Souter Point, Belmont
Souter Point, Belmont
HER Number
14671
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Belmont
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
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 in wind conditions S force 3, following collision with the Newcastle registered S.S NEW PELTON.
Master: R Lumsden
Owner: R Duff, Low Felling, Co. Durham
Built: 1861
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 4
Master: R Lumsden
Owner: R Duff, Low Felling, Co. Durham
Built: 1861
Propulsion: Screw driven, 2 cylinder compound engine
Boilers: 1
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 4
Easting
453000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ453000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365328); 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)