South Shields, Souter Point, Belmont

HER Number:
14671

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Belmont

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Tug

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
English tug foundered in wind conditions S force 3, following collision with the Newcastle registered S.S NEW PELTON. Master: R Lumsden Owner: R Duff, Low Felling, Co. Durham Built: 1861 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine Boilers: 1 Crew: 4 Crew Lost: 4

Easting:
53

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ5362

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365328); 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)