Category:Kariat (ship, 1897)

Ship[edit]

• Designed at East Cowes.
• HULL Open fast launch
• Built by Liquid Fuel Engineering Co. Ltd. at East Cowes.
• Carvel pitch pine on oak
• LOA: 35'
• Beam: 6' 9".
• ENGINE Compound, 3½" + 8" x 6".
• Built 1896 by Liquid Fuel Engineering Co. Ltd. at Cowes.
• Valve(s): pv, Gear: SLRG.
• 2 tfc, 2 cbs, Scotch crank driven ap & fp, twin Kcond. (35 HP at 250 psi).
• BOILER Locomotive type.
• Built 1989 by H.A. McEwen (Boiler Repairs) Ltd. at Keighley.
• Fuel: coal, Pressure: 200 psi, Grate: 4 sqft, Heating Area: 80 sqft.
• No.89.03.20. Side fired, shell 2' 4" dia x 4' 3" long,
• PROP 3 blades, 27" x 36".
• Shaft: 1½" SS.
• White, 12 knots.

HISTORY[edit]

• 1897 Named: KARIAT for Capt. R.T. Dixon, Hythe, Hants.
• 1901 Sold to E.L.Walker, Christchurch
• 1930 Sold to Harold L. Phillips, Shoreham
• 1932 Sold to Suter Bros, Shoreham.
• 1953 found derelict by Maxwell Savage at Itchenor, named SYLVIA, restored with fore & aft cabins and renamed PUFFIN
• Later owned by SBA members R.C.U. Corbett & A.P. Cazelet.
• 1959 owned by syndicate including A.W.Smith of Malvern, Worcs.
• 1985 Sold to Derrick & Janet Mills, restored to original style, name reverted to original. SSR 96877.
• 1997 Sold to Sir Dennis Faulkner (SBA member)" and shipped to Northern Ireland.
• 2003 Sold to J. Power. (SBA member) Area: Cowes (UK). and moved to Cowes.