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SPEEDWELL

Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Type

SPEEDWELL

Wood 70’4’’ x 6’11½’’

Carrying nb

Owners

Address

Source for

First Date

John Griffiths Charles Walter Beckett

Bedworth Kingston upon Thames

Application Registration

5.8.1909 3.5.1919

Steamer Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

John Griffiths C W Beckett

Coventry Tring

354 87

Steamer Narrowboat Steam driven

6.8.1909 12.5.1919

24.8.1909 13.5.1919

Steamer Gaugings

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

John Griffiths John Griffiths

GJC GJC

11770 11770 rg

70.4 x 6.11½ Steamer 27 tons +7cwt

2.1.1913 12.7.1914

Boiler

Engine

Maintenance

Steamer History

Date

Complaint re too much smoke in tunnel Captain Wilson GJ 11770 noted “Reweighed on Oxford Canal see OC 5632 Charles Court REGAL” Inspected in Coventry CIJ Passed Brentford Toll Passed Brentford Toll (Capt Garner) carrying 9ton 8cwt with MERSEY (Capt Griffiths) 16ton 15cwt Passed Brentford Toll (Capt W Garner) carrying 19 ton with MERSEY 25ton 7cwt Passed Brentford Toll (Capt Griffiths) carrying 18t 2c with MERSEY 29t 5c Passed Brentford Toll carrying 18t 7cwt Passed Brentford Toll Capt Griffiths carrying 15t 19c Passed Brentford Toll carrying 17t 10c Passed Brentford Toll carrying 16t 12c Inspected in Coventry CIJ Inspected in Coventry CIJ Passed Brentford Toll (Capt Garner) carrying 19t Passed Brentford Toll carrying 10t 15c Inspected in Coventry CIJ Inspected in Coventry CIJ Passed Brentford toll carrying 8t 5c Passed Brentford Toll carrying 19t 8c

19.5.1911 nd 3.3.1914 12.11.1914 6.3.1915 29.4.1915 19.5.1915 14.6.1915 16.7.1915 5.8.1915 13.9.1915 13.12.1915 18.5.1916 20.5.1916 20.7.1916 4.3.1918 4.6.1918 27.6.1918 16.7.1918

Conversion to motor as REGAL

At

Cost

Engine

Cost

Date

Pre 24.5.1929

Owners

Address

Source for

First Date

Charles Court

The House Boat, Dawley Dock

Inspection

24.5.1929

Motor Registrations

Owner

Place

PH No

As

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Charles Court

Brentford

473

Motor

24.5.1929

26.6.1929

Motor Gaugings

Owner

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Charles Court

OC

5632

70.4 x 6.11½ Motor 33 tons Ailsa Craig engine + 80 galls oil

12.12.1932

Maintenance

Motor History

Date

Motor reconditioned at William Iszard Ltd, Dock, North Hyde, Southall

Fate

Date

Documents on file

Letter Warren/Millner re Tunnel collision	pc	19.5.1911
GJ Gauging 11770	pc	2.1.1913
Coventry Inspections details (see under ENTERPRISE)	ms	3.3.1914 – 4.6.1918
Nuneaton Canal Inspector’s Journal	pc	11.2.1931
Oxford Canal Gauging 5632 (as REGAL)	pc	12.12.1932

Millner Letters

6.2.1911 A report received from the Captain of the Blisworth Tunnel Tug respecting Mr John Griffiths’ steamer SPEEDWELL towing a pair of his own boats through the tunnel. Mr Griffiths’ steamers make a terrible quantity of smoke when only towing a butty boat and they are not capable of towing more than one boat. They make the tunnel in such a foul state that I am afraid if they are allowed to continue towing more than one boat we shall have an accident in the tunnel with our night gang. I would suggest that Mr Griffiths be instructed to discontinue towing more than one boat.

19.5.1911 I have had a report from Burtin to say when they was going from the south end of the tunnel at 9 oclock turn this morning they met one of Mr John Griffiths Steamer the SPEEDWELL Captain name Wilson the steamer was making very much smoke and they never blew the whistle and the Steamer was on the wrong side of the tunnel and ran into the tug but it as (sic) not done any damage to the tug I have heard by the boat people this afternoon that it as (sic) broken two of the steamers guards off. F Warren/Millner