| Name: | DEFIANCE | 
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1854 | 
| Builder: | A Woodhouse, South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 83grt, 22nrt, 80.8 x 16.0 x 9.3ft; (1859: 79grt, 17nrt); | 
| (1865: 74grt, 17nrt, 83.4 x 17.1 x 9.3ft) | |
| Engines: | 40nhp; (1865: L1cyl (35 x 46ins), 50nhp) | 
| Engines By: | JD Marshall, South Shields | 
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | 7486 | 
| History: | |
| 25/05/1854 | Charles Scott, Greenock | 
| 1862 | James Park et al, Greenock | 
| 1866 | United Steam Towing & Nav Co, Port Glasgow | 
| 1869 | John Anderson & Robert Chater; registered at North Shields | 
| 1872 | John Turnbull, North Shields | 
| 1876 | EH Lishman | 
| 1878 | R Moore, Newcastle | 
| 1884 | W Purdy, North Shields | 
| 1891 | T Dowson, South Shields | 
| 1900 | Broken up | 
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