Tynemouth, Eight Brothers

HER Number:
13972

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Eight Brothers

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Fishing Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A fishing vessel, which foundered in 1879, following collision with the SS EGLANTINE, of North Shields, in wind conditions NNE force 8. (1)(2). Lies one mile east of south pier. Master: W Robinson Crew: 2 Owner: W Robinson, North Shields

Easting:
3729

Northing:
6975

Grid Reference:
NZ37296975

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monument Record (997057), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham