Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

British Steamships

Steam tug Challenge from London
Steam tug Challenge anchored

Built in 1931 by Alexander Hall & Co, of Aberdeen
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
MPZB 33.5 8.0 4.3 212   845 10
Scotch fire tube boiler with three oil-fired furnaces.
Triple expansion steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

Steam tug Challenge moored
The steam tug Challenge moored.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Challenge

Steam tug Challenge's steam engine
The triple expansion steam engine onboard the steam tug Challenge.

 

Steam tug Challenge's stokeholdThe steam tug's stokehold where the stoker attends the Scotch fire tube boiler's three oil burners.

One of the Todd natural draught pressure atomising burners is visible down left on the picture.

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