Tynemouth, Longbird

HER Number

13802

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, Longbird

Place

Tynemouth

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

Longbird, built in 1919 by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd at Middlesbrough. On 16 January 1943, the Longbird was on passage from the River Clyde for Hull with a cargo of vegetables and rape-seed when she foundered and was lost following a collision with another vessel, some ten miles NE of the Tyne North Pier.

Easting

449000

Northing

579000

Grid Reference

NZ449000579000

Sources

Young, R. (2001) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume Two, Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 183, Source: Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record