South Shields, Souter Point, Angelica
South Shields, Souter Point, Angelica
HER Number
14666
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Souter Point, Angelica
Place
Souter Point
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
1882 wreck of Scottish schooner which stranded half a mile south of Souter Point en route from Lossiemouth for Sunderland with railway sleepers. Constructed of wood with iron bolts in Canada in 1868, she was a sailing vessel. Built: 1868
Builder: McGill
Where Built: Prince Edward Island
Construction: Iron bolt
Master: P E C Malckin
Crew: 6
Owner: J Sime
Builder: McGill
Where Built: Prince Edward Island
Construction: Iron bolt
Master: P E C Malckin
Crew: 6
Owner: J Sime
Easting
441000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1003782); 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)