South Shields, Lyng (Maindy Transport, Livonia, Ambleside)
South Shields, Lyng (Maindy Transport, Livonia, Ambleside)
HER Number
13795
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Lyng (Maindy Transport, Livonia, Ambleside)
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ47SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Transport Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Cargo Vessel
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
A steamship built as the Ambleside in 1920.
The Spokes database suggests she was built as Maindy Transport and appears in Lloyds Registers up to 1925/26 under that name. Her name was changed to Ambleside by the 1926/27 and continued to be listed as the Ambleside until 1934/35.
By the 1937/38 Lloyds register she is called Lyng.
In December 1942 the Lyng was in ballast on passage from Southampton for the Tyne when she foundered and was lost, following a collision 2.5 miles east of the River Tyne.
The Spokes database suggests she was built as Maindy Transport and appears in Lloyds Registers up to 1925/26 under that name. Her name was changed to Ambleside by the 1926/27 and continued to be listed as the Ambleside until 1934/35.
By the 1937/38 Lloyds register she is called Lyng.
In December 1942 the Lyng was in ballast on passage from Southampton for the Tyne when she foundered and was lost, following a collision 2.5 miles east of the River Tyne.
Easting
443800
Northing
570200
Grid Reference
NZ443800570200
Sources
Young, R. (2001) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume Two, Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 162, Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record (9087650); Hydrographic Office wreck index Extracted 09-Mar-1993; Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty (23-Jan to 24-Apr-2001); Dave Shaw and Barry Winfield 1988 Dive north east : a Diver guide Page(s)64; 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