Bill Quay, Albion
Bill Quay, Albion
HER Number
14015
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Bill Quay, Albion
Place
Bill Quay
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Wherry
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost when run down by the Newcastle-registered SS BARON SELBORNE, 1911.
Built: 1865
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 2
Built: 1865
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 2
Easting
436770
Northing
568360
Grid Reference
NZ436770568360
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365283), United Kingdom shipwreck index, 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, Northumberland