Cullercoats, Browns Point, Warkworth Castle
Cullercoats, Browns Point, Warkworth Castle
HER Number
13958
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, Browns Point, Warkworth Castle
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
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
An English cargo vessel which ran aground at Browns Point 16th November 1876, in wind conditions variable force 2, while en route from London to the Tyne in ballast; a steam vessel built of iron at Sunderland in 1871.
Builder: Pile
Where Built: Sunderland
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
HP: 120
Machinery: T Clark & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Construction: 2 decks; 5 bulkheads
Master: W Smith
Crew: 20
Passengers
Owner: G Cleugh, North Shields
Builder: Pile
Where Built: Sunderland
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
HP: 120
Machinery: T Clark & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Construction: 2 decks; 5 bulkheads
Master: W Smith
Crew: 20
Passengers
Owner: G Cleugh, North Shields
Easting
436700
Northing
571500
Grid Reference
NZ436700571500
Sources
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project, National Monuments Record (1370834); 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