Whitburn, Wheatall Point, Creterock

HER Number:
13841

District:
Whitburn

Site Name:
Whitburn, Wheatall Point, Creterock

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barge

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1920 wreck of British barge which stranded at Wheatall Point while under tow of the CRETECABLE from Shoreham-by-Sea to the River Tyne. Like the CRETEROCK, she was built of concrete; the suffix CRETE- formed part of the name of all British concrete vessels. Launched: 23.11.1918 Completed: 1919 Builder: Gloucester Ferro-Concrete Shipbuilding Co. Where Built: Gloucester Official No.: 142778 Owner: The Shipping Controller

Easting:
4162

Northing:
6283

Grid Reference:
NZ41626283

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; National Monument Record (1367144); 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); http://www.mareud.mine.nu/Ferro-Concrete/gloucester_ferro.html [22-OCT-2002]