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