| Name: | GREAT CONTEST |
| Launched: | 20/09/1847 |
| Completed: | 10/1847 |
| Builder: | William Cooper, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 84grt, 23nrt, 80.0 x 16.0 x 9.3ft |
| Engines: | 1cyl, 45hp |
| Engines by: | Conley & Scott, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 16/10/1847 | William Stephenson Snr & Jnr; Robert Chisholm and James Smith, North Shields |
| 1851 | Unknown owner, Lubeck; renamed NOVGOROD |
| 13/03/1879 | Destroyed by fire |
| Comments: | 06/11/1851: UK registry closed as "sold foreign" |
| 12/03/1879: Stranded at Dahme after anchor chain broke in a storm | |
| 13/03/1879: Fire broke out in Captain's cabin & destroyed the vessel | |
| Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details |