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Flipper - Steam Powered Landing Craft

GBO shipyards are delighted to announce our first restoration project, the steamer landing craft Flipper! With this project, we intended to restore this wonderful ship from the 1900's to its original form and state, we did not add any new system nor any new features, just a good old steamer made the way they did back then!
The flipper is an 80-foot landing craft designed to transport a variety of freight to remote locations where a harbour was not present. During her career in the 1900s, she transported a large amount of cargo and vehicles to beaches, swamps and riverbanks. Now you have the pleasure to pilot and have a ride on this wonderful ship, alone or with a friend!

• Lenght -> 24.25 meters
  
• Beam -> 6.25 meters
  
• Height(from keel) -> 11.50 meters
  
• Draft -> 2 meters
  
• Depth -> 3meters
  
• Freeboard -> 1 meter (lowest)

• Fresh water capacity -> 865 Liters
  
• Coal Capacity ->754
  
• Dual steam piston engine
  
• Single Boiler
  
• 22Kts max speed
  
• $99911

First you need to have into consideration that there is no battery on this ship, every electricity needs to be generated through the steam electric generator, You do not need electricity to move the ship but it is advisable to always run the steam electric generator every time you have steam.

boiler valves and dials legend

• 1a - Steam Exhaust Pressure
  
• 2a - Boiler Pressure
  
• 3a - Boiler Temperature
  
• 4a - Firebox Temperature
  
• 5a - Boiler Water Level
  
• 6a - Fresh Water Tank Level

• 1b - Firebox Temperature Controller
  
• 2b - Steam Pump Sea Water inlet
  
• 3b - Automatic Temperature Control System Bypass Valve
  
• 4b - Firebox Air Valve
  
• 5b - Emergency Blow-off Valve
  
• 6b - Main Steam Valve
  
• 7b - Boiler Water Feed Valve

To start the boiler proceed to do the checklist below:

1. Firebox Air Valve - open
   
2. Automatic Temperature Control System Bypass Valve - open
   
3. Main Steam Valve - open
   
4. Wait Temperature raise and pressure equal or above 0.5
   
5. Automatic Temperature Control System Bypass Valve - Closed
   
6. Set desired temperature with Firebox Temperature Controller (164ºC is the default)

Attention: boiler may explode without the automatic control system enabled

To start the Electric generator proceed to do the checklist below:

1. Boiler start checklist - done
   
2. boiler pressure - =>0.5
   
3. Steam generator Regulator valve - open
   
4. Electric Breaker panel(Yellow breaker panel, on the port side) - All On

To start the Main Engine proceed to do the checklist below:

1. Boiler start checklist - done
   
2. boiler pressure - =>0.5
   
3. Main Engine Main Steam Valve - open
   
4. Go to Wheelhouse
   
5. Telegraph set to Half speed until it starts moving
   
6. After moving set desired speed with Telegraph

Attention:When playing with a friend you can turn off the auto engineer function below the engine room Telegraph monitor, this way The player Engineer will receive orders with the telegraph and use the Main engine Regulator to throttle the engine.

To start the Steam Pump proceed to do the checklist below:

1. Boiler start checklist - done
   
2. Proceed to the Steam Pump Room on the main deck
   
3. Steam Pump Regulator Valve - open

Attention: the Steam pump inlet and outlet valves are configured from the get go to be able to pump any water inside the ship (acting has a bilge pump), but you can also use it to move fluids with the fluid connectors present on the main deck.

• Be careful when going down from the pilot house since it is very difficult to grab the ladder from the top, use the reserved space on the starboard size.
  
• When coming up from the engine room, use the handle on the top left side of the ladder.
  
• When approaching a landing location, use the slow speed on the Telegraph to be sure you don't beach yourself.
  
• On long voyages you can use the firebox temperature controller to fine tune how much steam you produce and by itself how fast you can go and how much water and coal you use.
  
• Use the chart table on the Helm house to plot your voyage and trough dead reckoning know where you are going and how much time you will take to get there, all "analogue"!

Analog Plotting Chart (Nautical Miles)
Customizable Engine Order Telegraph (By Mountain Valor Company)
And thank you to the Foxtrot challenge by Captain_Cockerels which is the reason why this ship exists.
If i forgot to credit anyone do not hesitate to let me know in the comments!