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DUKE

DUKE in 1918, location unknown.  The steerer is Joby Neale and the driver is Bill Knibbs

(Hugh McKnight, BW192/3/2/2/12/8/26)

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Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

DUKE (a)

162

Fazeley Street

Steel

 

Fellows Morton & Co

1889

Pre FMC History

Date

Purchased from Fellows Morton & Co for £625

3.7.1889 (1.1.1889)

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham (for FM & Co)

Birmingham (for FMC)

677

872

 

Edward Wenlock

26.1.1889

18.7.1893

12.3.1889

4.8.1893

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

 

 

 

 

Hull Composition

Mild Steel

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Boiler

Type

Tubes

PSI

Cost

 

Cochrane

1Ύ x 5.1

100 lbs

 

 

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Engine

Probably Haines,  1889

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Propeller Shaft

10’ 6’’  ( 9’ 6’’ – 10Ό’’ – 2’’ )

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Steamer History

Date

Listed at Waterman’s Hall No 1396 (15 ton) as Steam Carrying Tug

20.5.1890

Fate

Rebuilt at Saltley Dock cost £500

Date

3.1895

 

 

 

 

Craft

Fleet No

ReBuilt at

New Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

DUKE (b)

162

Saltley Dock

Wood

£500

FMC

3.1895

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

930

George Angus

6.3.1895

29.3.1895

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Port of London

GJC

9448

11810

12t 14cwt

6.3.1895

16.6.1911

Hull Composition

Bottom elm, sides oak

Maintenance

Date

New cabin sides – galvanised

Stern post, planks and counter badly decayed

4.1901

6.1923

Boiler

Type

Tubes

PSI

Cost

 

Cochrane

1Ύ x 5.1

100 lbs

 

 

Maintenance

Date

Retubed

Retubed (49)

Retubed

Silicate mattress

Retubed

Granville gauge glass fitted (still in use 12.1911)

New Ruston boiler No 37746 put in

12.1899

1.1903

11.1905

12.1907

2.1908

8.3.1909

3.1914

Engine

 FMC Haines

Maintenance

Date

New engine machinery put 14’’ further astern

11.1905

Propeller Shaft

10’ 6’’  ( 9’ 6’’ – 10Ό’’ – 2’’ )

Maintenance

Date

New propeller and shaft

New shaft and bush

12.1899

12.1907

Steamer History

Date

Millner letter “no sign of Duke”

Millner letter re tunnel transgression

Millner letter mention

10.11.1905

26.9.1899

28.5.1917

Fate

Too expensive for further repairs, dismantled and cut up

Date

6.1923

 

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