Tynemouth, Retriever

HER Number:
13988

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Retriever

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered and lost in wind conditions NE force 10 in 1901, 20 miles east of Tynemouth. Built: 1899 Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Boilers: 1 Master: W Rands Crew: 8 Owner: W Purdy, North Shields

Easting:
5229

Northing:
6295

Grid Reference:
NZ52296295

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313424), 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; Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling)