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Name: FLYING SCUD
Launched: 21/06/1866
Completed: 1866
Builder: JP Rennoldson, North Shields
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 100grt, 30nrt, 98.5 x 18.8 x 9.4ft
Engines: L1cyl (34 x 54ins), 80nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 53404
History:
1866 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
22/05/1873 John M Hewitt, Liverpool
06/09/1878 Thomas Gray et al, Hull
1888 Owners restyled as Thomas Gray & Co Ltd, Hull
07/10/1895 Sank
Comments: 07/10/1895: Collided with the trawler SLEDMERE & sank in the River Humber
Declared a total loss