Tynemouth, Young Ernie

HER Number:
13959

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Young Ernie

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Drifter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A British drifter (Spokes calls it a trawler) which had been requisitioned by the Royal Navy, and foundered following a collision off Tynemouth 18th April 1941. A steam propelled, steel vessel built in 1924. Two entries on the NMR, listed as off Tynemouth (NZ 46 NW 9 and NZ 46 NE 108).

Easting:
4107

Northing:
6986

Grid Reference:
NZ41076986

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; National Monuments Record (1369747 & 908752); 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); J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from the fifteenth century to the present Page(s)244; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993; Dave Shaw and Barry Winfield 1988 Dive north east : a Diver guide Page(s)56