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. |