Souter Point, Rover
Souter Point, Rover
HER Number
15001
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Rover
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Trawler
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
An English trawler, stranded, 1901.
Built: 1897
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W E Aldred
Crew: 7
Owner: W Purdy Jr., North Shields
Built: 1897
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W E Aldred
Crew: 7
Owner: W Purdy Jr., North Shields
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313415); 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