South Shields, Lizzy Fox
South Shields, Lizzy Fox
HER Number
13975
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
South Shields, Lizzy Fox
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Brig
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost in wind conditions WSW force 4, following collision with the North Shields-registered steam tug WARRIOR in 1907, 1 mile SE of South Shields Pier.
Built: 1864
Master: P H Wright
Crew: 8
Owner: O Dorey, Guernsey
Built: 1864
Master: P H Wright
Crew: 8
Owner: O Dorey, Guernsey
Easting
439000
Northing
567000
Grid Reference
NZ439000567000
Sources
National Monument Record (1001946), 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