Marsden, Souter Point, Clematis

HER Number

13815

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Souter Point, Clematis

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

Wreck of Clematis built in 1884 at Middlesbrough. On 18 April 1894, the Clematis was in ballast on passage from Stockton-on-Tees for Blyth, when she foundered and was lost following a collision with the steamship Beamish. The wreck is totally collapsed, well broken up, badly decayed and partially buried.

Easting

448150

Northing

560630

Grid Reference

NZ448150560630

Sources

Young, R. (2000) Comprehensive guide to Shipwrecks of the North East Coast (The): Volume One (1740 – 1917), Tempus, Gloucestershire. p. 146; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 1365493; 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