Steamship Schaarhörn

Steamship Schaarhörn
from Hamburg

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Steamship Schaarhörn sailing
Built in 1908 at Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik AG, Hamburg
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
DQDS 41.66 6.80 3.50 225 67 606 12.5
Scotch Marine Steam Boiler with three furnaces. 14 bar
Two triple expansion engines with Klug's valve-gear, each 412 HP, 150 rpm

Steamship Schaarhörn moored in Frankfurt
Steamship Schaarhörn at quay in Flensburg.
The steamship is propelled by means of two four-bladed propeller.

 

Steamship Schaarhörn steering engine
Steamship Schaarhörn steering engine.

 

The engine room aboard Steamship Schaarhörn

Steamship Schaarhörn steam engine top
The top of the two triple expansion steam engines aboard the steamship Schaarhörn.

 

Steamship Schaarhörn connecting rods
One of the triple expansion engine's connecting rods and the valve-gear: the eccentric rod, the rurved intermedium link to the slide-valve rod and the pendulum for reversing the engine.

 

Steamship Schaarhörn air pumps
The steamship Schaarhörn air-pumps.
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