Tynemouth, Eight Brothers
Tynemouth, Eight Brothers
HER Number
13972
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Eight Brothers
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Fishing Vessel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
A fishing vessel, which foundered in 1879, following collision with the SS EGLANTINE, of North Shields, in wind conditions NNE force 8. (1)(2). Lies one mile east of south pier.
Master: W Robinson
Crew: 2
Owner: W Robinson, North Shields
Master: W Robinson
Crew: 2
Owner: W Robinson, North Shields
Easting
437290
Northing
569750
Grid Reference
NZ437290569750
Sources
National Monument Record (997057), United Kingdom Shipwreck Index, Larn, R & B, (1997) Shipwreck index of the British Isles, Volume 3. The east coast of England: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Co.Durham, Northumberland, Section 6, County Durham