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Name: FLYING JAVELIN
Launched: 1882
Completed: 07/1882
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 99
Dimensions: 132grt, 19nrt, 108.4 x 18.6 x 9.7ft; (1891: 146grt, 26nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86667
History:
22/07/1882 Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow
03/05/1887 Alexander & William McKinnon, Greenock (t/a City of Glasgow Towing Co)
09/05/1887 Renamed CHAMPION
12/12/1896 Sank
Comments: 12/12/1896: Sank following a collision in thick fog with CALEDONIA,
2 miles south of Dunoon, all six crewmen rescued.
At the subsequent inquiry Captain Bell of the CALEDONIA was found
to be at fault and had his certificate suspended for three months