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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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