Souter Point, Premier
Souter Point, Premier
HER Number
15051
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Premier
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Sloop foundered and lost off Souter Point in wind conditions S force 5, 1876.
Master: R Donison
Owner: Robson & Ridley, Newcastle
Built:1846
Crew: 2
Master: R Donison
Owner: Robson & Ridley, Newcastle
Built:1846
Crew: 2
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365130); 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)