| Name: | FLYING TEMPEST |
| Launched: | 27/03/1873 |
| Completed: | 21/06/1873 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 28 |
| Dimensions: | 107grt, 6nrt, 107.4 x 17.6 x 9.1ft |
| Engines: | L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 60nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68034 |
| History: | |
| 21/06/1873 | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow |
| 19/02/1881 | David B Sharp, Sunderland; renamed ROYAL DUKE |
| 04/03/1881 | Registered at North Shields |
| 08/02/1895 | John Heads, North Shields |
| 05/03/1895 | Coulson Douglas, Sunderland |
| 26/05/1897 | John Murray, South Shields |
| 1904 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/03/1881: Allocated fishing registration number SN1290 at North Shields |
| 1884: Towed London schooner FERN to safety after she was in difficulties | |
| in a severe southerly on the north side of Wick Bay | |
| 03/03/1885: Had her catch dumped by angry line & drift net fishermen | |
| in Wick for fishing on a Sunday | |
| 31/03/1887: Rescued crew of TOILER (A50) which foundered 8 miles | |
| offshore from Clyth Ness Wick | |
| 21/12/1894: Port boiler exploded while lying in the Tyne scalding the | |
| Skippers legs and tearing up the deck | |
| Thanks to Andrew Hall for the above news items |
Above painting of ROYAL DUKE is copyright of Sunderland Museum, courtesy of David Asprey
1896 painting by John Fannen, Sunderland (1847-1904)
Above photo, showing a group of paddle trawlers at Sunderland, is courtesy of Anthony Renton
Above, a more detailed image of the vessel on the right which may be ROYAL DUKE