As a Tug in Leith
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Captain Walter Lyle Hume, Isle of Wight
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As a Tug in Leith |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Captain Walter Lyle Hume, Isle of Wight |
Flying Fish LH 99
| Built | 1882 J. T. Eltringham & Co Ltd, South Shields (Iron) |
| Yard No | 100 |
| Owner at New | Joseph Siddell, Sunderland (owner/manager) |
| ID no | 85014 |
| Launch Date | 03.06.1882 |
| Completed | 1882 |
| Gross Tons | 152 |
| Nett Tons | 59 |
| Engine | 75 hp Side Lever L.2-cyl by J.P. Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
| Length | 116ft |
| Breadth | 19.6ft |
| Depth | 10.3ft |
| Owners | |
| Undated | Converted to trawler. |
| Undated | Registered at Sunderland SD 286. |
| 18.03.1884 | Ran aground in Berwick Harbour later refloated. |
| 26.11.1885 | Struck South Carr Rock steamed to Granton for repairs. |
| 1887 | Owned by Fairley Downs, Sunderland (owner/manager). |
| 06.02.1892 | Arrived in Aberdeen disabled. |
| 07.1894 | While fishing 18 miles SE from Montrose caught a fish with a metal tag attached (bearing the No20). This fish had just recently been marked by the Fishery Board for scientific purposes. |
| 1894 | Owned by Stephenson Chisholm & W. H. Dodds, Aberdeen (Stephenson Chisholm manager). |
| 10.06.1897 | Became disabled when the starboard paddle wheel gave way while fishing 40 miles south of Aberdeen. Towed into Aberdeen by S.T. "Marion" DE 14. |
| 02.07.1897 | Despatched to the assistance of the steam liner "Azalea" GY 199 (165g/1889) which had ran ashore on the island of Stoma in the Pentland Firth. |
| 23.08.1898 | Collided with the S.T. "Strathdon"A.660 approximately 25 miles east of Aberdeen, Causing considerable damage, which cut away around ten feet of the fore end. |
| 24.08.1898 | Arrived in Aberdeen in tow of S.T "Strathdon" A 660, both vessels were beached for repairs. |
| 1900 | Owned by Thomas L. Devlin, Granton Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
| 1900 | Sunderland registry closed. |
| 1900 | Registered at Leith LH 99. |
| 10.10.1906 | Owned by John S. Wilson, Bo' ness West Lothian (owner/manager) |
| 10.1906 | Leith registry closed. |
| 10.1906 | Registered at Bo' ness. |
| 1907 | Re - engined 76hp L.2-cyl by Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields, new boiler fitted and reverted to tug. |
| 1914 | Requisitioned as Dockyard Tug |
| 1918 | Converted to minelayer but not completed. |
| 30.09.1919 | Owned by Leith Salvage & Towing Co Ltd, Leith Edinburgh (C. Black manager). |
| 09.1919 | Bo' ness registry closed. |
| 1920 | J. Little & Co Ltd appointed managers. |
| 09.1909 | Registered at Leith. |
| 1920 | Returned to Owners |
| 1947 | Owned by Charles Duncan & Sons Ltd, Middlesbrough Owners |
| 1947 | Leith registry closed. |
| 1947 | Registered at Middlesbrough. |
| 1950 | Sold as scrap. |
| 01.1951 | Scrapped by J. J. King & Co Ltd at Gateshead. |
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Note: -
Ordered
for Clyde Shipping Co Glasgow but sold before launch |
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