Steamship Elfin from Wormerveer

Steamship Elfin from Wormerveer

Steamship Elfin sailing in Holland
Built in 1933 by J.Samuel White & Co Ltd Cowes, UK
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  32.0 7.5 2.4     183 9.5
Scotch fire tube boiler with two oil fired furnaces. 10 bar
Two compound engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

Steamship Elfin departing a harbor in The Netherlands
Steamship Elfin departing

 

The stokehold onboard Steamship Elfin

Steamship stokehold
The Steamship Elfin furnaces are on the fore side of the boiler and therefore a stokehold is required.
The stokers are about to light up one of the two oil fired burners.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Elfin

Engine room with two compound steam engines
The Steamship Elfin manoeuvring place for the two compound steam engines. Notice the quadrants and the eccentric roads for the Stephenson's link-motion

© 2010 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized world Still sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers.
Steamesteem means that I like steam boilers and steamships, paddle steamers as well as screw-propelled steamships.