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Steamship Woltman from Hamburg

Steamship Woltman
Built in 1904 at Sachsenberg, Rosslau an der Elbe
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
DUUJ 22.24 5.54 2.60 103   197 8,7
Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces. 10.5 bar
Compound steam engine with Klug's valve-gear. 125 rpm

Steam tug Woltman
The Steam tug Woltman moored i Flensburg. The old steamship is ready to depart for a voyage.
The Steamship Woltman is the last sea-going steam tug in Germany.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Woltman

Scotch fire tube
The Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces onboard the steamship Woltman.
For many years the Scotch fire tube boiler was the most common boiler onboard steamships.

 

Steam engine top
The steamship Woltman's compound engine top. Notice the steam chests at the side of the cylinders that is typical for the Klug's valve-gear.

Steamship Woltman from Hamburg

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