Lars Josefsson. Steamships

Norwegian Steamships

Steam tug Styrbjørn from Oslo

Steamship Styrbjørn
 Built in 1910 at Göteborgs Nya Verkstad, Gothenburg Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
LHBW 29,42 6,95 3,83 167   404 12
 Scotch fire tube boiler with two coal fired furnaces. 9 bar
 Two cylinder compound expansion engine with Stephenson's reversing link motion.

SS Styrbjørn at quay in Gothenburg
SS Styrbjørn at quay in Gothenburg

 

The engine room onboard SS Styrbjørn

The stokehold
The stokehold. The boilers furnaces doors are on the fore side of the boiler and therefore a stokehold separated from the engine room is required.

 

The compound steam engine
The compound steam engine, maneuvering place.

Steam tug Styrbjørn from Oslo

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