Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Margaret and Jane

HER Number

15145

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Steel, Margaret and Jane

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Cargo Vessel ran aground in bad weather on rocks near South Point. The crew of 8 were rescued by lifeboat. Master: William Shield

Easting

441000

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ441000560000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1364983); 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)