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Name: GEM
Launched: 1865
Completed: 1865
Builder: JD Burdis, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 79grt, 19nrt, 80.5 x 17.7 x 9.5ft
Engines: 42nhp
Engines By:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 51070
History:
07/03/1865 John Gilchrist, Leith; registered at Leith
by 1885 William Boyne, Leith
1889 David Sinclair, Grangemouth
1891 Broken up
Comments: 11/03/1879: Awarded £125 salvage for towing brig SCOTSCRAIG
Pre 1881: Converted to a trawler