Tynemouth, Gwendoline

Tyne and Wear HER(13976): Tynemouth, Gwendoline - Details

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HER Number:
13976

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Gwendoline

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tug

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Tug foundered and lost in following collision with the unregistered fishing lugger NANCY HUGHES, of Kirkcaldy, in wind conditions W force 5 in 1906. Built: 1884 Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Boilers: 1 Master: E Knox Crew: 6 Owner: Tyne Tug Co. Ltd., South Shields

Easting:
3729

Northing:
6975

Grid Reference:
NZ37296975

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1001940), 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

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