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Vic 32 Clyde Puffer, Crinan Canal, Scotland
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The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal and which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides islands of Scotland. Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy little steamboats achieved an almost mythical status thanks largely to the short stories Neil Munro wrote about the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, which produced three television series.
A small number of puffers survive as conservation projects,
VIC 32 [1] is one of the last few surviving coal-fired steam-powered puffers (others including Vic 56[2] and Vic 96[3] and is based at The Change House, Crinan. She was built by Dunston’s of Thorne, Yorkshire in November 1943 – a busy time for the Clyde Ship building yards. As the wartime Admiralty needed 50, (later 100) victualling boats in a hurry, they were built in groups of three by various different yards in England. For instance ‘VIC 27’ (Auld Reekie) was built at Rowhedge. No new designs were needed as the perfect boat existed in a Clyde Puffer.
Vic 32 Clyde Puffer, Crinan Canal, Scotland
Taken from Wiki
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal and which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides islands of Scotland. Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy little steamboats achieved an almost mythical status thanks largely to the short stories Neil Munro wrote about the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, which produced three television series.
A small number of puffers survive as conservation projects,
VIC 32 [1] is one of the last few surviving coal-fired steam-powered puffers (others including Vic 56[2] and Vic 96[3] and is based at The Change House, Crinan. She was built by Dunston’s of Thorne, Yorkshire in November 1943 – a busy time for the Clyde Ship building yards. As the wartime Admiralty needed 50, (later 100) victualling boats in a hurry, they were built in groups of three by various different yards in England. For instance ‘VIC 27’ (Auld Reekie) was built at Rowhedge. No new designs were needed as the perfect boat existed in a Clyde Puffer.