| Name: | KATE FORSTER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/09/1879 |
| Completed: | 10/1879 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 21 |
| Dimensions: | 580grt, 373nrt, 169.5 x 27.2 x 12.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (23 & 44 x 30ins), 85nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 80554 |
| History: | |
| 22/10/1879 | Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle |
| 13/10/1882 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 13/10/1882: Wrecked on the bar at Aveiro |
| Inbound to Aveiro from Shields with a cargo of coal |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 26/09/1879