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Gem
Launched on September 5th
1839 by J White at Cowes
Engines : By Day, Summers of Millbrook, Southampton
Dimensions: 107.6 ft x 14.9 ft
87 Gross Registered Tons
Built for the Isle of
Wight Steam Packet Co
Passed to the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Company
in 1861
Used primarily for cargo services after 1869.
Sold to R Pollock of Woolston in 1884
Re-sold to Mr C C Duncan of Middlesbrough in 1885
Scrapped in 1889
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