Dordrecht. renamed Adriana Elisabeth. 1931 sold to Belgium (converted into diesel tug) 1960 sold to brothers Quintelier at Dendermonde. named Remi. 2013 sold to current owner G.C. Boekweit, still in the process of restoring her back to a steamtug.