Flying Buzzard
Owner: Friends of Maryport Steamship Museum
Area: UK
Hull
Tug.
Construction: Steel.
Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd.
LOA: 115' 0", LWL: 105' 0", Beam: 27' 0", Draft: 13' 0", Displacement: 522000 lbs.
No.399.
Boiler
RT Scotch Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd.
Fuel: Oil, Pressure: 130 psi, Heating area: 2889 sqft,
3 furnace.
Engine
Compound. 21" + 44" X 28"Built 1951 by Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow) Ltd.
pv on HP, sv on LP valve. Cast A frames, 1180 IHP, seperate surface condenser. Drysdale circulation pump. 5 KW Sisson generator set.
History
New 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.
Last Modified: 2014.04.01.
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(Mike Rutland) Maryport, 1989