Tynemouth, Knight Templar
Tynemouth, Knight Templar
HER Number
14000
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, Knight Templar
Place
Tynemouth
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Specific
Tug
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Tug foundered in wind conditions NE force 2 when the bottom of her hot well fell out, in 1900.
Built: 1875
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: J Gibson
Crew: 4
Owner: T Gibson, South Shields
Built: 1875
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Master: J Gibson
Crew: 4
Owner: T Gibson, South Shields
Easting
441000
Northing
569000
Grid Reference
NZ441000569000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1313407), 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 7, Northumberland