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Name: DEFIANCE
Launched:
Completed: 1847
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 83grt, 37nrt, 81.6 x 17.7 x 9.4ft
Engines: L2cyl, 40nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 16954
History:
1847 Peter Tindall Sr & Jr, Alexander Hunter & Edward Gregory, London
22/03/1856 William Watkins, London; registered at London
1861 John Brodie & Mary Croshaw, London
1871 East & West India Dock Company, London
1885 Broken up
Comments: 1860: Reboilered
1869: Reboilered
Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details