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Fleet of P M Duncan (Gem Line)

SHIPPING COMPANIES
P M DUNCAN and GEM Line

P M Duncan's own sailing vessels
Vessel Type Tonnage Built Date Bought Notes
Achilles Ship 376 Burntisland 1845 1860 Sold Shields, 1860
Albion Schnr 103 Perth 1847 1856 Foundered off St Abb's Head 6.1.1865
Britannia Brig 119 Arbroath 1844 1866 Sold Maldon 1880. Broken up 1887.
Isa Schnr 103 Dundee 1847 1855 Wrecked Tentsmuir, 27.10.1859
Judith Schnr 90 Perth 1850 1853 Sold Perth, 1870; Fraserburgh, 1892
Liverpool Schnr 86 Dundee 1841 Wrecked Dunbar 14.11.1861
Lorina Schnr 79 Yarmouth 1828 Sold Dundee. Foundered 30.7.1869
Margaret Littlejohn Brig 132 Aberdeen 1832 Converted to lighter, 1878
Pilot Schnr 116 Newburgh, Aberdeen 1845 1853 Sold Dundee, 1853; Melbourne, 1854
Vistula Schnr 133 Arbroath 1856 New Sold Melbourne, 1864
William Schnr 119 Dundee 1839 1859 Sold Dundee 1869; Wrecked Sunderland 26.11.1874
William Thrift Brig 160 Perth 1852 1853 Sold Seaham, 1870. Wrecked Pakefield 28.10.1882

P M Duncan's steamers
Vessel Type Tonnage Built Date Bought Notes
Harvest Queen Steamer 532 Sunderland 1866 1869 Sold Derry, 1879
Duncan Steamer 626 Aberdeen 1874 - Wrecked Fair Isle 19.7.1877

Gem Line
Vessel Type Tonnage Built Date Bought Notes
Amethyst SS 601 Dundee 1879 New Wrecked Fair Isle 19.7.1877
Beryl SS 1125 Dundee 1881 New Sold Greece 1910. War loss, 1917.
Diamond (I) SS 621 Dundee 1877 New Wrecked Anholt 28.10.1880
Diamond (II) SS 1126 Dundee 1881 New Sold Greece, 1909 Aghios Georgios and France Sidi Abdullah. Sunk collision 21.9.1922
Emerald SS 618 Dundee 1877 New Sold Spain, Esmerelda, Isabel, Koldobika and Yturri Bide
Garnet (I) SS 1004 Dundee 1880 New Missing Burntisland --> Flensburg 9.12.1880
Garnet (II) SS 1608 Dundee 1890 New Sold Sweden 1900 as Kaja
Jasper (I) SS 1260 Dundee 1883 New Wrecked May Island 16.4.1904
Jasper (II) SS 1521 Dundee 1879 - Ex-W W Machan Balmuir. Sold Greece 1909 as Hellespont and France 1911 as St Clair. Burned Alexandria 12.8.1921
Opal SS 1124 Dundee 1881 New Sold Greece, 1910 as Markella. War loss 1917
Ruby SS 1260 Dundee 1883 New Broken up 1909
Sapphire SS 862 Sunderland 1879 - Sold Russia, 1909

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