South Shields, Crathie

HER Number

13839

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Crathie

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ46NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Trawler

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

24th August 1914 British trawler which foundered approximately 30 miles east of the Tyne after being mined while on patrol duty as a minesweeper, operating out of the Tyne in the North Sea. Constructed of steel in 1911, she was a steam-driven vessel which had been hired by the Admiralty. She was one of six vessels all lost in the same minefield within 24 hours.
Builder: Duthie Torry
Where Built: Aberdeen
Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Fishing Number: A350
Crew Lost: 2
Owner: Royal Navy

Easting

447000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ447000569000

Sources

Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monument Record (1002310); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 Page(s)2; 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section I Page(s)10; J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from the fifteenth century to the present
Page(s)92; 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); Taffrail (Captain Taprell Dorling, DSO, FRHistS) 1935 Swept Channels Page(s)38-40; http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/307765 accessed on 20-NOV-2008; http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?searchFor=crathie&index=99814 accessed on 20-NOV-2008