South Shields, Souter Point, Kingston

HER Number:
12925

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Kingston

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Craft

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
December 1816 wreck of British craft which foundered after grounding on Souter Point. En route from King's Lynn and Kingston-upon-Hull to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Crew saved. Master: Bushill or Buskell

Easting:
49

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ4963

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1031972); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1817, No.514; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1817, Appendix 7 17 Page(s)285(668); Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF) and Section 7, Northumberland (CG); Durham County Advertiser 04-JAN-1817, No.122 Page(s)3