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Name: VIGILANT
Launched: 1860
Completed: 04/1860
Builder: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 56grt, 14nrt, 77.0 x 16.1 x 8.6ft
Engines: L1cyl, 25nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27715
History:
27/04/1860 George Stephenson; registered at Shields
1861 George Stephenson et al, North Shields
25/04/1867 Sank
Comments: 25/04/1867: Collided with a Tyne hopper off the mouth of the Tyne & sank


The Leeds Mercury, Friday, 26/04/1867