	Swedish Steamships

Steam icebreaker Sankt Erik from Stockholm

SHRA	61	17	6.5	1441		2943
Built in 1915 at Bergsunds Mek.Verkstad, Stockholm
Call sign	Measures in meter			Tonnage		Engine kW	Speed Knots
Call sign	Length	Beam	Draught	Gross	Net	Engine kW	Speed Knots
Four single-ended Scotch fire tube boilers with three furnaces each. 12 bar
Aft: Triple expansion steam engine with Flodman's valve gear. 2060 kW
Fore: Triple expansion steam engine with Klug's valve gear. 883 kW

Steamship Sankt Erik

The engine room onboard Steamship Sankt Erik

Boiler open for inspection
Four single-ended scotch fire tube boiler with three furnaces each. One of the four boilers is open for inspection. The lids for the smoke chests are removed. Notice the three steam driven rotary cup burners.

The two steam engines have different valve-gears.
	Flodman's valve gear
The main engine has a Flodman's valve gear. The function is almost the same as the Klug valve-gear.

	Klug's valve-gear
The prow engine has a Klug's valve-gear. It is slightly modified; the characteristic curved rod to the slide valve rod is replaced by a straight one.

Steam ice-breaker Sankt Erik from Stockholm

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