Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Danish Steamships

Steamship Skjelskør from Frederikssund
Steamship Skjelskør

Built in 1915 at J. Ring Andersens Staalskibsværft, Frederiksøen Svendborg Denmark
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
NTDQ/OULF 20.57 4.29 1.75 49,25 20.36 55 9.5
Scotch fire tube boiler with one coal fired furnace. 10 bar
Compound steam engine with Klug's valve-gear. 216 rpm

Steamship Skjelskør in Fredriksund
The steamship was delivered to the owner "Dampskibsselskabet Skjelskør" immediately after the trial trip and put in service on the route between the city Skjelskør and the islands Agersø and Omø.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Skjelskør

Scotch fire tube boiler
The Steamship Skjelskør is provided with a Scotch fire tube boiler with one coal fired furnace.

 

Klug valve-gear
Note the curved rods.

Klug's valve-gear



Klug's reversing gear

 

Steam engine top
The top of the compound steam engine and the red-painted main steam pipe.

Steamship Skjelskør from Frederikssund

© 2007 Lars Josefsson  Steamships