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| History | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand | |
| Name | Earnslaw |
| Owner | RealNZ |
| Builder | McGregor and Company, Dunedin |
| Cost | £20,850 ($41,700)[1] |
| Laid down | 4 July 1911 |
| Launched | 24 February 1912 |
| Maiden voyage | 18 October 1912 |
| Refit | 1954 - Steam engines dismantled and reconditioned |
| Identification | IMO number: 8138190 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Twin-screw steamer |
| Tonnage | 330 GRT |
| Length | 51.2 m (168 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | Twin locomotive-type coal fired boilers, working pressure 180 psi (1,200 kPa) |
| Propulsion | Twin 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) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 11 crew, 389 passengers |
| Notes | Coal 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]
- ^ "The Twin Screw Steam Ship Earnslaw of 1911". NZ National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020.
- ^ 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.