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Name: FLYING SPORTSMAN
Launched: 1882
Completed: 11/1882
Builder: Joseph T Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 101
Dimensions: 152grt, 59nrt, 116.0 x 19.6 x 10.4ft
Engines: SL1cyl (41 x 60ins), 98nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 86703
History:
15/11/1882 Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow
26/11/1919 Neptune Marine Salvage Co Ltd, Glasgow (J Johnston, manager); renamed UNIBELLE
1926 Broken up
Comments: 1881: Stationed at Queenstown, Co Cork, Ireland
12/12/1913: Salvaged the barque HAVERFORD (1895, 679grt) & awarded £1,200
30/07/1914 to 12/10/1915: Employed on Admiralty services
04/02/1917 to 30/03/1919: Employed on Admiralty services
1926: Broken up at Glasgow


Above photo as FLYING SPORTSMAN is copyright of GE Langmuir