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1985


N Tyneside


Tynemouth, Wreck of the S.S. Roxana


Tynemouth


NZ36NE


Maritime



Wreck


Early Modern


C19


Structure


In 1896 the iron S.S. Roxana was deliberately sunk, loaded with concrete, on the outside of the Tyne North Pier (HER ref. 2065) and joined to the pier with concrete blocks to form a cofferdam to permit divers to work on repairs in sheltered water. Presumably she is still there.


379


692


NZ379692



<< HER 1985 >> D. Heslop, 2002, Tynemouth Small Towns Report Pers. Comm. Chris Lambert, 1999, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade

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