St. Mary's Island, Prunelle (Asbjorn, Selsbane)

HER Number

13123

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

St. Mary's Island, Prunelle (Asbjorn, Selsbane)

Place

St. Mary's Island

Map Sheet

NZ37NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Wreck

General Period

UNCERTAIN

Specific Period

Uncertain

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

A British steamship of 578 tons, 156 feet long and 26 feet beam. She was torpedoed on 28th August 1918. N 55 06 30 W 001 27 24

Easting

437460

Northing

579450

Grid Reference

NZ437460579450

Sources

Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 50