Tynemouth, Vigilant

HER Number:
14372

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Vigilant

Place:
Tynemouth

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, 1867 Vessel foundered and lost following collision at the entrance to the River Tyne. Built: 1860 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Crew: 4 Crew Lost: 1

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365005); 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)