Lars Josefsson. Steamships

Norwegian Steamships


Steamship Børøysund from Oslo

Steamship Børøysund departing Gothenburg
 Built in 1908 at Trondhjems Mekaniske Værksted, Trondhjem Norway
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
LDBP 33.1 5.6 3.6 179   178 9
 Scotch fire tube boiler with two kol fired furnaces.
 Three cylinder triple expansion engine with Klug reversing gear.

SS Børøysund at quay in Gothenburg
SS Børøysund tied up at a quay in Gothenburg

 

The engine room onboard SS Børøysund

The Scotch marine boiler
The Scotch marine steam boiler with two furnaces.

 

Port side of the engine room
The port side of the engine room with the engines air pump and two duplex steam driven pumps.

 

Klug reversing gear
The mechanism for the Klug reversing gear. The inclined rod for the slide-valv and the pendulum for reversing of the engines rotation.


Steamship Børøysund from Oslo

© 2007 Lars Josefsson  Steamships