Cullercoats, Cullercoats Harbour, George

HER Number:
14470

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Cullercoats, Cullercoats Harbour, George

Place:
Cullercoats

Map Sheet:
NZ37SE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Lugger

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1876 wreck of English lugger which capsized outside Cullercoats Harbour, in wind conditions ESE force 6, while departing for a fishing and return trip; a wooden sailing vessel built in 1872. Built: 1872 Master: E Stocks Crew: 4 Crew Lost: 3 Owner: J Nicholson, Cullercoats

Easting:
3643

Northing:
7132

Grid Reference:
NZ36437132

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1370838); 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)