Whitehill Point, Lady Flora Hastings

HER Number

14635

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitehill Point, Lady Flora Hastings

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brigantine

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

ENGLISH BRIGANTINE, 1908 Vessel foundered and lost following collision with the German-registered SS EMMA SAUBER. (1)(2)

Built: 1839
Crew: 6

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1313651); 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