Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Steamboat Sirius from Murten

Steamboat Sirius sailing
Built in 1908 by Deurer & Kaufmann, Hamburg, Germany
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  11.3 2.8 1.0     22 5.4
Three-pass fire tube boiler, coal fired. 12 bar
Twin cylinder steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

Steamship steaming ahead
The steamboat Sirius steaming ahead.

 

The steam boiler onboard Steamboat Sirius

Steam boiler
The steam boiler onboard the steamboat Sirius was built in 1968 by Kerag in Richterswil CH.

Steam boiler front
The steam boiler's front

 

The engine onboard Steamboat Sirius

Twin cylinder steam engine
The twin cylinder steam engine was built in 1895 by Simpsons & Denison UK.

© 2010 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized worldStill sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers