Tynemouth, Reaper

HER Number:
12984

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Reaper

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A 97 ton trawler, which struck a mine on 21st February 1918. The remains survive to a height of 2m in places, but much is buried in the sand. N 55 03 00 W 01 23 08. In 18 metres of water (Collings). A 91 or 97T (Spokes has two entries for the Reaper) trawler. She was sunk by a mine on 21st February 1918. The wreck lies at a depth of 18m.

Easting:
3935

Northing:
7300

Grid Reference:
NZ39357300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 42; Ian Spokes wreck database; National Monuments Record (908767); Hydrographic Office wreck index; Dave Shaw and Barry Winfield 1988 Dive north east : a Diver guide No.91 Page(s)64