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 |