South Shields, Souter Point, Narcissus

HER Number:
14670

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Narcissus

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Trawler

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19?

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
This fishing trawler was stopped and captured by a German submarine, her crew forced to abandon ship, after which she was sunk by explosive scuttling charges in 1917.

Easting:
53

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ5362

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1367108); 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); 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section II Page(s)120; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 Page(s)161