South Shields, Atlantic

HER Number

14980

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Atlantic

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Schooner

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

A three masted schooner, from Laurvig to Shields (pit props), parted towline and came ashore inside South Pier during a hurricane from northward at 2.30pm; crew saved by apparatus; vessel will become a wreck. (Lloyd's) Crew: 7
Passengers: 1

Easting

437900

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ437900567300

Sources

National Monuments Record (1315857); Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 17-OCT-1881, No.12051 Page(s)8; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)104