Sunderland, Cretecable

HER Number

13840

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland, Cretecable

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1920 wreck of English tug which stranded near Sunderland on her passage from Shoreham-by-Sea to the River Tyne. She was a steam-powered vessel, constructed of concrete, hence her name CRETECABLE; all British concrete ships were assigned names with the suffix CRETE-. At the time of loss, she was towing the CRETEROCK, which was also lost.

Easting

441130

Northing

558190

Grid Reference

NZ441130558190

Sources

Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monument Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1367148; 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;

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