"Örnen Ettan" ("The Eagle")
Type of vessel: Steam tug.
Built: 1903 at Lundby Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg, Sweden, restored 1984 - 1990.
Material: Iron
Length: 16,44 meters
Breadth: 4,39 meters
Draft: 1,8 meters (loaded with 3 tons of coal)
Tonnage: 28 GRT 8 NRT The machinery consists of a two cylinder, compound steam engine of 130 horsepower. The steam boiler is a Scottish type made by Lindholmen Mekaniska Verkstad, with a steam pressure up to 9 Kg/cm2
Cruising speed: 8 knots (on 190 rpm she can reach 10 knots!)
Consumption: 100 litres of good coal per hour.
The vessel has been very careful restored to the present condition. More than £ 350.000 was invested to make the ship to a part of a private maritime museum. The whole interior has been removed one piece at a time, restored and replaced. Great effort has been made to locate and quire parts that have been removed from "Örnen" over the years. Parts that have been irrevocably lost have been replaced by equivalent parts from other vessels while others have undergone a more thorough refit or, as a last alternative recreated by using photographs taken or descriptions written by those who served on board. There are a aft cabin for four persons and a mess/galley with two bunks in the fore parts of the vessel. The only change from original layout is the exclusive toilet in the forepeak that is a substitute for the bucket in the engine room.
Position: Västerås, 1,5 hours west of Stockholm, Sweden.