Name: | FLYING OWL |
Launched: | 20/09/1883 |
Completed: | 12/1883 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 111 |
Dimensions: | 144grt, 23nrt, 108.7 x 18.6 x 9.7ft; (1914: 129grt, 50nrt) |
Engines: | L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87729 |
History: | |
14/12/1883 | Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow |
03/02/1892 | Forth Towing Co Ltd; registered at Grangemouth; renamed FORTH |
15/10/1895 | Owners restyled Grangemouth & Forth Towing Co Ltd |
01/03/1926 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/10/1887: Collided with & sank the Greenock tug WALKER off Little Cumbrae. |
There was hull damage to the FLYING OWL which was subsequently repaired. | |
01/08/1914 to 24/03/1919 on Admiralty service on the Firth of Forth | |
01/03/1926: Sold to P McLeod at Alloa for breaking up |