Tynemouth, Ophelia

HER Number:
13986

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Ophelia

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ46NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cutter

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Cutter, foundered and lost whilst seeking pilotage work in wind conditions S force 5, 1905. Two miles east south east of Tynemouth. Master: G Metcalf Crew: 2 Crew Lost: 2 Owner: M Metcalf, Monkwearmouth

Easting:
44

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ4468

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313548), 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