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.