Tynemouth, Lerwick

HER Number:
12967

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Lerwick

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Wreck

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A British steamer of 562 tons. 409 feet long. She was bombed in the mouth of the Tyne, exact location unknown (Collings). A 5620T steamship bombed off the mouth of Tyne although the Spokes database suggests that the wreck may lie off the coast at Whitby/Robin Hoods Bay. The date of the sinking is recorded as 13th January 1942.

Easting:
389

Northing:
690

Grid Reference:
NZ389690

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 33; National Monuments Record, Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project