In Berwick upon Tweed circa 1900
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Flying Cloud LH
| Built | 1872 Thomas Hepple & Son Ltd, Low Walker Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Yard No | 272 |
| Owner at New | Clyde Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow (George J. Kidston manager) |
| ID no | 65120 |
| Launch Date | 1871 |
| Completed | 04.1871 |
| Gross Tons | 104 |
| Nett Tons | 22 |
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| Engine | 40 hp Side Lever L.2-cyl by Thomas Hepple & Son Ltd, Low Walker Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Length | 96.5ft |
| Breadth | 18.1ft |
| Depth | 9.2ft |
| Owners | |
| 1871 | Registered at Cardiff. |
| 04.1871 | Owned by William Gwynn, Cardiff. |
| 02.1872 | Owned by Rosser Rosser, Swansea. |
| 1881 | Owned by Richardson Brothers, Swansea. |
| 07.1881 | Registered at Swansea. |
| Undated | Converted to trawler. |
| 03.1885 | Owned by W. P. Ching, Swansea. |
| 07.1888 | Owned by Mrs E. J. Ching & P. Rousey, Swansea (E. J. Ching manager). |
| 1889 | Owned by L. Ching, Swansea. |
| 1890 | Owned by J. M. Thomas & Others, Swansea. |
| 12.03.1891 | Owned by James Gourlay Bridges, Leith Edinburgh (owner/manager). |
| 1891 | Swansea registry closed. |
| 1891 | Registered at Leith. |
| 13.03.1892 | Owned by James Gourlay Bridges & Others, Leith Edinburgh. |
| 17.03.1892 | Rescued Captain John Junner, sole survivor from the schooner "Conquest" (59n/1868) of Stornoway enroute Montrose to Newcastle after, she had foundered in the Firth of Forth while seeking shelter from a storm. Three othe crewmen were lost, Captain Junner was landed at Leith. |
| 19.04.1898 | Owned by William J. Slimon & Others, Leith Edinburgh. |
| 1898 | Owned by Archibald MacKinnon & Others, Leith Edinburgh. |
| 10.01.1900 | Towed 100 miles into Aberdeen with a broken mainshaft by S.T. "Elbe" H 358. |
| 1900 | Reverted to tug. |
| 10.1906 | Owned by G. Godfrey, Liverpool. |
| 15.10.1906 | Leith registry closed |
| 21.01.1918 | Owned by James Foster & Joseph Hall, Ashton on Ribble, Preston Lancashire. |
| 21.01.1918 | Renamed “RUFFORD”. |
| 21.08.1918 | Owned by George R. Nicholson, Liverpool. |
| 21.08.1918 | Converted to a dumb barge |
| 21.10.1918 | Registered at Preston. |
| 05.06.1920 | Sank in the River Mersey. |
| 1920 | Preston registry closed. |