Sunderland, Hero

HER Number

13873

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Hero

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

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

441760

Northing

558180

Grid Reference

NZ441760558180

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