South Shields, Eclipse

HER Number

14266

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Eclipse

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Service Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Lighter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English lighter foundered and lost whilst under tow follwing collition with Luna, 1909. Crew: 2.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1313658); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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