Souter Point, Cleanthes

Souter Point, Cleanthes

HER Number
14999
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Cleanthes
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Stranded and lost in fog and wind conditions 1890.

Built: 1871
Builder: R Thompson Jr
Where Built: Sunderland
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
HP: 90
Boilers: 1
Machinery: G Clark, Sunderland
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads
Master: J Smiles
Crew: 17
Passengers: 2
Owner: J W H Culliford, Sunderland
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365392); 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