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Name: FLYING SPEAR
Launched: 1883
Completed: 02/1883
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 104
Dimensions: 111grt, 5nrt, 100.3 x 18.1 x 9.4ft; (1890: 123grt, 14nrt)
Engines: SL1cyl (34 x 54ins), 70nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86741
History:
20/02/1883 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
10/1892 Alexander McKinnon (t/a City of Glasgow Towing Co); renamed MONARCH
22/10/1910 Transferred to John McKinnon, Greenock & Thomas C Wilson, Glasgow
10/06/1912 Grangemouth & Forth Towing Co Ltd; registered at Grangemouth
31/01/1920 William JH Dickson, Aberdeen
1921 Registered at Aberdeen
1928 Broken up
Comments: 12/01/1899: Sank following a collision with DAVAAR near the Cardross Light
03/02/1899: Raised and taken to the Garvel Graving Dock at Greenock for repairs
22/10/1910: Transfer due to the death of A McKinnon
30/07/1914 to 25/10/1919: Hired by the Admiralty
03/1928: Sold to Metal Industries Ltd for demolition. Cost £270
16/04/1928: Arrived at Charlestown, Fife
21/04/1928: Breaking up commenced