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