Marsden, Crater

HER Number:
13962

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Crater

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Wreckage of a 132 ton, steam fishing trawler built in 1896 by Mackie and Thompson in Glasgow. e screw was powered by three-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engine. Machinery built by Muir & Houston ltd in Glasgow. The Crater foundered and was lost on 2 February 1926, while on a fishing trip from the Tyne after developing a serious leak when it struck a submerged, unidentified floating object, believed to be floating wreckage.

Easting:
45

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ4562

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Young, R. (2001) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume Two, Tempus, Gloucestershire. p.126; National Monument Record (1367825); 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)