Souter Point, Robert Pow
Souter Point, Robert Pow
HER Number
15084
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Robert Pow
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Tug
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Tug stranded and lost in wind conditions NNE force 5.
Built: 1859
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: A S Dodds
Crew: 4
Owner: J Dodds, North Shields
Built: 1859
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: A S Dodds
Crew: 4
Owner: J Dodds, North Shields
Easting
441400
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ441400562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313311); United Kingdom shipwreck index; 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