South Shields, Atlantic

HER Number:
14980

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Atlantic

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
A three masted schooner, from Laurvig to Shields (pit props), parted towline and came ashore inside South Pier during a hurricane from northward at 2.30pm; crew saved by apparatus; vessel will become a wreck. (Lloyd's) Crew: 7 Passengers: 1

Easting:
37900

Northing:
67300

Grid Reference:
NZ3790067300

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1315857); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-OCT-1881, No.12051 Page(s)8; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)104