St. Mary's Island, Daring

HER Number:
14421

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
St. Mary's Island, Daring

Place:
St. Mary's Island

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Motor Launch

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Possible remains of 1921 wreck of launch which foundered off St. Mary's Island after a collision with wreckage of California; a motor leisure craft. There is a casualty record [q.v.] for a DARING lost in the same area but with the date given as 19-DEC-1916. This vessel shares the name and place of loss, and is a paddle steamer,consistent at this date with being in use as a pleasure craft. The voyage details are from the River Tyne to Whitley Bay, also consistent with a pleasure excursion. However, the date of loss of the 1916 DARING is both during wartime and in winter. This may suggest either a measure of confusion between two different vessels, or divergent accounts of the same vessel.

Easting:
3532

Northing:
7455

Grid Reference:
NZ35327455

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (908774); Hydrographic Office wreck index; Dave Shaw and Barry Winfield 1988 Dive north east : a Diver guide No.101 Page(s)66