Good morning every one and thank you in advance for any help given.
I have recently joined this form for help in my builds and give support if i can in the future.
I bought a 5ft steam tramp cargo ship from eBay roughly 5 years ago in the hope to restore it and putting a steam plant in it, originally i was going to build one using my grandad’s lathe past down. however things have not panned out yet to get my workshop up and running. so i have recently bought a engine for the boat. and i was going to buy a new boiler etc.
Its worth mentioning when buying the boat the pictures were not great and i did not know it had a boiler already in side. i was told the boat was passed down though the sellers family and sold after the uncle passed away. Originally built around 1960s. as SS Magic, how ever the ship has different features so still doing some research on this.
Now we get to the identification of the steam boiler. it does not look to be home-made more manufactured and after doing some research on the internet i have found a page called "Stuart Turner steam.com" the tab "centre flue launch boiler" caught my eye. and was wondering if some one on here has any more information on these boilers and if this is indeed one of the boilers they made? as there is limited information i can find.
The dimensions of the boiler and gas tank.
Boiler length 17cm total including flue 23cm
diameter 9cm (more 3.5inch)
centre flue diameter 4cm (more 1.5inch)
I can see 6 tubes in side in a star configuration but there may be a 7th.
notes worth mentioning
the safety value looks to be of a early Stuart Turner design, the boiler feed inlet is in the right place for the Stuart Tuner centre flue design. however the pressure gauge is a Bassett Lowke 0 to 100
The gas tank.
diameter 6.5cm
lengh 10.5cm
notes worth mentioning the gas tank fittings look to be early Stuart Turner in design.
also came with a oil displacement lubricator again looks to be early Stuart Turner.
would I be to fit a modern day gas burner to it and use it in the boat? or would it be best to sell on and buy a new boiler with a pressure certificate. i am planning on useing a Stuart turner double D10 that has a water feed pump attached as well as forward and reverse lever fitted. (all ready purchased)
if anyone could shed some light on this boiler i would be grateful. i have also attached a picture of the boat, I do know Bassett Lowke did manufacture boats but i am doubtful this one of them, but still will be a great project when i finally get round to it.
Thank you.
I have recently joined this form for help in my builds and give support if i can in the future.
I bought a 5ft steam tramp cargo ship from eBay roughly 5 years ago in the hope to restore it and putting a steam plant in it, originally i was going to build one using my grandad’s lathe past down. however things have not panned out yet to get my workshop up and running. so i have recently bought a engine for the boat. and i was going to buy a new boiler etc.
Its worth mentioning when buying the boat the pictures were not great and i did not know it had a boiler already in side. i was told the boat was passed down though the sellers family and sold after the uncle passed away. Originally built around 1960s. as SS Magic, how ever the ship has different features so still doing some research on this.
Now we get to the identification of the steam boiler. it does not look to be home-made more manufactured and after doing some research on the internet i have found a page called "Stuart Turner steam.com" the tab "centre flue launch boiler" caught my eye. and was wondering if some one on here has any more information on these boilers and if this is indeed one of the boilers they made? as there is limited information i can find.
The dimensions of the boiler and gas tank.
Boiler length 17cm total including flue 23cm
diameter 9cm (more 3.5inch)
centre flue diameter 4cm (more 1.5inch)
I can see 6 tubes in side in a star configuration but there may be a 7th.
notes worth mentioning
the safety value looks to be of a early Stuart Turner design, the boiler feed inlet is in the right place for the Stuart Tuner centre flue design. however the pressure gauge is a Bassett Lowke 0 to 100
The gas tank.
diameter 6.5cm
lengh 10.5cm
notes worth mentioning the gas tank fittings look to be early Stuart Turner in design.
also came with a oil displacement lubricator again looks to be early Stuart Turner.
would I be to fit a modern day gas burner to it and use it in the boat? or would it be best to sell on and buy a new boiler with a pressure certificate. i am planning on useing a Stuart turner double D10 that has a water feed pump attached as well as forward and reverse lever fitted. (all ready purchased)
if anyone could shed some light on this boiler i would be grateful. i have also attached a picture of the boat, I do know Bassett Lowke did manufacture boats but i am doubtful this one of them, but still will be a great project when i finally get round to it.
Thank you.
