Souter Point, Osprey
Souter Point, Osprey
HER Number
15049
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Osprey
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
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
Vessel foundered and lost offshore, following collision with the Aberdeen-registered SS SPRAY, in wind conditions W force 3, 1895.
Built: 1863
Master: R Eastwood
Crew: 5
Crew Lost: 4
Owner: R Earnshaw, Goole
Built: 1863
Master: R Eastwood
Crew: 5
Crew Lost: 4
Owner: R Earnshaw, Goole
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365497); 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)