Whitley Bay, Mermaid

HER Number:
13894

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Mermaid

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1903 wreck of Scottish schooner which foundered 5 miles NE of St. Mary’s Island 27th November 1903. St. Mary's Island following a collision. This wooden sailing vessel, built in 1871, was en route from the River Tyne to the Orkney Islands with coal.

Easting:
3734

Northing:
7530

Grid Reference:
NZ37347530

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; National Monuments Record (1372681); 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 7, Northumberland