South Shields, Jane and Elizabeth
South Shields, Jane and Elizabeth
HER Number
14979
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Jane and Elizabeth
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Barque
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Driven from her moorings by the tide in the river, struck on the stones of the Bar and rolled over on her beam ends at 9pm, on the half ebb, 1852.
Built: 1851
Master: Gibson
Crew: 13
Crew Lost: 2
Built: 1851
Master: Gibson
Crew: 13
Crew Lost: 2
Easting
436000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ436000568000
Sources
National Monuments Record (987152); 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 (CF)