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Name: FLYING CHILDERS
Launched: 14/04/1856
Completed: 06/1856
Builder: Stephenson Chisholm, Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 102grt, 64nrt, 94.2 x 18.5 x 10.5ft
Engines: SL1cyl, 48hp
Engines By: Hepple & Landells, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15261
History:
06/1856 Stephenson Chisholm et al, North Shields
15/11/1856 JN Kidston et al, Glasgow
1858 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
31/03/1862 Sank
Comments: 31/03/1862: Sank after a collision off Weymss Bay


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 16/08/1856