| Name: | NORTHGATE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/04/1925 |
| Completed: | 05/1925 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 539 |
| Dimensions: | 425grt, 155nrt, 144.9 x 25.2 x 11.7ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 36 x 27ins), 77nhp |
| Engines by: | Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 135610 |
| History: | |
| 18/05/1925 | Pease & Partners, Stockton-on-Tees |
| 1933 | Free Trade Wharf Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
| 1938 | Bristol Sand & Gravel Co Ltd (FE Peters), Bristol; renamed GARTH |
| 26/11/1946 | Sank |
| Comments: | Specially designed for carrying pig iron & travelling under low bridges |
| 1938: Converted to a sand dredger | |
| 26/11/1946: Fouled anchor chain of another vessel in Redcliffe Bay & sank | |
| On a voyage from Cardiff to Avonmouth |

Shields Daily News, Friday, 24/04/1925