Jarrow, Jarrow Slake, President
Jarrow, Jarrow Slake, President
HER Number
15117
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Jarrow, Jarrow Slake, President
Place
Jarrow
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Service Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Lighter
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
English lighter, foundered at its moorings in wind conditions SW force 3, after being hit by first the South Shields-registered SS ST GOTHARD, and then the wherry ISABELLA AND MARY, (q.v.) which also sank, 1896.
Built: 1869
Master: T Orr
Owner: G Thompson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Built: 1869
Master: T Orr
Owner: G Thompson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Easting
434130
Northing
565740
Grid Reference
NZ434130565740
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365364); 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)