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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