Whitburn, Flying Foam

HER Number:
13859

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Flying Foam

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tug

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions August 1903. Built: 1867 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Master: A J Legg Crew: 5 Owner: Lawson Steam Tug Co. Ltd., South Shields

Easting:
4173

Northing:
6189

Grid Reference:
NZ41736189

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, National Monument Record (1001924); 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)