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Name: FLYING SWALLOW
Launched: 07/04/1887
Completed: 06/1887
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 135
Dimensions: 132grt, 15nrt, 108.0 x 18.6 x 9.8ft
Engines: SL1cyl, (36 x 54ins), 80nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 93386
History:
30/06/1887 Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow
28/12/1904 JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
17/02/1905 John Stewart & Co, Glasgow (sale not concluded)
28/04/1905 Alexander Bell et al (t/a Kirkcaldy Towing Co), Kirkcaldy
05/05/1906 Registered at Kirkaldy; renamed FIFESHIRE
15/02/1917 Charles D Duncan & Sons Ltd, Middlesbrough
23/04/1919 Leith Salvage & Towing Co Ltd (George Black, manager); registered at Leith
04/1923 Broken up
Comments: Operated cruises up and down the Firth of Forth
Licensed to carry 209 x passengers below the Forth Bridge
and 480 x passengers above the Forth Bridge