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Name: FLYING SYLPH
Launched: 04/1869
Completed: 19/10/1869
Builder: JT Eltringham, South Shields
Yard Number: 7
Dimensions: 116grt, 15nrt, 108.2 x 18.0 x 9.2ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60451
History:
1869 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow
28/01/1882 George H Holt, Edwin Middleton et al, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough
02/08/1902 Frederick W Paterson, Glasgow
No further history known
Comments: Allocated fishing registration SH 91 at Scarborough
15/11/1895: Rescued two crewmen from an overturned coble off Scarborough
Third crewman (William Jennison) lost
1902: Was sold for demolition, but converted to a dumb lighter instead