Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

ADMIRAL

105

Saltley Dock

Iron Composite

£600

FMC

9.9.1905

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

1157

W Gould

31.8.1905

29.9.1905

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

GJC

11692

27.3.1911

Hull Composition

Maintenance

Date

Boiler  Return tube dryback

Supplier   

Tubes

PSI

Cost

John Thompson (Wolverhampton)

44 x 2¼’’ + 10 stay tubes

110 lbs

£70

Maintenance

Date

Dome covered

8.1908

Engine

FMC Haines

Maintenance

Date

Crank shaft webs reduced

8.1908

Propeller Shaft

9’ 11’’  (8’ 0’’ – 10¼’’ – 1¾’’)  Screw 2’’ dia – 6 threads

Maintenance

Date

New shaft (bent)

New shaft & bush

8.1906

8.1908

Steamer History

Date

Mercer/TWM “ held in ice at Buckby bottom”

Millner letter: “sinks Sefton’s coalboat MAY by not slowing down

Millner Letter: “with butty VERBENA” hits gates at Lock 8

Millner Letter; “runs into tug SPIDER”

5.2.1912

28.8.1912

24.8.1917

12.9.1917

Conversion to motor

At

Cost

Engine

Cost

Date

  Saltley Dock

£287

15hp Bolinder Model NE (Pollock 1124)

£221.9.0

24.6.1924

Motor Registrations

Place

PH No

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

1539

John Green

14.3.1932

15.4.1932

Motor Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

BCN

GJC

1065

12157

+4cwt

9.7.1925

30.11.1926

Maintenance

Docked Uxbridge

Docked Uxbridge

12.1935

1.1939

Motor History

Date

deSalis' notebook: "Quick journey. MB ADMIRAL T.Green Steerer. BB UPTON. left Nottingham Thurs Nov 23 1927 Empty arr Stewarts & Lloyds Coombeswood 9pm  Friday Nov 24 - 75 miles via Fradley, Fazeley, Aston, Farmers Bridge, Netherton.   Dep midday Saturday 25 Nov to B'ham. Dep Sunday morning 26 Nov, arrive Brentford Wed morning 29 Nov.  CW to Warwick Bar 14m. B'ham to Brentford 135m. Total 149m"

              "MB ADMIRAL BB PORTUGAL Discharged ore ex London at CW Th eve 26.6.1930. Reloaded tubes Fri am 27.6.30. Passed Fazeley St 3pm 27.6 Passed Braunston 5pm 28.6Arr Brentford 8pm 30.6.1930"

23 – 29.11.1927

27 – 30.6.1930

Fate

Sold to Samuel Barlow Coal Co Ltd, Braunston

Date

5.1942