Sunderland, Hero

HER Number:
13873

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hero

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tug

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A 66T steam tug sunk by a mine 28th March 1917. She had only just left Sunderland. She sank in 6 minutes. Three crew survived and were taken to Middlesbrough by another tug. The master was lost. Owned by the Tees Tug Co. Has two NMR numbers NZ 45 NW 48 and NZ 45 NW 297

Easting:
4176

Northing:
5818

Grid Reference:
NZ41765818

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 908706 and 1313743; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 Page(s)110; 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section 2 Page(s)39; 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