SS Archimedes - the Sea Trials

Sea Trials of the steam-powered 1:24 scale model of SS Archimedes, the world's first successful steam-powered propeller-driven ship.
This video is a sequel to "SS Archimedes", also on this channel, which tells the story of how and why this model was built.
Model builder - William Mowll
Narator - Stuart Neame
Camera - Sarah Kosminsky
Video edit - Josh Mowll

[@user-mu8ho3tt7p]

Very fantastic video!! Very poetic. Beautiful scale STEAM POWERED model. A museum piece for sure!! Thank you!!

[@averagejoe1943]

Learn something old everyday! That’s so interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@R_Kyllonen]

Very nice boat Sir. Your videos on her are very nice.

[@ahabva]

Beautiful! Don't know if I'd have the nerve to try open water sea trials!

[@euphonyx3514]

More ballast!! What a beautiful thing you have made

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Wunderbar!! Eine dreifach Expansionsdampfmaschine sieht man selten als Modell.👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀 Viele Grüße aus Germany

[@Koala223]

Not enough lead in her belly. But very nice ship.

[@enedenedubedene4811]

Its a triple expansion Engine???👍👍👍👍😃😃😃😃😃😃 Viele Grüße aus Germany

[@StuartNeame]

I'm afraid not! You are quite right to spot that there are three cylinders, but in fact these are three equal cylinders, to facilitate starting from any position. The engine was provided by Martin Baylis Engineering. Thanks for watching!