DUCHESS
DUCHESS
prior to leaving for Manchester
on the trial voyage for the Thorneycroft “gas motor”, January 1906
(BW192/3/2/2/12/1/394)
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Craft
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Fleet
No
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Built at
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Hull
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Cost
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Owner
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Launch Date
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DUCHESS
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None
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Fazeley Street
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Steel
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Fellows Morton & Co
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1889
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Pre FMC History
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Date
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Purchased from Fellows Morton & Co for £625
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3.7.1889 (1.1.1889)
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Steamer
Registrations
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Place
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PH Number
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Captain
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Date Inspected
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Date Registered
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Birmingham
(for FM & Co)
Birmingham
(for FMC)
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678
841
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Andrew Humphries
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2.3.1889
26.1.1893
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12.3.1889
16.2.1893
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Steamer
Gaugings
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Place
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Gauging Number
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Notes
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Date
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Port
of London
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9436
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Part of original bulk application.
Noted sold to
Humphreys.
Also “William Wood 1177”(?)
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14.9.1894
7.4.1900
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Hull Composition
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Mild steel
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Maintenance
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Date
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Boiler
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Type
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Tubes
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PSI
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Cost
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Maintenance
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Date
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Engine
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Maintenance
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Date
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Propeller
Shaft
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Maintenance
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Date
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Steamer
History
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Date
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Listed at Waterman’s Hall No 1396 (15 ton) as Steam
Carrying Tug
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20.5.1890
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Fate
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Sold to Harold and
Edgar Humphrey, Abingdon for £575 and reregistered Bhm
860
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Date
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16.6.1893
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