Souter Point, M
Souter Point, M
HER Number
15048
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, M
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Sloop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost in wind conditions NNW force 9, whilst carrying 200 tons of cargo in chequers and bulk, secured only by their own weight. During the gale the M broke her tiller, her stern post was started, her hatches stove in by a heavy sea, so that she became unmanageable and had to be abandoned.
Built: 1866
Builder: Menzies
Where Built: Groutham
Master: R Campbell
Crew: 3
Owner: A J Dorman, Stockton-on-Tees
Built: 1866
Builder: Menzies
Where Built: Groutham
Master: R Campbell
Crew: 3
Owner: A J Dorman, Stockton-on-Tees
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313236); 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)