Tynemouth, Ophelia
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 <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Cutter
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
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
Master: G Metcalf
Crew: 2
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: M Metcalf, Monkwearmouth
Easting
444000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ444000568000
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