Name: D. B. ROSE (ex KOBENHAVN, ex EERIE)

 Home Port: Stanwood, Washington

 Owners: Robert Dessert
 Address: P.O. Box 1321, Stanwood, WA 98292, USA
 Phone: 1-425-418-7055
 Email: robertjess1882@hotmail.com

 Hull:    type            when purchased     when launched            hull builder          material
 lap strake, canoe stern        1992                   1958                                                  wood

 LOA          LWL          beam         draft         capacity               speed                 weight
 30 feet     28 feet        10.5 feet      3 feet       10 adults           6.5 knots              7,500 lbs.

 Other: Built in Denmark to handle the offshore waters, the vessel was purchased by David Rose (after whom it is now named), brought to the USA in 1962 and converted to steam.

 Engine:   type     year built     builder      # of cylinders    bore & stroke    valve type(s)
                triple        1904        Sissons              three         4"+7"+9"x4.5"     piston

 ihp          rpm            reverse type              condenser type & size                       vacuum
 15           350               Bremme                 keel, 2" copper, 10.5 sq.ft.                      poor

 Other:  

 Propulsion:    dia. & pitch    # of blades       material       make      RH or LH     shaft size
                          24" x 24"           four             bronze     unknown          RH         1.5" dia.
 steering                     auxilliaries                     paddlewheel (dia., width, & # of buckets)
 cable         2"+1.5"x3" steam feed pump

 Boiler:    type          builder          year built      bhp     operating pressure             gauges
         water tube     O'Connor          1978           n.a.              150 psi                            one
 overall size       # & size of tubes     Heat.Surface     economizer HS       superheater HS
 28" x 36" x 36"           n.a.                  95 sq.ft.                   none                         5 sq.ft.
 fuel              grate area     stack dia. & height         pump type       injector type     tanks
 oil                     n.a.                8" dia. x 7.5'           CAT2800 piston       none          50 gal.

 Additional: D.B.Rose (as Eerie) was first written up in the July-August 1963 issue of Steamboats & Modern Steam Launches.

D.B.Rose on Lake Union, Seattle, August 1996