Steamship Stockholm from Stockholm

Built in 1931 at Oskarshamns Varv, Oskarshamn Sweden Refurbished and lengthened in 1958 at FV Hollming Oy, Rauma Finland Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine kW Speed Knots Length Beam Draught Gross Net   36.53 8.57 3.25 235   636 10 SGLD 48.72 8.60 2.77 658 215 808 11 Scotch fire tube boiler with three furnaces. Triple expansion steam engine with Stephenson's link-motion Two diesel engines, Volvo Penta TAMD Steamship Stockholm did look better in the old days In the fifties, when the steamship Stockholm's name still was Postångaren Öland, I participated in a repair onboard. She had run aground outside the city of Borgholm and some plates had to be replaced. A great number of pipes under the flooring in the engine room had to be dismounted before the work with the hull could start. She had a very nice engine room. All the brass was highly polished and all pipes were painted in accordance with the old color code; red for steam, yellow for condensate, blue for fresh water, green for sea water, brown for lubricating oil, black for fuel oil and so on. The Steamship Stockholm is Nowadays propelled by diesel engines.

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