Souter Point, Quickstep
Souter Point, Quickstep
HER Number
14676
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Quickstep
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Tug
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
English tug which foundered and lost in wind conditions N force 1, following collision with the Sunderland registered S. S. BROOKSIDE 1899. Owner: A. Bain, South Shields
Built: 1877
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder comp
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Master: T. Bain
Built: 1877
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder comp
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Master: T. Bain
Easting
453000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ453000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365953); 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)