| Name: | FLYING SPRITE |
| Launched: | 01/12/1868 |
| Completed: | 02/02/1869 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 6 |
| Dimensions: | 105grt, 12nrt, 97.1 x 17.8 x 10.0ft |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (34 x 54ins), 65nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 60405 |
| History: | |
| 03/02/1869 | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (George J Kidston, manager); registered at Glasgow |
| 1881 | William McBean, James Sellers & Frank Ness (Frank Ness, manager), Scarborough |
| 27/12/1881 | Registered at Scarborough |
| 1885 | William McBean, WT Sellers & Frank Ness (Frank Ness, manager), Scarborough |
| 04/02/1892 | WT Sellers & Frank Ness, Scarborough |
| 20/04/1896 | WT Sellers, Frank Ness & Thomas Whitehead, Scarborough |
| 17/12/1898 | WT Sellers, John Ness et al, Scarborough |
| 31/07/1902 | Frederick W Paterson, Glasgow |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | Built as a sub-contract from JP Rennoldson |
| 1881: Allocated fishing registration number SH121 at Scarborough | |
| 1902: Was to be scrapped but converted into a dumb lighter instead |