Steamship Norrskär

Steamship Norrskär
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Steamship Norrskär
Built in 1910 at Eriksbergs mek. verkstad, Gothenburg Sweden
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SGFD 34.84 6.85 3.50 227 92 257 11
Scotch Marine Steam Boiler with three oil fired funaces. 13,5 bar
Compound engine with Flodman's valve-gear.

Steamship Norrskär moored at a quay
Steamship Norrskär moored at a quay in Stockholm. This is the common way to moor steamships in Stockholm.

Steamship Norrskär by night
Steamship Norrskär arrives Stockholm from a late summer evening voyage.

 

The engine room aboard Steamship Norrskär

Scotch Marine Boiler with three furnaces
The Steamship Norrskär's Scotch Marine Boiler with its three pressure atomizing oil burners.

Compound steam engine
Almost the entire engine room of Steamship Norrskär. The compound steam engine in the middle and the Scotch steam boiler to the left. Not the TV-screen at the top of the engine. A TV-camera is mounted on the bridge so the engineer can see what happen in front of the ship.