Tynemouth, Gwendoline
Tynemouth, Gwendoline
HER Number
13976
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Gwendoline
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Tug
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Tug foundered and lost in following collision with the unregistered fishing lugger NANCY HUGHES, of Kirkcaldy, in wind conditions W force 5 in 1906.
Built: 1884
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: E Knox
Crew: 6
Owner: Tyne Tug Co. Ltd., South Shields
Built: 1884
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: E Knox
Crew: 6
Owner: Tyne Tug Co. Ltd., South Shields
Easting
437290
Northing
569750
Grid Reference
NZ437290569750
Sources
National Monuments Record (1001940), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham