| Name: | GARDENIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/08/1879 |
| Completed: | 1879 |
| Builder: | Tyne lron Shipbuilding Co |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 19 |
| Dimensions: | 1967grt, 1276nrt, 280.0 x 35.0 x 24.7ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 180nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79224 |
| History: | |
| 1878 | Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields |
| 1883 | Joseph Robinson & Sons, North Shields |
| 02/10/1895 | Transferred to Stag Line Ltd, North Shields |
| 1901 | Montauk Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Coupland & Co, managers), Newcastle |
| 04/10/1913 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1879: Cost £28,000 |
| 04/10/1913: Sank after a collision with CORNWOOD near Middle Cross Sand, North Sea | |
| On a voyage from Benisaf to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore. 18 crew died |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 21/08/1879