Souter Point, Vine
Souter Point, Vine
HER Number
14673
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Souter Point, Vine
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ56SW
Class
Maritime Craft
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
Site Type: Specific
Lugger
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Wreckage
Description
Vessel foundered and lost after being run down by the Newcastle-registered SS VERNON, in wind conditions WSW force 2 1895.
Master: B Thompson
Crew: 6
Owner: A Thompson, Buckhaven, Fifeshire
Master: B Thompson
Crew: 6
Owner: A Thompson, Buckhaven, Fifeshire
Easting
453000
Northing
562000
Grid Reference
NZ453000562000
Sources
National Monuments Record (1365499); 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)