South Shields, Souter Point, Angelica

HER Number:
14666

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Angelica

Place:
Souter Point

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1882 wreck of Scottish schooner which stranded half a mile south of Souter Point en route from Lossiemouth for Sunderland with railway sleepers. Constructed of wood with iron bolts in Canada in 1868, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1868 Builder: McGill Where Built: Prince Edward Island Construction: Iron bolt Master: P E C Malckin Crew: 6 Owner: J Sime

Easting:
41

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ4162

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1003782); 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)