Tynemouth Head, Stagshaw
Tynemouth Head, Stagshaw
HER Number
14563
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth Head, Stagshaw
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
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, 1878 Built: c1870
Builder: Mitchell
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder inverted compound engine
HP: 110
Boilers: 1
Machinery: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads
Master: R Meadows
Crew: 18
Owner: R B Avery, North Shields
Builder: Mitchell
Where Built: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder inverted compound engine
HP: 110
Boilers: 1
Machinery: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Construction: 1 deck; 4 bulkheads
Master: R Meadows
Crew: 18
Owner: R B Avery, North Shields
Easting
437000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ437000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (997052); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)51-2