Lars Josefsson. Steamships

Swedish Steamships

Steamship Motala Express from Motala

The ship is called "Vätterns fånge", the prisoner of the lake Vättern, since it is four meter longer than the locks in the canal leading out from the lake.

Steamship Motala Express departing Motala
 Built in 1895 at F. G. Sandwalls Mekaniska Verkstad, Munksjön Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SFOD 35.67 6.63 3.00 249 94 265 14
 Scotch fire tube boiler with two furnaces. 11 bar
 Three cylinder triple expansion engine with Stephenson's reversing link motion.

SS Motala Express at quay in Motala
SS Motala Express at quay in Motala
Hydraulically driven bow- and stern-thrusters have been installed.

 

The engine room onboard SS Motala Express

The scotch fire tube boiler
The steam boiler is fired up by means of two small light oil burners.
The boiler is coal fired. The light oil burners are merely used to ignite the coal.

 

The steam engine
The steam engines maneuvering place and one of the boiler's furnaces.

Steamship Motala Express from Motala

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