Engineering:Lydia Eva (steam drifter)

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The Lydia Eva

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General characteristics
Class and type: Sidewinder trawler
Tonnage: 138 grt 64 net
Length: 95 ft (29 m)
Beam: 20.6 ft (6.3 m)
Depth: 9.8 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power:
  • Engine: 1930, Crabtree & Co. (R.H. Hutchinson), Triple Expansion, 10" + 17" + 28" x 20".
  • Boiler: 1961, Stockton Chemical Engineers & Riley Boilers Ltd., RT Scotch.

The Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[1] The Great Yarmouth herring fleet had made the town the major herring port in the world in the early part of the 20th century. She is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
Lydia Eva at Great Yarmouth
The steam engine

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