Tynemouth, Stainacre
Tynemouth, Stainacre
HER Number
12971
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Stainacre
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Built and owned by Turnbull and Sons in 1876. She was 222 feet long and weighed 1108 tons. She collided with another vessel (the Harvest) near the mouth of the Tyne on 30th November 1885. She was sailing to Copenhagen with coal. Master: R Stainthorp
Owner: T Turnbull & Son, Whitby
Built: 1876
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 17
Owner: T Turnbull & Son, Whitby
Built: 1876
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 17
Easting
439000
Northing
569200
Grid Reference
NZ439000569200
Sources
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 34; National Monuments Record (1365366); Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project; 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