Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

SPEEDWELL (a)

2

nk

Wood

John Smedley

c 1.1884

Pre FMC History

Date

John Smedley, 44 Catherine St, Aston, Birmingham,

Bought by William Clayton, Park Wharf, Saltley

Bought by FMC

c 1.1884

c 1888

3.7.1889 (1.1.1889)

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham (for J Smedley)

Birmingham (for W. Clayton)

423

648

Eli Bradley

Geo Davies

4.1.1884

30.4.1888

15.1.1884

8.5.1888

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Hull Composition

Boiler

Type

Tubes

PSI

Cost

Cochranes

34 x 2¼x

100 lbs

Engine

Nettlefolds

Propeller Shaft

Steamer History

Date

Listed at Waterman’s Hall No 1396 (20 ton) as Steam Carrying Tug (for Wm Clayton)

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

17.4.1888

20.5.1890

Fate

Rebuilt by FMC at Saltley Dock

Date

3.1894

Craft

Fleet No

ReBuilt at

New Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

SPEEDWELL (b)

2

Saltley Dock

Wood

£500

FMC

3.1894

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

892

George Jones

24.3.1894

20.4.1894

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

Port of London

GJC

9443

11676

12t 4cwt

14.9.1894

30.1.1911

Hull Composition

Bottom elm, kelson & linings pitch pine, sides and gunwales oak

Maintenance

Date

Boiler

Type

Tubes

PSI

Cost

Cochrane

34 x 2¼’’ in horizontal rows

100 lbs

Maintenance

Date

Retubed

Retubed, new smoke box

Retubed at Fazeley Street (double joint on top funnel)

Extensive work on boiler

5.1899

4.1904

12.1907

7.1909

Engine

Nettlefolds

Maintenance

Date

Disc cracked, ring shrunk on

Low pressure cylinder bored at Haines – cost 15/-

10.1903

7.1909

Propeller Shaft

Maintenance

Date

New propeller and shaft

New propeller and shaft

New stern bush

Shaft 4’ 9¾’’

5.1899

4.1904

4.1904

11.1906

Steamer History

Date

Warren/TWM “Complaint re boats entering tunnel and delaying tug”

Millner letter re Maltese dog

TWM/FMC  “colliding with one of Griffith’s boats in Braunston tunnel”

Held in Buckby stoppage

During strike at Braunston (13.8.1923-17.11.1923), locked to other boats and keys thrown in canal to stop police moving boats

29.7.1907

19.12.1912

13.10.1914

28.5.1917

1923

Fate

Dismantled  9.1925. Hull sold to A J Wilkins to be cut up

Inspected Berkhamsted

Inspected Nottingham

No further record

Date

10.1926

14.9.1927

11.4.1928