Souter Point, Narcissus

HER Number

14670

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Souter Point, Narcissus

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ56SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Trawler

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

This fishing trawler was stopped and captured by a German submarine, her crew forced to abandon ship, after which she was sunk by explosive scuttling charges in 1917.

Easting

453000

Northing

562000

Grid Reference

NZ453000562000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1367108); 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); 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section II Page(s)120; 1990 Lloyd's war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918 Page(s)161