Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Norwegian Steamships

Whaler Southern Actor from Sandefjord
Whaler Southern Actor on the river in Gothenburg

Built in 1950 at Middlesbrough
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
GKJF 45.3 8.4 5.4 439   1300 9.5
Two Forster & Wheeler water tube boilers.
Three cylinder triple expansion steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Southern Actor

Southern Actor's engine room
The steamship Southern Actor's engine room.
The big wheel to the left is used to reverse the main engine. The wheel had to be turned lots of turns to reverse the engine from full ahead to full astern. A small steam-engine was installed to help the engineer to turn it fast. The eccentric for that engine is visible to the left of the wheel.

Steamship Southern Actor from Sandefjord

© 2009 Lars Josefsson  Steamships