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This was a 600 ton coaster which had been tied up at the Jetty in preparation for taking aboard a load of basic slag from the Ironworks. The captain and crew had gone to Timms Coffee House, leaving only the cook on board. While they were at the pub a sudden storm blew up which broke both hawsers. The ship and cook were swept onto the beach at the mouth of Skinningrove Beck. This happened at peak spring tide so it had to remain there until the following spring tides when it was towed off undamaged.
With thanks to Mrs S Dohring for this image.
December 9th 1874 when the Griffin came ashore in a storm at Redcar after damaging the pier at Coatham. It was one of two ships driven onto the beach that day and finally wrecked on the Coatham Sands, the other vessel was Corrymbus.
Now I never new there had been a pier at Coatham did you?
Afrikander grounded at Redcar. Fred Brunskill advises: ”The large steamship ’Africander’ came ashore January 1892. Local folk were employed to lighten her load (hence the horses and carts)and she was refloated within a week.”
Thanks to Derick Pearson and Fred Brunskill for updates.
Birhold – a sailing ship – grounded at Redcar 1899.
Thanks to Derick Pearson for the update.
Another view of the Birhold, known to have beached at Redcar in 1899.
Honoria H325 which went aground off Redcar 9th January 1901. Fred Brunskill advises: ”Richard, himself the past coxswain of the ‘Emma’ lifeboat was one of seven of the Picknett family to be in their coble as they tried to assist the Honoria. Tragically Richard and his his two nephews were drowned that day. The above photo shows the Honoria and the RNLI lifeboat “Brothers”.”
Thanks to Derick Pearson, supplemented by the Redcar Shipwrecks list and to Fred and Sue Bishop for the updates.
Fred Brunskill tells us: ”The Saxon Prince was a wooden hulled paddle tug from North Sheilds. Built in 1874 she had a twin cylinder steam engine and a crew of four.
In July 1907 she was towing a lighter when she ran aground in fog and was left stranded…Local boatowners ferried out hundreds of people as she became a tourist attraction for the town. She sustained severe damage and eventually was broken up.”
Thanks to Fred Brunskill and the wreck is confirmed in Redcar Ship Wrecks.
Not the way to Skinningrove a United bus in the woods at the bottom of Mill Bank.
(photo courtesy of Eric Johnson.)
Another of Eric Johnson’s photo’s showing a bus where a bus shouldn’t be. In the wood at the bottom of Mill Bank. We understand the unfortunate driver was called Paul (Sprag) Hart from Loftus; the brakes failed on the bus and so failed to negotiate the hir-pin bend on Carlin How bank. The bus ended up down the bank side. Two hours later Paul was back in the driving seat after crawling back up the bank, his only injury were cuts to the inside of his mouth sustained from the broken glass. Today the crash barrier would prevent such an incident occuring.
Thanks to Terry Clark and and Mr Bint for the updates.
What more can I say about this photo? It’s all written there, even the photographers name.
(image courtesy of Kathleen Hicks)
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