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Name: FLYING HURRICANE
Launched:
Completed: 1874
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 34
Dimensions: 121grt, 18nrt, 109.0 x 18.1 x 8.5ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 60nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 68089
History:
17/04/1874 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow
14/02/1879 Wrecked
Comments: 25/04/1874: Towed the DUKE OF ARGYLL of Glasgow.(809grt/1873) to Dublin
after she had collided with VOLTAIC of Belfast (574grt/1867) at the entrance
to Belfast Lough in heavy fog.
14/02/1879: Driven ashore on Tory island NW Ireland in gale force winds while
towing the disabled AUGUSTA of Bristol (269grt/1857) from Sligo to
Glasgow for repairs.
Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news items