Steamship Skibladner from Gjøvik

Steamship Skibladner
from Gjøvik

Paddle steamer Skibladner
Built in 1856 at Motala Verkstad, Motala Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  50.29 5.05 1.6 206   446 12
Two oil fired Scotch fire tube boiler. 12 bar
Triple expansion engine with Klug's valve-gear. New engine 1888

The oldest paddle steamship in the world?   Originally she didn't look like this.
One funnel has been removed and she has been lengthened by seven meters.

Steamship Skibladner
Paddle Steamship Skibladner in gentle breeze on the lake Mjøsa, the largest lake of Norway.

 

The engine room onboard Paddle Steamer Skibladner

Paddle Steamer Skibladner's Scotch boilers
The paddle steamer Skibladner's Scotch boilers with pressure atomizing burners.

 

Paddle Steamer Skibladner crosshead
Paddle Steamer Skibladner's engine, crosshead and connecting rod for one of the cylinders.

 

Paddle Steamer Skibladner eccentric rodPaddle Steamer Skibladner eccentric rod and pendulum for the Klug valve-gear.

© 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.