1996

TR3864 : Steam Tug Cervia - Wheel house

taken 28 years ago, near to Ramsgate, Kent, England

Steam Tug Cervia - Wheel house
Steam Tug Cervia - Wheel house
Launched in 1946 as Empire Raymond and renamed Cervia on her sale to William Watkins Ltd the same year. In 1954 she sank in service with the loss of five lives but was salvaged and put back in service. In 1971 she was laid up and in 1972 was acquired for preservation. It would seem that being put back into service was the best form of preservation and she earned her keep from 1974 until 1983. She is now on loan to the Ramsgate Maritime Museum and is being restored and maintained by volunteers. This view is of the Donkin steam steering engine in the enclosed wheel house. The vertical shaft on the left extending upwards indicates that there was also a steering position on the roof of the wheel house. In the event of a failure of the steam power the big wheel could be used for manual steering but it must have been hard work.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Docks, Harbours Place: Ramsgate Primary Subject: Ship other tags: Ramsgate Harbour Steam Tug Steering Wheel Steam Engine Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · View of Ramsgate [45] · Maritime Museum [28] ·
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TR3864, 740 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 19 April, 1996   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 26 March, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 3845 6471 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:19.8874N 1:25.2958E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 3845 6471
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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