| 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