South Shields, Agnes

HER Number

14212

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Agnes

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Foundered in the Great Storm of 13th November 1901 30 miles off Tyne. A steamship. En route from the Tyne to Konigsberg. Registered in Dartzic, Germany. 3 of the 18 crew were lost.

Easting

477000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ477000568000

Sources

Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling).