Tynemouth, Volunteer

HER Number:
13981

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Volunteer

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel flagged as a trawler, sunk by submarine 15 miles NE of the Tyne while on a fishing trip. This fishing vessel was captured by a German submarine, her crew forced to abandon ship without loss of life, after which she was sunk by explosive scuttling charges. Same information provided by NMR as for the JANE STEWART Propulsion: sail, auxiliary screw driven motor engine; motor

Easting:
4795

Northing:
6976

Grid Reference:
NZ47956976

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1372528), Lloyd's war losses (1990): the First World War: Casulaties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918, p49, (1988) British Vessels lost as sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, Section II, p109, 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 7, Northumberland