Souter Point, Margaret Jones
Souter Point, Margaret Jones
HER Number
15000
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Margaret Jones
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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
Welsh schooner stranded and lost in wind conditions WNW force 2, 1878.
Built: 1854
Where Built: Portmadoc
Master: E Jones
Crew: 5
Owner: M Rogers and Co., Portmadoc
Built: 1854
Where Built: Portmadoc
Master: E Jones
Crew: 5
Owner: M Rogers and Co., Portmadoc
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313273); 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; United Kingdom shipwreck index