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MARQUIS
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Craft |
Fleet No |
Built
at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch
Date | ||||||||||||
MARQUIS |
237 |
Saltley Dock |
Iron Composite |
£600 |
FMC |
3.1898 | ||||||||||||
Steamer
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
Number |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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1002 |
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25.2.1898 |
18.3.1898 | ||||||||||||||
Steamer Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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BCN GJC |
16089 9997 11812 11812 |
¹see note below 71.10 x 6.11 x 3.5 12t 18cwt +9 cwt |
5.3.1898 23.4.1898 27.6.1911 28.6.1913 | |||||||||||||||
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Bottom
elm, kelson pitch
pine, sides iron, linings none, gunwale oak | |||||||||||||||||
Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
New guards
(lower) all round, new gunwale, new cabin sides
(galvanised)
In drydock at Uxbridge to have new shovelling plate |
8.1904
2.1910 | |||||||||||||||||
Boiler | ||||||||||||||||||
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Fletcher |
2¼’’ |
100 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Retubed New feed pumps New feed pumps Retubed New feed pumps Pressure altered to 100lbs psi per S B Insurance |
6.1900 3.1901 1.1902 10.1902 3.1904 23.8.1910 | |||||||||||||||||
Engine |
FMC
Haines | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Advance about ¼’’ only Two C E straps Side valves altered and coke consumption reduced thereby – old valves 5/16’’ under standard size Valves again replaced to give proper exhaust lap |
nk 3.1903 9.1907 1.1910 | |||||||||||||||||
Propeller Shaft |
9’ 1c’’ (8’ 1¼’’ - 10c’’ - 1¾’’ ) | |||||||||||||||||
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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New shaft and stern bush Shaft end cut off |
10.1902 8.1904 | |||||||||||||||||
Steamer History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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¹When gauged at Millner letter “MARQUIS rams JUBILEE (qv) in Braunston Tunnel and sinks her” Millner letter “excessive speed” Letter ex FMC to Oxford Canal Co re error in declaration of loads Letter Millner/FMC re ramming gates Millner letter mention |
5.3.1898 5.7.1899 12.9.1899 9.12.1903 23.12.1908 28.5.1917 | |||||||||||||||||
Conversion to motor
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At |
Cost |
Engine |
Cost |
Date | ||||||||||||||
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Uxbridge |
£330 |
15hp Bolinder |
£190 |
25.3.1925 | ||||||||||||||
Motor
Registrations | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
PH
No |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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1533 |
John Smith |
1.1.1931 |
16.1.1931 | ||||||||||||||
Motor Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
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GJC BCN |
12140 1547 |
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12.10.1926 2.1.1930 | |||||||||||||||
Maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||
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Docked at Saltley Docked at saltley |
6.1936 7.1939 | |||||||||||||||||
Motor History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Fate |
Sold to J Holloway, Oldbury |
Date |
2.1942 | |||||||||||||||