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Name: VIGILANT
Launched: 1849
Completed: 02/1849
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 79grt, 11nrt, 78.4 x 15.9 x 9.0ft
Engines: 50nhp
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
22/02/1849 Nicholas Brown, South Shields; registered at Shields
04/03/1851 GW Schröder & Co, Riga
by 1858 G Veidner, Riga; renamed FISCHLAND
by 1859 G Weidner (Veidner), Riga; renamed VIGILANT
by 1874 VG Sperling, Riga
No later history known
Comments: 1863: Plated in iron
Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details