SPEEDWELL
SPEEDWELL at Braunston during the
boatmen’s strike in 1923. (BW192/3/1/28/5)
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Craft
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Fleet No
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Built at |
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Cost |
Owner |
Launch Date |
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SPEEDWELL (a) |
2 |
nk |
Wood |
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John Smedley |
c 1.1884 |
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Pre FMC History
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Date |
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John Smedley, Bought by William Clayton, Bought by FMC |
c 1.1884 c 1888 3.7.1889 (1.1.1889) |
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Steamer Registrations
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Place |
PH Number |
Captain |
Date Inspected |
Date Registered |
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423 648 |
Eli Bradley Geo Davies |
4.1.1884 30.4.1888 |
15.1.1884 8.5.1888 |
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Steamer Gaugings
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Gauging Number |
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Date |
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Boiler
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Cochranes |
34 x 2¼x |
100 lbs |
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Engine
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Nettlefolds |
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Propeller Shaft
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Steamer History
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Date |
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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 |
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Fate
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Rebuilt by FMC at Saltley Dock |
Date |
3.1894 |
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Craft
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Fleet No
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ReBuilt at |
New |
Cost |
Owner |
Launch Date |
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SPEEDWELL (b) |
2 |
Saltley Dock |
Wood |
£500 |
FMC |
3.1894 |
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Steamer Registrations
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Place |
PH Number |
Captain |
Date Inspected |
Date Registered |
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892 |
George Jones |
24.3.1894 |
20.4.1894 |
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Steamer Gaugings
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Place |
Gauging Number |
Notes |
Date |
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GJC |
9443 11676 |
12t 4cwt |
14.9.1894 30.1.1911 |
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Bottom
elm, kelson & linings pitch pine, sides and gunwales oak
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Maintenance
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Date
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Boiler
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Type |
Tubes |
PSI |
Cost |
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Cochrane |
34 x 2¼’’ in horizontal rows |
100 lbs |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Retubed Retubed, new smoke box Retubed at Extensive work on boiler |
5.1899 4.1904 12.1907 7.1909 |
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Engine
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Nettlefolds |
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Maintenance |
Date |
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Disc cracked, ring shrunk on Low pressure cylinder bored at Haines – cost 15/- |
10.1903 7.1909 |
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Propeller Shaft
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Maintenance |
Date |
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New propeller and shaft New propeller and shaft New stern bush Shaft 4’ 9¾’’ |
5.1899 4.1904 4.1904 11.1906 |
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Steamer History
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Date |
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Warren/TWM “Complaint re boats entering tunnel and delaying tug” Millner letter re Maltese dog TWM/FMC “colliding
with one of 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 |
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Fate
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Dismantled
9.1925. Inspected Berkhamsted Inspected No further record |
Date |
10.1926 14.9.1927 11.4.1928 |
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