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[algon]

Hello all I am looking for some help possibly identifying this steamship - or steam boat. I was told it was built in the late forties - early fifties. I am not sure if a kit or more likely from plans. I believe it may have had a structure above the deck?
Engine is of course a Stuart D10. Any ideas on the boiler? It is all brass not copper. Has 5 tubes below the tank like a Stuart 501 as well as circular tube coil at the far end. Has a steel tray for fuel. Possibly a  cotton bat soaked in alcohol? The safety valve looks to be Stuart. This boiler is ALL brass no copper. Looks to have a couple of stay rods with nuts on either end that tie the end caps to the boiler body. Never seen one like that.

[1967Brutus]

Maybe I am mistaken, but that boiler has the looks as if it were subjected to vacuum...

[KBIO]

Hello !
Nice old tug ! I won't bet on a kit in the 40's but asI always lose my bets !  The hull is framed on the edges .

Concerning the boiler , you need to take it out and show us more pics to have an idea !
I am quite sure that the boiler itself is copper . The envelop is most probably brass . The safety valve is defintily Stuart Steam. It looks like there is some "plumber" connections and the pressure gauge looks a bit big to me. But what did they have in the old days ??
This type of Babcock boiler was common before the war, and the burner had to be fueled by petroleum or alcohol or even parafin for the smaller . Gas cans did not yet exist.
For information, generally  brass boilers  are from Japan or Germany.
This will be intersting to know more about... !

[algon]

Maybe I am mistaken, but that boiler has the looks as if it were subjected to vacuum...

  Not a vacuum, It is just a large dent in the outer heat shield.

[1967Brutus]

  Not a vacuum, It is just a large dent in the outer heat shield.

Ah, OK.

[Martin (Admin)]

Bassett-Lowke ?