| Name: | FLYING CHILDERS |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1864 |
| Builder: | Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 84grt, 29nrt, 88.4 x 17.9 x 9.2ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (33.5 x 48ins), 40nhp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 50351 |
| History: | |
| 1864 | Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
| 1872 | James P Rennoldson, South Shields |
| 1873 | John Robinson, Middlesbrough |
| 1874 | Thomas Shores, Grimsby |
| 1875 | John Manton, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby |
| 1885 | John Anderson & Robert Chater, North Shields; registered at North Shields |
| 1890 | Edmund Alfred Durrant, Great Yarmouth |
| 1896 | Taken over by creditors: Lovewell Blake & William Harrison, Great Yarmouth |
| 1896 | Joseph Guy, Hull |
| 1898 | William H Sharp, Grimsby |
| 1898 | Charles Skipper, King's Lynn |
| 1899 | Flying Childers Steam Tug Co (Charles Skipper, manager); registered at Lynn |
| 1900 | John L Richardson, Hull |
| 1901 | Robert Ford, Hull |
| 1902 | Wilfred Doughty, Hull |
| 1902 | Flying Childers Steam Tug Co, Hull (Samuel Harrison, manager) |
| 1905 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1872: Sold to JP Rennoldson in part exchange for FLYING TEMPEST |
| 1905: Broken up by MT MacMillan |
FLYING CHILDERS towing fishing vessels out to sea. Photo: World Ship Society