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Flying Spray GW 172
Built | 1876 Softley Brothers, North Shields (Iron) |
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Owner at New | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow (George J. Kidston manager) |
ID no | 73849 |
Launch Date | 1876 |
Completed | 1876 |
Gross Tons | 88 |
Nett Tons | 26 |
Engine | 50 hp Side Lever L.1-cyl by R. J. Marshall, North Shields |
Length | 85.2ft |
Breadth | 17.1ft |
Depth | 9.3ft |
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Owners | |
1876 | Registered at Glasgow |
17.03.1878 | River pilot (Lomond aged 47) drawn into paddle box by a piece of rope and sliced in two in the Victoria harbour, Greenock. |
1883 | Owned by W. Donaldson, North Shields |
02.02.1886 | Ran aground entering Berwick harbour causing the vessel to make water, beached for repairs. |
1892 | Owned by Matthew Cockburn, North Shields |
07.1892 | Glasgow registry closed. |
09.07.1892 | Registered at North Shields SN 142 |
21.09.1893 | Ran into by S.S. "Beckton" (857g/1869) from London causing considerable damage |
1895 | North Shields registry closed. |
1895 | Registered at Glasgow GW 172 |
1897 | Owned by Joseph Scott, John Ness & George Harrison, Scarborough (£1200). |
1897 | Glasgow registry closed. |
10.05.1897 | Registered at Scarborough SH 259 |
1904 | Owned by William Nettleton, Hull converted to a barge |
29.04.1904 | Scarborough registry closed. |
1904 | Registered at Hull. |
1923 | Owned by Robert Berry, Hull |
1923 | Renamed "HOPA" |
1938 | Humber Lighterage & Trading Co Ltd, Hull |
1950 | Converted to storage barge. |