Propulsion

The technical installation of the Furie comprises a twin fired Scottish boiler, triple expansion engine and auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, condenser and steam turbine for the electric power supply. The boiler and engine were both made in 1916 by the Fulton engine works which was a part of the Bodewes yard where the tug was built. 

The steam is generated in an oil fired Scottish boiler with two fireboxes and a water capacity of 15,000 litres. The boiler was originally coal fired, in 1957 however it was converted to oil fired. This conversion involved installation of bunkers for 37 barrels of oil together with two oil burners of American manufacture. One of the burners is coupled to an electromotor to enable stoking of a cold boiler. This motor drives the aerator by means of a v-belt which ensures the required air supply to the burner mouth. Oil is now atomized by air at the burner nozzle within the fire opening and ignited with a torch. 
 

Fireboxes of Scottish boiler, photograph: Jan Steehouwer
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