South Shields, Souter Point, Tophill

HER Number:
15052

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Tophill

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ56SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Sloop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
Run down off Souter Point by the Blyth-registered sailing vessel WIDRINGDON. The crew of the TOPHILL took to their own boat as she was sinking, and were subsequently towed into Shields, 1852. Master: Gibb

Easting:
41400

Northing:
62000

Grid Reference:
NZ4140062000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1362417); 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)