South Shields, Souter Point, Trim

HER Number:
14682

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Trim

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Ketch

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Vessel foundered and lost 3.5 miles ESE of Souter Point offshore in wind conditions W force 9. Built: 1881 Lost 1907 Master: E E Peck Crew: 4 Owner: W Christie, Harwich

Easting:
53

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ5362

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1313585); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]