Source of paddler plans

[Stuart Badger]

Hi all

I have just been spending many hours researching a ship that my great-great grandfather served on. In the process I came across this link for the tyne and wear Mitchel archive.
http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=NaviTree.tcl&dsqField=RefNo&dsqItem=DS.VA/2/5314#HERE  
There are many paddle steamer and tug drawings in the archive (all viewable on-line!) most of which I've never heard of. Some of the plans have lines and sections. You need to trawl the list looking at them in turn, but there are some beauties there.

Attn. Walter! there are drawings for PS Zampa of 1874 but she is NOT the DFDS steamer.

All the best

Stuart

[Stuart Badger]

I've had a chance to trawl through the list of Mitchell plans - so for your benefit I have identified all of the PADDLER plans on the list. By type I have identified them only loosely (some of the thumbnails are a little small and my eyes hurt now!) Many of the plans have lines and sections - all are available on request and for a very reasonable fee from the archive.

name of vessel                    date (of plan only)                                     type of vessel
Sistritza                             1857                                                        Tug
St Magnus                          1864                                                        coastal steamer?
Safia                                 1864                                                       Steamer
Southland                          1864                                                        Tug/steamer
Messir/Besbish                     1864                                                       Steamer
Grand Duke Michael               1865                                                       Large steamer
Grand Duchess Olga              1866                                                       large Steamer
Alexander                            1866                                                      Tug
George Crow                        1867                                                       Tug/steamer
Rostoff                               1867                                                       Tug
Czar                                   1868/1874 deck alteration                           Tug
Appollon                               1869                                                      Tug
Soyous                                1869                                                       Tug
Yard nos. 201/202 (unknown) 69/70                                                       Tug
Teresa                                 1870                                                       Tug
Aksi                                     1870                                                       Tug/steamer
Tsezarevitch Alexander            1875                                                       Steamer
Baron Osy                             1875                                                       Steamer
Engineer                                1876                                                      Tug
Hercules                                1877                                                      Large Tug
Simson                                  1878                                                      Tug
Goretz                                   1802                                                      Large Tug
Serajegunge                           1883                                                      Large Steamer
Rosalind/Celia/Orlando              1885                                                Large X channel Excursion steamers?
Phoebe                                  1894                                                      Excursion steamer
Dejneo                                   1895                                                      Large Tug
Maria                                     1896                                                      Tug
Audrey/Aileen                          1896                                                      Excursion Steamers
Nadeshda                               1897                                                       Tug

Looking at the thumbnails some of these vessels are really beautiful and would make wonderful model subjects.

Hope this is useful to you

Stuart badger - now where's the Optrex?!

[greateastern]

Hi Stuart,
Thanks for doing all the footwork. I looked at the list so I know it took some time to do this list. Much appreciated and a real time-saver.

[Eddy Matthews]

Indeed a great resource Stuart, but my god what a pain in the neck it is to find anything on the site!! There doesn't seem to be any logical format to the way everything is organised, or maybe it's just me?

Eddy

[Stuart Badger]

Thanks all!
No - it's not just you eddy the site is VERY cumbersome and awkward to navigate BUT the archivist on the telephone at the other end is REALLY helpful!
So there's hope for us yet. Incidentally if you do order a set of plans get the full size copies - the digital copies are very low resolution and do not enlarge well. They are good enough for a general idea, but not to build a model from.

Stuart

[waldenmodels]

I've got my copies sorted out and am off to what I hope is a good start.