Lars Josefsson. Steamships

Swedish Steamships

Steam icebreaker Sankt Erik from Stockholm

Steamship icebraker Sankt Erik
 Built in 1915 at Bergsunds Mek.Verkstad, Stockholm
Call sign Measures in meter Tonnage Engine
kW 		Speed
Knots
Length Beam Draught Gross Net
SHRA 61 17 6.5 1441   2943  
 Four single-ended Scotch fire tube boilers with three furnaces each. 12 bar
 Aft: three cylinder triple expansion steam engine with Flodman reversing link motion.  2060 kW
 Fore: three cylinder triple expansion steam engine with Klug reversing gear.  883 kW

SS Sankt Erik

 

The engine room onboard SS Sankt Erik

One of the four boilers open for inspection
Four single-ended scotch fire tube boiler with three furnaces each. One of the four boilers is open for inspection. The lids for the smoke chests are removed. Notice the three steam driven rotary cup burners.

 

The two steam engines have different reversing link system.
Flodman's reversing link motion. Flodman's reversing link motion 

Flodman reversing link motion on the main engine.

 

Klugs reversing link motion Klugs motion link

Klug reversing gear on the prow engine.
It is slightly modified; the characteristic curved slide valve rod is replaced by a straight one.

Steam ice-breaker Sankt Erik from Stockholm

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