| Name: | GERD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/02/1903 |
| Completed: | 03/1903 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 110 |
| Dimensions: | 1203grt, 750nrt, 237.0 x 35.2 x 16.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 146nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 03/1903 | A/S Quarta (Johs Bull), Tønsberg |
| 1910 | A/S Atlas (P Johannessen), Tønsberg |
| 1915 | SL Christie, Bergen |
| 1916 | D/S A/S Haraldshaug (Lars Meland Rederi), Haugesund |
| 1916 | Renamed HARALDSHAUG |
| 1919 | Jens J Salvesens Rederi, Christiania; renamed FREIDIG |
| 1929 | Einar Langes Rederi A/S, Oslo; renamed MELSOMVIK |
| 1933 | Rederi A/S Mesna (Einar Lange), Oslo; renamed MESNA |
| 1934 | Manager Knut Simonsen |
| 1937 | Skibs A/S Freidig (OM Olsen & A Naess), Fredrikstad; renamed FREIDIG |
| 1940 | A/S Rona (Trygve Skogland), Haugesund |
| 07/02/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/02/1944: Foundered near Staithie Point after her cargo shifted |
| On a voyage from Aberdeen to Liverpool with a cargo of rye |
Above image as HARALDSHAUG courtesy of LM Bjørkelund & EH Kongshavn
Above photo as MELSOMVIK courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 28/02/1903