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Name: FLYING MIST
Launched: 1864
Completed: 07/1864
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 95grt, 28nrt, 90.0 x 17.8 x 9.2ft
Engines: SL1cyl (36 x 48ins), 65nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 48946
History:
22/07/1864 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow
08/1879 JP Rennoldson, South Shields
19/08/1879 John Wilkinson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
1888 Samuel & Swinton Stoddart, Sunderland
22/04/1897 Swinton, William & John Stoddart, Sunderland
06/02/1898 William & John Stoddart, Sunderland
13/04/1899 Thomas Cook, Sunderland
04/03/1907 George Godfrey, Liverpool
1908 Broken up.
Comments: 19/07/1867: Sank in the Clyde. Raised the next day & repaired
08/1879: Purchased as a part exchange for the new FLYING SCOTSMAN
13/01/1880: Ran ashore near Marsden, Co Durham, in thick fog
Later refloated but with considerable damage
23/04/1881: In collision with Scarborough coble JANE & ANN
29/04/1881: Ordered by a Scarborough court to pay £65 damages to the owners of the JANE & ANN in way of compensation.
04/03/1907: Converted to a barge
Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news items


Above photo is thought to be this FLYING MIST