Lars Josefsson. Steamships

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.
 Two cylinder compound expansion engine with Flodman's reversing link motion.

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

 

The engine room onboard SS Mariefred

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

 

The compund engine
The compound steam engine

 

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


Steamship Mariefred from Mariefred

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