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'GNOME'

Built by:Thos. Wingate & Co., Whiteinch.
Yard:East Yard.
Yard No.:25
Launched:1856
Tonnage:521 grt
Length:157 feet 3 inches
Breadth:26 feet 1 inch
Depth:14 feet 7 inches
Machinery:Built by Wingate & Co. She is propelled by a pair of direct-acting engines, of eighty horse power collectively. Diameter of cylinders 35 inches, length of stroke 2 feet 6 inches, with tubular boiler.
Decks:
Built of:Iron.
Type:General Cargo Screw Steamer.
Registered:1856
Official No.:22516
Other info:Will ply between Grangemouth and Hamburg sailing from each port on every other Thursday.
History:January 1856. Completed.
Built for G. G. Mackay of Grangemouth.
8th June 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Aitken, for Hamburg with goods.
20th July 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Aitken, from Hamburg with goods.
24th July 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
3rd August 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
7th August 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
17th August 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
21st August 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
2nd September 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
14th September 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
18th September 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
2nd October 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
12th October 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
17th October 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
28th October 1856. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
31st October 1856. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
1857. Sold to Glasgow & North of Europe Steam Navigation Co.
5th January 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
7th May 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
14th May 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
25th May 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
27th May 1857. At Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg.
28th May 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
12th June 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
22nd June 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth were nearly 100 lbs of tobacco was discovered on board. The parties connected with the smuggling are in prison.
24th July 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
3rd August 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
21st August 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
31st August 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg with goods.
3rd September 1857. Sailed from Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, for Hamburg with goods.
13th October 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Hodge, from Hamburg, with goods.
10th November 1857. Arrived at Grangemouth, Captain Pole, from Hamburg with goods.
18th June 1858. At Dantzic from Swluomunde.
October 1858. To be sold by private bargain. Lying in Grangemouth harbour.
1859. Registered to Thomas Kincaid.
1860. Registered by Robert Barclay.
1864. Owned by Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co.
1859. Owned by John Inkster & others (Leith Steamship Co.) Leith.
1864. Owned by Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co.
1876. Sunk in collision with barque ‘San Luis’ off Cuxhaven.


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