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Name: VIGILANT
Launched:
Completed: 1848
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 75grt, 24nrt, 75.1 x 15.9 x 8.9ft; (1859: 67grt, 0nrt, 77.9 x 16.9 x 9.0ft)
Engines: 40nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 6362
History:
29/04/1848 N Brown; registered at Shields
07/07/1849 N McKinnon; registered at Glasgow
1855 R Seaton et al, Glasgow
1858 Seaton & Liddell; registered at Greenock
1859 W Liddell et al, Greenock
1864 James Park et al, Greenock
1866 Williamm Brown, North Shields; registered at Shields
1867 Thomas Hepple & Co, Shields
1868 David Renwick, Shields
1869 David Renwick; registered at Dublin
1872 Robert Tedcastle, Dublin
1875 Broken up
Comments: 1859: Rebuilt