South Shields, Eclipse

HER Number:
14266

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Eclipse

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lighter

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English lighter foundered and lost whilst under tow follwing collition with Luna, 1909. Crew: 2.

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313658); 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