Tynemouth, Drumoak

HER Number

13850

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Drumoak

Place

Tynemouth

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Naval Support Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Admiralty Vessel

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Edwardian 1902 to 1910

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

The Drumoak, a Royal Navy armed trawler sunk by a mine 5th October 1914 (spokes says 1940). Owner: Royal Navy
Built: 1902
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion
Boilers: 1

Easting

447000

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ447000569000

Sources

Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project; National Monument Record (1366089); 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); J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from the fifteenth century to the present Page(s)72; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 Page(s)4; 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section 1 Page(s)10; PRO.Admiralty Records ADM/137/3109