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14923


S Tyneside


South Shields, Herd Sand, Penelope


South Shields


NZ36NE


Maritime Craft


Sailing Vessel


Schooner


Early Modern


C19


Wreckage


As a consequence of a tow line to a tug breaking when crossing the Bar, this schooner went ashore at 1pm, on the half ebb, and became a total wreck. Her crew were saved by the South Shields lifeboat in wind conditions WSW force 5. Estimated loss on the vessel, which was not insured, was 600 [sterling]. Built: 1812 Lost:1852 Master: Jeffery Crew: 7


37900


67300


NZ3790067300



National Monuments Record (987158); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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)

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