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BARON
BARON above Lock 9 at maltings below Bridge 13 at Buckby, c 1910
(BW192/3/2/2/12/1/16)
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Craft |
Fleet No |
Built
at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch
Date |
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BARON |
64 |
Saltley Dock |
Iron Composite |
£560 |
FMC |
11.1898 |
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Steamer
Registrations |
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Place |
PH
Number |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered |
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1015 |
George Crockett |
29.11.1898 |
23.12.1898 |
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Steamer Gaugings |
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Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
PoL GJC |
9984 11803 |
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18.11.1898 27.4.1911 | |||||||||||||||
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Bottom
elm, kelson pitch pine, sides
iron | |||||||||||||||||
Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
New iron
cabin sides (double joint on bottom funnel) |
10.1908 | |||||||||||||||||
Boiler | ||||||||||||||||||
Supplier |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Fletcher |
2¼’’ |
110 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
Retubed Retubed Retubed and new mattress (U.A. Co) |
6. 1901 4.1906 10.1908 | |||||||||||||||||
Engine |
Nettlefolds | |||||||||||||||||
Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
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Propeller Shaft |
8’ 2½’’ (7’ 2’’ – 10½’’ – 2’’) | |||||||||||||||||
Maintenance |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
New shaft New shaft New shaft New shaft (bent). BARONESS’ propeller put on to save time in place of the No 3 type large boss; latter put on BARONESS |
6.1901 7.1903 4.1906 1.1908 | |||||||||||||||||
Steamer
History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
Danks/TWM “tunnel flag transgression” Milner Letter “with Butty BILSTON” |
23.7.1907 5.11.1908 | |||||||||||||||||
Conversion to motor (note: “old boiler and
engine were both in good order”) | ||||||||||||||||||
At |
Cost |
Engine |
Cost |
Date | ||||||||||||||
Saltley Dock |
£244 |
15hp Bolinder Model E (Pollock 839) |
£157.3.6 |
11.3.1915 (comp) | ||||||||||||||
Motor RegistrationsI | ||||||||||||||||||
Place |
PH
No |
Captain |
Date
Inspected |
Date
Registered | ||||||||||||||
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Note 337 |
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15.8.1934 |
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Motor Gaugings | ||||||||||||||||||
Place |
Gauging
Number |
Notes |
Date | |||||||||||||||
BCN GJC GJC GJC |
22372 12008 12008 12008 |
Deduct 10 cwt Add 9 cwt |
31.8.1915 27.8.1917 27.5.1931 19.3.1938 | |||||||||||||||
Maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||
Engine converted to15hp Model BM at Uxbridge (Uxbridge Yardbook says 11.1933) Docked Uxbridge Docked Saltley Docked Saltley Docked Saltley |
12.1933 10.1936 12.1939 12.1942 2.1946 | |||||||||||||||||
Motor
History |
Date | |||||||||||||||||
BM15 engine taken out at Saltley prior to sale. Put in CRANE |
4.1947 | |||||||||||||||||
Fate |
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Date
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3.1947 | |||||||||||||||