STEAM TUG "KERNE"

The Steam Tug Kerne Preservation Society Ltd

General

 

 Built  March 1913
 Builders  Montrose Ship Building Company, Montrose
 Gross Tonnage  62.71
 Nett Tonnage  1.25
 Displacement  153
 Length OA  77 feet
 Lengthe BP  71 feet 6 inches
 Breadth  18 feet
 Depth  8 feet 5 inches

Engines

 

 Main Engine

W.V.V. Lidgerwood Coatbridge, Glasgow in 1913, No. 397

3 Cylinder Triple Expansion 

 Cylinders  10 inch, 17 inch, 28 inch x 18 inch Stroke
 HP  400 BHP

Boiler

 Boiler

1 off Scotch, Wetback 2 Furnace

HM Dockyard, Chatham in 1935 

 Pressure  180 psi

External

 

 Propeller Shaft 5 inch 
 Propeller Diameter  7 feet 10 inch
 Material  Cast Iron
 Number of Blades  3
 Rudder Stock  3.25 inches diameter
 Rudder  Flat Plate, 10/20 inches