THE FLYING PHANTOM
Adjacent to the remnants of the John Brown's Shipyard slipway signage is one that refers to the Flying Phantom tragedy. Here is some more information about it.
The Flying Phantom was a tug built in 1981 for the Clyde Shipping Company and based in Greenock in Scotland As a consequence of business takeovers and mergers, by 2001 she was owned by Svitzer Marine Ltd of Middlesbrough, though still based on the Clyde.
She sank in the River Clyde at Clydebank on 19 December 2007, with the loss of Stephen Humphreys (captain), Robert Cameron (engineer) and Eric Blackley (deckhand) with only Brian Aitchison (mate) surviving. She was one of three tugs assisting the bulk carrier Red Jasmine. On the night of the accident, there was extremely poor visibility, due to heavy fog. [Wiki].
BBC : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-29410685
DAILY RECORD : https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/flying-phantom-tragedy-operator-tug-2788020
WIKIPEDIA : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Phantom
