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Name: VIGILANT
Launched: 1851
Completed: 03/1851
Builder: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 89grt, 33nrt, 78.0 x 16.2 x 9.1ft
Engines: 50nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12109
History:
18/03/1852 The Marquis of Titchfield; registered at Shields
by 1867 The Duke of Portland, Nottingham
1889 Registered at Troon
22/12/1894 Sank
Comments: 22/12/1894: Sank in a storm in Troon harbour