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Paddle Steamer Waverley - Technical Details

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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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