South Shields, Lord Dufferin

HER Number

14211

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Lord Dufferin

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>

Site Type: Specific

Ketch

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

Stranded in the Great Storm of 12th November 1901 off the Sands, South Shields. A ketch barge. Registered in Sandwich.

Easting

437000

Northing

567000

Grid Reference

NZ437000567000

Sources

Maritime Archaeology Project, 2006, The Great Storm of 1901 - Information and Education Pack (assembled by RJ Carlton and J Catling).