Steamship Norrskär from Vaxholm

Built in 1910 at Eriksbergs mek. verkstad, Gothenburg Sweden Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine kW Speed Knots Length Beam Draught Gross Net SGFD 34.84 6.85 3.50 227 92 257 11 Scotch fire tube boiler with three oil fired funaces. 13,5 bar Compound steam engine with Flodman's valve-gear. Steamship Norrskär moored at a quay in Stockholm. This is the common way to moor steamships in Stockholm. The Steamship Norrskär arriving Stockholm from a late summer evening voyage.

The engine room onboard Steamship Norrskär The Steamship Norrskär's Scotch fire tube boiler with its three pressure atomized oil burners.   Almost the entire engine room of Steamship Norrskär. The compound steam engine in the middle and the Scotch steam boiler to the left. Not the TV-screen at the top of the engine. A TV-camera is mounted on the bridge so the engineer can see what happen in front of the ship.

Steamship Norrskär from Vaxholm

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