Souter Point, Tam O Shanter
Souter Point, Tam O Shanter
HER Number
15086
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Tam O Shanter
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Tug
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Tug stranded and lost on rocks.
Master: E Hutchinson
Owner: E Hutchinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Built: 1851
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Master: E Hutchinson
Owner: E Hutchinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Built: 1851
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365181); 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