Marsden, Souter Point, Clematis

HER Number:
13815

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Souter Point, Clematis

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Wreck of Clematis built in 1884 at Middlesbrough. On 18 April 1894, the Clematis was in ballast on passage from Stockton-on-Tees for Blyth, when she foundered and was lost following a collision with the steamship Beamish. The wreck is totally collapsed, well broken up, badly decayed and partially buried.

Easting:
4815

Northing:
6063

Grid Reference:
NZ48156063

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 146; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365493; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham