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Name: CITY OF GLOUCESTER
Launched: 1876
Completed: 06/1876
Builder: J Readhead & Co, The Lawe, South Shields
Yard Number: 122
Dimensions: 83grt, 11nrt, 87.2 x 17.5 x 9.2ft
Engines: 1cyl (33.5 x ?ins), 45nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Co
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 72529
History:
21/06/1876 Peter Gibbs, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff
by 1888 Joseph R Gibbs, Cardiff
05/06/1888 Sank
Comments: Also seen as CITY OF GLOSTER
05/06/1888: Sank after a collision with TWEEDSDALE, 15 milesWNW of Lundy Island
CITY OF GLOUCESTER was being used as a trawler at the time


South Wales Daily News, Monday, 12/06/1876