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Name: FLYING SCOUT
Launched: 06/09/1902
Completed: 1902
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 219
Dimensions: 168grt, 3nrt, 106.0 x 22.0 x 9.3ft
Engines: CI2cyl (20 & 42 x 27ins), 98nhp, 750ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115720
History:
1902 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow
14/05/1908 James Fenwick, Glasgow; renamed BELMORE
24/06/1908 Registered at Sydney
18/06/1908 Sank
Comments: 30/05/1908: Left Glasgow on delivery voyage with 10 crew
11/06/1908: Arrived Malta
16/06/1908: Arrived at Port Said, for bunkers
18/06/1908: Lost in heavy weather off Ras Gharib in the Gulf of Suez, only two crewmen survived. Possible cause too much coal stored on deck, reducing stability.
30/07/1908: Registry closed
Above details kindly provided by Buster J Browne


Above photo courtesy of Buster J Browne is reputedly BELMORE leaving Glasgow