Souter Point, Lily
Souter Point, Lily
HER Number
13163
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Lily
Place
South Shields
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 foundered and lost following collision with the Sunderland-registered S.S PROMETHEUS.'
Master: C McIntosh
Owner: J Watson, Sunderland
Built: 1872
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Crew: 10
Master: C McIntosh
Owner: J Watson, Sunderland
Built: 1872
Engine: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Crew: 10
Easting
441000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441000562000
Sources
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); National Monuments Record (1365165)