Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Clyde Shipping's tug "Flying Falcon" now equipped for fire-fighting

From ?The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald? dated Friday 23rd June 1972

FIRE-FIGHTING TUGS

Fire-fighting tugs are to ?guard? the giant oil tankers berthing at Finnart, and provide a first ever patrol service on the Clyde.
They will have 70-feet high platforms with three remote controlled monitors able to direct 5000 gallons per minute of foam at 150 pounds per square inch with a range of 200 feet and to a height of almost 100 feet above the monitor level.
The ?Flying Falcon,? owned by the Clyde Shipping Company, has just been converted and commissioned in her new role after extensive trials.