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TSS Earnslaw
History
TSS EarnslawNew Zealand
NameEarnslaw
OwnerRealNZ
BuilderMcGregor and Company, Dunedin
Cost£20,850 ($41,700)[1]
Laid down4 July 1911
Launched24 February 1912
Maiden voyage18 October 1912
Refit1954 - Steam engines dismantled and reconditioned
IdentificationIMO number: 8138190
StatusIn service
General characteristics
TypeTwin-screw steamer
Tonnage330 GRT
Length51.2 m (168 ft 0 in)
Beam7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Installed powerTwin locomotive-type coal fired boilers, working pressure 180 psi (1,200 kPa)
PropulsionTwin triple expansion, jet condensing vertical marine steam engines producing 500 hp (370 kW) at 145 rpm; cylinder diameters, 13 in (330 mm) (high pressure), 22 in (560 mm) (intermediate), 34 in (860 mm) (low pressure); cylinder stroke, 18 in (460 mm)
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement11 crew, 389 passengers
NotesCoal capacity 14 tons

TSS Earnslaw is a 1912 Edwardian twin screw steamer based at Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand. She is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere.[2]

  1. ^ "The Twin Screw Steam Ship Earnslaw of 1911". NZ National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ Beech, James (6 July 2009). "'Earnslaw' back after upgrade". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

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