South Shields, Champion

HER Number

14264

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, Champion

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English tug which sank following a collision with the Chevy Chase, when entering the harbour in force 8 winds.

Easting

436000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1363246); 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