Gem LH
Built | 1865 James D. Burdis, North Shields (Wood) |
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Owner at New | John Gilchrist, Leith Edinburgh (owner/ manager) |
ID no | 51070 |
Launch Date | 1865 |
Completed | 1865 |
Gross Tons | 79 |
Nett | 19 |
Engine | 43 hp Side Lever L.1-cyl by |
Length | 80.5ft |
Breadth | 17.7ft |
Depth | 9.5ft |
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Owners | |
07.03.1865 | Registered at Leith |
15.11.1866 | Towed the "Best Bower" (311g/1854) en route Hamburg to Leith, into Leith from a few miles east of the May Island, Firth of Forth. |
18.12.1878 | Towed the brig "Scotscraig" (240g/1866) from a dangerous position off Fidra, Firth of Forth to the safety of Leith Roads. |
11.03.1879 | At Edinburgh High Court, John Gilchrist and the crew of tug "Gem" claim £350 salvage for services rendered in towing brig "Scotscraig", awarded £125.. |
Pre1881 | Converted to a trawler. |
21.12.1881 | Picked up the body of a drowned fisherman 15 miles east of the May Island, Firth of Forth and landed it at Leith. |
01.03.1882 | Towed the derelict barque "Sophie" of Hull into Leith from east of Dunbar, crew had been rescued by the Dunbar lifeboat after she got into difficulty during a NE storm. |
28.08.1883 | Landed the body of Alexander McIndoe (22) of Kirkcaldy at Leith, the body had been trawled up approx 3 miles east of Inchkeith Firth of Forth, Mr McIndoe had been lost from a small boat a week earlier. |
17.06.1884 | Towed into Leith with her steering gear disabled. |
Pre1885 | Owned by William Boyne, Leith Edinburgh. |
20.02.1885 | Towed into Leith with engines disabled. |
1889 | Owned by David Sinclair, Grangemouth. |
1891 | Sold as scrap. |
1891 | Leith registry closed. |