Key details
- Current boat name
- Laplander
- Boat class
- 7330
- Function
- Service
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.29 / 30ft 6in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.13 / 7ft
- Leeward
- None
- Propulsion
- Steam
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1830 c
- Place of build
- Birmingham area
Current status
- Present use
- Maintenance
History
Built about 1830 by BCN or Wyrley & Essington Co..One of the two earliest extant iceboats LAPLANDER is recorded in BCN Archives from 1858 and appears in an article in Waterways World (March 1987). Sold out of service in 1963 but used to break ice in 2001. About 90 per cent of hull is original and has been fitted with period steam engine and boiler. December 2007