South Shields, Whitburn, Sapphire

HER Number:
14686

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Whitburn, Sapphire

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Drifter

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Stranded 1909 Built: 1895 Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Boilers: 1 Crew: 9

Easting:
41

Northing:
60

Grid Reference:
NZ4160

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1001964); 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]