Tynemouth, Maltby
Tynemouth, Maltby
HER Number
12974
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Maltby
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
A 314 feet long coal ship of 2834 tons. On her outward journey on 7th December 1899 to Table Bay she came aground on the Black Middens and was wrecked. Vessel stranded and lost in wind conditions W force 6. Crew rescued by lifeboat.
The lifeboat JAMES YOUNG, coxswain Thomas Wilson in command, was launched, battled her way to the steamship MALTBY, and picked up the entire crew of 24 hands.
Built: 1889
Builder: Ropner and Sons
Where Built: Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
HP: 256
Machinery: Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Construction: p'deck 33ft; q'deck 100ft; b'deck 118ft; f'castle 31ft; 5 bulkheads; 1 deck; well-deck
Master: J A Chiswick
Crew: 24 Two entries are given on the NMR 1035976 and 908747)
The lifeboat JAMES YOUNG, coxswain Thomas Wilson in command, was launched, battled her way to the steamship MALTBY, and picked up the entire crew of 24 hands.
Built: 1889
Builder: Ropner and Sons
Where Built: Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
HP: 256
Machinery: Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Construction: p'deck 33ft; q'deck 100ft; b'deck 118ft; f'castle 31ft; 5 bulkheads; 1 deck; well-deck
Master: J A Chiswick
Crew: 24 Two entries are given on the NMR 1035976 and 908747)
Easting
437100
Northing
568700
Grid Reference
NZ437100568700
Sources
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 35; 1) United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; Peter Collings 1988 The illustrated dictionary of north east shipwrecks Page(s)97; Dave Shaw and Barry Winfield 1988 Dive north east : a Diver guide No.63 Page(s)55; 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); Boswell Whitaker 1979 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 1 : Skuetender lifeboat Page(s)133-4; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 2 : South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)135; Boswell Whitaker 1980 Preservation of life from shipwreck, volume 3 : Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Page(s)100-1; National Monuments Record (1035976 and 908747); Hydrographic Office wreck index