Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- The steam yacht Chemcheck
- In
- The Engineer
- Imprint
- vol. 63, 18 March 1887, p. 210 and 214
- Description
Accession No.143
- Abstract
A steam yacht (length 65 feet, beam 12 feet, draught 6 feet 6 inches; trial speed 10.55 miles per hour) built by Messrs. Miller, Tupp, and Rouse, Hammersmith, for cruising on the Bosphorus and Mediterranean, was fitted with a 9 and a half inch by 17-inch by 9 and a half inch stroke inverted-vertical cross compound condensing marine engine with 90 degree cranks and steam hammer framing operating with steam supplied at 80 pounds per square inch by a marine tubular boiler; directly coupled to a 48 inch diameter propeller with a 6 foot pitch.