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Name: LORD BANDON
Launched: 05/02/1878
Completed: 02/05/1878
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 69
Dimensions: 154grt, 30nrt, 122.2 x 19.7 x 10.3ft
Engines: 2 x L1cyl (30.5 x 54ins), 95nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76862
History:
05/02/1878 Robert Seaton et al (t/a Queenstown Towing Co), Queenstown; registered at Cork
26/03/1886 George J Kidston & James Cuthbert (Clyde Shipping Co), Glasgow
26/03/1886 Registered at Glasgow
24/09/1887 Renamed FLYING FALCON
28/02/1889 William Sandford, Gravesend; registered at London
27/02/1891 Thomas C Coggins, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
10/08/1891 Flying Falcon Tug Ltd (Thomas C Coggins, manager), Liverpool
05/1902 Unknown owner, France
No further history known
Comments: 05/1902: Reduced to a barge


Above: As FLYING FALCON in livery of TC Coggins. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid

Above photo as FLYING FALCON (Left) is copyright World Ship Society

Above phots as FLYING FALCON is courtesy of Carl Leckey