Steamship Elbe from Hamburg

	30.80	7.45	1.60		193.55	206	9
Built in 1911 by Wiemann Brothers Shipyard, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Call sign	Measures in meter			Tonnage		Engine kW	Speed Knots
Call sign	Length	Beam	Draught	Gross	Net	Engine kW	Speed Knots
Scotch fire tube boiler with two coal fired furnaces. 12.5 bar
Compound engine with Klug's valve-gear.

Steamship Elbe moored Steam icebreaker Elbe moored

The engine room onboard Steamship Elbe

Steamship Elbe's steam boiler
The steamship Elbe's coal fired Scotch marine steam boiler.

Steamship Elbe crankshaft
Steamship Elbe's compound steam engine. The crankshaft, on of the connecting rods and one of the eccentric rods.

Steamship Elbe auxiliary engine
The Steamship Elbe's auxiliary engine. A single cylinder steam engine used to drive an electric generator for the electric power onbord.

© 2011 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.