Tynemouth, Retriever
Tynemouth, Retriever
HER Number
13988
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Retriever
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Fishing Vessel
Site Type: Specific
Trawler
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost in wind conditions NE force 10 in 1901, 20 miles east of Tynemouth.
Built: 1899
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W Rands
Crew: 8
Owner: W Purdy, North Shields
Built: 1899
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
Boilers: 1
Master: W Rands
Crew: 8
Owner: W Purdy, North Shields
Easting
452290
Northing
562950
Grid Reference
NZ452290562950
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313424), 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; Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling)