Technical Details of S.T.Brent

Technical Details

Built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd of Southwick, Sunderland in 1945-6.

Registered Dimensions:
Length: 65 Feet – 19.81M. Beam: 18 Feet – 5.48M.
Air Draft With Funnel & Mast Down: 14 Feet – 4.27M.
Draft: 7 Feet 3″ – 2.20M – With Fuel Bunkers & Water Tanks Full.
Registered Tonnage: Nil. Gross Tonnage: 54.26. Displacement Tonnage: 124. Official No: 181130. Port of Registry: London. Call Sign: 2FFB.
Bollard Pull: 2 Tons.
Speed: 7 Knots.
Fuel Bunker Storage: 9 Tons.
Fuel Consumption: 25 Gallons per Hour approx.
Boiler Feed Water Tank Storage: 8 Tons.

Main Engine:
Steam Driven Condensing Vertical Compound.
Built by John Dickenson & Son Ltd of Sunderland-
No: 994.
Cylinders:12.5 ” x 26″ Diameter x 18″ Stroke.
220 Indicated Horsepower (36 HP Nominal ).
Cruising RPM 140 – Max RPM 175.

Condenser:
Fitted with 292 tubes of 3/4″ Diameter giving 330 Square Feet Cooling Area.

Condenser Circulating Pump:
Built By E.N.Mackley & Co. Ltd, Gateshead on Tyne.
Steam Cylinder: 3″ Diameter x 3″ stroke.
Vertical Engine driving rotary 4.5″ Centrifugal Pump.

General Service Pump:
Built By J H Carruthers. East Kilbride.
Direct Acting Duplex Type.
Steam Cylinders: 6″ Diameter x 6″ stroke.
Pump Cylinders: 4.5″ Diameter.

Propeller:
Four Bladed Cast Iron.
5 Feet 3″ Diameter x 7 Feet Pitch.
Surface Area 11 square Feet.

Boiler:
Twin Furnace Scotch Type (Wet Back).
Built by John G. Kincaid & Co.Ltd of Greenock.
9 Feet Diameter x 9 Feet 6″ Long.
Heating Area:761 Square Feet.
Oil Fired using Todd Combustion Ltd Burners.

Oil Supply Pumps:
2 Off Built By G & J Weir Ltd of Cathcart, Glasgow.
Single Vertical Direct Acting.
Steam Cylinder: 3.5″ Diameter x 5″ stroke.
Pump Cylinder: 2.5″ Diameter.

Boiler Feed Pump:
Built By J H Carruthers, East Kilbride.
Direct Acting Duplex Type.
Steam Cylinders: 5.5″ Diameter x 6″ stroke.
Pump Cylinders: 3.5″ Diameter.

Electric Generating Engine:
Built by The Sunderland Forge & Engineering Co. Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland.
Single Cylinder Vertical High Speed Enclosed Engine driving Dynamo.
Steam Cylinder: 5″ Diameter x 6.5″ Stroke.
110 Volts @ 2.5 Kw for lighting.