| Name: | BRITISH LION |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 04/08/1856 |
| Completed: | 16/09/1856 |
| Builder: | W Cunningham |
| Yard: | St Lawrence |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 656nrt, 148.7 x 29.6 x 19.8ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 17050 |
| History: | |
| 18/09/1856 | George Avery, North Shields |
| 17/09/1857 | Jane Brotherick Avery, North Shields |
| 24/02/1863 | Jane Brotherick Avery & Robert Brotherick Avery, North Shields |
| 23/10/1864 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/08/1857: George Avery died |
| 23/10/1864: Foundered off East Africa | |
| On a voyage from the Downs to Madras |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 09/08/1856