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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