Name: | GERTRUDE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 02/09/1856 |
Completed: | 20/09/1856 |
Builder: | Middle Dock Co |
Yard: | West Holborn, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 950grt, 871nrt, 171.4 x 33.6 x 22.9ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1881: Rigged as a Barque) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 16780 |
History: | |
20/09/1856 | John A Woods, Thomas H Henderson & Andrew McLeod (Middle Dock Co), South Shields |
01/10/1857 | Duncan Dunbar, London; registered at London |
1862 | Hargrove, Ferguson & Co, Liverpool |
1875 | J Hargrove, Liverpool |
1879 | Gavin B Millar, Glasgow |
1881 | Daniel Dixon, Belfast |
1882 | Thomas McVeagh, Belfast |
1890 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/04/1862: Duncan Dunbar died |
18/05/1881: Registered as changed to a Barque | |
29/09/1881: Ran aground off the Tuskar light | |
05/10/1881: Refloated and towed to Belfast Lough |
North & South Shields Gazette, Tuesday 02/09/1856