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BARON above Lock 9 at maltings below Bridge 13 at Buckby, c 1910

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Craft

Fleet No

Built at

Hull

Cost

Owner

Launch Date

BARON

64

Saltley Dock

Iron Composite

£560

FMC

11.1898

Steamer Registrations

Place

PH Number

Captain

Date Inspected

Date Registered

Birmingham

1015

George Crockett

29.11.1898

23.12.1898

Steamer Gaugings

Place

Gauging Number

Notes

Date

PoL

GJC

9984

11803

 

18.11.1898

27.4.1911

Hull Composition

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

 

Fletcher

2¼’’

110 lbs

 

 

Maintenance

Date

Retubed

Retubed

Retubed and new mattress (U.A. Co)

6. 1901

4.1906

10.1908

Engine

Nettlefolds

Maintenance

Date

 

 

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

Birmingham CIJ   (Fly as Ord)

Note 337

 

15.8.1934

 

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

Hull sold to J Holloway, Oldbury

Date

 

3.1947

 

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