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Home • Living Afloat • Engine(room)s in barges • Common marine engines in barges

Common marine engines in barges

This page contains pictures of common engines in barges. If you would like your engine to be mentioned on this page, please send me a picture of your engine.

Claeys 15hp

Claeys 15hp
A small Claeys engine, started with compressed air. Placed aboard a sailing tjalk, but motorized after the war. (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

DAF 1160

See also this page dedicated tot the DAF 1160 engine!


DAF 1160 160hp engine (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

DAF 575 120hp


(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Deutz 150hp


(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Ford 96hp


(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Gardner 100hp

Gardner 100hp
(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

General Motors Detroit Diesel 6 cyl. 168hp

The following engine was very common in spits barges. The early versions came from the American Sherman tanks.


GM engine running aboard a spits barge  

Those engines are known to be very loud. The following movie shows the spits barge Yannick manoeuvring in Sluiskil:


GM engine aboard the Yannick  

John Deere 6 cylinder 240hp

The following engine is American and can be found in various vessels such as the Luxe Motor Arma:

 

Industrie 2 cyl. 90hp

Probably Holland's best engine ever produced!

Industrie 2 cyl. 90hp
An Industrie engine, 2 cyl. 90 hp. (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Kromhout 116hp


(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Kromhout 2 cyl. 2H3


The Kromhout 2cyl. 2H3 was the competitor of the Industrie 2 cyl. (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Lister 4 cyl. 45hp


An 4 cyl. Lister 45hp (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Perkins 80hp

Perkins 80hp
(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Mercedes OM 322

Mercedes OM 322
(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

MWM 175hp

MWM 175hp
An MWM 175hp (Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Scania DS 11 296hp


(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)

Slavia 14hp

Slavia 14hp
Unfortunately disconnected, this engine was later placed aboard to motorize a sailing barge

Volvo Penta 92hp

Volvo Penta 92hp
(Photo: Scheepsmakelaar Fikkers)
 
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