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Name: FLYING DUTCHMAN
Launched: 13/07/1880
Completed: 30/08/1880
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 86
Dimensions: 125grt, 16nrt, 100.0 x 18.1 x 9.4ft
Engines: SL1cyl (34 x 54ins), 70nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82332
History:
1880 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow
03/02//1892 Forth Towing Co Ltd; registered at Grangemouth; renamed GRANGE
15/10/1895 Owners re-styled Grangemouth & Forth Towing Co Ltd, Grangemouth
12/03/1913 Victor A Cappon; registered at Dundee
01/1929 Broken up
Comments: 1901: Grounded on Inchcolm, Firth of Forth. Subsequently refloated.
1914: Requisitioned by the War Dept, renamed AS 37
31/01/1915: Requisitioned by Admiralty for Harbour & Dockyard services
24/03/1919: Returned to Owners
01/1929: Sold for breaking up by Thomas W Ward Ltd at Inverkeithing.