Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Steamship Styrbjørn from Oslo
Steam tug Styrbjørn
Built in 1910 at Göteborgs Nya Verkstad, Gothenburg Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
LHBW 29.42 6.95 3.83 167   404 12
Scotch fire tube boiler with two coal fired furnaces. 9 bar
Compound steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion.

Steam tug Styrbjørn at quay in Gothenburg
Steamship Styrbjørn at quay in Gothenburg

 

The stokehold onboard the Steamship Styrbjørn

Stokehold
The Steamship boilers furnace-doors are on the fore side of the boiler and therefore a stokehold separated from the engine room is required.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Styrbjørn

Compound steam engine
The Steamship Styrbjørn compound steam engine, maneuvering place.

Steam tug Styrbjørn from Oslo

© 2007 Lars Josefsson  Steamesteem in a computerized world Still sailing steamships with steam engines and steam boilers