Tynemouth, Lerwick

HER Number

12967

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Lerwick

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

A British steamer of 562 tons. 409 feet long. She was bombed in the mouth of the Tyne, exact location unknown (Collings). A 5620T steamship bombed off the mouth of Tyne although the Spokes database suggests that the wreck may lie off the coast at Whitby/Robin Hoods Bay. The date of the sinking is recorded as 13th January 1942.

Easting

438900

Northing

569000

Grid Reference

NZ438900569000

Sources

Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 33; National Monuments Record, Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project