North Shields, May Flower

HER Number:
14423

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, May Flower

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lugger

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
ENGLISH LUGGER, 1881 Vessel foundered and lost off Shields Bar in wind conditions NE force 7. Master: S Swanson Crew: 2 Crew Lost: 2 Owner: R Dempster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Easting:
36

Northing:
68

Grid Reference:
NZ3668

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (997154); 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 (CF)