Souter Shields, Souter Point, Quickstep

HER Number:
14676

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Souter Shields, Souter Point, Quickstep

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 which foundered and lost in wind conditions N force 1, following collision with the Sunderland registered S. S. BROOKSIDE 1899. Owner: A. Bain, South Shields Built: 1877 Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder comp Boilers: 1 Crew: 4 Master: T. Bain

Easting:
53

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ5362

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365953); 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)