Name: | FLYING SQUIRREL |
Launched: | 05/04/1886 |
Completed: | 06/1886 |
Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 130 |
Dimensions: | 131grt, 14nrt, 108.5 x 18.5 x 9.7ft |
Engines: | SL1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 93269 |
History: | |
04/06/1886 | Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow |
04/10/1895 | James Waterson; registered at Belfast; renamed STORM LIGHT |
23/11/1898 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/11/1898: Wrecked at Carlton Dog Rocks, 6 miles south of Girvan, Ayrshire |
Captain George McGugan and crew rescued | |
Wreck subsequently sank |