Howdon Dock, Scotia

HER Number:
14271

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon Dock, Scotia

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tug

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English tug foundered at her moorings in the Tyne in calm conditions. Owner: J. Lawson, South Shields, Built: 1859

Easting:
3359

Northing:
6611

Grid Reference:
NZ33596611

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365941); 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