South Shields, Souter Point, Fancy Lass

HER Number:
15082

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Souter Point, Fancy Lass

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Sailing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Schooner

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
This vessel was driven on a lee shore during one of the hardest gales, E force 10-11, squally with rain, ever known on this coast. She went ashore at 3pm, at high water, and became an immediate total wreck.Cargo unknown. Lost: 1852 Built: 1833 Master: Cole Crew: 6 Crew Lost: 6

Easting:
41400

Northing:
62000

Grid Reference:
NZ4140062000

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
National Monuments Record (1312977); United Kingdom shipwreck index; 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