Whitburn, Ardanbhan

Tyne and Wear HER(13831): Whitburn, Ardanbhan - Details

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HER Number:
13831

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Ardanbhan

Place:
Whitburn

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:
1,179-tons, 71.75m long, 9.57m beam, 5.2m draught, steamship. Ran aground in gale force 6 conditions 7th February 1900. Built: 1880 Builder: H Murray & Co. Where Built: Port Glasgow Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine HP: 129 Boilers: 1 Machinery: W King & Co., Glasgow Construction: 2 decks; 3 masts; 4 bulkheads; q'deck 84ft; b'deck 50ft; f'castle 34ft Master: W S Thornton Crew: 17 Owner: General Steam Navigation Co., London

Easting:
4171

Northing:
6329

Grid Reference:
NZ41716329

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; National Monument Record (1313406); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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 (CF)

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