Name: | FLYING IRISHMAN |
Launched: | 16/01/1885 |
Completed: | 05/1886 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 121 |
Dimensions: | 162grt, 19nrt, 116.0 x 19.6 x 10.3ft; (1912: 151grt, 116nrt) |
Engines: | SL1cyl (38 x 56ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 93256 |
History: | |
12/05/1886 | Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow |
08/02/1905 | James McCausland, Portaferry, Ireland |
1908 | Workman, Clark & Co Ltd; registered at Belfast; renamed ULSTERMAN |
16/04/1912 | James McCausland, Portaferry, Ireland |
18/07/1915 | Susan, David & John McCausland, Belfast, Ireland |
13/10/1915 | Harford H Montgomery, Belfast |
1916 | British Marine Salvage Co (John McCausland, manager), Belfast |
01/08/1917 | Rudolph D Braille, Cardiff |
12/02/1919 | The Standard Lighterage Co (J Forster, manager); registered at Liverpool |
03/01/1930 | The Ulsterman Barge Co Ltd (The Standard Lighterage Co, managers), Liverpool |
1936 | William Kendall appointed manager |
1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | Launched without name, presumably a speculative build |
16/04/1912: Converted to a sailing barge | |
11/1949: Breaking up completed |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship