South Shields, William and Mary

HER Number

14274

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, William and Mary

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Cargo Vessel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

British cargo vessel sank on the inside of the bar after colliding with the sunken wreck of Jane and Elizabeth, 1852. Crew: 4.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (987156); 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, County Durham