South Shields, Souter Point, Ellen H

HER Number:
15044

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Ellen H

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Barge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Barge under tow when she broke adrift and drifted ashore in wind conditions, on the north sie of Souter Point, 1897. Owner: J. J. Fell, Scarborough Built: 1867 Crew: 3 Master: G. Gallacher

Easting:
41400

Northing:
62000

Grid Reference:
NZ4140062000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1365940); 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)