South Shields, Agnes

HER Number:
14212

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Agnes

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Wreck

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Foundered in the Great Storm of 13th November 1901 30 miles off Tyne. A steamship. En route from the Tyne to Konigsberg. Registered in Dartzic, Germany. 3 of the 18 crew were lost.

Easting:
77

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ7768

Lats/Lons:

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