Marsden Bay, Athene
Marsden Bay, Athene
HER Number
14203
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Marsden Bay, Athene
Place
Marsden
Map Sheet
NZ46NW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Rig>
Site Type: Specific
Schooner
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Foundered in the Great Storm of 13th November 1901 off South Shields. A wooden schooner. En route from Goole to Scotland. Registered in Svenborg, Denmark. All 6 crew were lost. Constructed of oak in 1876. the NMR suggests that the ship was en-route to Warkworth and was lost in Marsden Bay NZ 4000 6505. Built: 1876
Builder: P Bom
Where Built: Thuro
Master: J P Hansen
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Owner: C N R Bom, Svendborg
Registry: Registre V. [Bureau Veritas?]
Insurer: Svendborg Soass
Builder: P Bom
Where Built: Thuro
Master: J P Hansen
Crew: 6
Crew Lost: 6
Owner: C N R Bom, Svendborg
Registry: Registre V. [Bureau Veritas?]
Insurer: Svendborg Soass
Easting
440000
Northing
565000
Grid Reference
NZ440000565000
Sources
Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling); National Monuments Record (1463341); United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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, County Durham (CF); http://bookit.bibits.no/services/servlets/services.servlets.ResourceDb?data_source=jdbc/bookit12&res_id=322 accessed and translated from the Danish on 10-JAN-2008