Steamship Eric Nordevall II from Forsvik

Paddle Steamer Eric Nordevall II
from Forsvik
Paddle steamship Eric Nordevall II arrives Borensberg
Built in 2011 at Forsviks Varv, Forsvik Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
  28.6 6.7 1.9 150   25 7
Daniel Fraser's steam boiler. 0,8 bar
Two side-lever steam engines. 17 hp each. 20 rpm
A replica of the paddle steamship Eric Nordevall built in 1836 and foundered in 1856.
The wreck has been found in surprisingly good condition at 45m depth.

Eric Nordevall II with the union flag
The Steamship Eric Nordevall II with the union flag flying.

 

Paddle Steamer Erik Nordevall steaming ahead
The Paddle steamer Eric Nordvall II was followed during her maiden voyage by a pilot boat, whose main task seemed to be taking photographs and documenting the trip.

 

Paddle Steamer Eric Nordevall II hull
The hull is built of oak from Visingsö in the lake Vättern. The sidewheelers outside planking almost finished. Notice the inward bended hull that gives the steamship a violin-shaped look. Now when the paddle wheels and the wheel houses are mounted the steamship's, violin-shaped look is less obvious, at least from the outside view.

 

The engine onboard the paddle steamer Eric Nordevall II

Steam engine from 1836
Daniel Fraser's steam engine has been copied and put together at Motala Verkstad.
The engines have been tested with compressed air at the workshop. Installed on the paddle steamship Eric Nordevall II it will get steam of just 0.8 bar from the boiler. The exhaust steam from the cylinders meets the condenser vacuum 0.3 bar.

Side-lever steam engines
The two side-lever engines are connected together and work on the same crankshaft. The paddle-wheels' shafts will be connected as extensions of the crankshaft. At the paddle-wheels' maximal speed, 20 r.p.m., the ship will reach a speed of seven knots.

Engine no.14 was built in 1836 for the
side-wheeler steamship Eric Nordevall.

This replica of the engine, no.27, was built in 2008
for the side-wheeler steamship Eric Nordevall II.

 Motala Verkstad

© 2007 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.