South Shields, Lizzy Fox

HER Number:
13975

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Lizzy Fox

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Brig

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered and lost in wind conditions WSW force 4, following collision with the North Shields-registered steam tug WARRIOR in 1907, 1 mile SE of South Shields Pier. Built: 1864 Master: P H Wright Crew: 8 Owner: O Dorey, Guernsey

Easting:
39

Northing:
67

Grid Reference:
NZ3967

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monument Record (1001946), 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