Tynemouth, Hopper Barge No.1

HER Number:
14462

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Hopper Barge No.1

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Hopper Barge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English hopper barge which foundered off Tynemouth Castle in 1887, in wind conditions W force 4, while under tow from Wallsend to the North Sea to deposit mud; built of wood. Master: T Morley Crew: 2 Owner: The Tyne Improvement Commissioners

Easting:
37

Northing:
69

Grid Reference:
NZ3769

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1371090); 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)