| Name: | BRILLIANT | 
| Type: | Passenger Ship & Tug | 
| Launched: | 09/05/1857 | 
| Completed: | 07/1857 | 
| Builder: | L Kirkup & Co | 
| Yard: | St Peter's Quay, Newcastle | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 100.0 x 18.5 x 10.25ft | 
| Engines: | |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 07/1857 | Unknown owner, Hamburg | 
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Note dimensions are from press release | 
| 09/07/1857: Sailed from the Tyne for Hamburg | 

Gateshead Observer, Saturday, 16/05/1857