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