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Name: FLYING WITCH
Launched: 17/09/1891
Completed: 10/1891
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 133
Dimensions: 142grt, 25nrt, 108.0 x 18.7 x 9.7ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp, 325ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 98675
History:
10/1891 Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow
01/1893 Company restyled as Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow
29/07/1920 Sank
Comments: 06/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for service in UK & overseas.
29/07/1920: Foundered in the Bay of Biscay whilst still under Admiralty control.
She was under tow by the SAINT BONIFACE, on her way back from the
eastern Mediterranean, to be returned to her owners.