| 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