Introduction The Steam Boat Association of Great Britain
Flying Buzzard
STEAMBOAT REGISTER - Edition 8, Jan/12
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Owner: Friends of Maryport Steamship Museum. (non-member)
Area: Maryport Harbour (UK).
HULLSea-going tug
Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd..
LOA: 115', LWL: 105', Beam: 27', Draft: 13', Displacement: 261 gross tons.
Steel
No.399.
ENGINECompound, 21" + 44" x 28".
Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd..
Valve(s): pv on HP, sv on LP.
Cast A frames, 1180 IHP, seperate surface condenser. Drysdale circulation pump. 5 KW Sisson generator set.
BOILERRT Scotch.
Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd..
Fuel: oil, Pressure: 130 psi, Heating Area: 2889 sqft.
3 furnace.
PROP
HISTORYNew to Clyde Shipping Co., Glasgow as FLYING BUZZARD. 1963 to Dundee Harbour Trust as HARECRAIG II. 1983 to Treloar Bros for preservation. Steamed Newcastle to Maryport 1985. 1986 taken over by Maryport Town Council, name reverted to original. 1996 ownership passed to present Registered Charity.
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(Mike Rutland) Maryport, 1989

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