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Name: DEFIANCE
Launched: 23/06/1984
Completed: 08/1884
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 391
Dimensions: 115grt, 15nrt, 101.0 x 18.4 x 9.0ft
Engines: L1cyl (36 x 54ins), 80nhp, 400ihp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87413
History:
1884 Duncan McKellar, Christina Park, William Park Sr & William Park Jr, Greenock
1903 Duncan McKellar, Christina Park & William Park Jr, Greenock
1911 Duncan McKellar, Greenock
1917 William Bow, Paisley (manager Thomas Wilson, Glasgow)
1923 Broken up
Comments: 1884: McKellar et al traded as Greenock Towing Co
Photo after the launch on 14/11/1901 of PRINCESS MAUD
from Napier & Miller's yard at Yoker, Clydeside
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo courtesy of Stuart Cameron

Above photo courtesy of Stuart Cameron