SENTINEL

SENTINEL in Taylor’s yard at Chester

(Waterways World January 1986)

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Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Type

SENTINEL aka HAWK(E)

379

J H Taylor and Sons of Chester

Wood

Carrying NB

Owners

Address

Source for

First Date

C Payne Crofts

Northampton

Inspection

18.8.1927

Steamer Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

C Payne Crofts

Chester

822

By steam

18.8.1927

13.9.1927

Steamer Gaugings

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Boiler

Super Sentinel

Engine

Super Sentinel

Maintenance

Steamer History

Date

Ran Northampton to London with butty EVER WATCHFUL. (BH) Built for Sentinel Steam Industrial Locomotives (England) Ltd , a branch of the Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd of Shrewsbury. Boiler and Engine fitted by Sentinel Waggon Works Inspected at Daventry as SENTINEL (Chester 822) G Morris “going for repairs and alterations”

15.11.1927

Conversion to motor as (THE) HAWK(E)

At

Cost

Engine

Cost

Date

Bolinder 1 cylinder

Pre 23.2.1928

Owners

Address

Name

Source for

First Date

Midlands Canal Transport Co Associated Canal Carriers Ltd GUCCCo H Coles for £130 John Thomas Coles S E Barlow J Walley Roy Mack (private 1) Dr Hawkesley Harris (private 3) Pudbury (?) Duncan Macpherson John Newbold Albert Jones

80 Abington St Northampton Northampton London Canal Side, Marsworth Hanley Weybridge Newbury Aylesbury 52Westfield Rd,Rugby Rugby

HAWK THE HAWK (HAWK on reg) THE HAWK THE HAWK HAWKE (THE HAWK on reg) HAWKE HAWKE HAWKE HAWKE HAWKE HAWKE HAWKE

Inspection Inspection Inspection Inspection Registration Registration £750 £250

23.2.1928 15.6.1929 12.5.1934 3.1936 28.5.1937 2.11.1940 23.4.1949 4.1953 1958 4.1965 11.1974 1976 1976

Motor Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Midlands Canal Transport Co Associated Canal Carriers Ltd GUCCCo John Thomas Coles S E Barlow J Walley

Daventry Daventry Daventry Daventry Tamworth Tamworth

382 398 453 486 173 202

Motor driven Motor driven Motor boat Motor boat Motor Motor

23.2.1928 15.6.1929 12.5.1934 28.5.1937 14.10.1940 30.3.1949

28.2.1928 18.6.1929 15.5.1934 7.6.1937 2.11.1940 23.4.1949

Motor Gaugings

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Midlands Canal Co J T Coles

OC OC rg

5614 5614

70.7 x 7.1 Motor 29 tons 70.11 x 7.1¼ Motor 31 tons Add 4 cwt Add 10 cwt Add 34 cwt Add 25 cwt

29.2.1928 17.3.1938 3.10.1940 11.4.1945 5.9.1945 2.3.1948

Maintenance

Re engined with Russell Newbery DM2

c 1958

Motor History

Date

Inspected Daventry as THE HAWK (Dav 382) Midlands Transport with THE DOVE ( Dav 381) Daventry 382 “Coal and strawboards” Passed Brentford Toll Passed Brentford Toll Passed Brentford Toll Passed Brentford Toll Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 (The Dove) Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Passed Brentford Toll with 12093 Inspected Daventry as THE HAWK (Dav 398) Assoc, Canal Transport Mr I Merchant Insp for Reg Inspected Northampton as HAWK (Dav 398) Assoc. Canal Transport with DOROTHY I Merchant (211) Inspected Northampton details as 30.4.1930 Inspected Northampton as THE HAWK (Dav 398) Assoc Canal Transport) with THE OWL (Dav 396) W Garner (221) Inspected Northampton as THE HAWK (Dav 398) Assoc Canal Transport with RUGBY (Dav 442) W Garner (311 g5) Inspected Daventry as THE HAWK (Dav 453) GUCC William Garner Reregistered Inspected Northampton as HAWK (Dav 453) GUCC with RUGBY (Dav 454) H Buckingham (3--) Inspected Daventry as THE HAWK (Dav 486) J T Coles Thomas Coles Jun Reregistration Inspected Banbury as HAWKE (Tam 173) Inspected Northwich carrying fruit juice and flour capt R Barnett 2 adult 2 child Inspected Northwich empty capt R Barnett 2 adult 2 child Offered for sale by S West Roy Mack changed Bolinder Noted Birmingham CIJ W H Walker built new counter in oak (Invoice £193.18.0) Dr Hawkesley took it to Walkers, Rickmansworth for alterations (moved new engine [RN] to boatmans cabin) Seen at Wey/Basingstoke by AB Seen newly painted with “WEYBRIDGE” on side at Braunston by AB As houseboat at Braunston reg Weybridge Seen at Aylesbury by AB owned by Harris Letter offering Hawke for sale “just overhauled” lying at Hillmorton For sale “needs work on hull and interior” WW (Macpherson) John Newbold took out Russell Newbury and sold hull to Albert Jones

3.1.1928 23.2.1928 17.4.1928 6.5.1928 24.5.1928 23.6.1928 20.7.1928 7.8.1928 22.8.1928 1.9.1928 15.9.1928 2.10.1928 22.10.1928 28.10.1928 15.11.1928 28.11.1928 13.6.1929 30.4.1930 9.9.1930 2.1.1933 22.5.1933 11.5.1934 5.3.1935 28.5.1937 1948 27.6.1949 20.2.1952 26.3.1953 1953 25.8.1956 12.1956 1958 16.9.1961 7.4.1962 29.10.1962 4.4.1964 25.11.1974 2.1976 1976

Fate

Sunk at Leicester. Lifted on to bank and burnt by BW

Date

1977?

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