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