Tynemouth, HMS Snaefell (Waverley)

HER Number:
13801

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, HMS Snaefell (Waverley)

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Warship

Site Type: Specific:
Minesweeper

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
HMS Snaefell was built in 1907 as a passenger/excursion ferry, but hired by the Admiralty from October 1939 and converted to a mine-sweeper. On 5 July 1941, the paddle-steamer was on passage from London for Leith when she foundered and was lost following an attack by enemy aircraft, offshore from Curry Point, near Whitley Bay.

Easting:
3841

Northing:
7485

Grid Reference:
NZ38417485

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Young, R. (2001) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume Two, Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 170, Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record