Tyne and Wear HER(13802): Tynemouth, Longbird - Details
13802
N Tyneside
Tynemouth, Longbird
Tynemouth
Maritime Craft
Transport Vessel
Cargo Vessel
Modern
C20
Wreckage
Longbird, built in 1919 by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd at Middlesbrough. On 16 January 1943, the Longbird was on passage from the River Clyde for Hull with a cargo of vegetables and rape-seed when she foundered and was lost following a collision with another vessel, some ten miles NE of the Tyne North Pier.
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Young, R. (2001) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume Two, Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 183, Source: Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record