Whitburn, Svalen
Whitburn, Svalen
HER Number
15135
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn, Svalen
Place
Whitburn
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
Schooner stranded and lost in force 9 wind conditions 1904. Built: 1873
Master: J McBain
Crew: 5
Owner: G G McRobie, Portsoy, Banffshire
Master: J McBain
Crew: 5
Owner: G G McRobie, Portsoy, Banffshire
Easting
441000
Northing
560000
Grid Reference
NZ441000560000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1001926); 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); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]