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Kingswear Castle's engineTechnical details

Shipbuilder: Philip & Son of Dartmouth, 1924.

Engine-builder: Cox & Co. of Falmouth, 1904.

Engine type: Compound reciprocating steam.

Coal capacity: 4 tons.

Length overall: 113 feet 8 inches (34.7 metres).

Hull beam: 17 feet 6 inches (5.3 metres).

Beam overall: 28 feet (8.5 metres).

Paddle-wheels: 10 feet (3 metres) diameter, fixed wooden floats.

Draught: 3 feet (0.9 metres).

Speed: 8 knots.

Port of Registry: Dartmouth.

Passenger certificates: Class V: 235 passengers, Class VI: 235 passengers.

 
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