Souter Point, Marsden Rock, Kitty (Henry Brooke)

HER Number:
14986

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Souter Point, Marsden Rock, Kitty (Henry Brooke)

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ46NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
1917 wreck of Norwegian schooner which stranded on Marsden Rock en route from Gothenburg or Halden for the Tyne with pit props. She was a sailing vessel, but it is unclear whether she was constructed of wood or of steel. She may have had an auxiliary motor engine fitted. Built: c.1900 Builder: J Ring Andersen Where Built: Svendborg Propulsion: sail, possibly auxiliary motor engine? Crew: 7 Crew Lost: 1

Easting:
4162

Northing:
6283

Grid Reference:
NZ41626283

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1366535); 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;