Marsden, Camel Island, unidentified wreck

HER Number:
12939

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Camel Island, unidentified wreck

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Wreck

General Period:
Unknown

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
An unidentified wreck lies behind Camel Island (a rock with two humps). The wreck is well broken up but framework, engine block and prop can still be seen (Collings). Ian Spokes database notes the wreck of a steamship lying under 5m of water at Camel Island.

Easting:
39

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ3965

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 24; Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; National Monuments Record