Tynemouth, Fenella
Tynemouth, Fenella
HER Number
13960
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Fenella
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
1893 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded near the South Pier, Tynemouth, outward-bound from the River Tyne for Hamburg with coal. Constructed of iron in 1870, she was a steam-driven vessel. Richard Larn gives this ship in his Durham Section as being lost on 21/3/1893 at “Tynemouth, Entrance, Near South Pier”.
I have checked 1876 and there is no reference to the loss of the Herman Sauber, Claremont or Fenella for Durham or Northumberland, which leads me to suspect that all 3 ships were towed off the Herd Sand.
Built: 1870
Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W Ford
Crew: 15
Owner: J F Fenwick, London
I have checked 1876 and there is no reference to the loss of the Herman Sauber, Claremont or Fenella for Durham or Northumberland, which leads me to suspect that all 3 ships were towed off the Herd Sand.
Built: 1870
Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W Ford
Crew: 15
Owner: J F Fenwick, London
Easting
438000
Northing
568000
Grid Reference
NZ438000568000
Sources
Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, National Monuments Record (1365476); 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; Lloyd's List 11-MAR-1823, No. 5784