| Name: | LION |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1859 |
| Builder: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 118grt, 59nrt, 106.2 x 18.0 x 10.5ft; (1863: 106.2 x 18.0 x 10.0ft); |
| (1866: 121grt, 59nrt); (1871: 106.2 x 18.9 x 10.0ft); (1900: 136grt, 16nrt) | |
| Engines: | L2cyl, 60nhp; (1893: (2 x 1cyl (30.5 x 46ins), 90nhp) |
| Engines By: | Thomas D Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 27643 |
| History: | |
| 26/05/1859 | William & Thomas Jolliffe, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
| 04/06/1863 | William Coppin, Londonderry |
| 12/06/1863 | Registered at Londonderry |
| 1864 | Hugh Andrews, Belfast |
| 11/1866 | David H Stone & John Vanner, London; registered at London |
| 1870 | Hugh Andrews Jr, Belfast |
| 02/1872 | Belfast Harbour Commissioners |
| 1897 | Hugh McIntyre, Glasgow |
| 11/1897 | Clyde Salvage Association (William JR Garscadden, manager), Glasgow |
| 1898 | William JR Garscadden (Clyde Salvage Association), Glasgow |
| 07/1898 | Archibald McKinnon, Leith; registered at Leith |
| 12/1898 | Archibald McKinnon, Leith & William J Slimon, Glasgow |
| 02/1905 | Archibald McKinnon, Leith |
| 08/1909 | Archiblad McKinnon & Robert Nicholson, Leith |
| 11/1911 | James Nicholson & Rutherford Fortune, Leith |
| 02/1912 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 16/06/1863: Mortgaged for £1,500 with 6% interest. Discharged 23/03/1864 |
| 11/10/1864: Mortgaged for £2,500 with 10% interest | |
| 1893: Re-engined by JD Marshall at South Shields | |
| Thanks to Bill Harvey & David Asprey for the above details |
Above painting courtesy of Tim Nicholson
Above photo of LION at Leith courtesy of Graeme Turner