Cullercoats, Cullercoats Harbour, George
Cullercoats, Cullercoats Harbour, George
HER Number
14470
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Cullercoats, Cullercoats Harbour, George
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
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
1876 wreck of English lugger which capsized outside Cullercoats Harbour, in wind conditions ESE force 6, while departing for a fishing and return trip; a wooden sailing vessel built in 1872. Built: 1872
Master: E Stocks
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 3
Owner: J Nicholson, Cullercoats
Master: E Stocks
Crew: 4
Crew Lost: 3
Owner: J Nicholson, Cullercoats
Easting
436430
Northing
571320
Grid Reference
NZ436430571320
Sources
National Monuments Record (1370838); 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)