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Steam Yacht
Choosing A Marina For A Motor Boat
The first mention of a fast running marine diesel is in 1903 on the Marne-Rhine canal when a French built canal barge named "Petit Pierre" sailed, producing 25bhp at 360 rpm.
In 1904 two marine diesel engines combined were being used in a French submarine ‘Z’ 120bhp.Then in 1905 another French diesel submarine the ‘Aigrette’ with a more conventional 4 stroke engine produced 200 bhp was launched.
The first sea going application in a commercial venture is when Swedish engine firm A.B. Motorer delivered the 120 bhp, 300 rpm reversible engines for the 350 dwt cargo ships "Rapp" and "Schnapp" that were commissioned in 1908. The vessels operated as coasters sailing in the Baltic and the North Sea.
Russia also built the Caspian Sea tanker "Djelo" of 4000 dwt in 1908. It was powered by two 500 bhp, 150 rpm engines. In 1909 two slightly larger tankers were built with even bigger diesel engines.
Sailing ships with auxiliary engines were also being built. In 1910 an A.B. Diesel Motorer engine was installed in Amundsen’s "Fram". In the same year the Italians built the 1000 t cargo vessel "Romagna" It had a 2-stroke Sulzer engine of 380 bhp at 250 rpm.
An early mention of an engine built for a yacht is the building in 1910 of a light weight V-8 diesel engine a 200 bhp, 600 rpm engine weighing only 10 kg/bhp. The engine was intended for Emanuel Nobel’s yacht "Intermezzo".
In 1910 the "Vulcanus" a small tanker 1216 dwt (2047 ton displacement) with a 6-cylinder reversible engine producing 450 bhp at 180 rpm went to sea. It was ocean going mainly sailing in the Far East between Borneo and Singapore. When compared to a similar steam driven tanker the diesel powered "Vulcanus" consumed 2 tons of oil versus 11 tons of coal for the steamship and the crew was reduced to 16 instead of 30.
On November 4, 1911 the "Selandia" the first of a series of three cargo ships, was launched in Denmark. She was a 7400 dwt (10000 ton displacement) twin propellers and driven by a Burmeister & Wain 8 cylinder, 4-stroke engine of 1050 bhp at 140 rpm. The ship’s maiden voyage took place in early February 1912. At the time the ship certainly was the largest commercial diesel powered ship and it served until 1942.
The Danish built "Selandia" whilst not the first marine diesel engine ship was the largest ocean going ship of the early marine diesel vessels.
Acknowledgements
D. Stapersma, ‘Vulcanus versus Selandia’ july 1996, Voorburg, The Netherlands.
C. Lyle Cummins, Diesel’s engine, CarnotPress, Oregon 1993
About the Author
South African born Keith has lived in the south of England for most of his life. After graduating from University with a degree in Business Information Systems Management he decided to start Strawberrysoup; a website design company based in West Sussex and Dorset. Keith successfully gained entry into the Southampton University Air Squadron and spent over 12 months training to fly. Since then he has continued to follow his interest in flying and has now began his own training in the form of a Private Pilot's Licence. Keith also spent 13 months working within the Image and Printing Group at Hewlett Packard in Bracknell. Throughout his time there, he was responsible for many activities including events organisation and website design and maintenance.
Hi, My dad has a painting by de simone, the steam yacht valhalla dated 1911. How much is it worth please?
Tomaso De Simone (c.1805-1888)
Italian
The Neapolitan port painter, Tomaso de Simone is considered to be one of the most important ship portraitists who practiced in the Italian seaport cities. The father of noted sea painter Antonio de Simone, Tomaso specialized in oils, the majority depicting warships and merchant vessels. He also created scenes of the Battles of Lissa (1867) and Alexandria (1882).
The architectural properties of Tomaso de Simone's paintings are exceptional. His hull shapes have fullness and flexibility, his rigging shows a wealth of detail. His portrait of the American continental navy frigate constellation was proven so accurate that it was used as a guide for restoration of the ship, still afloat today in Baltimore. From an artistic standpoint, his paintings are richly executed and dramatically appealing.
Although not as prolific as his son, the works of Tomaso de Simone are arguably more important. In recent years, their value has increased dramatically as they become more rare and sought after by important museums and private collectors world wide.
Antonio Simone - son of Tomaso - at the link below you can find the prices paid for Antionio's paintings at recent auctions.
http://www.artnet.com/artist/597205/antonio-de-simone.html
Tomaso Simone - Auxilliary Steam Yacht painting sold at Bonhams for £2000 recently.
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=ResultXDescPrint&iSaleNo=16837
See Lot No.34 list below - £2,400 Bonhams of London
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=WholeCataloguePrint&iSaleNo=16837
Steam Yacht Gondola on Coniston Water