Wearmouth Drops, Robert

HER Number

16090

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Wearmouth Drops, Robert

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Transport Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Tug

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

English Tug, 1909. Vessel foundered and lost after being run down by the London-registered SS HIGHGATE. Crew: 2

Easting

439000

Northing

557340

Grid Reference

NZ439000557340

Sources

National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER:1313670; United Kingdom shipwreck index [pre publication typescript]; 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