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Name: DIAMOND
Launched: 05/11/1866
Completed: 12/02/1867
Builder: Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Yard Number: 158
Dimensions: 61grt, 14nrt, 80.5 x 15.2 x 7.8ft
Engines: 1cyl (29 x 44ins), 30nhp
Engines By: Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 55444
History:
12/02/1867 River Towing Co (Hendry & Co), Greenock
1867 Unknown owner, New York; renamed FLYING CLOUD
27/12/1868 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd; registered at Glasgow
1877 JP Rennoldson, South Shields
26/01/1878 W Barber & Stephenson Chisholm; registered at North Shields
20/10/1879 Hugh S Campbell, North Shields
25/10/1880 Alexander Laing, Leith
15/10/1888 OT Olsen, Norway
No later history known
Comments: 18/041868 In collision with excursion steamer LADY BRISBANE, both sunk.
Subsequently both vessels raised, repaired and returned to service.
1877: Sold to JP Rennoldson in part exchange for FLYING EAGLE


Above photo as FLYING CLOUD is courtesy of Paul Mottram