Steam Tug 'Brent' of 1945
No. 3 on the National Register of Historic Ships  
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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.

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