Name: | FLYING FOX |
Launched: | 14/03/1885 |
Completed: | 05/1885 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 126 |
Dimensions: | 174grt, 42nrt, 122.5 x 20.3 x 10.9ft; (1900: 185grt, 52nrt); (1914: 185grt, 73nrt) |
Engines: | SL1cyl (41 x 60ins), 98nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 90041 |
History: | |
26/05/1885 | Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
24/04/1919 | Moville Steamship Co Ltd (Daniel O'Donnell, manager), Moville, Co Donegal |
08/1919 | Renamed CRAGBUE; registered at Londonderry |
1927 | Anchor Line Ltd, Glasgow |
10/1929 | Broken up |
Comments: | 27/12/1893: Towed the disabled ENSKAR (1890, 3093grt) from Old Head of Kinsale |
into Queenstown Ireland for repairs | |
27/09/1900: Collided with the PENZANCE (1879, 1456grt) off Queenstown during thick fog, both vessels damaged | |
30/07/1914 to 04/02/1917 Requisitioned by the Admiralty for Harbour/Dockyard services | |
14/12/1917 to 04/06/1919 Requisitioned by the Admiralty for Harbour/Dockyard services | |
11/06/1918 to 04/06/1919 Renamed FLYING FOX II | |
01/1920: Returned to owners | |
1927: Sold by the liquidators to Anchor Line Ltd | |
10/1929: Broken up at Holywell, North Wales |
Above photo of FLYING FOX is copyright of the Capuchin Archive at Cobh