South Shields, William and Mary

HER Number:
14274

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, William and Mary

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Cargo Vessel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
British cargo vessel sank on the inside of the bar after colliding with the sunken wreck of Jane and Elizabeth, 1852. Crew: 4.

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (987156); 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, County Durham