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Craft |
Fleet No |
Built
at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch
Date | ||||||||||||
EMPEROR |
238 |
Saltley Dock |
Iron Composite |
£600 |
FMC |
5.1898 | ||||||||||||
Steamer
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
Number |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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1006 |
Edward Wenlock |
9.5.1898 |
3.6.1898 | ||||||||||||||
Steamer Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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GJC |
9986 11669 |
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19.8.1898 19.1.1911 | |||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Boiler | ||||||||||||||||||
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Cochrane |
48 x
1¾ |
100 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Retubed Retubed Retubed Part retubing, funnel double joint on bottom downwards. Boiler covered (Silicate) Retubed 48 x 1¾’’ in rows both ways. 4 stays only, on each side. Longitudinal stays rivetted. Boiler repaired at Wheelers, |
5.1900 5.1902 5.1903 10.1907 1.1908 12.1909 | |||||||||||||||||
Engine |
FMC
Haines | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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New low pressure cylinder and distance piece. Considerable engine work costing £43 12.10 New slide valves to bring to standard 1/16’’ lead given |
6.1905 12.1909 | |||||||||||||||||
Propeller Shaft |
9’ 3’’ ( 8’’ 3’ – 10’’ – 2” ) | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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New shaft |
5.1903 | |||||||||||||||||
Steamer History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Letter twm/FMC …may have broken Hasty’s chain… Warren/TWM “butty Welton jammed with last boat in tug tow for 4 hours. Capt Woodfield Photo at Long Buckby with James Woodfield FMC/TWM re incident Capt J Woodfield TWM/FMC reported for not using side locks |
8.9.1899 24.7.1905 1906 18.4.1907 11.1.1914 | |||||||||||||||||
Conversion to motor | ||||||||||||||||||
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At |
Cost |
Engine |
Cost |
Date | ||||||||||||||
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Saltley |
£450 |
15hp Bolinder Model E (Pollock 624) |
£162.4.6 |
7.4.1917 | ||||||||||||||
Motor
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
No |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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Bm 278 |
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15.8.1934 |
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Motor Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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BCN GJC |
1079 12158 |
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27.8.1925 1.12.1926 | |||||||||||||||
Maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||
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Engine converted to 15hp Bolinder Model BM at Uxbridge (Uxbridge Yard book says 6. 1933) Docked at Saltley Docked at Uxbridge Docked at Saltley |
12.1932 12.1935 4.1939 8.1942 | |||||||||||||||||
Motor History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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BM15 engine taken out at Saltley prior to sale. Put in CAMEL |
4.1948 | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
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Date |
4.1948 | |||||||||||||||