FLYING EAGLE TUG

FLYING EAGLE TUG

HULL & PLANS:

REG. PRICE:  $ 425.00

SPECIAL PRICE:  $ 325.00

With Complete Fittings Set

1/48 SCALE  28.5” X  7”

The coastal single screw steam tug Flying Eagle was built by Bow McLachlan of Paisley in 1928 for The Clyde Shipping Co of Glasgow. The vessel was considered quite innovative at the time, and was designed with quite a broad beam to increase coal bunker capacity and range, as she was intended for coastal towing work in addition to the usual port duties. Flying Eagle was purchased thirty years later in 1958 by J H Lamey on the River Mersey, and renamed James Lamey, finally ending her days working out of Belfast harbor as Lilias. The scale drawing is by P N Thomas, and model displacement is 4kg, or about 9lbs.