South Shields, Dina Hernderika (Dina Hinderika)
South Shields, Dina Hernderika (Dina Hinderika)
HER Number
14683
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Dina Hernderika (Dina Hinderika)
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
1917 wreck of Dutch schooner which foundered 30 miles ENE of West Hartlepool after being stopped by UC-62 and scuttled with explosives, while en route from West Hartlepool to Drammen with coal. Constructed of steel in 1909, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1909
Builder: Gebroder Bos
Where Built: Groningen
Construction: 3 masts
Owner: R Eggens; her owner from 1909 was Roelf Eggens, Groningen, but from 1915 she was owned by Nolson Meijer, Terneuzen
Registry: Germanischer Lloyd
Builder: Gebroder Bos
Where Built: Groningen
Construction: 3 masts
Owner: R Eggens; her owner from 1909 was Roelf Eggens, Groningen, but from 1915 she was owned by Nolson Meijer, Terneuzen
Registry: Germanischer Lloyd
Easting
452000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ452000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1002348); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 page(s)116; http://members.home.nl/adriana-shipping/Datebase.htm accessed and translated from the Dutch on 21-FEB-2008