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BARONESS
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Craft |
Fleet No |
Built
at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch
Date | ||||||||||||
BARONESS |
240 |
Saltley Dock |
Iron
Composite |
£560 |
FMC |
11.1898 | ||||||||||||
Steamer
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
Number |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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BCN |
1020 |
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20.1.1899 |
24.2.1899 | ||||||||||||||
Steamer
Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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GJC |
9985 11698 |
70.10 x 6.10 x 3.5 12t 10cwt |
18.11.1898 19.4.1911 | |||||||||||||||
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Bottom
elm, kelson pitch pine, sides iron | |||||||||||||||||
Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Boiler (boiler worked
electric light at Castle Bromwich) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Supplier |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Fletcher |
2¼’’ |
100 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Retubed Retubed and new cover (Asbestos ex Lawson) Pressure altered to 110 psi per S B Insurance Co |
7.1902 3.1908 23.8.1910 | |||||||||||||||||
Engine |
Nettlefolds | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Propeller Shaft |
8’ 0’’ (7’’ 0’’ – 10’’ – 2’’ ) | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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New shaft New shaft New shaft and bush No 1 large propeller fitted in place of large boss exchanged with BARON Propeller broken, new shaft, bush and tube |
3.1901 6.1903 3.1908 11.1908 3.1909 | |||||||||||||||||
Steamer History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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FMC/TWM “ dispute re obstruction to passage” Captain Ward Warren/FMC/TWM “rams tunnel tug at Blisworth” Capt Merchant GJT/TWM letter “loss of White Maltese dog” Millner Letter “rams balance beam” Capt Merchant |
23.9.1905 20.5.1911 19.12.1912 7.8.1914 | |||||||||||||||||
Conversion to motor as
BRITON
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At |
Cost |
Engine |
Cost |
Date | ||||||||||||||
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Saltley Dock |
£242 |
15hp Bolinder Model E (Pollock 841) |
£157.3.6 |
21.5.1915 | ||||||||||||||
Motor
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
No |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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1333 |
T Howell |
7.4.1915 |
23.4.1915 | ||||||||||||||
Motor Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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BCN GJC GJC GJC |
895 12119 12119 12119 |
Add 10 cwt (new motor engine) Add 18 cwt |
28.7.1924 12.9.1924 12.3.1930 25.8.1936 | |||||||||||||||
Maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||
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Engine converted to Model BM at Uxbridge Docked at Saltley Docked at Saltley Docked at Saltley |
1.1930 10.1935 12.1938 11.1941 | |||||||||||||||||
Motor
History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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TWM/JY “damage to piling” Captain B Knibbs BM15 engine taken out at Saltley prior to sale. Put in BISON |
15.4.1924 1.1947 | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
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Date |
1.1947 | |||||||||||||||