Name: | FLYING SCOTSMAN |
Launched: | 13/09/1886 |
Completed: | 11/1886 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 133 |
Dimensions: | 131grt, 14nrt, 108.0 x 18.6 x 9.9ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 93334 |
History: | |
18/12/1886 | Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow |
03/02/1897 | City of Glasgow Towing Co, Glasgow & Greenock (Alexander McKinnon, manager) |
03/02/1897 | Renamed CHAMPION |
28/10/1910 | John McKinnon, Greenock & Thomas C Wilson, Glasgow |
10/06/1912 | Gragemouth & Forth Towing Co Ltd; registered Grangemouth |
06/07/1916 | Renamed RUNNER |
03/1927 | Broken up |
Comments: | 03/02/1897: She was bought as a replacement for CHAMPION ex FLYING JAVELIN (1882) |
28/10/1910: Ownership transferred on the death of Alexander McKinnon | |
13/07/1914 to 27/10/1919: On Admiralty service on the Firth of Forth | |
03/1927: Broken up by P McLoed at Alloa |