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Name: FLYING FISH
Launched: 03/06/1882
Completed: 08/1882
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 100
Dimensions: 152grt, 59nrt, 116.0 x 19.6 x 10.3ft
Engines: SL1cyl (38 x 56ins), 75nhp; (1907: 2 x SL1cl (30 x 54ins), 76nhp)
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields; (1907: Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields)
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 85014
History:
21/08/1882 Joseph Siddell et al; registered at Sunderland
09/1886 Fairley Downs, Sunderland
03/1894 Stephenson Chisholm & WH Dodds, Aberdeen
06/09/1900 Thomas Devlin, Newhaven, Edinburgh; registered at Leith
24/09/1906 John S Wilson, Bo'ness; registered at Bo'ness
03/02/1919 Executors of John S Wilson, Bo'ness
30/09/1919 Leith Salvage & Towage Co Ltd (C Black, manager); registered at Leith
31/01/1947 Charles Duncan & Sons Ltd, Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough
01/1950 Broken up
Comments: Ordered for Clyde Shipping Co but sold before launch
1887: Allocated fishing registration number SD286 at Sunderland
10/06/1897: Disabled when the starboard paddle wheel gave way while
fishing 40 miles south of Aberdeen. Towed into Aberdeen by MARION (DE14)
02/07/1897: Despatched to the assistance of AZALEA (GY199), which had
run ashore on the island of Stoma in the Pentland Firth
1900: Allocated fishing registration number LH99 at Leith
1907: Re-engined by Hepple & Co at South Shields
12/1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty as a Dockyard Tug
22/09/1918: Converted to minelayer but found to be unsuitable
1918: Reverted to being a Dockyard Tug
20/02/1919: Returned to owners
1950: Sold to JJ King & Co for breaking up at Gateshead
01/1951: Broken up
Thanks to Andy Hall & Bill Harvey for the above details


Above photo is courtesy of Christine Simm

Above photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid

Above photo is courtesy of Eddie Frost