| Name: | FLYING CLOUD |
| Launched: | 1871 |
| Completed: | 04/1871 |
| Builder: | T Hepple & Son, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 104grt, 22nrt, 96.5 x 18.1 x 9.2ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (34.75 x 54ins), 40nhp; (1893: 75nhp) |
| Engines By: | T Hepple & Son |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65120 |
| History: | |
| 04/1871 | William Gwynn; registered at Cardiff |
| 02/1872 | Rosser Rosser, Swansea |
| 07/1881 | Richardson Bros, Swansea |
| 03/1885 | William P Ching, Swansea |
| 07/1888 | Mrs Elizabeth J Ching (P Rousey, manager), Swansea |
| 1889 | L Ching, Swansea |
| 1890 | JM Thomas et al, Swansea |
| 12/03/1891 | James G Bridges, Leith |
| 31/03/1892 | James G Bridges et al, Leith |
| 19/04/1898 | William J Slimon et al, Leith |
| 07/02/1905 | Archibald MacKinnon et al, Leith |
| 15/10/1906 | George Godfrey, Liverpool |
| 21/08/1918 | James Foster & Joseph Hall, Ashton-on-Ribble; registered at Preston; renamed RUFFORD |
| 21/08/1918 | George R Nicholson, Liverpool |
| 05/06/1920 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1870: Ordered by GJ Kidston (Clyde Shipping Co), Glasgow |
| 1871: Sold to William Gwynn, Cardiff | |
| 15/10/1906: Hulked | |
| 21/08/1918: Converted to a dumb barge | |
| 05/06/1920: Sank in the River Mersey |