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VANGUARD

VANGUARD, location uncertain but thought to be Buckby.

(J Yates)

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Craft

Fleet No

Built at

 

Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

VANGUARD

214

Saltley

Iron Composite

£600

FMC

7.1911

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

1243

William Griffiths

2.8.1911

29.9.1911

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

GJC

11895

 

21.6.1916

Hull Composition

 

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Boiler

Type

Tubes

PSI

Cost

 

Ruston Proctor & Co Ltd

48 x 1¾’’ out 4 stays each side and 2 bar stays. Tubes in vertical rows. Butt shell

140 lbs

 

 

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Engine

A H Beasley & Sons, Uxbridge. Weight 15cwt.3.14.  CSC 3½’’ x 7’’ x 8’’  Stroke. 200 rpm

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Propeller Shaft

 

Maintenance

Date

 

 

Steamer History

Date

Millner letter mention

FMC/TWM “report of irregularity of tunnel working” Capt Griffiths

?

 15.10.1912

Conversion to motor

At

Cost

Engine

Cost

Date

 Uxbridge

£305

15hp Bolinder Model BM

 

10.11.1926

Motor Registrations

Place

PH No

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

1550

Thos Hough

21.4.1934

25.5.1934

Motor Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

 

 

 

 

Maintenance

Docked Uxbridge

Docked Saltley

Docked Uxbridge

Docked Uxbridge

3.1936

3.1939

7.1943

9.1946

Motor History

Date

 

 

Fate

To Docks and Inland Waterways Executive, South Eastern Division effective from

Date

1.1.1949

 

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