Steamship Claus D from Hamburg

Steamship Claus D. from Hamburg

Steam tug Claus D
Built in 1913 by Schiffswerfte und Maschinenfabrik AG, Hamburg
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
DUUJ 17.38 5.32 2.13   69 162  
Scotch fire tube boiler with one furnaces. 12.5 bar
Compound engine with Klug's valve-gear.

Steam tug Claus D moored in Hamburg
The steam tug Claus D standing by.

 

The engine room onboard Steam tug Claus D.

Scotch boiler with rotary cup burner
The steam tug Claus D's Scotch marine boiler with a rotary-cup burner.

 

Compound steam engine
The steam tug Claus D's compound engine with Klug valve-gear.

Compound engine with Klug valve gear
The Klug valve-gear's eccentric rod and pendulum for reversing the rotation of the crankshaft.

© 2007 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.