VIKING Ex Fire King

VIKING Ex Fire King

Postby TEESMAN » Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:26 pm

Houseboat VIKING Ex Fire King at Stockton -on-Tees,once the fireboat at Sunderland
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24.08.93 Photo Michael Green
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01.09.93 Photo Michael Green
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At Sunderland date and source of photograph unknown Michael Green Collection
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Re: VIKING Ex Fire King

Postby Whickham » Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:22 pm

Is that her/him alongside the FIRE QUEEN at:

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Re: VIKING Ex Fire King

Postby magoonigal » Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:01 pm

Yep sure is......

Built by Henry Scarr, Hessle at a cost of £2,907 16s 11d. Arrived Sunderland, November 1906.
Twin Steam Engines manufactured and installed by Mr F T Harker of Stockton-onTees.
Hull; IRON
Overall Length; 60 feet. 55 ft bp.
Beam ; 14ft.
Max Draught; 6ft 6ins.
Speed 8 knots. Engines 7" and 12" cyls with a stroke of 8" operating at 140psi.
Boiler and pumping machinery by Shand, Mason and Co. London.
Rate 2,200 gallons per minute.
2.5 inch Monitor on the roof of the forward accommodation could send a jet 220ft in the air.
In addition she also had Nine delivery outlets and nearly one mile of hose was supplied by J McGregor and Co, Dundee.
Sold 1962 and with her steam plant removed she was used as a houseboat at Scarborough.
Bought 1975 by a Mr G F Spink and berthed at Grimsby Marina. Renamed VIKING and converted into a motor cruiser, equipped with sails.

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Re: VIKING Ex Fire King

Postby northeast » Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:53 pm

Thanks for info on this Scarr vessel, I just had her down as a barge, should have guessed from her name she was something more.
Is she still in existence at Stockton?
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Re: VIKING Ex Fire King

Postby TEESMAN » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:02 pm

VIKING Ex Fire King slipped undergoing repairs at Tees Inshore Eng 09.04.04,where she is now I do not know. I do recall seeing here after this refit back on the slipway,but at the moment the photos have escaped my filing system,will post them when they turn up !!!
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