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Name: FLYING SPINDRIFT
Launched: 17/01/1893
Completed: 02/1893
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 146grt, 24nrt, 108.0 x 18.6 x 9.8ft
Engines: SL1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp, 325ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 99882
History:
02/1893 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd; registered at Glasgow
04/03/1925 Broken up
Comments: 1893: Cost £4650
09/10/1899: Damaged in a collision with KILDONAN (1898, 2118grt)
04/03/1925: Broken up by Smith & Houston Ltd at Port Glasgow


Above photo courtesy of Robert Sinclair



Above photo courtesy of Robert Sinclair