South Shields, Christiane (CHRISTIANI, RICCARDO)

HER Number:
14206

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Christiane (CHRISTIANI, RICCARDO)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barque

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Norwegian Barque stranded in the Great Storm of 12th November 1901 off the groyne at South Shields. En route from Langesund to North Shields. Registered in Kragero, Norway. Built: 1864 Builder: H C Stulcken Where Built: Hamburg Master:Steverson Crew: 9 Owner: H Larsen, Kragero Construction: 1 deck

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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, County Durham (CF); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)140-1; National Monument Record (1001898)