Lars Josefsson. Steamesteem

Swedish Steamships


Steamship Mariefred from Mariefred
Steamship Mariefred

Built in 1903 at William Lindbergs Varfs- och Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Stockholm Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW
Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFLE 32.84 6.33 2.31 159 71 257 10
Coal fired Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces.
Compound steam engine with Flodman's valve-gear.

Steamship Mariefred departing Mariefred
She has sailed the same route, Stockholm - Mariefred, since the very beginning.

 

The engine room onboard Steamship Mariefred

Fire-tube boiler
The scotch fire tube boiler fired with coal. Both furnaces are firing and the steam pressure rises slowly.

 

Compound steam engine
The compound steam engine

 

Flodman reversing gear
The high-pressure piston's crosshead and the Flodman's valve-gear.


Steamship Mariefred from Mariefred

© 2007 Lars Josefsson  Steamships