Souter Point, Kingston

HER Number

12925

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Souter Point, Kingston

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Craft

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

December 1816 wreck of British craft which foundered after grounding on Souter Point. En route from King's Lynn and Kingston-upon-Hull to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Crew saved. Master: Bushill or Buskell

Easting

449000

Northing

563000

Grid Reference

NZ449000563000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1031972); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Lloyd's 1969 Lloyd's list 07-JAN-1817, No.514; Parliamentary papers 1836, Select Committee on Shipwreck, 1817, Appendix 7 17 Page(s)285(668); 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) and Section 7, Northumberland (CG); Durham County Advertiser 04-JAN-1817, No.122 Page(s)3