Howdon Dock, Scotia

HER Number

14271

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon Dock, Scotia

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English tug foundered at her moorings in the Tyne in calm conditions. Owner: J. Lawson, South Shields, Built: 1859

Easting

433590

Northing

566110

Grid Reference

NZ433590566110

Sources

National Monuments Record (1365941); 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