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Technical
details
Builders: A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow. Keel
laid 27th December 1945.
Launched: 2nd
October 1946 by Lady Matthews, the wife of the Chairman of the
LNER.
Trials: Ran
between 2nd and 5th June 1947, maximum speed obtained 18.37 knots
at 56.5 revolutions per minute.
Length: 239.6
feet.
Breadth: 30.2
feet.
Draught: 6.5
feet.
Gross tonnage:
693.
Cost:
£107,725 of which £15,125 was compensation from the
Admiralty for the loss of the previous Waverley on war
service.
Engines: Triple
expansion, 2100 indicated horse power built by Rankin & Blackmore,
Eagle Foundry, Greenock. Cylinders, 24", 39"; stroke
66".
Engine number:
520.
Boiler: Coal
fired, double-ended Scotch boiler until 1956 then converted to
oil firing. Re-boilered 1981 with a Babcock "Steambloc"
boiler.
Re-boilered during
Heritage Rebuild 2000. Boiler working pressure 180 pounds per
square inch.
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