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GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE WAS A WOODEN VESSEL OF 2,003 TONS BUILT IN 1853 ON P.E.I SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE FROM LODGE & CO OF LIVERPOOL IN 1858. ON 20TH APRIL SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE ( VIA CALCUTTA ? ) UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN ROBERTS

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED  GETRUDE WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT IN SOUTHSHIELDS IN 1856 AND WAS A VESSEL OF 950 TONS.SHE WAS LATER CONVERTED TO A BARQUE IN 1881.

SHE WAS OWNED BY DANIEL DIXON & THOMAS OF LIVERPOOL HER CAPTAIN WAS J DUNN.

SHE RAN AGROUND OFF THE TUSKAR ON 29TH SEPTEMBER 1881 BUT WAS LATER REFLOATED

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NOTE -  THERE WERE MULTIPLE VESSELS WITH THE SAME NAME AROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME