Tyne and Wear HER(12982): Cullercoats, Browns Point, Zephyros (Cherry Branch, Dunedin) - Details
12982
N Tyneside
Cullercoats, Browns Point, Zephyros (Cherry Branch, Dunedin)
Cullercoats
NZ37SE
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Cargo Vessel
Modern
C20
Wreckage
A Greek steamship which was driven onto the rocky headland during a blizzard. She was heavily salvaged and all that survives are her bottom plates which can be seen above water at very low tides on the edge of the reef (Collings). Steel, 4,796-ton, 121.92m long, 15.77m beam and 5.41m draught. She was built by Dunedin by C.Conell & Co. Ltd at Glasgow in 1909 and owned at the time of loss by the Zepheros (Zephyros) Steam Ship Co. Ltd. The single steel propeller was powered by a three-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engine. Her machinery was built by Dunmuir & Jackson Ltd at Glasgow. She had one deck, six watertight bulkheads and a superstructure consisting of an 11.3m poop-deck, a 36.6m bridge-deck and a 13.4m forecastle.
On 26 February 1947 the Zepheros was in ballast on passage from Rouen for the Tyne when she was driven ashore at Brown’s Point, under the Cullercoats’ Radio Station, during a south-easterly gale, very heavy seas and driving snow. The vessel was eventually given up as lost and later completely salvaged, leaving just the bottom few pieces of hull.
The Spokes/NMR database records the nationality as Greek and spells the name as Zephyros.
3688
7174
NZ36887174
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