| Name: | FLYING FISH |
| Launched: | 07/11/1885 |
| Completed: | 13/03/1886 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 129 |
| Dimensions: | 177grt, 40nrt, 122.0 x 20.4 x 10.7ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (41 x 60ins), 98nhp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 93248 |
| History: | |
| 13/03/1886 | Clyde Shipping Co; registered at Glasgow |
| 06/11/1919 | Neptune Marine Salvage Co Ltd (J Johnson, manager), Glasgow & Larne |
| 11/04/1922 | William Cubbin Ltd (Claude Roscorla, manager), Liverpool |
| 05/1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 01/11/1892: Damaged in collision with BELLEROPHON (1880, 2,148grt) in the River Mersey. |
| 16/03/1894: Captain James Tobin accidentally shot and killed a crewman James Murphy (fireman) while shooting seabirds from the small boat off Cork head. The Captain immediately returned to Queenstown and surrendered himself to the police. | |
| 20/03/1894: Queenstown magistrates discharged Captain James Tobin, describing the incident as purely accidental. | |
| FLYING FISH was affectionally nicknamed ‘Galloping Goose’ by the people of Queenstown. | |
| 07/12/1914 to 08/06/1915 Occasionally hired by the Admiralty as a dockyard tug. | |
| 07/05/1915: Captain Thomas Brierley rescued 240 survivors from the RMS LUSITANIA after she was torpedoed by U-Boat U20 (Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger). | |
| 20/06/1915: Hired by the Admiralty for eastern Mediterranean service. | |
| 1918: Converted into an experimental minelayer, capable of laying 8 mines. However the work was not completed. | |
| 27/10/1919: Returned to owners. | |
| 06/11/1919: Proposed to rename UNICORN, but not carried out. | |
| Change of name listed in Lloyds Register but not in official documents at PublicRecords Office. |