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Name: IRON GEM
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 03/12/1846
Completed: 1846
Builder: John Coutts
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: (by 1866: 355grt, 112.7 x 27.5 x 17.4ft); (by 1878: 337grt)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 5574
History:
1847 J Smith, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
05/04/1847 Thompson & Co, Hull; registered at Hull
1862 Barter & Co, London; registered at London
1865 George Austen & Co, London
1871 Rose & Co, London
1875 P Leroux, Bordeaux; renamed ALPHONSE ET MARIE
No later history known
Comments: 1851: Lengthened