# Gillespie — Gallions Reach character guide

> Gillespie in Gallions Reach by H. M. Tomlinson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Gillespie, big Gillespie

**First appearance:** 0001-gallions-reach

## Who they are

A character mentioned with some frequency, likely part of the crew or passengers.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xii)

Extols the virtues of the Scots and argues with Sinclair.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xiii)

Defends the engineers and engines, arguing they are indispensable, and dismisses Sinclair's complaints about the heat.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xiv)

Confirms the fever suggestion and shares illustrative cases of sin.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xvii)

Reports from the engine room about the flooded furnace footplates.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xviii)

Engineer who urges haste in the lifeboat and calls for Hale as the ship goes down.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gallions_reach_se/chapters/xix)

Keeps watch on the following seas, warns of approaching waves, and later stands watch with the steersman.

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