Name: | FLYING HUNTRESS |
Launched: | 1878 |
Completed: | 07/1878 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 71 |
Dimensions: | 182grt, 40nrt, 122.5 x 20.2 x 10.6ft; (1881: 164grt, 12nrt); |
(1891: 177grt, 40nrt); (1903: 182grt, 3nrt) | |
Engines: | SL1cyl (41 x 60ins); 60nhp |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 78628 |
History: | |
1878 | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow |
28/03/1900 | Duncan McKellar (t/a Greenock Towing Co) Greenock |
28/03/1900 | Registered at Greenock; renamed POWERFUL |
03/07/1917 | Brito-Franco Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle (A Tate & Co, managers) |
11/06/1918 | David L Griffiths, Liverpool |
04/10/1920 | Tees Towing Co Ltd, Middlesbrough (Robinson & Crosthwaite Ltd, managers) |
1921 | Registered at Middlesbrough |
24/07/1923 | Broken up |
Comments: | Built as a sub-contract from JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
18/11/1897: Damaged in a collision with STATE OF NEBRASKA (3986grt/1880) at Greenock | |
1903: New boiler fitted. | |
04/10/1920: Cost £1150 | |
24/07/1923: Sold for breaking up for £180 | |
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |