| Name: | GEM |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/1880 |
| Completed: | 12/1880 |
| Builder: | RJ Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 73grt, 45nrt, 80.6 x 16.1 x 7.7ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (9.5 & 17 x 14ins), 20nhp |
| Engines by: | RJ Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81975 |
| History: | |
| 12/1880 | Unknown owner |
| 14/06/1881 | Unknown owner; registered at South Shields |
| 22/11/1881 | Joseph Hawkins Beckwith, Colchester |
| 23/11/1916 | Annie Pricilla Beckwith, Colchester |
| 28/08/1919 | Birds Shipping Co Ltd, St Sampsons, Guernsey; renamed CITY OF TOULON |
| 01/03/1920 | Charlton & Co Ltd, Grimsby |
| by 1923 | Trawlers (White Sea & Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 15/12/1897: Sunk in Gravesend Reach after a collision with BATAVIA II |
| Subsequently raised and returned to service | |
| 04/02/1903: Sunk in Gravesend Reach after a collision with BATAVIA IV | |
| Subsequently raised and returned to service | |
| 23/11/1916: Owner died, Annie Pricilla Beckwith, Hugh James Beckwith | |
| & Frederick Thomas Gosling executors | |
| 29/11/1937: Registry no longer required as "converted to a lighter" |
Above photo shows GEM on the left. Photo is courtesy of Andrew Hall
Above painting as GEM is by SH Kiltoe dated 1902