| Name: | BRILLIANT |
| Launched: | 1858 |
| Completed: | 1858 |
| Builder: | JP Almond, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 110grt, 9nrt, 101.4 x 18.7 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl (30 & 30 x 36ins), 65nhp |
| Engines By: | JP Almond, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 78413 |
| History: | |
| 1858 | Unknown owner |
| 10/07/1878 | G Wright; registered at West Hartlepool |
| 1878 | Martha Nicholson, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
| 28/12/1880 | Lost |
| Comments: | 10/07/1878: First registration |
| 28/12/1880: Sank after a collision with PALM off Scarborough | |
| BRILLIANT was being used as a steam trawler at the time |

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 29/12/1880