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 Technical
details
Builders: A. & J. Inglis of Pointhouse, Glasgow.
Keel laid 27th December 1945.
Official Number:
169494
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; 328 net
 Cost:
£107,725 of which £15,125 was compensation from the Admiralty for
the loss of the previous Waverley on war service.
Machinery:
Triple expansion steam engine, 2100 indicated horse power
built by Rankin & Blackmore, Eagle Foundry, Greenock.
Cylinders, 24", 39"; stroke 66".
Engine number:
520.
Speed:
18.37 knots (trials) at 56.5 revolutions per minute), 14.5
knots (service)
Passenger
Certificates: Class III 740 (originally 829), Class
IV 800 (originally 967), Class V 925 (originally 1350).
First Passenger
sailing: 16 June 1947
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.
Operational
Owners: 1947 London & North Eastern Railway, 1948-51
British Transport Commission, 1951-72 Caledonian Steam Packet
Company Limited, 1973-74 Caledonian MacBrayne Limited, 1974-present
Waverley Steam Navigation Company (since 1978 on charter
to Waverley Excursions Ltd.)
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