Bill Quay, Albion

HER Number:
14015

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Bill Quay, Albion

Place:
Bill Quay

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Wherry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered and lost when run down by the Newcastle-registered SS BARON SELBORNE, 1911. Built: 1865 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Crew: 2

Easting:
3677

Northing:
6836

Grid Reference:
NZ36776836

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365283), United Kingdom shipwreck index, Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, Northumberland